Re: [PATCH V6 08/15] ftrace: Add perf text poke events for ftrace trampolines

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 11:13:20PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> Add perf text poke events for ftrace trampolines when created and when
> freed.

Maybe also put in a little more detail on the various events. Because
arch_ftrace_update_trampoline() can also generate text_poke_bp() events,
to update an existing trampoline.

A diagram, like with the kprobes thing perhaps.

> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index 398d58b8ffa5..3318f7eca76c 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -2792,6 +2792,13 @@ static void ftrace_trampoline_free(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
>  {
>  	if (ops && (ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ALLOC_TRAMP) &&
>  	    ops->trampoline) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Record the text poke event before the ksymbol unregister
> +		 * event.
> +		 */
> +		perf_event_text_poke((void *)ops->trampoline,
> +				     (void *)ops->trampoline,
> +				     ops->trampoline_size, NULL, 0);
>  		perf_event_ksymbol(PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL_TYPE_OOL,
>  				   ops->trampoline, ops->trampoline_size,
>  				   true, FTRACE_TRAMPOLINE_SYM);
> @@ -6816,6 +6823,13 @@ static void ftrace_update_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
>  		perf_event_ksymbol(PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL_TYPE_OOL,
>  				   ops->trampoline, ops->trampoline_size, false,
>  				   FTRACE_TRAMPOLINE_SYM);
> +		/*
> +		 * Record the perf text poke event after the ksymbol register
> +		 * event.
> +		 */
> +		perf_event_text_poke((void *)ops->trampoline, NULL, 0,
> +				     (void *)ops->trampoline,
> +				     ops->trampoline_size);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>