From 7e066fb870fcd1025ec3ba7bbde5d541094f4ce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:47:47 -0500 Subject: tracepoints: add DECLARE_TRACE() and DEFINE_TRACE() Impact: API *CHANGE*. Must update all tracepoint users. Add DEFINE_TRACE() to tracepoints to let them declare the tracepoint structure in a single spot for all the kernel. It helps reducing memory consumption, especially when declaring a lot of tracepoints, e.g. for kmalloc tracing. *API CHANGE WARNING*: now, DECLARE_TRACE() must be used in headers for tracepoint declarations rather than DEFINE_TRACE(). This is the sane way to do it. The name previously used was misleading. Updates scheduler instrumentation to follow this API change. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/exit.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/exit.c') diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index ae2b92be5fa..f995d241866 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ #include #include +DEFINE_TRACE(sched_process_free); +DEFINE_TRACE(sched_process_exit); +DEFINE_TRACE(sched_process_wait); + static void exit_mm(struct task_struct * tsk); static inline int task_detached(struct task_struct *p) -- cgit v1.2.3 From f201ae2356c74bcae130b2177b3dca903ea98071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:22:56 +0100 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/exit.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/exit.c') diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index 35c8ec2ba03..b9d446329da 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include @@ -1127,7 +1128,9 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code) preempt_disable(); /* causes final put_task_struct in finish_task_switch(). */ tsk->state = TASK_DEAD; - +#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER + ftrace_retfunc_exit_task(tsk); +#endif schedule(); BUG(); /* Avoid "noreturn function does return". */ -- cgit v1.2.3 From 82f60f0bc854aada696f27d863c03bef91f1509d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Molnar Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:18:56 +0100 Subject: tracing/function-return-tracer: clean up task start/exit callbacks Impact: cleanup Eliminate #ifdefs in core code by using empty inline functions. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/exit.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/exit.c') diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index b9d446329da..ef04d03b328 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -1128,9 +1128,7 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code) preempt_disable(); /* causes final put_task_struct in finish_task_switch(). */ tsk->state = TASK_DEAD; -#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER ftrace_retfunc_exit_task(tsk); -#endif schedule(); BUG(); /* Avoid "noreturn function does return". */ -- cgit v1.2.3 From 65afa5e603d507014580ead016ec887b49e1afa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:43:39 +0100 Subject: tracing/function-return-tracer: free the return stack on free_task() Impact: avoid losing some traces when a task is freed do_exit() is not the last function called when a task finishes. There are still some functions which are to be called such as ree_task(). So we delay the freeing of the return stack to the last moment. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/exit.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel/exit.c') diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c index ef04d03b328..e5ae36ebe8a 100644 --- a/kernel/exit.c +++ b/kernel/exit.c @@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ #include #include #include -#include #include #include @@ -1128,7 +1127,6 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code) preempt_disable(); /* causes final put_task_struct in finish_task_switch(). */ tsk->state = TASK_DEAD; - ftrace_retfunc_exit_task(tsk); schedule(); BUG(); /* Avoid "noreturn function does return". */ -- cgit v1.2.3