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Message-Id: <8628338322fa74287ca8d432d5c0c1964acd6f2a.1648195329.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Date:   Fri, 25 Mar 2022 09:03:08 +0100
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] ftrace: Make ftrace_graph_is_dead() a static branch

ftrace_graph_is_dead() is used on hot paths, it just reads a variable
in memory and is not worth suffering function call constraints.

For instance, at entry of prepare_ftrace_return(), inlining it avoids
saving prepare_ftrace_return() parameters to stack and restoring them
after calling ftrace_graph_is_dead().

While at it using a static branch is even more performant and is
rather well adapted considering that the returned value will almost
never change.

Inline ftrace_graph_is_dead() and replace 'kill_ftrace_graph' bool
by a static branch.

The performance improvement is noticeable.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
v2: Use a static branch instead of a global bool var.
---
 include/linux/ftrace.h | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 kernel/trace/fgraph.c  | 17 +++--------------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 9999e29187de..9e639e05666d 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
 
 #include <asm/ftrace.h>
 
@@ -1006,7 +1007,20 @@ unsigned long ftrace_graph_ret_addr(struct task_struct *task, int *idx,
 extern int register_ftrace_graph(struct fgraph_ops *ops);
 extern void unregister_ftrace_graph(struct fgraph_ops *ops);
 
-extern bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void);
+/**
+ * ftrace_graph_is_dead - returns true if ftrace_graph_stop() was called
+ *
+ * ftrace_graph_stop() is called when a severe error is detected in
+ * the function graph tracing. This function is called by the critical
+ * paths of function graph to keep those paths from doing any more harm.
+ */
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kill_ftrace_graph);
+
+static inline bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void)
+{
+	return static_branch_unlikely(&kill_ftrace_graph);
+}
+
 extern void ftrace_graph_stop(void);
 
 /* The current handlers in use */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
index 22061d38fc00..15acd48f0718 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
 
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
 
@@ -23,24 +24,12 @@
 #define ASSIGN_OPS_HASH(opsname, val)
 #endif
 
-static bool kill_ftrace_graph;
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kill_ftrace_graph);
 int ftrace_graph_active;
 
 /* Both enabled by default (can be cleared by function_graph tracer flags */
 static bool fgraph_sleep_time = true;
 
-/**
- * ftrace_graph_is_dead - returns true if ftrace_graph_stop() was called
- *
- * ftrace_graph_stop() is called when a severe error is detected in
- * the function graph tracing. This function is called by the critical
- * paths of function graph to keep those paths from doing any more harm.
- */
-bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void)
-{
-	return kill_ftrace_graph;
-}
-
 /**
  * ftrace_graph_stop - set to permanently disable function graph tracing
  *
@@ -51,7 +40,7 @@ bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void)
  */
 void ftrace_graph_stop(void)
 {
-	kill_ftrace_graph = true;
+	static_branch_enable(&kill_ftrace_graph);
 }
 
 /* Add a function return address to the trace stack on thread info.*/
-- 
2.35.1