Re: [PATCH 1/2] kernel/kcov.c: mark funcs in __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc as notrace

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Nov 28 2018 - 09:05:14 EST


On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:12:39 +0100
Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc is marked as notrace, function calls in
> __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc shouldn't be traced either. The function
> ftrace_graph_caller() gets called for each function that isn't marked
> 'notrace', like canonicalize_ip(). This is the call trace from a run:
>
> [ 139.644550] ftrace_graph_caller+0x1c/0x24
> [ 139.648352] canonicalize_ip+0x18/0x28
> [ 139.652313] __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x14/0x58
> [ 139.656184] sched_clock+0x34/0x1e8
> [ 139.659759] trace_clock_local+0x40/0x88
> [ 139.663722] ftrace_push_return_trace+0x8c/0x1f0
> [ 139.667767] prepare_ftrace_return+0xa8/0x100
> [ 139.671709] ftrace_graph_caller+0x1c/0x24
>
> Rework so that the functions check_kcov_mode and canonicalize_ip that is
> callef from __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc also is marked as notrace.
>
> Co-developed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Signen-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Steve