linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] ftrace: Store direct called addresses in their ops

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Message-ID: <20230319135443.1d29db2d@rorschach.local.home>
Date:   Sun, 19 Mar 2023 13:54:43 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@...il.com>
Cc:     Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mhiramat@...nel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        kpsingh@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] ftrace: Store direct called addresses in their ops

On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:29:22 +0100
Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@...il.com> wrote:

> > +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> > @@ -2582,9 +2582,8 @@ ftrace_add_rec_direct(unsigned long ip, unsigned long addr,
> >  static void call_direct_funcs(unsigned long ip, unsigned long pip,
> >  			      struct ftrace_ops *ops, struct ftrace_regs *fregs)
> >  {
> > -	unsigned long addr;
> > +	unsigned long addr = ops->direct_call;  
> 
> nice, should it be read with READ_ONCE ?

Is there a "read tearing" too?

-- Steve

> 
> jirka
> 
> >  
> > -	addr = ftrace_find_rec_direct(ip);
> >  	if (!addr)
> >  		return;
> >  
> > @@ -5380,6 +5379,7 @@ int register_ftrace_direct(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long addr)
> >  	ops->func = call_direct_funcs;
> >  	ops->flags = MULTI_FLAGS;
> >  	ops->trampoline = FTRACE_REGS_ADDR;
> > +	ops->direct_call = addr;
> >  
> >  	err = register_ftrace_function_nolock(ops);
> >  
> > @@ -5454,6 +5454,7 @@ __modify_ftrace_direct(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long addr)
> >  	/* Enable the tmp_ops to have the same functions as the direct ops */
> >  	ftrace_ops_init(&tmp_ops);
> >  	tmp_ops.func_hash = ops->func_hash;
> > +	tmp_ops.direct_call = addr;
> >  
> >  	err = register_ftrace_function_nolock(&tmp_ops);
> >  	if (err)
> > @@ -5475,6 +5476,8 @@ __modify_ftrace_direct(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned long addr)
> >  			entry->direct = addr;
> >  		}
> >  	}
> > +	/* Prevent store tearing if a trampoline concurrently accesses the value */
> > +	WRITE_ONCE(ops->direct_call, addr);
> >  
> >  	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);