diff options
| author | Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> | 2009-04-15 13:24:06 -0400 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-04-17 16:59:15 +0200 |
| commit | 93eb677d74a4f7d3edfb678c94f6c0544d9fbad2 (patch) | |
| tree | 8bbc46895be623a78316230362e94969dbb02135 /include/linux/ftrace.h | |
| parent | f3948f8857ef5de239f28a61dddb1554a0ae4c2c (diff) | |
ftrace: use module notifier for function tracer
The hooks in the module code for the function tracer must be called
before any of that module code runs. The function tracer hooks
modify the module (replacing calls to mcount to nops). If the code
is executed while the change occurs, then the CPU can take a GPF.
To handle the above with a bit of paranoia, I originally implemented
the hooks as calls directly from the module code.
After examining the notifier calls, it looks as though the start up
notify is called before any of the module's code is executed. This makes
the use of the notify safe with ftrace.
Only the startup notify is required to be "safe". The shutdown simply
removes the entries from the ftrace function list, and does not modify
any code.
This change has another benefit. It removes a issue with a reverse dependency
in the mutexes of ftrace_lock and module_mutex.
[ Impact: fix lock dependency bug, cleanup ]
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/ftrace.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/ftrace.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h index 53869bef610..97c83e1bc58 100644 --- a/include/linux/ftrace.h +++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h @@ -233,8 +233,6 @@ extern int ftrace_arch_read_dyn_info(char *buf, int size); extern int skip_trace(unsigned long ip); -extern void ftrace_release(void *start, unsigned long size); - extern void ftrace_disable_daemon(void); extern void ftrace_enable_daemon(void); #else @@ -325,13 +323,8 @@ static inline void __ftrace_enabled_restore(int enabled) #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD extern void ftrace_init(void); -extern void ftrace_init_module(struct module *mod, - unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end); #else static inline void ftrace_init(void) { } -static inline void -ftrace_init_module(struct module *mod, - unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end) { } #endif /* |