Re: [PATCH] kernel/trace: Add TRACING_ALLOW_PRINTK config option

[Steven Rostedt]

On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 18:28:42 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You create a bpf event just like you create any other event. When a bpf
> program that uses a bpf_trace_printk() is loaded, you can enable that
> event from within the kernel. Yes, there's internal interfaces to
> enabled and disable events just like echoing 1 into
> tracefs/events/system/event/enable. See trace_set_clr_event().

I just started playing with what the code would look like and have
this. It can be optimized with per-cpu sets of buffers to remove the
spin lock. I also didn't put in the enabling of the event, but I'm sure
you can figure that out.

Warning, not even compiled tested.

-- Steve

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 6575bb0a0434..aeba5ee7325a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE
 GCOV_PROFILE := y
 endif
 
+CFLAGS_bpf_trace.o := -I$(src)
+
 CFLAGS_trace_benchmark.o := -I$(src)
 CFLAGS_trace_events_filter.o := -I$(src)
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index dc05626979b8..01bedf335b2e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include "trace_probe.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
+#define CREATE_TRACE_EVENTS
+#include "bpf_trace.h"
+
 #define bpf_event_rcu_dereference(p)					\
 	rcu_dereference_protected(p, lockdep_is_held(&bpf_event_mutex))
 
@@ -473,13 +476,29 @@ BPF_CALL_5(bpf_trace_printk, char *, fmt, u32, fmt_size, u64, arg1,
 		fmt_cnt++;
 	}
 
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(trace_printk_lock);
+#define BPF_TRACE_PRINTK_SIZE	1024
+
+static inline void do_trace_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	static char buf[BPF_TRACE_PRINT_SIZE];
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&trace_printk_lock, flags);
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(buf, BPF_TRACE_PRINT_SIZE, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	trace_bpf_trace_printk(buf);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&trace_printk_lock, flags);
+}
+
 /* Horrid workaround for getting va_list handling working with different
  * argument type combinations generically for 32 and 64 bit archs.
  */
 #define __BPF_TP_EMIT()	__BPF_ARG3_TP()
 #define __BPF_TP(...)							\
-	__trace_printk(0 /* Fake ip */,					\
-		       fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	do_trace_printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define __BPF_ARG1_TP(...)						\
 	((mod[0] == 2 || (mod[0] == 1 && __BITS_PER_LONG == 64))	\
diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.h b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09088bb92fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#undef TRACE_SYSTEM
+#define TRACE_SYSTEM bpf_trace
+
+#if !defined(_TRACE_BPF_TRACE_H) || defined(TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ)
+#define _TRACE_BPF_TRACE_H
+
+TRACE_EVENT(bpf_trace_printk,
+
+	TP_PROTO(bpf_string),
+
+	TP_ARGS(secs, err),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__string(bpf_string, bpf_string)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__assign_string(bpf_string, bpf_string);
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("%s", __get_str(bpf_string))
+);
+
+#endif /* _TRACE_BPF_TRACE_H */
+
+/* This part must be outside protection */
+#include <trace/define_trace.h>