Re: [PATCH v1 2/8] tracing/ftrace: guard syscall probe with preempt_notrace

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu,  3 Oct 2024 11:16:32 -0400
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In preparation for allowing system call enter/exit instrumentation to
> handle page faults, make sure that ftrace can handle this change by
> explicitly disabling preemption within the ftrace system call tracepoint
> probes to respect the current expectations within ftrace ring buffer
> code.

The ftrace ring buffer doesn't expect preemption being disabled before use.
It will explicitly disable preemption.

I don't think this patch is needed.

-- Steve


> 
> This change does not yet allow ftrace to take page faults per se within
> its probe, but allows its existing probes to adapt to the upcoming
> change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Jeanson <mjeanson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>