summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/arch/mips/kernel/mcount.S
AgeCommit message (Collapse)AuthorFilesLines
2018-06-19mips: ftrace: fix static function graph tracingMatthias Schiffer1-15/+12
ftrace_graph_caller was never run after calling ftrace_trace_function, breaking the function graph tracer. Fix this, bringing it in line with the x86 implementation. While we're at it, also streamline the control flow of _mcount a bit to reduce the number of branches. This issue was reported before: https://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2014-11/msg00295.html Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net> Tested-by: Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@mips.com> Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/18929/ Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.17+
2017-01-03MIPS: Export _mcount alongside its definitionPaul Burton1-0/+3
Now that EXPORT_SYMBOL can be used from assembly source, move the EXPORT_SYMBOL invocation for _mcount to be alongside its definition. Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14525/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2014-09-26MIPS: mcount: Adjust stack pointer for static trace in MIPS32Markos Chandras1-0/+12
Every mcount() call in the MIPS 32-bit kernel is done as follows: [...] move at, ra jal _mcount addiu sp, sp, -8 [...] but upon returning from the mcount() function, the stack pointer is not adjusted properly. This is explained in details in 58b69401c797 (MIPS: Function tracer: Fix broken function tracing). Commit ad8c396936e3 ("MIPS: Unbreak function tracer for 64-bit kernel.) fixed the stack manipulation for 64-bit but it didn't fix it completely for MIPS32. Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/7792/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2014-08-07Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linusLinus Torvalds1-0/+13
Pull MIPS updates from Ralf Baechle: "This is the main pull request for 3.17. It contains: - misc Cavium Octeon, BCM47xx, BCM63xx and Alchemy updates - MIPS ptrace updates and cleanups - various fixes that will also go to -stable - a number of cleanups and small non-critical fixes. - NUMA support for the Loongson 3. - more support for MSA - support for MAAR - various FP enhancements and fixes" * 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus: (139 commits) MIPS: jz4740: remove unnecessary null test before debugfs_remove MIPS: Octeon: remove unnecessary null test before debugfs_remove_recursive MIPS: ZBOOT: implement stack protector in compressed boot phase MIPS: mipsreg: remove duplicate MIPS_CONF4_FTLBSETS_SHIFT MIPS: Bonito64: remove a duplicate define MIPS: Malta: initialise MAARs MIPS: Initialise MAARs MIPS: detect presence of MAARs MIPS: define MAAR register accessors & bits MIPS: mark MSA experimental MIPS: Don't build MSA support unless it can be used MIPS: consistently clear MSA flags when starting & copying threads MIPS: 16 byte align MSA vector context MIPS: disable preemption whilst initialising MSA MIPS: ensure MSA gets disabled during boot MIPS: fix read_msa_* & write_msa_* functions on non-MSA toolchains MIPS: fix MSA context for tasks which don't use FP first MIPS: init upper 64b of vector registers when MSA is first used MIPS: save/disable MSA in lose_fpu MIPS: preserve scalar FP CSR when switching vector context ...
