linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 28/33] fprobe: Rewrite fprobe on function-graph tracer

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Message-ID: <ZWXGn3_5pN-0fniR@krava>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:53:19 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@...il.com>
To:     "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>,
        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>,
        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: Re: [PATCH v3 28/33] fprobe: Rewrite fprobe on function-graph tracer

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 10:58:40PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu (Google) wrote:
> From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> 
> Rewrite fprobe implementation on function-graph tracer.
> Major API changes are:
>  -  'nr_maxactive' field is deprecated.
>  -  This depends on CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS or
>     !CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS, and
>     CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS. So currently works only
>     on x86_64.
>  -  Currently the entry size is limited in 15 * sizeof(long).
>  -  If there is too many fprobe exit handler set on the same
>     function, it will fail to probe.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> ---
>  Changes in v3:
>   - Update for new reserve_data/retrieve_data API.
>   - Fix internal push/pop on fgraph data logic so that it can
>     correctly save/restore the returning fprobes.

hi,
looks like this one conflicts with recent:

  4bbd93455659 kprobes: kretprobe scalability improvement

jirka