linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v2 02/31] x86: tracing: Add ftrace

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Message-Id: <169945348320.55307.17578137376868880969.stgit@devnote2>
Date:   Wed,  8 Nov 2023 23:24:43 +0900
From:   "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@...cle.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 02/31] x86: tracing: Add ftrace_regs definition in the header

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>

Add ftrace_regs definition for x86_64 in the ftrace header to
clarify what register will be accessible from ftrace_regs.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
---
 Changes in v2:
  - Newly added.
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h
index 897cf02c20b1..fc60974a1d89 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ static inline unsigned long ftrace_call_adjust(unsigned long addr)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
 struct ftrace_regs {
+	/*
+	 * On the x86_64, the ftrace_regs saves;
+	 * rax, rcx, rdx, rdi, rsi, r8, r9, rbp and rsp.
+	 * Also orig_ax is used for passing direct trampoline address.
+	 * x86_32 doesn't support ftrace_regs.
+	 */
 	struct pt_regs		regs;
 };