Re: [RFC PATCH] Kernel Tracepoints (update)

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Thu Jul 03 2008 - 14:50:04 EST


Hi Mathieu,

Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Hi Masami,
>
> I am thinking about removing the private_data, because such declaration
> won't work :
>
> DEFINE_TRACE(kernel_irq_exit,
> TPPROTO(void),
> TPARGS());
>
> because the arguments become :
>
> (void *private_data, void)

Oh, you right.
since there is no tracepoint user who uses private_data,
we can remove it.

> Any better idea ?

If you need it, I think you can introduce some macros like below.

#define TPPROTO(args...) (void *private_data, args)

#define __define_trace_register(name, proto) \ /*shared by DEFINE_TRACE/DEFINE_TRACE_NOARG*/
static inline int register_trace_##name(\
void (*probe)proto, \
void *private_data) \
{ \
return tracepoint_probe_register(#name ":" #proto, \
(void *)probe, private_data); \
} \
static inline void unregister_trace_##name( \
void (*probe)proto, \
void *private_data) \
{ \
tracepoint_probe_unregister(#name ":" #proto, \
(void *)probe, private_data); \
}

#define DEFINE_TRACE_NOARG(name) \
static inline void _do_trace_##name(struct tracepoint *tp) \
...
static inline void trace_##name(void) \
...
__define_trace_register(name, (void *private_data))


But I think removing private_data is better...

Thank you,

>
> Mathieu
>
> * Masami Hiramatsu (mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>> Hi Mathieu,
>>
>> I found a bug.
>> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>>> +/*
>>> + * Remove the tracepoint from the tracepoint hash table. Must be called with
>>> + * mutex_lock held.
>>> + */
>>> +static int remove_tracepoint(const char *name)
>>> +{
>>> + struct hlist_head *head;
>>> + struct hlist_node *node;
>>> + struct tracepoint_entry *e;
>>> + int found = 0;
>>> + size_t len = strlen(name) + 1;
>>> + u32 hash = jhash(name, len-1, 0);
>>> +
>>> + head = &tracepoint_table[hash & ((1 << TRACEPOINT_HASH_BITS)-1)];
>>> + hlist_for_each_entry(e, node, head, hlist) {
>>> + if (!strcmp(name, e->name)) {
>>> + found = 1;
>>> + break;
>>> + }
>>> + }
>>> + if (!found)
>>> + return -ENOENT;
>> before removing, you have to ensure refcount == 0. So,
>> if (e->refcount != 0)
>> return -EBUSY;
>>
>>> + hlist_del(&e->hlist);
>>> + /* Make sure the call_rcu has been executed */
>>> + if (e->rcu_pending)
>>> + rcu_barrier();
>>> + kfree(e);
>>> + return 0;
>>> +}
>> Thank you,
>>
>> --
>> Masami Hiramatsu
>>
>> Software Engineer
>> Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
>> Software Solutions Division
>>
>> e-mail: mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx
>>
>

--
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx

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