Re: [PATCH V6 08/15] ftrace: Add perf text poke events for ftrace trampolines

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@gmail.com>]

Em Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 10:23:05AM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
> On 22/04/20 2:46 pm, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 10:39:06AM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> >> On 21/04/20 4:45 pm, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >>> On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 11:13:20PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> >>>> Add perf text poke events for ftrace trampolines when created and when
> >>>> freed.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe also put in a little more detail on the various events. Because
> >>> arch_ftrace_update_trampoline() can also generate text_poke_bp() events,
> >>> to update an existing trampoline.
> >>>
> >>> A diagram, like with the kprobes thing perhaps.
> >>
> >> How about adding this:
> >>
> >> There can be 3 text_poke events for ftrace trampolines:
> >>
> >> 1. NULL -> trampoline
> >>    By ftrace_update_trampoline() when !ops->trampoline
> >>    Trampoline created
> >>
> >> 2. [e.g. on x86] CALL rel32 -> CALL rel32
> >>    By arch_ftrace_update_trampoline() when ops->trampoline and
> >>                         ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ALLOC_TRAMP
> >>    [e.g. on x86] via text_poke_bp() which generates text poke events
> >>    Trampoline-called function target updated
> >>
> >> 3. trampoline -> NULL
> >>    By ftrace_trampoline_free() when ops->trampoline and
> >>                  ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ALLOC_TRAMP
> >>    Trampoline freed
> > 
> > Yes, very nice. Thanks!
> 
> Arnaldo, do you have this patchset on your radar?

Now it is, will look it into it,

- Arnaldo