[PATCH v2 06/40] ring-buffer: Add interface for setting absolute time stamps

From: Tom Zanussi
Date: Tue Sep 05 2017 - 18:08:50 EST


Define a new function, tracing_set_time_stamp_abs(), which can be used
to enable or disable the use of absolute timestamps rather than time
deltas for a trace array.

This resets the buffer to prevent a mix of time deltas and absolute
timestamps.

Only the interface is added here; a subsequent patch will add the
underlying implementation.

Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/ring_buffer.h | 2 ++
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 11 +++++++++++
kernel/trace/trace.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
kernel/trace/trace.h | 3 +++
4 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index ee9b461..28e3472 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ void ring_buffer_normalize_time_stamp(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
int cpu, u64 *ts);
void ring_buffer_set_clock(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
u64 (*clock)(void));
+void ring_buffer_set_time_stamp_abs(struct ring_buffer *buffer, bool abs);
+bool ring_buffer_time_stamp_abs(struct ring_buffer *buffer);

size_t ring_buffer_page_len(void *page);

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 81279c6..cff15a2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ struct ring_buffer {
u64 (*clock)(void);

struct rb_irq_work irq_work;
+ bool time_stamp_abs;
};

struct ring_buffer_iter {
@@ -1379,6 +1380,16 @@ void ring_buffer_set_clock(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
buffer->clock = clock;
}

+void ring_buffer_set_time_stamp_abs(struct ring_buffer *buffer, bool abs)
+{
+ buffer->time_stamp_abs = abs;
+}
+
+bool ring_buffer_time_stamp_abs(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
+{
+ return buffer->time_stamp_abs;
+}
+
static void rb_reset_cpu(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer);

static inline unsigned long rb_page_entries(struct buffer_page *bpage)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 30338a8..66d465e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@ struct ring_buffer_event *

*current_rb = trace_file->tr->trace_buffer.buffer;

- if ((trace_file->flags &
+ if (!ring_buffer_time_stamp_abs(*current_rb) && (trace_file->flags &
(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED | EVENT_FILE_FL_FILTERED)) &&
(entry = this_cpu_read(trace_buffered_event))) {
/* Try to use the per cpu buffer first */
@@ -6279,6 +6279,44 @@ static int tracing_clock_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
return ret;
}

+int tracing_set_time_stamp_abs(struct trace_array *tr, bool abs)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+
+ if (abs && tr->time_stamp_abs_ref++)
+ goto out;
+
+ if (!abs) {
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!tr->time_stamp_abs_ref)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (--tr->time_stamp_abs_ref)
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ring_buffer_set_time_stamp_abs(tr->trace_buffer.buffer, abs);
+
+ /*
+ * New timestamps may not be consistent with the previous setting.
+ * Reset the buffer so that it doesn't have incomparable timestamps.
+ */
+ tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->trace_buffer);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
+ if (tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_GLOBAL && tr->max_buffer.buffer)
+ ring_buffer_set_time_stamp_abs(tr->max_buffer.buffer, abs);
+ tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->max_buffer);
+#endif
+ out:
+ mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
struct ftrace_buffer_info {
struct trace_iterator iter;
void *spare;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index fb5d54d..dcfc67d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ struct trace_array {
/* function tracing enabled */
int function_enabled;
#endif
+ int time_stamp_abs_ref;
};

enum {
@@ -285,6 +286,8 @@ enum {
extern int trace_array_get(struct trace_array *tr);
extern void trace_array_put(struct trace_array *tr);

+extern int tracing_set_time_stamp_abs(struct trace_array *tr, bool abs);
+
/*
* The global tracer (top) should be the first trace array added,
* but we check the flag anyway.
--
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