[PATCH PATCH 1/2] selftests: livepatch: add new ftrace helpers functions

From: Filipe Xavier
Date: Thu Mar 06 2025 - 16:53:00 EST


Add new ftrace helpers functions cleanup_tracing, trace_function and
check_traced_function.

Signed-off-by: Filipe Xavier <felipeaggger@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
index 15601402dee6567837c2c49ba342eb357e410d18..512ab3a9c20cc5691bbf0863d837ffa0d40a15e9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYSFS_KERNEL_DIR="/sys/kernel"
SYSFS_KLP_DIR="$SYSFS_KERNEL_DIR/livepatch"
SYSFS_DEBUG_DIR="$SYSFS_KERNEL_DIR/debug"
SYSFS_KPROBES_DIR="$SYSFS_DEBUG_DIR/kprobes"
+SYSFS_TRACING_DIR="$SYSFS_DEBUG_DIR/tracing"

# Kselftest framework requirement - SKIP code is 4
ksft_skip=4
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ function push_config() {
awk -F'[: ]' '{print "file " $1 " line " $2 " " $4}')
FTRACE_ENABLED=$(sysctl --values kernel.ftrace_enabled)
KPROBE_ENABLED=$(cat "$SYSFS_KPROBES_DIR/enabled")
+ TRACING_ON=$(cat "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/tracing_on")
+ CURRENT_TRACER=$(cat "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/current_tracer")
+ FTRACE_FILTER=$(cat "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/set_ftrace_filter")
}

function pop_config() {
@@ -74,6 +78,17 @@ function pop_config() {
if [[ -n "$KPROBE_ENABLED" ]]; then
echo "$KPROBE_ENABLED" > "$SYSFS_KPROBES_DIR/enabled"
fi
+ if [[ -n "$TRACING_ON" ]]; then
+ echo "$TRACING_ON" > "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/tracing_on"
+ fi
+ if [[ -n "$CURRENT_TRACER" ]]; then
+ echo "$CURRENT_TRACER" > "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/current_tracer"
+ fi
+ if [[ -n "$FTRACE_FILTER" ]]; then
+ echo "$FTRACE_FILTER" \
+ | sed -e "/#### all functions enabled ####/d"
+ > "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/set_ftrace_filter"
+ fi
}

function set_dynamic_debug() {
@@ -352,3 +367,33 @@ function check_sysfs_value() {
die "Unexpected value in $path: $expected_value vs. $value"
fi
}
+
+# cleanup_tracing() - stop and clean up function tracing
+function cleanup_tracing() {
+ echo 0 > "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/tracing_on"
+ echo "" > "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/set_ftrace_filter"
+ echo "nop" > "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/current_tracer"
+ echo "" > "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/trace"
+}
+
+# trace_function(function) - start tracing of a function
+# function - to be traced function
+function trace_function() {
+ local function="$1"; shift
+
+ cleanup_tracing
+
+ echo "function" > "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/current_tracer"
+ echo "$function" > "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/set_ftrace_filter"
+ echo 1 > "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/tracing_on"
+}
+
+# check_traced_function(function) - check whether function appeared in trace log
+# function - to be traced function
+function check_traced_function() {
+ local function="$1"; shift
+
+ if ! grep -q "$function" "$SYSFS_TRACING_DIR/trace" ; then
+ die "Function ($function) did not appear in the trace"
+ fi
+}

--
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