Function graph tracer modifies a return address (LR) in a stack frame
to hook a function return. This will result in many useless entries
(return_to_handler) showing up in
a) a stack tracer's output
b) perf call graph (with perf record -g)
c) dump_backtrace (at panic et al.)
For example, in case of a),
$ echo function_graph > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
$ echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/stack_trace_enabled
$ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/stack_trace
Depth Size Location (54 entries)
----- ---- --------
0) 4504 16 gic_raise_softirq+0x28/0x150
1) 4488 80 smp_cross_call+0x38/0xb8
2) 4408 48 return_to_handler+0x0/0x40
3) 4360 32 return_to_handler+0x0/0x40
...
In case of b),
$ echo function_graph > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
$ perf record -e mem:XXX:x -ag -- sleep 10
$ perf report
...
| | |--0.22%-- 0x550f8
| | | 0x10888
| | | el0_svc_naked
| | | sys_openat
| | | return_to_handler
| | | return_to_handler
...
In case of c),
$ echo function_graph > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
$ echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
...
Call trace:
[<ffffffc00044d3ac>] sysrq_handle_crash+0x24/0x30
[<ffffffc000092250>] return_to_handler+0x0/0x40
[<ffffffc000092250>] return_to_handler+0x0/0x40
...
This patch replaces such entries with real addresses preserved in
current->ret_stack[] at unwind_frame(). This way, we can cover all
the cases.
Reviewed-by: Jungseok Lee <jungseoklee85@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
[will: fixed minor context changes conflicting with irq stack bits]
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
This patch allows system call entry or exit to be traced as ftrace events,
ie. sys_enter_*/sys_exit_*, if CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS is enabled.
Those events appear and can be controlled under
${sysfs}/tracing/events/syscalls/
Please note that we can't trace compat system calls here because
AArch32 mode does not share the same syscall table with AArch64.
Just define ARCH_TRACE_IGNORE_COMPAT_SYSCALLS in order to avoid unexpected
results (bogus syscalls reported or even hang-up).
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
CALLER_ADDRx returns caller's address at specified level in call stacks.
They are used for several tracers like irqsoff and preemptoff.
Strange to say, however, they are refered even without FTRACE.
Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
This patch allows "dynamic ftrace" if CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE is enabled.
Here we can turn on and off tracing dynamically per-function base.
On arm64, this is done by patching single branch instruction to _mcount()
inserted by gcc -pg option. The branch is replaced to NOP initially at
kernel start up, and later on, NOP to branch to ftrace_caller() when
enabled or branch to NOP when disabled.
Please note that ftrace_caller() is a counterpart of _mcount() in case of
'static' ftrace.
More details on architecture specific requirements are described in
Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt.
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
This patch implements arm64 specific part to support function tracers,
such as function (CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER), function_graph
(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER) and function profiler
(CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER).
With 'function' tracer, all the functions in the kernel are traced with
timestamps in ${sysfs}/tracing/trace. If function_graph tracer is
specified, call graph is generated.
The kernel must be compiled with -pg option so that _mcount() is inserted
at the beginning of functions. This function is called on every function's
entry as long as tracing is enabled.
In addition, function_graph tracer also needs to be able to probe function's
exit. ftrace_graph_caller() & return_to_handler do this by faking link
register's value to intercept function's return path.
More details on architecture specific requirements are described in
Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt.
Reviewed-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <ganapatrao.kulkarni@cavium.com>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Adam Buchbinder