kernel/include/linux/tracepoint.h, branch linux-3.17.y

tracing: Do not do anything special with tracepoint_string when tracing is disabled

2014-08-08T00:39:36Z

When CONFIG_TRACING is not enabled, there's no reason to save the trace strings either by the linker or as a static variable that can be referenced later. Simply pass back the string that is given to tracepoint_string(). Had to move the define to include/linux/tracepoint.h so that it is still visible when CONFIG_TRACING is not set. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/1406318733-26754-2-git-send-email-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org Suggested-by: Nicolas Pitre Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Add trace__enabled() function

2014-05-07T16:10:51Z

There are some code paths in the kernel that need to do some preparations before it calls a tracepoint. As that code is worthless overhead when the tracepoint is not enabled, it would be prudent to have that code only run when the tracepoint is active. To accomplish this, all tracepoints now get a static inline function called "trace__enabled()" which returns true when the tracepoint is enabled and false otherwise. As an added bonus, that function uses the static_key of the tracepoint such that no branch is needed. if (trace_mytracepoint_enabled()) { arg = process_tp_arg(); trace_mytracepoint(arg); } Will keep the "process_tp_arg()" (which may be expensive to run) from being executed when the tracepoint isn't enabled. It's best to encapsulate the tracepoint itself in the if statement just to keep races. For example, if you had: if (trace_mytracepoint_enabled()) arg = process_tp_arg(); trace_mytracepoint(arg); There's a chance that the tracepoint could be enabled just after the if statement, and arg will be undefined when calling the tracepoint. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140506094407.507b6435@gandalf.local.home Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracepoint: Fix sparse warnings in tracepoint.c

2014-04-09T14:12:11Z

Fix the following sparse warnings: CHECK kernel/tracepoint.c kernel/tracepoint.c:184:18: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) kernel/tracepoint.c:184:18: expected struct tracepoint_func *tp_funcs kernel/tracepoint.c:184:18: got struct tracepoint_func [noderef] *funcs kernel/tracepoint.c:216:18: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) kernel/tracepoint.c:216:18: expected struct tracepoint_func *tp_funcs kernel/tracepoint.c:216:18: got struct tracepoint_func [noderef] *funcs kernel/tracepoint.c:392:24: error: return expression in void function CC kernel/tracepoint.o kernel/tracepoint.c: In function tracepoint_module_going: kernel/tracepoint.c:491:6: warning: symbol 'syscall_regfunc' was not declared. Should it be static? kernel/tracepoint.c:508:6: warning: symbol 'syscall_unregfunc' was not declared. Should it be static? Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1397049883-28692-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracepoint: Simplify tracepoint module search

2014-04-09T00:45:34Z

Instead of copying the num_tracepoints and tracepoints_ptrs from the module structure to the tp_mod structure, which only uses it to find the module associated to tracepoints of modules that are coming and going, simply copy the pointer to the module struct to the tracepoint tp_module structure. Also removed un-needed brackets around an if statement. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140408201705.4dad2c4a@gandalf.local.home Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracepoint: Use struct pointer instead of name hash for reg/unreg tracepoints

2014-04-09T00:43:28Z

Register/unregister tracepoint probes with struct tracepoint pointer rather than tracepoint name. This change, which vastly simplifies tracepoint.c, has been proposed by Steven Rostedt. It also removes 8.8kB (mostly of text) to the vmlinux size. From this point on, the tracers need to pass a struct tracepoint pointer to probe register/unregister. A probe can now only be connected to a tracepoint that exists. Moreover, tracers are responsible for unregistering the probe before the module containing its associated tracepoint is unloaded. text data bss dec hex filename 10443444 4282528 10391552 25117524 17f4354 vmlinux.orig 10434930 4282848 10391552 25109330 17f2352 vmlinux Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1396992381-23785-2-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com CC: Ingo Molnar CC: Frederic Weisbecker CC: Andrew Morton CC: Frank Ch. Eigler CC: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers [ SDR - fixed return val in void func in tracepoint_module_going() ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

Merge tag 'trace-3.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

2014-04-03T17:26:31Z

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt: "Most of the changes were largely clean ups, and some documentation. But there were a few features that were added: Uprobes now work with event triggers and multi buffers and have support under ftrace and perf. The big feature is that the function tracer can now be used within the multi buffer instances. That is, you can now trace some functions in one buffer, others in another buffer, all functions in a third buffer and so on. They are basically agnostic from each other. This only works for the function tracer and not for the function graph trace, although you can have the function graph tracer running in the top level buffer (or any tracer for that matter) and have different function tracing going on in the sub buffers" * tag 'trace-3.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (45 commits) tracing: Add BUG_ON when stack end location is over written tracepoint: Remove unused API functions Revert "tracing: Move event storage for array from macro to standalone function" ftrace: Constify ftrace_text_reserved tracepoints: API doc update to tracepoint_probe_register() return value tracepoints: API doc update to data argument ftrace: Fix compilation warning about control_ops_free ftrace/x86: BUG when ftrace recovery fails ftrace: Warn on error when modifying ftrace function ftrace: Remove freelist from struct dyn_ftrace ftrace: Do not pass data to ftrace_dyn_arch_init ftrace: Pass retval through return in ftrace_dyn_arch_init() ftrace: Inline the code from ftrace_dyn_table_alloc() ftrace: Cleanup of global variables ftrace_new_pgs and ftrace_update_cnt tracing: Evaluate len expression only once in __dynamic_array macro tracing: Correctly expand len expressions from __dynamic_array macro tracing/module: Replace include of tracepoint.h with jump_label.h in module.h tracing: Fix event header migrate.h to include tracepoint.h tracing: Fix event header writeback.h to include tracepoint.h tracing: Warn if a tracepoint is not set via debugfs ...

tracepoint: Remove unused API functions

2014-03-21T18:01:15Z

After the following commit: commit b75ef8b44b1cb95f5a26484b0e2fe37a63b12b44 Author: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Wed Aug 10 15:18:39 2011 -0400 Tracepoint: Dissociate from module mutex The following functions became unnecessary: - tracepoint_probe_register_noupdate, - tracepoint_probe_unregister_noupdate, - tracepoint_probe_update_all. In fact, none of the in-kernel tracers, nor LTTng, nor SystemTAP use them. Remove those. Moreover, the functions: - tracepoint_iter_start, - tracepoint_iter_next, - tracepoint_iter_stop, - tracepoint_iter_reset. are unused by in-kernel tracers, LTTng and SystemTAP. Remove those too. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1395379142-2118-2-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Do not add event files for modules that fail tracepoints

2014-03-04T02:11:05Z

If a module fails to add its tracepoints due to module tainting, do not create the module event infrastructure in the debugfs directory. As the events will not work and worse yet, they will silently fail, making the user wonder why the events they enable do not display anything. Having a warning on module load and the events not visible to the users will make the cause of the problem much clearer. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140227154923.265882695@goodmis.org Fixes: 6d723736e472 "tracing/events: add support for modules to TRACE_EVENT" Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.31+ Cc: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

Merge branch 'master' into for-next

2013-12-19T14:08:32Z

Sync with Linus' tree to be able to apply fixes on top of newer things in tree (efi-stub). Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

tracepoint: comment fix "binay" -> "binary"

2013-12-02T14:47:36Z

Binary was written as binay, probably by mistake. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar Acked-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina