[PATCH 4/5] ftrace: Fix en(dis)able graph caller when en(dis)abling record via sysctl

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Mar 09 2015 - 12:06:59 EST


From: Pratyush Anand <panand@xxxxxxxxxx>

When ftrace is enabled globally through the proc interface, we must check if
ftrace_graph_active is set. If it is set, then we should also pass the
FTRACE_START_FUNC_RET command to ftrace_run_update_code(). Similarly, when
ftrace is disabled globally through the proc interface, we must check if
ftrace_graph_active is set. If it is set, then we should also pass the
FTRACE_STOP_FUNC_RET command to ftrace_run_update_code().

Consider the following situation.

# echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_enabled

After this ftrace_enabled = 0.

# echo function_graph > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer

Since ftrace_enabled = 0, ftrace_enable_ftrace_graph_caller() is never
called.

# echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_enabled

Now ftrace_enabled will be set to true, but still
ftrace_enable_ftrace_graph_caller() will not be called, which is not
desired.

Further if we execute the following after this:
# echo nop > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer

Now since ftrace_enabled is set it will call
ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller(), which causes a kernel warning on
the ARM platform.

On the ARM platform, when ftrace_enable_ftrace_graph_caller() is called,
it checks whether the old instruction is a nop or not. If it's not a nop,
then it returns an error. If it is a nop then it replaces instruction at
that address with a branch to ftrace_graph_caller.
ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller() behaves just the opposite. Therefore,
if generic ftrace code ever calls either ftrace_enable_ftrace_graph_caller()
or ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller() consecutively two times in a row,
then it will return an error, which will cause the generic ftrace code to
raise a warning.

Note, x86 does not have an issue with this because the architecture
specific code for ftrace_enable_ftrace_graph_caller() and
ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller() does not check the previous state,
and calling either of these functions twice in a row has no ill effect.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e4fbe64cdac0dd0e86a3bf914b0f83c0b419f146.1425666454.git.panand@xxxxxxxxxx

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 2.6.31+
Signed-off-by: Pratyush Anand <panand@xxxxxxxxxx>
[
removed extra if (ftrace_start_up) and defined ftrace_graph_active as 0
if CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER is not set.
]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 14947e014b78..ea520bb54d44 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,12 @@ static __init void ftrace_profile_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)

static struct pid * const ftrace_swapper_pid = &init_struct_pid;

+#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
+static int ftrace_graph_active;
+#else
+# define ftrace_graph_active 0
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE

static struct ftrace_ops *removed_ops;
@@ -2692,24 +2698,36 @@ static int ftrace_shutdown(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int command)

static void ftrace_startup_sysctl(void)
{
+ int command;
+
if (unlikely(ftrace_disabled))
return;

/* Force update next time */
saved_ftrace_func = NULL;
/* ftrace_start_up is true if we want ftrace running */
- if (ftrace_start_up)
- ftrace_run_update_code(FTRACE_UPDATE_CALLS);
+ if (ftrace_start_up) {
+ command = FTRACE_UPDATE_CALLS;
+ if (ftrace_graph_active)
+ command |= FTRACE_START_FUNC_RET;
+ ftrace_run_update_code(command);
+ }
}

static void ftrace_shutdown_sysctl(void)
{
+ int command;
+
if (unlikely(ftrace_disabled))
return;

/* ftrace_start_up is true if ftrace is running */
- if (ftrace_start_up)
- ftrace_run_update_code(FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS);
+ if (ftrace_start_up) {
+ command = FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS;
+ if (ftrace_graph_active)
+ command |= FTRACE_STOP_FUNC_RET;
+ ftrace_run_update_code(command);
+ }
}

static cycle_t ftrace_update_time;
@@ -5594,8 +5612,6 @@ static struct ftrace_ops graph_ops = {
ASSIGN_OPS_HASH(graph_ops, &global_ops.local_hash)
};

-static int ftrace_graph_active;
-
int ftrace_graph_entry_stub(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace)
{
return 0;
--
2.1.4


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