ftrace, perf: Add filter support for function trace event

Adding support to filter function trace event via perf
interface. It is now possible to use filter interface
in the perf tool like:

  perf record -e ftrace:function --filter="(ip == mm_*)" ls

The filter syntax is restricted to the the 'ip' field only,
and following operators are accepted '==' '!=' '||', ending
up with the filter strings like:

  ip == f1[, ]f2 ... || ip != f3[, ]f4 ...

with comma ',' or space ' ' as a function separator. If the
space ' ' is used as a separator, the right side of the
assignment needs to be enclosed in double quotes '"', e.g.:

  perf record -e ftrace:function --filter '(ip == do_execve,sys_*,ext*)' ls
  perf record -e ftrace:function --filter '(ip == "do_execve,sys_*,ext*")' ls
  perf record -e ftrace:function --filter '(ip == "do_execve sys_* ext*")' ls

The '==' operator adds trace filter with same effect as would
be added via set_ftrace_filter file.

The '!=' operator adds trace filter with same effect as would
be added via set_ftrace_notrace file.

The right side of the '!=', '==' operators is list of functions
or regexp. to be added to filter separated by space.

The '||' operator is used for connecting multiple filter definitions
together. It is possible to have more than one '==' and '!='
operators within one filter string.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-8-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index f615f974d90e..867bd1dd2dd0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1186,6 +1186,12 @@ static void free_ftrace_hash_rcu(struct ftrace_hash *hash)
 	call_rcu_sched(&hash->rcu, __free_ftrace_hash_rcu);
 }
 
+void ftrace_free_filter(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
+{
+	free_ftrace_hash(ops->filter_hash);
+	free_ftrace_hash(ops->notrace_hash);
+}
+
 static struct ftrace_hash *alloc_ftrace_hash(int size_bits)
 {
 	struct ftrace_hash *hash;