linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 08/13] sched: Export hidden tracepoints to modules

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Message-ID: <20260106202124.GA401789@pauld.westford.csb>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 15:21:24 -0500
From: Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>
To: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Tomas Glozar <tglozar@...hat.com>, Juri Lelli <jlelli@...hat.com>,
	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 08/13] sched: Export hidden tracepoints to modules


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On Fri, Dec 12, 2025 at 07:36:43AM +0900 Phil Auld wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> On Fri, Dec 05, 2025 at 08:35:52AM -0500 Phil Auld wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 05, 2025 at 02:16:16PM +0100 Gabriele Monaco wrote:
> > > The tracepoints sched_entry, sched_exit and sched_set_need_resched
> > > are not exported to tracefs as trace events, this allows only kernel
> > > code to access them. Helper modules like [1] can be used to still have
> > > the tracepoints available to ftrace for debugging purposes, but they do
> > > rely on the tracepoints being exported.
> > > 
> > > Export the 3 not exported tracepoints.
> > > Note that sched_set_state is already exported as the macro is called
> > > from modules.
> > > 
> > > [1] - https://github.com/qais-yousef/sched_tp.git
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@...hat.com>
> > 
> > This makes sense.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>
> > 
> 
> Any chance we can get this one in even if the rest of the series
> needs more time?
> 
> Without this, out of tree modules fail to link.

Any thoughts on this? Please?

Anything including linux/sched.h fails to link due to
these:
__trace_set_need_resched 
__tracepoint_sched_set_need_resched_tp



Thanks,
Phil

> 
> I don't know if it's worth adding:
> 
> Fixes: adcc3bfa8806 ("sched: Adapt sched tracepoints for RV task model")
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Phil
> 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Phil
> > 
> > > ---
> > >  kernel/sched/core.c | 3 +++
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > > index 41ba0be16911..5516778c19eb 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > > @@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_util_est_cfs_tp);
> > >  EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_util_est_se_tp);
> > >  EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_update_nr_running_tp);
> > >  EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_compute_energy_tp);
> > > +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_entry_tp);
> > > +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_exit_tp);
> > > +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_set_need_resched_tp);
> > >  
> > >  DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct rq, runqueues);
> > >  DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rnd_state, sched_rnd_state);
> > > -- 
> > > 2.52.0
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 

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