2014-07-30MIPS: ftrace: Fix dynamic tracing of kernel modulesPetri Gynther1-0/+13
Dynamic tracing of kernel modules is broken on 32-bit MIPS. When modules are loaded, the kernel crashes when dynamic tracing is enabled with: cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing echo > set_ftrace_filter echo function > current_tracer 1) arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c When the kernel boots, or when a module is initialized, ftrace_make_nop() modifies every _mcount call site to eliminate the ftrace overhead. However, when ftrace is later enabled for a call site, ftrace_make_call() does not currently restore the _mcount call correctly for module call sites. Added ftrace_modify_code_2r() and modified ftrace_make_call() to fix this. 2) arch/mips/kernel/mcount.S _mcount assembly routine is supposed to have the caller's _mcount call site address in register a0. However, a0 is currently not calculated correctly for module call sites. a0 should be (ra - 20) or (ra - 24), depending on whether the kernel was built with KBUILD_MCOUNT_RA_ADDRESS or not. This fix has been tested on Broadcom BMIPS5000 processor. Dynamic tracing now works for both built-in functions and module functions. Signed-off-by: Petri Gynther <pgynther@google.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: alcooperx@gmail.com Cc: cminyard@mvista.com Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/7476/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2014-07-18MIPS: ftrace: Remove check of obsolete variable function_trace_stopSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)1-7/+0
Nothing sets function_trace_stop to disable function tracing anymore. Remove the check for it in the arch code. Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Tested-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-09-03MIPS: Ftrace: Fix function tracing return address to matchCorey Minyard1-1/+1
Dynamic function tracing was not working on MIPS. When doing dynamic tracing, the tracer attempts to match up the passed in address with the one the compiler creates in the mcount tables. The MIPS code was passing in the return address from the tracing function call, but the compiler tables were the address of the function call. So they wouldn't match. Just subtracting 8 from the return address will give the address of the function call. Easy enough. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com> [david.daney@cavium.com: Adjusted code comment and patch Subject.] Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/5592/
2013-06-11MIPS: kernel: mcount.S: Drop FRAME_POINTER codepathMarkos Chandras1-4/+0
CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER is not selectable for MIPS so this codepath was never executed. Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras@imgtec.com> Acked-by: Steven J. Hill <Steven.Hill@imgtec.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/5440/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2013-04-05MIPS: Unbreak function tracer for 64-bit kernel.David Daney1-4/+7
Commit 58b69401c797 [MIPS: Function tracer: Fix broken function tracing] completely broke the function tracer for 64-bit kernels. The symptom is a system hang very early in the boot process. The fix: Remove/fix $sp adjustments for 64-bit case. Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Cc: Al Cooper <alcooperx@gmail.com> Cc: viric@viric.name Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.8.x Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2013-01-31MIPS: Function tracer: Fix broken function tracingAl Cooper1-3/+4
Function tracing is currently broken for all 32 bit MIPS platforms. When tracing is enabled, the kernel immediately hangs on boot. This is a result of commit b732d439cb43336cd6d7e804ecb2c81193ef63b0 that changes the kernel/trace/Kconfig file so that is no longer forces FRAME_POINTER when FUNCTION_TRACING is enabled. MIPS frame pointers are generally considered to be useless because they cannot be used to unwind the stack. Unfortunately the MIPS function tracing code has bugs that are masked by the use of frame pointers. This commit fixes the bugs so that MIPS frame pointers don't need to be enabled. The bugs are a result of the odd calling sequence used to call the trace routine. This calling sequence is inserted into every traceable function when the tracing CONFIG option is enabled. This sequence is generated for 32bit MIPS platforms by the compiler via the "-pg" flag. Part of the sequence is "addiu sp,sp,-8" in the delay slot after every call to the trace routine "_mcount" (some legacy thing where 2 arguments used to be pushed on the stack). The _mcount routine is expected to adjust the sp by +8 before returning. So when not disabled, the original jalr and addiu will be there, so _mcount has to adjust sp. The problem is that when tracing is disabled for a function, the "jalr _mcount" instruction is replaced with a nop, but the "addiu sp,sp,-8" is still executed and the stack pointer is left trashed. When frame pointers are enabled the problem is masked because any access to the stack is done through the frame pointer and the stack pointer is restored from the frame pointer when the function returns. This patch writes two nops starting at the address of the "jalr _mcount" instruction whenever tracing is disabled. This means that the "addiu sp,sp.