Re: [PATCH 5/7] tracing: add config option for print arguments in ftrace

From: Google
Date: Mon Sep 09 2024 - 09:58:44 EST


On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:16:55 +0200
Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Fri, 6 Sep 2024 11:36:11 +0800
> > Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2024/9/4 14:58, Sven Schnelle wrote:
> >> > Add a config option to disable/enable function argument
> >> > printing support during runtime.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > ---
> >> > kernel/trace/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++++
> >> > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> >> > index 721c3b221048..8b9b6cdf39ac 100644
> >> > --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> >> > +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> >> > @@ -242,6 +242,18 @@ config FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETVAL
> >> > enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retval.
> >> > See Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
> >> >
> >> > +config FUNCTION_TRACE_ARGS
> >> > + bool "Kernel Function Tracer Arguments"
> >> > + depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
> >> > + depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && BPF_SYSCALL
> >>
> >> Nice feature!
> >>
> >> Just a nit, DEBUG_INFO_BTF currently depends on BPF_SYSCALL,
> >> so BPF_SYSCALL may not be necessary here. This feature
> >> also doesn't seem to depend on bpf.
> >
> > Indeed. Sven, you can check the PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS as
> > an example.
> >
> > config PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS
> > depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
> > depends on FPROBE_EVENTS || KPROBE_EVENTS
> > depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && BPF_SYSCALL
> > bool "Support BTF function arguments for probe events"
>
> Now i'm confused - Zheng wrote that DEBUG_INFO_BTF depends on
> BPF_SYSCALL. I just verified that. So i could just remove BPF_SYSCALL
> from the dependencies - but your example also has BPF_SYSCALL listed.

Ah, sorry for confusion. In this case, just need DEBUG_INFO_BTF.
Hmm, I think I also need to remove BPF_SYSCALL.

Thanks,

>
> Regards
> Sven


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