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* [PATCH] ftrace: On PowerPC we don't need frame pointers for CALLER_ADDRs
@ 2009-01-31 19:06 ` Anton Vorontsov
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 106+ messages in thread
From: Anton Vorontsov @ 2009-01-31 19:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Steven Rostedt, Ingo Molnar
  Cc: Paul Mackerras, Benjamin Herrenschmidt, linuxppc-dev, linux-kernel

According to this discussion:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/25/338
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/26/72

Frame pointers do nothing useful on PowerPC, so lib/Kconfig.debug
makes CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER unselectable on PPC targets. But ftrace.h
requires CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER for CALLER_ADDR macros. Therefore
tracing is completely useless on PowerPC:

[...]
  <idle>-0       0X.h3    2us+:      0:140:R   + [000]  1733:120:S mvtsd
  <idle>-0       0X.h3    9us+: 0 (0)
  <idle>-0       0X..3   72us : 0 (0)
  <idle>-0       0X..3   73us :      0:140:R ==> [000]  1733:120:R mvtsd

On PPC we can safely use __builtin_return_address(1..6) w/o frame
pointers, and with this patch the trace output looks OK:

[...]
  <idle>-0       0X.h3    2us+:      0:140:R   + [000]  1740:120:S mvtsd
  <idle>-0       0X.h3    9us+: hrtimer_wakeup (__run_hrtimer)
  <idle>-0       0X..3   87us : cpu_idle (__got2_end)
  <idle>-0       0X..3   89us :      0:140:R ==> [000]  1740:120:R mvtsd

Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@ru.mvista.com>
---

Btw, on PowerPC tracing is also broken w/o "ring-buffer: fix alignment
problem" patch (currently collecting dust in the -tip tree, commit
082605de5f82eb692cc90f7fda071cc01bb5ac34). Any chance the fix go into
Linus' tree, to not waste other people's time bisecting and debugging
the problem? ;-)

For google: tracing, regression, "ring-buffer: move some metadata
into buffer page", commit abc9b56d66fbd4d93302ef4bf6fa726e1b8255f9,
answer is here.

 include/linux/ftrace.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 9c5bc6b..13eba02 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static inline void __ftrace_enabled_restore(int enabled)
 #endif
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
+#if defined(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER) || defined(CONFIG_PPC)
 /* TODO: need to fix this for ARM */
 # define CALLER_ADDR0 ((unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0))
 # define CALLER_ADDR1 ((unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(1))
-- 
1.5.6.5

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2009-01-31 19:06 [PATCH] ftrace: On PowerPC we don't need frame pointers for CALLER_ADDRs Anton Vorontsov
2009-01-31 19:06 ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-02  0:35 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-02  0:35   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-02 14:04   ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-02 14:04     ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-03 14:56     ` [PATCH v2] " Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-03 14:56       ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-03 16:06       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-03 16:06         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-03 16:19         ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-03 16:19           ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-03 16:32           ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-03 16:32             ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-03 18:59             ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-03 18:59               ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04  0:34               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-04  0:34                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-04 15:07           ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 15:07             ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 15:08             ` [PATCH 1/3] Makefile: Include arch Makefiles as late as possible Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 15:08               ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 15:08               ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 21:26               ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-04 21:26                 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-11  3:51                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-11  3:51                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-11  3:51                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-11  3:51                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-11  3:51                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-11 13:23                   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-11 13:23                     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-11 14:11                     ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-11 14:11                     ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-11 14:11                       ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-11 14:11                     ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-11 14:11                     ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-14 19:58                   ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-02-14 19:58                     ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-02-14 19:57                 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-02-14 19:57                   ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-02-14 22:03                   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-14 22:03                     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-15  0:19                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-15  0:19                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-15  0:19                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-15  0:19                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-15  8:09                       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-15  8:09                         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-15  0:19                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-16 14:20                   ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-16 14:20                     ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-16 14:20                     ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-16 14:53                     ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-16 14:53                       ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-16 20:04                       ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-02-16 20:04                         ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-02-16 16:08                     ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-16 16:08                       ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-16 17:22                       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-16 17:22                         ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-04 21:26               ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-04 21:26               ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-04 21:26               ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-04 15:08             ` [PATCH 2/3] powerpc: Make it possible to safely select CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 15:08               ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-05  0:31               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-05  0:31                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-05  0:35                 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-05  0:35                   ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-05  1:12                   ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-05  1:12                     ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-05  1:15                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-05  1:15                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-05  1:15                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-05  1:15                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-05  1:30                     ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-05  1:30                       ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-05 15:45                       ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-05 15:45                         ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-05  1:15                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-05  1:15                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-05  0:31               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-05  0:31               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-05  0:31               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-04 15:08             ` [PATCH 3/3] tracing: Tracers that use CALLER_ADDR macros should select FRAME_POINTER Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 15:08               ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 15:26               ` Frédéric Weisbecker
2009-02-04 15:26                 ` Frédéric Weisbecker
2009-02-04 15:26                 ` Frédéric Weisbecker
2009-02-04 15:31                 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-04 15:31                 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-04 15:31                 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-04 15:31                 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-04 15:31                   ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-04 15:31                   ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-04 15:36                 ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 15:36                   ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 15:36                   ` Anton Vorontsov
2009-02-04 16:50                   ` Frédéric Weisbecker
2009-02-04 16:50                     ` Frédéric Weisbecker
2009-02-04 16:50                     ` Frédéric Weisbecker
2009-02-04  8:17       ` [PATCH v2] ftrace: On PowerPC we don't need frame pointers forCALLER_ADDRs Usha Rani Konudula
2009-02-04  8:17         ` Usha Rani Konudula
2009-02-04  8:37         ` Usha Rani Konudula
2009-02-04  8:37           ` Usha Rani Konudula

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