-8" will be converted to a nop along with the "jalr". When disabled, there will be two nops. This is SMP safe because the first time this happens is during ftrace_init() which is before any other processor has been started. Subsequent calls to enable/disable tracing when other CPUs ARE running will still be safe because the enable will only change the first nop to a "jalr" and the disable, while writing 2 nops, will only be changing the "jalr". This patch also stops using stop_machine() to call the tracer enable/disable routines and calls them directly because the routines are SMP safe. When the kernel first boots we have to be able to handle the gcc generated jalr, addui sequence until ftrace_init gets a chance to run and change the sequence. At this point mcount just adjusts the stack and returns. When ftrace_init runs, we convert the jalr/addui to nops. Then whenever tracing is enabled we convert the first nop to a "jalr mcount+8". The mcount+8 entry point skips the stack adjust. [ralf@linux-mips.org: Folded in Steven Rostedt's build fix.] Signed-off-by: Al Cooper <alcooperx@gmail.com> Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: ddaney.cavm@gmail.com Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/4806/ Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/4841/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-08-05MIPS: tracing: Fix the indentation of mcount.SWu Zhangjin1-3/+3
The commit "MIPS: Tracing: Cleanup the arguments passing of prepare_ftrace_return" has moved the "jal prepare_ftrace_return" instruction after the handling of the 3rd argument but forgot to remove the superfluous space before the related instructions. Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/1475/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-07-05MIPS: Tracing: Fix argument passing of the 32bit support with gcc 4.5Wu Zhangjin1-3/+9
As documented in the GCC 4.5 docs [1] -mmcount-ra-address uses register $12 to pass the stack offset of the return address to the _mcount function. On 64-bit kernels $12 is t0 but in 32-bit kernels it is t4 so we need to use $12 instead of t0 here to be correct for both kernel types. [1] GCC documentation: MIPS Options http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/MIPS-Options.html Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> Cc: David Daney <david.s.daney@gmail.com> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/1227/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-07-05MIPS: Tracing: Cleanup commentsWu Zhangjin1-5/+6
Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> Cc: David Daney <david.s.daney@gmail.com> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/1225/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-07-05MIPS: Tracing: Cleanup the arguments passing of prepare_ftrace_returnWu Zhangjin1-14/+22
Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> Cc: David Daney <david.s.daney@gmail.com> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/1226/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-07-05MIPS: Tracing: Merge adjacent #ifdefs with same condition.Wu Zhangjin1-2/+0
Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org> Cc: David Daney <david.s.daney@gmail.com> Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/1224/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2010-02-27MIPS: Loongson: Change the Email address of Wu ZhangjinWu Zhangjin1-1/+1
Currently wuzj@lemote.com is not usable; change it to wuzhangjin@gmail.com. Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Cc: yanh@lemote.com Cc: huhb@lemote.com Cc: zhangfx@lemote.com Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/829/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2009-12-17MIPS: Tracing: Make function graph tracer work with -mmcount-ra-addressWu Zhangjin1-0/+14
That thread "MIPS: Add option to pass return address location to _mcount" from "David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>" have added a new option -mmcount-ra-address to gcc(4.5) for MIPS to transfer the location of the return address to _mcount. Benefit from this new feature, function graph tracer on MIPS will be easier and safer to hijack the return address of the kernel function, which will save some overhead and make the whole thing more reliable. In this patch, at first, try to enable the option -mmcount-ra-address in arch/mips/Makefile with cc-option, if gcc support it, it will be enabled, otherwise, no side effect. and then, we need to support this new option of gcc 4.5 and also support the old gcc versions. with _mcount in the old gcc versions, it's not easy to get the location of return address(tracing: add function graph tracer support for MIPS), so, we do it in a C function: ftrace_get_parent_addr(ftrace.c), but with -mmcount-ra-address, only several instructions need to get what we want, so, I put into asm(mcount.S). and also, as the $12(t0) is used by -mmcount-ra-address for transferring the localtion of return address to _mcount, we need to save it into the stack and restore it when enabled dynamic function tracer, 'Cause we have called "ftrace_call" before "ftrace_graph_caller", which may destroy $12(t0). (Thanks to David for providing that -mcount-ra-address and giving the idea of KBUILD_MCOUNT_RA_ADDRESS, both of them have made the whole thing more beautiful!) Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> Cc: zhangfx@lemote.com Cc: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/681/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2009-12-17MIPS: Tracing: Reserve $12(t0) for mcount-ra-address of gcc 4.5Wu Zhangjin1-13/+13
