On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 10:14:25AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 21:15:15 -0700 > "Paul E. McKenney" <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > \> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c > > > index 8efd9fe..28e3019 100644 > > > --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c > > > +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c > > > @@ -2808,18 +2808,28 @@ static int ftrace_shutdown(struct ftrace_ops > > > *ops, int command) > > > * callers are done before leaving this function. > > > * The same goes for freeing the per_cpu data of the per_cpu > > > * ops. > > > - * > > > - * Again, normal synchronize_sched() is not good enough. > > > - * We need to do a hard force of sched synchronization. > > > - * This is because we use preempt_disable() to do RCU, but > > > - * the function tracers can be called where RCU is not watching > > > - * (like before user_exit()). We can not rely on the RCU > > > - * infrastructure to do the synchronization, thus we must do it > > > - * ourselves. > > > */ > > > if (ops->flags & (FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC | FTRACE_OPS_FL_PER_CPU)) { > > > + /* > > > + * We need to do a hard force of sched synchronization. > > > + * This is because we use preempt_disable() to do RCU, but > > > + * the function tracers can be called where RCU is not watching > > > + * (like before user_exit()). We can not rely on the RCU > > > + * infrastructure to do the synchronization, thus we must do it > > > + * ourselves. > > > + */ > > > schedule_on_each_cpu(ftrace_sync); > > > > Great header comment on ftrace_sync(): "Yes, function tracing is rude." > > And schedule_on_each_cpu() looks like a great workqueue gatling gun! ;-) > > > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT > > > + /* > > > + * When the kernel is preeptive, tasks can be preempted > > > + * while on a ftrace trampoline. Just scheduling a task on > > > + * a CPU is not good enough to flush them. Calling > > > + * synchronize_rcu_tasks() will wait for those tasks to > > > + * execute and either schedule voluntarily or enter user space. > > > + */ > > > + synchronize_rcu_tasks(); > > > +#endif > > > > How about this to save a line? > > > > if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT)) > > synchronize_rcu_tasks(); > > Ah, this works as gcc optimizes it out. Otherwise I received a compile > error with synchronize_rcu_tasks() not defined. But that's because I > never enabled CONFIG_TASKS_RCU.
Should I define a synchronize_rcu_tasks() that does BUG() for this case? > > One thing that might speed this up a bit (or might not) would be to > > doe the schedule_on_each_cpu() from a delayed workqueue. That way, > > if any of the activity from schedule_on_each_cpu() involved a voluntary > > context switch (from a cond_resched() or some such), then > > synchronize_rcu_tasks() would get the benefit of that context switch. > > > > You would need a flush_work() to wait for that delayed workqueue > > as well, of course. > > This is a very slow path, I'm not too interested in making it complex > to speed it up. Makes sense to me! > > Not sure whether it is worth it, but figured I should pass it along. > > > > > arch_ftrace_trampoline_free(ops); > > > > > > if (ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_PER_CPU) > > > @@ -5366,22 +5376,6 @@ void __weak arch_ftrace_update_trampoline(struct > > > ftrace_ops *ops) > > > > > > static void ftrace_update_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops) > > > { > > > - > > > -/* > > > - * Currently there's no safe way to free a trampoline when the kernel > > > - * is configured with PREEMPT. That is because a task could be preempted > > > - * when it jumped to the trampoline, it may be preempted for a long time > > > - * depending on the system load, and currently there's no way to know > > > - * when it will be off the trampoline. If the trampoline is freed > > > - * too early, when the task runs again, it will be executing on freed > > > - * memory and crash. > > > - */ > > > -#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT > > > - /* Currently, only non dynamic ops can have a trampoline */ > > > - if (ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC) > > > - return; > > > -#endif > > > - > > > arch_ftrace_update_trampoline(ops); > > > } > > > > Agreed, straightforward patch! > > Great, I'll start making it official then. Sounds very good! Thanx, Paul