Re: [PATCH] tracing/profile: Fix profile_disable vs module_unload

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Wed Aug 26 2009 - 14:01:30 EST


* Steven Rostedt (rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>
> This patch solves the problem that Li originally reported. If something
> registers a trace point belonging to a module, then it ups the ref count
> of the module. This prevents a process from registering a probe to a
> tracepoint belonging to a module and then having the module disappear.
>
> Doing the example with perf in Li's original post, now errors on the
> rmmod, with "ERROR: Module trace_events_sample is in use".
>
> Mathieu, can I have your acked-by on this?
>

Sorry, it looks buggy.

It does not deal with the fact that tracepoints with the same name and
arguments can be present in more than one module, or in a combination of
kernel core and modules.

The struct tracepoint_entry is specific to a a tracepoint name, used for
registration, but is eventually tied to all tracepoint instrumentation
instances for this tracepoint name.

Mathieu

> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
> index 0341f2e..055275b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
> @@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ struct tracepoint {
> #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(name) \
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__tracepoint_##name)
>
> -extern void tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin,
> - struct tracepoint *end);
> +extern void tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct module *,
> + struct tracepoint *begin,
> + struct tracepoint *end);
>
> #else /* !CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS */
> #define DECLARE_TRACE_WITH_CALLBACK(name, proto, args, reg, unreg) \
> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
> index b182143..a8e69fa 100644
> --- a/kernel/module.c
> +++ b/kernel/module.c
> @@ -2974,7 +2974,7 @@ void module_update_tracepoints(void)
> mutex_lock(&module_mutex);
> list_for_each_entry(mod, &modules, list)
> if (!mod->taints)
> - tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints,
> + tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod, mod->tracepoints,
> mod->tracepoints + mod->num_tracepoints);
> mutex_unlock(&module_mutex);
> }
> diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
> index 06f165a..089e6f9 100644
> --- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
> +++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static struct hlist_head tracepoint_table[TRACEPOINT_TABLE_SIZE];
> */
> struct tracepoint_entry {
> struct hlist_node hlist;
> + struct module *mod;
> void **funcs;
> int refcount; /* Number of times armed. 0 if disarmed. */
> char name[0];
> @@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ static struct tracepoint_entry *add_tracepoint(const char *name)
> memcpy(&e->name[0], name, name_len);
> e->funcs = NULL;
> e->refcount = 0;
> + e->mod = NULL; /* Will be assigned in tracepoint_update_probe_range */
> hlist_add_head(&e->hlist, head);
> return e;
> }
> @@ -231,6 +233,8 @@ static struct tracepoint_entry *add_tracepoint(const char *name)
> */
> static inline void remove_tracepoint(struct tracepoint_entry *e)
> {
> + if (e->mod)
> + module_put(e->mod);
> hlist_del(&e->hlist);
> kfree(e);
> }
> @@ -274,7 +278,8 @@ static void disable_tracepoint(struct tracepoint *elem)
> * Updates the probe callback corresponding to a range of tracepoints.
> */
> void
> -tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
> +tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct module *mod,
> + struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
> {
> struct tracepoint *iter;
> struct tracepoint_entry *mark_entry;
> @@ -286,9 +291,15 @@ tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
> for (iter = begin; iter < end; iter++) {
> mark_entry = get_tracepoint(iter->name);
> if (mark_entry) {
> + if (mod && !mark_entry->mod) {
> + if (!try_module_get(mod))
> + goto disable;
> + mark_entry->mod = mod;
> + }
> set_tracepoint(&mark_entry, iter,
> !!mark_entry->refcount);
> } else {
> + disable:
> disable_tracepoint(iter);
> }
> }
> @@ -301,7 +312,7 @@ tracepoint_update_probe_range(struct tracepoint *begin, struct tracepoint *end)
> static void tracepoint_update_probes(void)
> {
> /* Core kernel tracepoints */
> - tracepoint_update_probe_range(__start___tracepoints,
> + tracepoint_update_probe_range(NULL, __start___tracepoints,
> __stop___tracepoints);
> /* tracepoints in modules. */
> module_update_tracepoints();
> @@ -556,7 +567,7 @@ int tracepoint_module_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
> switch (val) {
> case MODULE_STATE_COMING:
> case MODULE_STATE_GOING:
> - tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod->tracepoints,
> + tracepoint_update_probe_range(mod, mod->tracepoints,
> mod->tracepoints + mod->num_tracepoints);
> break;
> }
>
>

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