A new option -mmcount-ra-address for gcc 4.5 have been sent by David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> in the thread "MIPS: Add option to pass return address location to _mcount", which help to record the location of the return address(ra) for the function graph tracer of MIPS to hijack the return address easier and safer. that option used the $12(t0) register by default, so, we reserve it for it, and use t1,t2,t3 instead of t0,t1,t2. Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> Cc: zhangfx@lemote.com Cc: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/680/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2009-12-17MIPS: Tracing: Make ftrace for MIPS work without -fno-omit-frame-pointerWu Zhangjin1-0/+8
When remove the -fno-omit-frame-pointer, gcc will not save the frame pointer for us, we need to save one ourselves. Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> Cc: zhangfx@lemote.com Cc: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/679/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2009-12-17MIPS: Tracing: Add dynamic function graph tracer for MIPSWu Zhangjin1-2/+12
This patch make function graph tracer work with dynamic function tracer. To share the source code of dynamic function tracer(MCOUNT_SAVE_REGS), and avoid restoring the whole saved registers, we need to restore the ra register from the stack. (NOTE: This not work with 32bit! need to ensure why!) Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> Cc: zhangfx@lemote.com Cc: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/678/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2009-12-17MIPS: Tracing: Add function graph tracer support for MIPSWu Zhangjin1-0/+42
The implementation of function graph tracer for MIPS is a little different from X86. in MIPS, gcc(with -pg) only transfer the caller's return address(at) and the _mcount's return address(ra) to us. For the kernel part without -mlong-calls: move at, ra jal _mcount For the module part with -mlong-calls: lui v1, hi16bit_of_mcount addiu v1, v1, low16bit_of_mcount move at, ra jal _mcount Without -mlong-calls, if the function is a leaf, it will not save the return address(ra): ffffffff80101298 <au1k_wait>: ffffffff80101298: 67bdfff0 daddiu sp,sp,-16 ffffffff8010129c: ffbe0008 sd s8,8(sp) ffffffff801012a0: 03a0f02d move s8,sp ffffffff801012a4: 03e0082d move at,ra ffffffff801012a8: 0c042930 jal ffffffff8010a4c0 <_mcount> ffffffff801012ac: 00020021 nop so, we can hijack it directly in _mcount, but if the function is non-leaf, the return address is saved in the stack. ffffffff80133030 <copy_process>: ffffffff80133030: 67bdff50 daddiu sp,sp,-176 ffffffff80133034: ffbe00a0 sd s8,160(sp) ffffffff80133038: 03a0f02d move s8,sp ffffffff8013303c: ffbf00a8 sd ra,168(sp) ffffffff80133040: ffb70098 sd s7,152(sp) ffffffff80133044: ffb60090 sd s6,144(sp) ffffffff80133048: ffb50088 sd s5,136(sp) ffffffff8013304c: ffb40080 sd s4,128(sp) ffffffff80133050: ffb30078 sd s3,120(sp) ffffffff80133054: ffb20070 sd s2,112(sp) ffffffff80133058: ffb10068 sd s1,104(sp) ffffffff8013305c: ffb00060 sd s0,96(sp) ffffffff80133060: 03e0082d move at,ra ffffffff80133064: 0c042930 jal ffffffff8010a4c0 <_mcount> ffffffff80133068: 00020021 nop but we can not get the exact stack address(which saved ra) directly in _mcount, we need to search the content of at register in the stack space or search the "s{d,w} ra, offset(sp)" instruction in the text. 'Cause we can not prove there is only a match in the stack space, so, we search the text instead. as we can see, if the first instruction above "move at, ra" is not a store instruction, there should be a leaf function, so we hijack the at register directly via putting &return_to_handler into it, otherwise, we search the "s{d,w} ra, offset(sp)" instruction to get the stack offset, and then the stack address. we use the above copy_process() as an example, we at last find "ffbf00a8", 0xa8 is the stack offset, we plus it with s8(fp), that is the stack address, we hijack the content via writing the &return_to_handler in. If with -mlong-calls, since there are two more instructions above "move at, ra", so, we can move the pointer to the position above "lui v1, hi16bit_of_mcount". Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> Cc: zhangfx@lemote.com Cc: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/677/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2009-12-17MIPS: Tracing: Add dynamic function tracer supportWu Zhangjin1-0/+29
