From 03274a3ffb449632970fdd35da72ea41cf8474da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:30:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] tracing/fgraph: Adjust fgraph depth before calling trace return callback While debugging the virtual cputime with the function graph tracer with a max_depth of 1 (most common use of the max_depth so far), I found that I was missing kernel execution because of a race condition. The code for the return side of the function has a slight race: ftrace_pop_return_trace(&trace, &ret, frame_pointer); trace.rettime = trace_clock_local(); ftrace_graph_return(&trace); barrier(); current->curr_ret_stack--; The ftrace_pop_return_trace() initializes the trace structure for the callback. The ftrace_graph_return() uses the trace structure for its own use as that structure is on the stack and is local to this function. Then the curr_ret_stack is decremented which is what the trace.depth is set to. If an interrupt comes in after the ftrace_graph_return() but before the curr_ret_stack, then the called function will get a depth of 2. If max_depth is set to 1 this function will be ignored. The problem is that the trace has already been called, and the timestamp for that trace will not reflect the time the function was about to re-enter userspace. Calls to the interrupt will not be traced because the max_depth has prevented this. To solve this issue, the ftrace_graph_return() can safely be moved after the current->curr_ret_stack has been updated. This way the timestamp for the return callback will reflect the actual time. If an interrupt comes in after the curr_ret_stack update and ftrace_graph_return(), it will be traced. It may look a little confusing to see it within the other function, but at least it will not be lost. Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c index 7008d2e13cf2..39ada66389cc 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c @@ -191,10 +191,16 @@ unsigned long ftrace_return_to_handler(unsigned long frame_pointer) ftrace_pop_return_trace(&trace, &ret, frame_pointer); trace.rettime = trace_clock_local(); - ftrace_graph_return(&trace); barrier(); current->curr_ret_stack--; + /* + * The trace should run after decrementing the ret counter + * in case an interrupt were to come in. We don't want to + * lose the interrupt if max_depth is set. + */ + ftrace_graph_return(&trace); + if (unlikely(!ret)) { ftrace_graph_stop(); WARN_ON(1);