Re: [PATCH v3] tracing: Ignore mmiotrace from kernel commandline
From: Ziqian SUN (Zamir)
Date: Mon Sep 18 2017 - 06:34:23 EST
On 09/12/2017 08:18 PM, Ziqian SUN (Zamir) wrote:
On 09/11/2017 07:23 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:31:34 +0800
"Ziqian SUN (Zamir)" <zsun@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 09/11/2017 02:26 PM, Ziqian SUN (Zamir) wrote:
From: "Ziqian SUN (Zamir)" <zsun@xxxxxxxxxx>
The mmiotrace tracer cannot be enabled with ftrace=mmiotrace in kernel
commandline. With this patch, noboot is added to the tracer struct,
and when system boot with a tracer that has noboot=true, it will print
out a warning message and continue booting.
Signed-off-by: Ziqian SUN (Zamir) <zsun@xxxxxxxxxx>
--
v1 -> v2 : remove unessential comment
v2 -> v3 : Use tracer struct instead of a separate list to store noboot
---
ÂÂ kernel/trace/trace.cÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ | 7 +++++++
ÂÂ kernel/trace/trace.hÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ | 2 ++
ÂÂ kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c | 1 +
ÂÂ 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 5360b7a..48c474f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5358,6 +5358,13 @@ static int tracing_set_tracer(struct
trace_array *tr, const char *buf)
ÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (t == tr->current_trace)
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ goto out;
+ÂÂÂ /* Some tracers won't work on kernel command line */
+ÂÂÂ if (system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING && t->noboot) {
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ pr_warn("Tracer '%s' is not allowed on command line,
ignored\n",
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ t->name);
I feel the core trace printed by WARN is not so meaningful, so I use
pr_warn instead.
I'm fine with pr_warn, but I'm curious to what you mean by "not so
meaningful"? A WARN() will cause a dump stack, which usually shows up
as a bug in systems and more likely to be seen. But if someone is
adding this to the kernel command line and it's not working, they
should be looking for the tracer name within the dmesg anyway.
Following is the log I tried with WARN before. With WARN we have both
the warning message, and the stack trace. The stack trace goes into
stacing_set_tracer, but not showing mmiotrace. I mean, this is useful
for debugging, but maybe confusing for users who is willing to report
bugs but not a kernel geek. With pr_warn we already indicate mmiotrace
is ignored, and is neat.
Just my cents.
[ÂÂÂ 7.134149] Starting tracer 'mmiotrace'
[ÂÂÂ 7.134151] Tracer 'mmiotrace' is not allowed on command line
[ÂÂÂ 7.134162] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ÂÂÂ 7.134171] WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 1 at kernel/trace/trace.c:5354
tracing_set_tracer+0x168/0x1b0
[ÂÂÂ 7.134171] Modules linked in:
[ÂÂÂ 7.134176] CPU: 6 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted
4.13.0-1.mmiotracev3.fc26.x86_64 #1
[ÂÂÂ 7.134178] Hardware name: HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8, BIOS P70 09/18/2013
[ÂÂÂ 7.134179] task: ffff94b7310d8000 task.stack: ffffaadc83144000
[ÂÂÂ 7.134183] RIP: 0010:tracing_set_tracer+0x168/0x1b0
[ÂÂÂ 7.134185] RSP: 0000:ffffaadc83147da0 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ÂÂÂ 7.134187] RAX: 0000000000000031 RBX: ffffffffad04e340 RCX:
0000000000000000
[ÂÂÂ 7.134189] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI:
0000000000000246
[ÂÂÂ 7.134190] RBP: ffffaadc83147dc8 R08: 0000000000000031 R09:
ffffffffad314f00
[ÂÂÂ 7.134191] R10: ffffaadc83147d30 R11: 0000000000000000 R12:
0000000000000000
[ÂÂÂ 7.134193] R13: ffffffffacc935f3 R14: ffffffffacc935f3 R15:
ffffffffacef46c0
[ÂÂÂ 7.134196] FS:Â 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff94b732e00000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
[ÂÂÂ 7.134197] CS:Â 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ÂÂÂ 7.134199] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000005f5e09000 CR4:
00000000000406e0
[ÂÂÂ 7.134201] Call Trace:
[ÂÂÂ 7.134210]Â ? set_debug_rodata+0x17/0x17
[ÂÂÂ 7.134213]Â register_tracer+0x1a1/0x1c2
[ÂÂÂ 7.134216]Â ? stack_trace_init+0xb5/0xb5
[ÂÂÂ 7.134218]Â init_mmio_trace+0x10/0x12
[ÂÂÂ 7.134222]Â do_one_initcall+0x50/0x190
[ÂÂÂ 7.134225]Â kernel_init_freeable+0x1a8/0x245
[ÂÂÂ 7.134231]Â ? rest_init+0xc0/0xc0
[ÂÂÂ 7.134234]Â kernel_init+0xe/0x101
[ÂÂÂ 7.134238]Â ret_from_fork+0x25/0x30
[ÂÂÂ 7.134240] Code: ff e8 6d d0 ff ff 85 c0 41 89 c4 79 8e eb b7 80 bb
9b 00 00 00 00 0f 84 26 ff ff ff 4c 89 ee 48 c7 c7 58 1e c9 ac e8 99 a0
f8 ff <0f> ff eb 97 48 8b 35 9d 81 d7 00 ba ff ff ff ff 4c 89 ff e8 10
[ÂÂÂ 7.134279] ---[ end trace 978ff599b6e516bc ]---
Also, I'm currently at OSS in LA and hopefully I don't lose this patch.
If you don't see anything by next Monday from me, feel free to send me a
reminder ping.
Ping for updates.
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