tracing/function-return-tracer: store return stack into task_struct and allocate it dynamically

Impact: use deeper function tracing depth safely

Some tests showed that function return tracing needed a more deeper depth
of function calls. But it could be unsafe to store these return addresses
to the stack.

So these arrays will now be allocated dynamically into task_struct of current
only when the tracer is activated.

Typical scheme when tracer is activated:
- allocate a return stack for each task in global list.
- fork: allocate the return stack for the newly created task
- exit: free return stack of current
- idle init: same as fork

I chose a default depth of 50. I don't have overruns anymore.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
This commit is contained in:
Frederic Weisbecker
2008-11-23 09:17:26 +01:00
committed by Ingo Molnar
parent a0a70c735e
commit f201ae2356
9 changed files with 137 additions and 58 deletions
+95 -1
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@@ -1498,10 +1498,77 @@ ftrace_enable_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER
static atomic_t ftrace_retfunc_active;
/* The callback that hooks the return of a function */
trace_function_return_t ftrace_function_return =
(trace_function_return_t)ftrace_stub;
/* Try to assign a return stack array on FTRACE_RETSTACK_ALLOC_SIZE tasks. */
static int alloc_retstack_tasklist(struct ftrace_ret_stack **ret_stack_list)
{
int i;
int ret = 0;
unsigned long flags;
int start = 0, end = FTRACE_RETSTACK_ALLOC_SIZE;
struct task_struct *g, *t;
for (i = 0; i < FTRACE_RETSTACK_ALLOC_SIZE; i++) {
ret_stack_list[i] = kmalloc(FTRACE_RETFUNC_DEPTH
* sizeof(struct ftrace_ret_stack),
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ret_stack_list[i]) {
start = 0;
end = i;
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto free;
}
}
read_lock_irqsave(&tasklist_lock, flags);
do_each_thread(g, t) {
if (start == end) {
ret = -EAGAIN;
goto unlock;
}
if (t->ret_stack == NULL) {
t->ret_stack = ret_stack_list[start++];
t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
}
} while_each_thread(g, t);
unlock:
read_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
free:
for (i = start; i < end; i++)
kfree(ret_stack_list[i]);
return ret;
}
/* Allocate a return stack for each task */
static int start_return_tracing(void)
{
struct ftrace_ret_stack **ret_stack_list;
int ret;
ret_stack_list = kmalloc(FTRACE_RETSTACK_ALLOC_SIZE *
sizeof(struct ftrace_ret_stack *),
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ret_stack_list)
return -ENOMEM;
do {
ret = alloc_retstack_tasklist(ret_stack_list);
} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
kfree(ret_stack_list);
return ret;
}
int register_ftrace_return(trace_function_return_t func)
{
int ret = 0;
@@ -1516,7 +1583,12 @@ int register_ftrace_return(trace_function_return_t func)
ret = -EBUSY;
goto out;
}
atomic_inc(&ftrace_retfunc_active);
ret = start_return_tracing();
if (ret) {
atomic_dec(&ftrace_retfunc_active);
goto out;
}
ftrace_tracing_type = FTRACE_TYPE_RETURN;
ftrace_function_return = func;
ftrace_startup();
@@ -1530,6 +1602,7 @@ void unregister_ftrace_return(void)
{
mutex_lock(&ftrace_sysctl_lock);
atomic_dec(&ftrace_retfunc_active);
ftrace_function_return = (trace_function_return_t)ftrace_stub;
ftrace_shutdown();
/* Restore normal tracing type */
@@ -1537,6 +1610,27 @@ void unregister_ftrace_return(void)
mutex_unlock(&ftrace_sysctl_lock);
}
/* Allocate a return stack for newly created task */
void ftrace_retfunc_init_task(struct task_struct *t)
{
if (atomic_read(&ftrace_retfunc_active)) {
t->ret_stack = kmalloc(FTRACE_RETFUNC_DEPTH
* sizeof(struct ftrace_ret_stack),
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!t->ret_stack)
return;
t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
} else
t->ret_stack = NULL;
}
void ftrace_retfunc_exit_task(struct task_struct *t)
{
kfree(t->ret_stack);
t->ret_stack = NULL;
}
#endif