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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/ftrace.h | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sysctl.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/Kconfig | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/trace_stack.c | 52 |
5 files changed, 79 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 2919a2e91938..edab81c13182 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ parameter is applicable: SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled. SWSUSP Software suspend (hibernation) is enabled. SUSPEND System suspend states are enabled. + FTRACE Function tracing enabled. TS Appropriate touchscreen support is enabled. USB USB support is enabled. USBHID USB Human Interface Device support is enabled. @@ -2173,6 +2174,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.) See Documentation/scsi/st.txt. + stacktrace [FTRACE] + Enabled the stack tracer on boot up. + sti= [PARISC,HW] Format: <num> Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h index 44020f31bd81..6b0db53caa7d 100644 --- a/include/linux/ftrace.h +++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h @@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ static inline void ftrace_stop(void) { } static inline void ftrace_start(void) { } #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER */ +#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_TRACER +extern int stack_tracer_enabled; +int +stack_trace_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write, + struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, + loff_t *ppos); +#endif + #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE /* asm/ftrace.h must be defined for archs supporting dynamic ftrace */ #include <asm/ftrace.h> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index c83f566e940a..6ac501a2dcc6 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -487,6 +487,16 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = { .proc_handler = &ftrace_enable_sysctl, }, #endif +#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_TRACER + { + .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED, + .procname = "stack_tracer_enabled", + .data = &stack_tracer_enabled, + .maxlen = sizeof(int), + .mode = 0644, + .proc_handler = &stack_trace_sysctl, + }, +#endif #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING { .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED, diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig index d8bae6f4219e..e2a4ff6fc3a6 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig @@ -244,10 +244,15 @@ config STACK_TRACER This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and - stack-trace saved. Because this logic has to execute in every - kernel function, all the time, this option can slow down the - kernel measurably and is generally intended for kernel - developers only. + stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE + then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer + is disabled. + + To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace' + on the kernel command line. + + The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the + sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled Say N if unsure. diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c index 0b863f2cbc8e..4842c969c785 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ #include <linux/debugfs.h> #include <linux/ftrace.h> #include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/sysctl.h> #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include "trace.h" @@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ static raw_spinlock_t max_stack_lock = static int stack_trace_disabled __read_mostly; static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, trace_active); +static DEFINE_MUTEX(stack_sysctl_mutex); + +int stack_tracer_enabled; +static int last_stack_tracer_enabled; static inline void check_stack(void) { @@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ stack_max_size_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, return count; } -static struct file_operations stack_max_size_fops = { +static const struct file_operations stack_max_size_fops = { .open = tracing_open_generic, .read = stack_max_size_read, .write = stack_max_size_write, @@ -272,7 +277,7 @@ static int t_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) return 0; } -static struct seq_operations stack_trace_seq_ops = { +static const struct seq_operations stack_trace_seq_ops = { .start = t_start, .next = t_next, .stop = t_stop, @@ -288,12 +293,48 @@ static int stack_trace_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) return ret; } -static struct file_operations stack_trace_fops = { +static const struct file_operations stack_trace_fops = { .open = stack_trace_open, .read = seq_read, .llseek = seq_lseek, }; +int +stack_trace_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write, + struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, + loff_t *ppos) +{ + int ret; + + mutex_lock(&stack_sysctl_mutex); + + ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, file, buffer, lenp, ppos); + + if (ret || !write || + (last_stack_tracer_enabled == stack_tracer_enabled)) + goto out; + + last_stack_tracer_enabled = stack_tracer_enabled; + + if (stack_tracer_enabled) + register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops); + else + unregister_ftrace_function(&trace_ops); + + out: + mutex_unlock(&stack_sysctl_mutex); + return ret; +} + +static int start_stack_trace __initdata; + +static __init int enable_stacktrace(char *str) +{ + start_stack_trace = 1; + return 1; +} +__setup("stacktrace", enable_stacktrace); + static __init int stack_trace_init(void) { struct dentry *d_tracer; @@ -311,7 +352,10 @@ static __init int stack_trace_init(void) if (!entry) pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'stack_trace' entry\n"); - register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops); + if (start_stack_trace) { + register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops); + stack_tracer_enabled = 1; + } return 0; } |
