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authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>2009-02-11 12:45:49 -0800
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2009-02-23 10:48:54 +1100
commitbb7253403f7a4670a128e4c080fd8ea1bd4d5029 (patch)
treef2ee8c966035a67be77fad922ada4c4d52a53be9 /arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
parent465428884765b43d642a967915e16c6c7cacbe8e (diff)
powerpc64, ftrace: save toc only on modules for function graph
The TOCS used by modules are different than the one used by the core kernel code. The function graph tracer must save and restore the TOC whenever it traces a module call. But this is an added overhead to burden the majority of core kernel code being traced. Benjamin Herrenschmidt suggested in testing the entry of the call to tell if it is a core kernel function or a module. He recommended using the REGION_ID() macro to perform this test. This patch implements Benjamin's idea, and uses a different return_to_handler routine dependent on if the entry is a core kernel function or not. The module version saves the TOC, where as the core kernel version does not. Geoff Lavand tested on PS3. Tested-by: Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
index 7538b944fa5..5c6dfa97e83 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -567,6 +567,10 @@ int ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller(void)
}
#endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+extern void mod_return_to_handler(void);
+#endif
+
/*
* Hook the return address and push it in the stack of return addrs
* in current thread info.
@@ -577,12 +581,17 @@ void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr)
unsigned long long calltime;
int faulted;
struct ftrace_graph_ent trace;
- unsigned long return_hooker = (unsigned long)
- &return_to_handler;
+ unsigned long return_hooker = (unsigned long)&return_to_handler;
if (unlikely(atomic_read(&current->tracing_graph_pause)))
return;
+#if CONFIG_PPC64
+ /* non core kernel code needs to save and restore the TOC */
+ if (REGION_ID(self_addr) != KERNEL_REGION_ID)
+ return_hooker = (unsigned long)&mod_return_to_handler;
+#endif
+
return_hooker = GET_ADDR(return_hooker);
/*