From f201ae2356c74bcae130b2177b3dca903ea98071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:22:56 +0100 Subject: tracing/function-return-tracer: store return stack into task_struct and allocate it dynamically Impact: use deeper function tracing depth safely Some tests showed that function return tracing needed a more deeper depth of function calls. But it could be unsafe to store these return addresses to the stack. So these arrays will now be allocated dynamically into task_struct of current only when the tracer is activated. Typical scheme when tracer is activated: - allocate a return stack for each task in global list. - fork: allocate the return stack for the newly created task - exit: free return stack of current - idle init: same as fork I chose a default depth of 50. I don't have overruns anymore. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- include/linux/ftrace.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/ftrace.h') diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h index f7ba4ea..2ba259b 100644 --- a/include/linux/ftrace.h +++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h @@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ struct ftrace_retfunc { }; #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER +#define FTRACE_RETFUNC_DEPTH 50 +#define FTRACE_RETSTACK_ALLOC_SIZE 32 /* Type of a callback handler of tracing return function */ typedef void (*trace_function_return_t)(struct ftrace_retfunc *); @@ -330,6 +332,9 @@ extern int register_ftrace_return(trace_function_return_t func); /* The current handler in use */ extern trace_function_return_t ftrace_function_return; extern void unregister_ftrace_return(void); + +extern void ftrace_retfunc_init_task(struct task_struct *t); +extern void ftrace_retfunc_exit_task(struct task_struct *t); #endif #endif /* _LINUX_FTRACE_H */ -- cgit v1.1