struct _ddebug has 5 fields used to display and select pr_debug
callsites, move these to a new struct _ddebug_callsite, and add ptr to
link 1st to 2nd.  While this increases memory footprint by 1 ptr per
pr_debug, the indirection gives several advantages:

- we can allocate storage only for enabled callsites.  Since pr_debugs
  are 99% disabled, we should see savings.

- the display fields are inherently hierarchical, and the linker
  section is ordered; so (module, file, function) have redundant
  values (90%, 85%, 45%).  This is readily compressible, even with a
  simple field-wise run length encoding.  Because theyre placed in a
  separate linker section, theyre in a contiguous block of memory,
  which should simplify that compression.

Looking forward, there are several approaches to get the advantages.

A - copy each callsite to zram, save to new .zhandle member, and
update site pointers.  Must later retire __dyndbg_callsite section
afterwards to actually recover memory.

I did this (next patches), and get 3:1 zs_page:page compression.  It
works when sites are zs_mapped in just for the print.  But if I leave
them mapped in cuz the pr_debug is enabled, locking conflicts & panic
ensue.  Patches follow.

B - compress __dyndbg_callsite linker section, using some format which
is good at random-index decompression.

I did objcopy --dump-sections .. vmlinux.o, got mostly empty data,
like Im getting values before the final link.  Im missing some
understanding.

C - field-wise RLE.  This is feeling increasingly suitable.

Whats actually done here:

dynamic_debug.h:

I cut struct _ddebug in half, renamed top-half (body), kept __align(8)
on both head & body, added a forward decl for a unified comment for
both head & body.  And added head.site to point at body.

DECLARE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA does the core of the work; it declares
and initializes both static struct vars together, and refs one to the
other.

And since Im rejiggering the structs:

- I moved static_key key to front of struct _ddebug; its the biggest
  member, and most alignment sensitive, so moving it to front may
  improve ambient pahole conditions.

- reorder display fields to match the hierarchy.  This should help
  improve compressability, particularly for field-wise RLE.  With
  this, consecutive records are tail-different.

Also
- reserved a flag bit for zram mapping (no use yet)
- I shrunk lineno member from 18 to 16 bits, and made it const.
  No source file is near 64k-lines, I doubt any could get added.

dynamic_debug.c:

dynamic_debug_init() mem-usage now counts callsites.

The 3 funcs which use _ddebug* pointers (ddebug_change,
dynamic_emit_prefix, ddebug_proc_show) each get an auto-var, inited
with ->site, and s/dp/dc/ as needed.  These once-per-func dp->site
derefs are also a setup for the next commit.

vmlinux.lds.h:

add __ddebug_callsites section, with the same align(8) and KEEP as
used in the __ddebug section.

TBD:

_align(8) may be unnecessary on struct _ddebug_callsite, I think its
there for the static_key member.  I do wonder if its arch dependent, 8
seems big for i686 at least.

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cro...@gmail.com>
---
 include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h |  4 +++
 include/linux/dynamic_debug.h     | 41 +++++++++++++++---------
 lib/dynamic_debug.c               | 52 +++++++++++++++++--------------
 3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h 
b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index b2b3d81b1535..1ef1efc73d20 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@
        *(__tracepoints)                                                \
        /* implement dynamic printk debug */                            \
        . = ALIGN(8);                                                   \
+       __start___dyndbg_callsites = .;                                 \
+       KEEP(*(__dyndbg_callsites))                                     \
+       __stop___dyndbg_callsites = .;                                  \
+       . = ALIGN(8);                                                   \
        __start___dyndbg = .;                                           \
        KEEP(*(__dyndbg))                                               \
        __stop___dyndbg = .;                                            \
diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
index a57ee75342cf..0bf7036bcdb2 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
- * An instance of this structure is created in a special
- * ELF section at every dynamic debug callsite.  At runtime,
- * the special section is treated as an array of these.
+ * a pair of these structs are created in 2 special ELF sections
+ * (__dyndbg, __dyndbg_callsites) for every dynamic debug callsite.
+ * During init, __dyndbg_callsites is copied to zram, and links to
+ * them in _ddebug are updated.  At runtime, the __dyndbg section is
+ * treated as an array of struct _ddebugs.
  */
-struct _ddebug {
+struct _ddebug;
+struct _ddebug_callsite {
        /*
         * These fields are used to drive the user interface
         * for selecting and displaying debug callsites.
@@ -20,7 +23,17 @@ struct _ddebug {
        const char *function;
        const char *filename;
        const char *format;
-       unsigned int lineno:18;
+       const unsigned int lineno:16;
+} __aligned(8);
+
+struct _ddebug {
+#ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
+       union {
+               struct static_key_true dd_key_true;
+               struct static_key_false dd_key_false;
+       } key;
+#endif
+       struct _ddebug_callsite *site;
        /*
         * The flags field controls the behaviour at the callsite.
         * The bits here are changed dynamically when the user
@@ -32,20 +45,14 @@ struct _ddebug {
 #define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_FUNCNAME   (1<<2)
 #define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_LINENO     (1<<3)
 #define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_TID                (1<<4)
+#define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_MAPPED          (1<<7) /* reserved */
 #if defined DEBUG
 #define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_DEFAULT _DPRINTK_FLAGS_PRINT
 #else
 #define _DPRINTK_FLAGS_DEFAULT 0
 #endif
        unsigned int flags:8;
-#ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
-       union {
-               struct static_key_true dd_key_true;
-               struct static_key_false dd_key_false;
-       } key;
-#endif
-} __attribute__((aligned(8)));
-
+} __aligned(8);
 
