Re: [PATCH] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:24 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Tue, 7 Feb 2017, John Stultz wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Kees Cook wrote: >> > Currently CONFIG_TIMER_STATS exposes process information across namespaces: >> > >> > kernel/time/timer_list.c print_timer(): >> > >> > SEQ_printf(m, ", %s/%d", tmp, timer->start_pid); >> > >> > /proc/timer_list: >> > >> > #11: <>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01, do_nanosleep, cron/2570 >> > >> > Given that the tracer can give the same information, this patch entirely >> > removes CONFIG_TIMER_STATS. >> > >> > Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner >> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook >> >> I don't have an issue with this, but I worry this would break some >> tooling out there. Should it be marked as deprecated first? >> >> Or maybe just pulling the band-aid off is the best way? > > I think we should just kill it. > > No tools can really rely on the behaviour of that file because it depends > on CONFIG_TIMER_STATS and the information available there is just a random > snapshot of queued timers at a given point of time, which is in no way > usefull. Fair enough. Acked-by: John Stultz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
On Tue, 7 Feb 2017, John Stultz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Kees Cook wrote: > > Currently CONFIG_TIMER_STATS exposes process information across namespaces: > > > > kernel/time/timer_list.c print_timer(): > > > > SEQ_printf(m, ", %s/%d", tmp, timer->start_pid); > > > > /proc/timer_list: > > > > #11: <>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01, do_nanosleep, cron/2570 > > > > Given that the tracer can give the same information, this patch entirely > > removes CONFIG_TIMER_STATS. > > > > Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook > > I don't have an issue with this, but I worry this would break some > tooling out there. Should it be marked as deprecated first? > > Or maybe just pulling the band-aid off is the best way? I think we should just kill it. No tools can really rely on the behaviour of that file because it depends on CONFIG_TIMER_STATS and the information available there is just a random snapshot of queued timers at a given point of time, which is in no way usefull. Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
Hi Kees, [auto build test WARNING on tip/timers/core] [also build test WARNING on v4.10-rc7 next-20170207] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Kees-Cook/time-Remove-CONFIG_TIMER_STATS/20170208-080916 reproduce: make htmldocs All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>): make[3]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1. Add '+' to parent make rule. include/linux/init.h:1: warning: no structured comments found >> include/linux/hrtimer.h:108: warning: Excess struct/union/enum/typedef >> member 'start_pid' description in 'hrtimer' >> include/linux/hrtimer.h:108: warning: Excess struct/union/enum/typedef >> member 'start_site' description in 'hrtimer' >> include/linux/hrtimer.h:108: warning: Excess struct/union/enum/typedef >> member 'start_comm' description in 'hrtimer' include/linux/kthread.h:26: warning: Excess function parameter '...' description in 'kthread_create' kernel/sys.c:1: warning: no structured comments found drivers/dma-buf/seqno-fence.c:1: warning: no structured comments found include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'load' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'firstopen' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'open' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'preclose' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'postclose' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'lastclose' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'unload' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'dma_ioctl' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'dma_quiescent' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'context_dtor' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'set_busid' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'irq_handler' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'irq_preinstall' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'irq_postinstall' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'irq_uninstall' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'debugfs_init' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'debugfs_cleanup' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_open_object' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_close_object' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'prime_handle_to_fd' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'prime_fd_to_handle' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_prime_export' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_prime_import' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_prime_pin' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_prime_unpin' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_prime_res_obj' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_prime_get_sg_table' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_prime_import_sg_table' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_prime_vmap' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_prime_vunmap' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_prime_mmap' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'vgaarb_irq' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'gem_vm_ops' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'major' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'minor' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'patchlevel' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'name' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'desc' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'date' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'driver_features' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'dev_priv_size' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'ioctls' include/drm/drm_drv.h:409: warning: No description found for parameter 'num_ioctls' includ
Re: [PATCH] time: Remove CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:40 PM, Kees Cook wrote: > Currently CONFIG_TIMER_STATS exposes process information across namespaces: > > kernel/time/timer_list.c print_timer(): > > SEQ_printf(m, ", %s/%d", tmp, timer->start_pid); > > /proc/timer_list: > > #11: <>, hrtimer_wakeup, S:01, do_nanosleep, cron/2570 > > Given that the tracer can give the same information, this patch entirely > removes CONFIG_TIMER_STATS. > > Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook I don't have an issue with this, but I worry this would break some tooling out there. Should it be marked as deprecated first? Or maybe just pulling the band-aid off is the best way? thanks -john -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
