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Message-ID: <bf425884-b355-4da9-8e2b-6da693f2760b@arm.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:58:11 +0100
From: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, LKML
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux trace kernel <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fgraph: Give ret_stack its own kmem cache
On 19/10/2024 20:27, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
>
> The ret_stack (shadow stack used by function graph infrastructure) is
> created for every task on the system when function graph is enabled. Give
> it its own kmem_cache. This will make it easier to see how much memory is
> being used specifically for function graph shadow stacks.
>
> In the future, this size may change and may not be a power of two. Having
> its own cache can also keep it from fragmenting memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> ---
> kernel/trace/fgraph.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
> index 51e81b299a0d..51849bc42d3a 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
> @@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ enum {
> DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(kill_ftrace_graph);
> int ftrace_graph_active;
>
> +static struct kmem_cache *fgraph_stack_cachep;
> +
> static struct fgraph_ops *fgraph_array[FGRAPH_ARRAY_SIZE];
> static unsigned long fgraph_array_bitmask;
>
> @@ -1022,8 +1024,11 @@ static int alloc_retstack_tasklist(unsigned long **ret_stack_list)
> int start = 0, end = FTRACE_RETSTACK_ALLOC_SIZE;
> struct task_struct *g, *t;
>
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!fgraph_stack_cachep))
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> for (i = 0; i < FTRACE_RETSTACK_ALLOC_SIZE; i++) {
> - ret_stack_list[i] = kmalloc(SHADOW_STACK_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> + ret_stack_list[i] = kmem_cache_alloc(fgraph_stack_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!ret_stack_list[i]) {
> start = 0;
> end = i;
> @@ -1054,7 +1059,7 @@ static int alloc_retstack_tasklist(unsigned long **ret_stack_list)
> rcu_read_unlock();
> free:
> for (i = start; i < end; i++)
> - kfree(ret_stack_list[i]);
> + kmem_cache_free(fgraph_stack_cachep, ret_stack_list[i]);
> return ret;
> }
>
> @@ -1117,9 +1122,12 @@ void ftrace_graph_init_idle_task(struct task_struct *t, int cpu)
> if (ftrace_graph_active) {
> unsigned long *ret_stack;
>
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!fgraph_stack_cachep))
> + return;
> +
> ret_stack = per_cpu(idle_ret_stack, cpu);
> if (!ret_stack) {
> - ret_stack = kmalloc(SHADOW_STACK_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> + ret_stack = kmem_cache_alloc(fgraph_stack_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!ret_stack)
> return;
> per_cpu(idle_ret_stack, cpu) = ret_stack;
> @@ -1139,7 +1147,10 @@ void ftrace_graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t)
> if (ftrace_graph_active) {
> unsigned long *ret_stack;
>
> - ret_stack = kmalloc(SHADOW_STACK_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!fgraph_stack_cachep))
> + return;
> +
> + ret_stack = kmem_cache_alloc(fgraph_stack_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!ret_stack)
> return;
> graph_init_task(t, ret_stack);
> @@ -1154,7 +1165,11 @@ void ftrace_graph_exit_task(struct task_struct *t)
> /* NULL must become visible to IRQs before we free it: */
> barrier();
>
> - kfree(ret_stack);
> + if (ret_stack) {
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!fgraph_stack_cachep))
> + return;
> + kmem_cache_free(fgraph_stack_cachep, ret_stack);
> + }
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
> @@ -1290,6 +1305,16 @@ int register_ftrace_graph(struct fgraph_ops *gops)
>
> mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
>
> + if (!fgraph_stack_cachep) {
> + fgraph_stack_cachep = kmem_cache_create("fgraph_stack",
> + SHADOW_STACK_SIZE,
> + SHADOW_STACK_SIZE, 0, NULL);
(I don't have any experience with this code, but...) is there any value/need to
destroy the cache in unregister_ftrace_graph()? I guess you would need to
refcount it, so its created on the first call to register and destroyed on the
last call to unregister?
Thanks,
Ryan
> + if (!fgraph_stack_cachep) {
> + ret = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out;
> + }
> + }
> +
> if (!fgraph_array[0]) {
> /* The array must always have real data on it */
> for (i = 0; i < FGRAPH_ARRAY_SIZE; i++)
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