Re: [for-next][PATCH 11/18] s390/function_graph: Simplify with function_graph_entry()

From: Martin Schwidefsky
Date: Thu Nov 22 2018 - 01:43:36 EST


On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 19:28:12 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The function_graph_entry() function does the work of calling the function
> graph hook function and the management of the shadow stack, simplifying the
> work done in the architecture dependent prepare_ftrace_return().
>
> Have s390 use the new code, and remove the shadow stack management as well as
> having to set up the trace structure.
>
> This is needed to prepare for a fix of a design bug on how the curr_ret_stack
> is used.
>
> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 03274a3ffb449 ("tracing/fgraph: Adjust fgraph depth before calling trace return callback")
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

A quick test showed that the patch series works fine on s390.
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c | 13 ++-----------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
> index 84be7f02d0c2..39b13d71a8fe 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ftrace.c
> @@ -203,22 +203,13 @@ device_initcall(ftrace_plt_init);
> */
> unsigned long prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long parent, unsigned long ip)
> {
> - struct ftrace_graph_ent trace;
> -
> if (unlikely(ftrace_graph_is_dead()))
> goto out;
> if (unlikely(atomic_read(&current->tracing_graph_pause)))
> goto out;
> ip -= MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE;
> - trace.func = ip;
> - trace.depth = current->curr_ret_stack + 1;
> - /* Only trace if the calling function expects to. */
> - if (!ftrace_graph_entry(&trace))
> - goto out;
> - if (ftrace_push_return_trace(parent, ip, &trace.depth, 0,
> - NULL) == -EBUSY)
> - goto out;
> - parent = (unsigned long) return_to_handler;
> + if (!function_graph_enter(parent, ip, 0, NULL))
> + parent = (unsigned long) return_to_handler;
> out:
> return parent;
> }


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Martin.

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