From: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>,
Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] uprobes/tracing: uretprobes
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:25:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130402132520.GA2265@bandura.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130401160827.GA19206@redhat.com>
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 06:08:27PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 03/29, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > uretprobes code is almost ready, we need to teach trace_uprobe.c
> > to support them.
> >
> > This looks simple, but there is a nasty complication. We do not
> > want to copy-and-paste the code like trace_kprobe.c does. Just look
> > at kprobe_event_define_fields() and kretprobe_event_define_fields().
> > They are non-trivial but almost identical. And there are a lot more
> > examples.
> >
> > So I'd like to send 4/4 for review before I'll do other changes.
> > The patch itself doesn't make sense and complicates the source code a
> > bit. But note how easy we can change, say, uprobe_event_define_fields(),
> >
> > - DEFINE_FIELD(vaddr[0], FIELD_STRING_IP);
> > - size = SIZEOF_TRACE_ENTRY(1);
> > + if (!trace_probe_is_return(tu)) {
> > + DEFINE_FIELD(vaddr[0], FIELD_STRING_IP);
> > + size = SIZEOF_TRACE_ENTRY(1);
> > + } else {
> > + DEFINE_FIELD(vaddr[0], FIELD_STRING_FUNC);
> > + DEFINE_FIELD(vaddr[1], FIELD_STRING_RETIP);
> > + size = SIZEOF_TRACE_ENTRY(2);
> > + }
> >
> > without copy-and-paste. The same simple change is possible for other
> > helpers playing with uprobe_trace_entry_head.
>
> And the rest of the necessary changes to support uretprobes.
>
> To remind, this is on top of Anton's uretprobes implementation which is
> not finished yet. This series can't be even compiled, but I think it can
> be already reviewed. All it needs to compile is the new
> uprobe_consumer->ret_handler().
>
> Oleg.
>
> kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 152 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> 1 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>
I've played with this patch-set and it works.
Tested-by: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>
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Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-29 18:15 [PATCH 0/4] uprobes/tracing: uretprobes, initial preparations Oleg Nesterov
2013-03-29 18:15 ` [PATCH 1/4] uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless task_pt_regs() calls Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-02 8:57 ` Anton Arapov
2013-04-04 14:24 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-03-29 18:15 ` [PATCH 2/4] uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless seq_print_ip_sym() call Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-02 8:57 ` Anton Arapov
2013-04-04 14:24 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-03-29 18:15 ` [PATCH 3/4] uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless local_save_flags/preempt_count calls Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-02 8:58 ` Anton Arapov
2013-04-04 14:25 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-05 3:47 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2013-04-05 15:01 ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-08 9:29 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2013-04-10 14:58 ` [PATCH 0/1] uprobes/tracing: Don't pass addr=ip to perf_trace_buf_submit() Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-10 14:58 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-11 10:19 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2013-04-13 9:28 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-11 10:38 ` [PATCH 0/1] " Masami Hiramatsu
2013-04-11 11:59 ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-12 18:01 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-04-12 21:19 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-04-13 14:02 ` [PATCH 0/1] uprobes/perf: Avoid perf_trace_buf_prepare/submit if ->perf_events is empty Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-13 14:02 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-13 18:22 ` [PATCH 0/1] " Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-08 15:58 ` [PATCH 3/4] uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless local_save_flags/preempt_count calls Steven Rostedt
2013-04-09 14:58 ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-09 15:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-03-29 18:15 ` [PATCH 4/4] uprobes/tracing: generalize struct uprobe_trace_entry_head Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-02 8:59 ` Anton Arapov
2013-04-04 14:25 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-08 15:55 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-04-09 14:50 ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-09 15:07 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-04-09 19:32 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] uprobes/tracing: uretprobes Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-09 19:32 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] uprobes/tracing: Generalize struct uprobe_trace_entry_head Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-09 19:32 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] uprobes/tracing: Introduce uprobe_{trace,perf}_print() helpers Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-09 19:32 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] uprobes/tracing: Introduce is_ret_probe() and uretprobe_dispatcher() Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-09 19:32 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] uprobes/tracing: Make uprobe_{trace,perf}_print() uretprobe-friendly Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-13 9:33 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-09 19:32 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] uprobes/tracing: Make register_uprobe_event() paths uretprobe-friendly Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-09 19:32 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] uprobes/tracing: Make seq_printf() code uretprobe-friendly Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-09 19:32 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] uprobes/tracing: Change create_trace_uprobe() to support uretprobes Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-01 16:08 ` [PATCH 0/6] uprobes/tracing: uretprobes Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-01 16:08 ` [PATCH 1/6] uprobes/tracing: Introduce uprobe_{trace,perf}_print() helpers Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-07 13:58 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-01 16:08 ` [PATCH 2/6] uprobes/tracing: Introduce is_ret_probe() and uretprobe_dispatcher() Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-07 14:12 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-01 16:08 ` [PATCH 3/6] uprobes/tracing: Make uprobe_{trace,perf}_print() uretprobe-friendly Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-07 10:31 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-09 13:33 ` Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-13 9:31 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-08 17:08 ` Steven Rostedt
2013-04-01 16:08 ` [PATCH 4/6] uprobes/tracing: Make register_uprobe_event() paths uretprobe-friendly Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-07 14:14 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-01 16:08 ` [PATCH 5/6] uprobes/tracing: Make seq_printf() code uretprobe-friendly Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-07 14:15 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-01 16:09 ` [PATCH 6/6] uprobes/tracing: Change create_trace_uprobe() to support uretprobes Oleg Nesterov
2013-04-07 14:17 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2013-04-02 13:25 ` Anton Arapov [this message]
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