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE)
@@ -83,13 +90,17 @@ void __dynamic_ibdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
                         const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #define DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA(name, fmt)               \
-       static struct _ddebug  __aligned(8)                     \
-       __section("__dyndbg") name = {                          \
+       static struct _ddebug_callsite  __aligned(8)            \
+       __section("__dyndbg_callsites") name##_site = {         \
                .modname = KBUILD_MODNAME,                      \
                .function = __func__,                           \
                .filename = __FILE__,                           \
                .format = (fmt),                                \
                .lineno = __LINE__,                             \
+       };                                                      \
+       static struct _ddebug  __aligned(8)                     \
+       __section("__dyndbg") name = {                          \
+               .site = &name##_site,                           \
                .flags = _DPRINTK_FLAGS_DEFAULT,                \
                _DPRINTK_KEY_INIT                               \
        }
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 711a9def8c83..2e4a39c349a5 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -165,19 +165,20 @@ static int ddebug_change(const struct ddebug_query *query,
 
                for (i = 0; i < dt->num_ddebugs; i++) {
                        struct _ddebug *dp = &dt->ddebugs[i];
+                       struct _ddebug_callsite *dc = dp->site;
 
                        /* match against the source filename */
                        if (query->filename &&
-                           !match_wildcard(query->filename, dp->filename) &&
+                           !match_wildcard(query->filename, dc->filename) &&
                            !match_wildcard(query->filename,
-                                          kbasename(dp->filename)) &&
+                                          kbasename(dc->filename)) &&
                            !match_wildcard(query->filename,
-                                          trim_prefix(dp->filename)))
+                                          trim_prefix(dc->filename)))
                                continue;
 
                        /* match against the function */
                        if (query->function &&
-                           !match_wildcard(query->function, dp->function))
+                           !match_wildcard(query->function, dc->function))
                                continue;
 
                        /* match against the format */
@@ -185,19 +186,19 @@ static int ddebug_change(const struct ddebug_query *query,
                                if (*query->format == '^') {
                                        char *p;
                                        /* anchored search. match must be at 
beginning */
-                                       p = strstr(dp->format, query->format+1);
-                                       if (p != dp->format)
+                                       p = strstr(dc->format, query->format+1);
+                                       if (p != dc->format)
                                                continue;
-                               } else if (!strstr(dp->format, query->format))
+                               } else if (!strstr(dc->format, query->format))
                                        continue;
                        }
 
                        /* match against the line number range */
                        if (query->first_lineno &&
-                           dp->lineno < query->first_lineno)
+                           dc->lineno < query->first_lineno)
                                continue;
                        if (query->last_lineno &&
-                           dp->lineno > query->last_lineno)
+                           dc->lineno > query->last_lineno)
                                continue;
 
