On Tue, 13 May 2025 09:31:27 +0900
"Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>
> 
> Record trace_clock information in the trace_scratch area and recover
> the trace_clock when boot, so that reader can docode the timestamp
> correctly.
> Note that since most trace_clocks records the timestamp in nano-
> seconds, this is not a bug. But some trace_clock, like counter and
> tsc will record the counter value. Only for those trace_clock user
> needs this information.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>
> ---
>  Changes in v3:
>    - Save clock_id instead of its name.
>  Changes in v2:
>    - instead of exposing it via last_boot_info, set the current
>      trace_clock as the same clock we used in the last boot.
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace.c |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> index cf51c30b137f..2a060c62d686 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -6066,6 +6066,7 @@ struct trace_mod_entry {
>  };
>  
>  struct trace_scratch {
> +     int                     clock_id;

Should be "unsigned int"

>       unsigned long           text_addr;
>       unsigned long           nr_entries;
>       struct trace_mod_entry  entries[];
> @@ -6181,6 +6182,7 @@ static void update_last_data(struct trace_array *tr)
>       if (tr->scratch) {
>               struct trace_scratch *tscratch = tr->scratch;
>  
> +             tscratch->clock_id = tr->clock_id;
>               memset(tscratch->entries, 0,
>                      flex_array_size(tscratch, entries, 
> tscratch->nr_entries));
>               tscratch->nr_entries = 0;
> @@ -7403,6 +7405,12 @@ int tracing_set_clock(struct trace_array *tr, const 
> char *clockstr)
>       tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->max_buffer);
>  #endif
>  
> +     if (tr->scratch && !(tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_LAST_BOOT)) {
> +             struct trace_scratch *tscratch = tr->scratch;
> +
> +             tscratch->clock_id = i;
> +     }
> +
>       mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
>  
>       return 0;
> @@ -9628,6 +9636,14 @@ static void setup_trace_scratch(struct trace_array *tr,
>  
>       /* Scan modules to make text delta for modules. */
>       module_for_each_mod(make_mod_delta, tr);
> +
> +     /* Set trace_clock as the same of the previous boot. */
> +     if (tscratch->clock_id != tr->clock_id) {
> +             if (tracing_set_clock(tr, 
> trace_clocks[tscratch->clock_id].name) < 0) {

In case the tscratch->clock_id gets corrupted, we better make sure it
doesn't overflow:

                if (tscratch->clock_id >= ARRAY_SIZE(trace_clocks) ||
                    tracing_set_clock(tr, 
trace_clocks[tscratch->clock_id].name) < 0) {

-- Steve


> +                     pr_info("the previous trace_clock info is not valid.");
> +                     goto reset;
> +             }
> +     }
>       return;
>   reset:
>       /* Invalid trace modules */


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