With dynamic function tracer, by default, _mcount is defined as an "empty" function, it returns directly without any more action . When enabling it in user-space, it will jump to a real tracing function(ftrace_caller), and do the real job for us. Differ from the static function tracer, dynamic function tracer provides two functions ftrace_make_call()/ftrace_make_nop() to enable/disable the tracing of some indicated kernel functions(set_ftrace_filter). In the -v4 version, the implementation of this support is basically the same as X86 version does: _mcount is implemented as an empty function and ftrace_caller is implemented as a real tracing function respectively. But in this version, to support module tracing with the help of -mlong-calls in arch/mips/Makefile: MODFLAGS += -mlong-calls. The stuff becomes a little more complex. We need to cope with two different type of calling to _mcount. For the kernel part, the calling to _mcount(result of "objdump -hdr vmlinux"). is like this: 108: 03e0082d move at,ra 10c: 0c000000 jal 0 <fpcsr_pending> 10c: R_MIPS_26 _mcount 10c: R_MIPS_NONE *ABS* 10c: R_MIPS_NONE *ABS* 110: 00020021 nop For the module with -mlong-calls, it looks like this: c: 3c030000 lui v1,0x0 c: R_MIPS_HI16 _mcount c: R_MIPS_NONE *ABS* c: R_MIPS_NONE *ABS* 10: 64630000 daddiu v1,v1,0 10: R_MIPS_LO16 _mcount 10: R_MIPS_NONE *ABS* 10: R_MIPS_NONE *ABS* 14: 03e0082d move at,ra 18: 0060f809 jalr v1 In the kernel version, there is only one "_mcount" string for every kernel function, so, we just need to match this one in mcount_regex of scripts/recordmcount.pl, but in the module version, we need to choose one of the two to match. Herein, I choose the first one with "R_MIPS_HI16 _mcount". and In the kernel verion, without module tracing support, we just need to replace "jal _mcount" by "jal ftrace_caller" to do real tracing, and filter the tracing of some kernel functions via replacing it by a nop instruction. but as we have described before, the instruction "jal ftrace_caller" only left 32bit length for the address of ftrace_caller, it will fail when calling from the module space. so, herein, we must replace something else. the basic idea is loading the address of ftrace_caller to v1 via changing these two instructions: lui v1,0x0 addiu v1,v1,0 If we want to enable the tracing, we need to replace the above instructions to: lui v1, HI_16BIT_ftrace_caller addiu v1, v1, LOW_16BIT_ftrace_caller If we want to stop the tracing of the indicated kernel functions, we just need to replace the "jalr v1" to a nop instruction. but we need to replace two instructions and encode the above two instructions oursevles. Is there a simpler solution? Yes! Here it is, in this version, we put _mcount and ftrace_caller together, which means the address of _mcount and ftrace_caller is the same: _mcount: ftrace_caller: j ftrace_stub nop ...(do real tracing here)... ftrace_stub: jr ra move ra, at By default, the kernel functions call _mcount, and then jump to ftrace_stub and return. and when we want to do real tracing, we just need to remove that "j ftrace_stub", and it will run through the two "nop" instructions and then do the real tracing job. what about filtering job? we just need to do this: lui v1, hi_16bit_of_mcount <--> b 1f (0x10000004) addiu v1, v1, low_16bit_of_mcount move at, ra jalr v1 nop 1f: (rec->ip + 12) In linux-mips64, there will be some local symbols, whose name are prefixed by $L, which need to be filtered. thanks goes to Steven for writing the mips64-specific function_regex. In a conclusion, with RISC, things becomes easier with such a "stupid" trick, RISC is something like K.I.S.S, and also, there are lots of "simple" tricks in the whole ftrace support, thanks goes to Steven and the other folks for providing such a wonderful tracing framework! Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> Cc: zhangfx@lemote.com Cc: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/675/ Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2009-12-17MIPS: Tracing: Enable HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST for MIPSWu Zhangjin1-0/+3
There is an exisiting common ftrace_test_stop_func() in kernel/trace/ftrace.c, which is used to check the global variable ftrace_trace_stop to determine whether stop the function tracing. This patch implepment the MIPS specific one to speedup the procedure. Thanks goes to Zhang Le for Cleaning it up. Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> Cc: zhangfx@lemote.com Cc: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/673/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2009-12-17MIPS: Tracing: Add static function tracer support for MIPSWu Zhangjin1-0/+83
If -pg of gcc is enabled with CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER=y. a calling to _mcount will be inserted into each kernel function. so, there is a possibility to trace the kernel functions in _mcount. This patch add the MIPS specific _mcount support for static function tracing. by default, ftrace_trace_function is initialized as ftrace_stub(an empty function), so, the default _mcount will introduce very little overhead. after enabling ftrace in user-space, it will jump to a real tracing function and do static function tracing for us. and -ffunction-sections is incompatible with -pg, so, disable it when ftracer is enabled. Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at> Cc: zhangfx@lemote.com Cc: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/672/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>