                        nfound++;
@@ -214,8 +215,8 @@ static int ddebug_change(const struct ddebug_query *query,
 #endif
                        dp->flags = newflags;
                        v2pr_info("changed %s:%d [%s]%s =%s\n",
-                                trim_prefix(dp->filename), dp->lineno,
-                                dt->mod_name, dp->function,
+                                trim_prefix(dc->filename), dc->lineno,
+                                dt->mod_name, dc->function,
                                 ddebug_describe_flags(dp->flags, &fbuf));
                }
        }
@@ -587,14 +588,15 @@ static int remaining(int wrote)
        return 0;
 }
 
-static char *dynamic_emit_prefix(const struct _ddebug *desc, char *buf)
+static char *dynamic_emit_prefix(const struct _ddebug *dp, char *buf)
 {
        int pos_after_tid;
        int pos = 0;
+       const struct _ddebug_callsite *desc = dp->site;
 
        *buf = '\0';
 
-       if (desc->flags & _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_TID) {
+       if (dp->flags & _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_TID) {
                if (in_interrupt())
                        pos += snprintf(buf + pos, remaining(pos), "<intr> ");
                else
@@ -602,13 +604,13 @@ static char *dynamic_emit_prefix(const struct _ddebug 
*desc, char *buf)
                                        task_pid_vnr(current));
        }
        pos_after_tid = pos;
-       if (desc->flags & _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_MODNAME)
+       if (dp->flags & _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_MODNAME)
                pos += snprintf(buf + pos, remaining(pos), "%s:",
                                desc->modname);
-       if (desc->flags & _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_FUNCNAME)
+       if (dp->flags & _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_FUNCNAME)
                pos += snprintf(buf + pos, remaining(pos), "%s:",
                                desc->function);
-       if (desc->flags & _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_LINENO)
+       if (dp->flags & _DPRINTK_FLAGS_INCL_LINENO)
                pos += snprintf(buf + pos, remaining(pos), "%d:",
                                desc->lineno);
        if (pos - pos_after_tid)
@@ -880,6 +882,7 @@ static int ddebug_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 {
        struct ddebug_iter *iter = m->private;
        struct _ddebug *dp = p;
+       struct _ddebug_callsite *dc = dp->site;
        struct flagsbuf flags;
 
        if (p == SEQ_START_TOKEN) {
@@ -889,10 +892,10 @@ static int ddebug_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
        }
 
        seq_printf(m, "%s:%u [%s]%s =%s \"",
-                  trim_prefix(dp->filename), dp->lineno,
-                  iter->table->mod_name, dp->function,
+                  trim_prefix(dc->filename), dc->lineno,
+                  iter->table->mod_name, dc->function,
                   ddebug_describe_flags(dp->flags, &flags));
-       seq_escape(m, dp->format, "\t\r\n\"");
+       seq_escape(m, dc->format, "\t\r\n\"");
        seq_puts(m, "\"\n");
 
        return 0;
@@ -1094,17 +1097,17 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)
                return 0;
        }
        iter = __start___dyndbg;
-       modname = iter->modname;
+       modname = iter->site->modname;
        iter_start = iter;
        for (; iter < __stop___dyndbg; iter++) {
                entries++;
-               if (strcmp(modname, iter->modname)) {
+               if (strcmp(modname, iter->site->modname)) {
                        modct++;
                        ret = ddebug_add_module(iter_start, n, modname);
                        if (ret)
                                goto out_err;
                        n = 0;
-                       modname = iter->modname;
+                       modname = iter->site->modname;
                        iter_start = iter;
                }
                n++;
@@ -1114,9 +1117,10 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)
                goto out_err;
 
        ddebug_init_success = 1;
-       vpr_info("%d modules, %d entries and %d bytes in ddebug tables, %d 
bytes in __dyndbg section\n",
+       vpr_info("%d modules, %d entries and %d bytes in ddebug tables, %d 
bytes in __dyndbg section, %d bytes in __dyndbg_callsites section\n",
                 modct, entries, (int)(modct * sizeof(struct ddebug_table)),
-                (int)(entries * sizeof(struct _ddebug)));
+                (int)(entries * sizeof(struct _ddebug)),
+                (int)(entries * sizeof(struct _ddebug_callsite)));
 
        /* apply ddebug_query boot param, dont unload tables on err */
        if (ddebug_setup_string[0] != '\0') {
-- 
2.28.0

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