[PATCH 1/3][V2] tracing/ftrace: implement a set_flag callback for tracers

[Frederic Weisbecker]

Impact: give a way to send specific messages to tracers

The current implementation of tracing uses some flags to control the output
of general tracers. But we have no way to implement custom flags handling for
a specific tracer.
This patch proposes a new callback for the struct tracer which called set_flag
and a structure that represents a 32 bits variable flag.

A tracer can implement a struct tracer_flags on which it puts the initial value
of the flag integer. Than it can place a range of flags with their name and their
flag mask on the flag integer. The structure that implement a single flag is called
struct tracer_opt.

These custom flags will be available through the trace_options file like the general
tracing flags. Changing their value is done like the other general flags.
For example if you have a flag that calls "foo", you can activate it by writing
"foo" or "nofoo" on trace_options.

Note that the set_flag callback is optional and is only needed if you want the flags
changing to be signaled to your tracer and let it to accept or refuse their assignment.

V2: Some arrangements in coding style....

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c |   92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 kernel/trace/trace.h |   26 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 4a90462..cd123e2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@
 unsigned long __read_mostly	tracing_max_latency = (cycle_t)ULONG_MAX;
 unsigned long __read_mostly	tracing_thresh;
 
+/* For tracers that don't implement custom flags */
+static struct tracer_opt dummy_tracer_opt[] = {
+	{ }
+};
+
+static struct tracer_flags dummy_tracer_flags = {
+	.val = 0,
+	.opts = dummy_tracer_opt
+};
+
+static int dummy_set_flag(u32 old_flags, u32 bit, int set)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 
 /*
  * Kill all tracing for good (never come back).
@@ -531,6 +545,14 @@ int register_tracer(struct tracer *type)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!type->set_flag)
+		type->set_flag = &dummy_set_flag;
+	if (!type->flags)
+		type->flags = &dummy_tracer_flags;
+	else
+		if (!type->flags->opts)
+			type->flags->opts = dummy_tracer_opt;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
 	if (type->selftest) {
 		struct tracer *saved_tracer = current_trace;
@@ -2428,10 +2450,13 @@ static ssize_t
 tracing_trace_options_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 		       size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
+	int i;
 	char *buf;
 	int r = 0;
 	int len = 0;
-	int i;
+	u32 tracer_flags = current_trace->flags->val;
+	struct tracer_opt *trace_opts = current_trace->flags->opts;
+
 
 	/* calulate max size */
 	for (i = 0; trace_options[i]; i++) {
@@ -2439,6 +2464,15 @@ tracing_trace_options_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 		len += 3; /* "no" and space */
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Increase the size with names of options specific
+	 * of the current tracer.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; trace_opts[i].name; i++) {
+		len += strlen(trace_opts[i].name);
+		len += 3; /* "no" and space */
+	}
+
 	/* +2 for \n and \0 */
 	buf = kmalloc(len + 2, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
@@ -2451,6 +2485,15 @@ tracing_trace_options_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 			r += sprintf(buf + r, "no%s ", trace_options[i]);
 	}
 
+	for (i = 0; trace_opts[i].name; i++) {
+		if (tracer_flags & trace_opts[i].bit)
+			r += sprintf(buf + r, "%s ",
+				trace_opts[i].name);
+		else
+			r += sprintf(buf + r, "no%s ",
+				trace_opts[i].name);
+	}
+
 	r += sprintf(buf + r, "\n");
 	WARN_ON(r >= len + 2);
 
@@ -2461,6 +2504,40 @@ tracing_trace_options_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 	return r;
 }
 
+/* Try to assign a tracer specific option */
+static int set_tracer_option(struct tracer *trace, char *cmp, int neg)
+{
+	struct tracer_flags *trace_flags = trace->flags;
+	struct tracer_opt *opts = NULL;
+	int ret = 0, i = 0;
+	int len;
+
+	for (i = 0; trace_flags->opts[i].name; i++) {
+		opts = &trace_flags->opts[i];
+		len = strlen(opts->name);
+
+		if (strncmp(cmp, opts->name, len) == 0) {
+			ret = trace->set_flag(trace_flags->val,
+				opts->bit, !neg);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	/* Not found */
+	if (!trace_flags->opts[i].name)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Refused to handle */
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (neg)
+		trace_flags->val &= ~opts->bit;
+	else
+		trace_flags->val |= opts->bit;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static ssize_t
 tracing_trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 			size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -2468,6 +2545,7 @@ tracing_trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	char buf[64];
 	char *cmp = buf;
 	int neg = 0;
+	int ret;
 	int i;
 
 	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
@@ -2494,11 +2572,13 @@ tracing_trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	/*
-	 * If no option could be set, return an error:
-	 */
-	if (!trace_options[i])
-		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* If no option could be set, test the specific tracer options */
+	if (!trace_options[i]) {
+		ret = set_tracer_option(current_trace, cmp, neg);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	filp->f_pos += cnt;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 790ea8c..23c8b67 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -259,6 +259,29 @@ enum print_line_t {
 	TRACE_TYPE_UNHANDLED	= 2	/* Relay to other output functions */
 };
 
+
+/*
+ * An option specific to a tracer. This is a boolean value.
+ * The bit is the bit index that sets its value on the
+ * flags value in struct tracer_flags.
+ */
+struct tracer_opt {
+	const char 	*name; /* Will appear on the trace_options file */
+	u32 		bit; /* Mask assigned in val field in tracer_flags */
+};
+
+/*
+ * The set of specific options for a tracer. Your tracer
+ * have to set the initial value of the flags val.
+ */
+struct tracer_flags {
+	u32			val;
+	struct tracer_opt 	*opts;
+};
+
+/* Makes more easy to define a tracer opt */
+#define TRACER_OPT(s, b)	.name = #s, .bit = b
+
 /*
  * A specific tracer, represented by methods that operate on a trace array:
  */
@@ -279,8 +302,11 @@ struct tracer {
 					    struct trace_array *tr);
 #endif
 	enum print_line_t	(*print_line)(struct trace_iterator *iter);
+	/* If you handled the flag setting, return 0 */
+	int			(*set_flag)(u32 old_flags, u32 bit, int set);
 	struct tracer		*next;
 	int			print_max;
+	struct tracer_flags 	*flags;
 };
 
 struct trace_seq {
-- 
1.5.2.5

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