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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 66 |
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 9a2581fe7ed5..6e5c6b023dc3 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -422,14 +422,16 @@ struct rb_event_info { /* * Used for which event context the event is in. - * NMI = 0 - * IRQ = 1 - * SOFTIRQ = 2 - * NORMAL = 3 + * TRANSITION = 0 + * NMI = 1 + * IRQ = 2 + * SOFTIRQ = 3 + * NORMAL = 4 * * See trace_recursive_lock() comment below for more details. */ enum { + RB_CTX_TRANSITION, RB_CTX_NMI, RB_CTX_IRQ, RB_CTX_SOFTIRQ, @@ -1717,18 +1719,18 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size, { struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer; unsigned long nr_pages; - int cpu, err = 0; + int cpu, err; /* * Always succeed at resizing a non-existent buffer: */ if (!buffer) - return size; + return 0; /* Make sure the requested buffer exists */ if (cpu_id != RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu_id, buffer->cpumask)) - return size; + return 0; nr_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, BUF_PAGE_SIZE); @@ -1868,7 +1870,7 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size, } mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex); - return size; + return 0; out_err: for_each_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu) { @@ -2660,10 +2662,10 @@ rb_wakeups(struct ring_buffer *buffer, struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) * a bit of overhead in something as critical as function tracing, * we use a bitmask trick. * - * bit 0 = NMI context - * bit 1 = IRQ context - * bit 2 = SoftIRQ context - * bit 3 = normal context. + * bit 1 = NMI context + * bit 2 = IRQ context + * bit 3 = SoftIRQ context + * bit 4 = normal context. * * This works because this is the order of contexts that can * preempt other contexts. A SoftIRQ never preempts an IRQ @@ -2686,6 +2688,30 @@ rb_wakeups(struct ring_buffer *buffer, struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) * The least significant bit can be cleared this way, and it * just so happens that it is the same bit corresponding to * the current context. + * + * Now the TRANSITION bit breaks the above slightly. The TRANSITION bit + * is set when a recursion is detected at the current context, and if + * the TRANSITION bit is already set, it will fail the recursion. + * This is needed because there's a lag between the changing of + * interrupt context and updating the preempt count. In this case, + * a false positive will be found. To handle this, one extra recursion + * is allowed, and this is done by the TRANSITION bit. If the TRANSITION + * bit is already set, then it is considered a recursion and the function + * ends. Otherwise, the TRANSITION bit is set, and that bit is returned. + * + * On the trace_recursive_unlock(), the TRANSITION bit will be the first + * to be cleared. Even if it wasn't the context that set it. That is, + * if an interrupt comes in while NORMAL bit is set and the ring buffer + * is called before preempt_count() is updated, since the check will + * be on the NORMAL bit, the TRANSITION bit will then be set. If an + * NMI then comes in, it will set the NMI bit, but when the NMI code + * does the trace_recursive_unlock() it will clear the TRANSTION bit + * and leave the NMI bit set. But this is fine, because the interrupt + * code that set the TRANSITION bit will then clear the NMI bit when it + * calls trace_recursive_unlock(). If another NMI comes in, it will + * set the TRANSITION bit and continue. + * + * Note: The TRANSITION bit only handles a single transition between context. */ static __always_inline int @@ -2701,8 +2727,16 @@ trace_recursive_lock(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) bit = pc & NMI_MASK ? RB_CTX_NMI : pc & HARDIRQ_MASK ? RB_CTX_IRQ : RB_CTX_SOFTIRQ; - if (unlikely(val & (1 << (bit + cpu_buffer->nest)))) - return 1; + if (unlikely(val & (1 << (bit + cpu_buffer->nest)))) { + /* + * It is possible that this was called by transitioning + * between interrupt context, and preempt_count() has not + * been updated yet. In this case, use the TRANSITION bit. + */ + bit = RB_CTX_TRANSITION; + if (val & (1 << (bit + cpu_buffer->nest))) + return 1; + } val |= (1 << (bit + cpu_buffer->nest)); cpu_buffer->current_context = val; @@ -2717,8 +2751,8 @@ trace_recursive_unlock(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) cpu_buffer->current_context - (1 << cpu_buffer->nest); } -/* The recursive locking above uses 4 bits */ -#define NESTED_BITS 4 +/* The recursive locking above uses 5 bits */ +#define NESTED_BITS 5 /** * ring_buffer_nest_start - Allow to trace while nested |