Re: [PATCH 7/8] ftrace: Add multi direct modify interface

[Jiri Olsa]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 05:47:18PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:41:34 -0400
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > A better solution, that prevents having to do this, is to first change
> > the function fentry's to call the ftrace list loop function, that calls
> > the ftrace_ops list, and will call the direct call via the ops in the
> > loop. Have the ops->func call the new direct function (all will be
> > immediately affected). Update the entries, and then switch from the
> > loop back to the direct caller.
> 
> An easy way to force the loop function to be called instead of the direct
> trampoline, is to register a stub ftrace_ops to each of the functions that
> the direct function attaches to. You can even share the hash in doing so.
> 
> Having the ftrace_ops attached in the same locations as the direct
> trampoline, will force the loop function to be called (to call the stub
> ftrace_ops as well as the direct trampoline ftrace_ops helper).
> 
> Then change the direct trampoline address, which will have the ftrace_ops
> helper use that direct trampoline immediately*. Then when you remove the
> ftrace_ops stub, it will update all the call sites to call the new direct
> trampoline directly.

ok, that's the way the current direct modify interface is using, right?
I thought it'd be not so easy to adopt for multiple functions, I'll check
on that again and come for help ;-)

> 
> (*) not quite immediately, as there's no read memory barrier with the
> direct helper, so it may still be calling the old trampoline. But this
> shouldn't be an issue. If it is, then you would need to include some memory
> barrier synchronization.
> 
> I'm curious to what the use case is for the multi direct modify interface
> is?

when the trampoline is re-generated by adding or removing program,
we have same functions to trace and new trampoline to attach

thanks,
jirka

> 
> -- Steve
>