From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Florent Revest <revest@chromium.org>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 07/25] docs: tracing: Update fprobe documentation
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:45:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230329194550.418276586@goodmis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20230329194516.146147554@goodmis.org
From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Update fprobe.rst for
- the private entry_data argument
- the return value of the entry handler
- the nr_rethook_node field.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/167526701579.433354.3057889264263546659.stgit@mhiramat.roam.corp.google.com
Cc: Florent Revest <revest@chromium.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst b/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
index b64bec1ce144..40dd2fbce861 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
@@ -87,14 +87,16 @@ returns as same as unregister_ftrace_function().
The fprobe entry/exit handler
=============================
-The prototype of the entry/exit callback function is as follows:
+The prototype of the entry/exit callback function are as follows:
.. code-block:: c
- void callback_func(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, struct pt_regs *regs);
+ int entry_callback(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, struct pt_regs *regs, void *entry_data);
-Note that both entry and exit callbacks have same ptototype. The @entry_ip is
-saved at function entry and passed to exit handler.
+ void exit_callback(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip, struct pt_regs *regs, void *entry_data);
+
+Note that the @entry_ip is saved at function entry and passed to exit handler.
+If the entry callback function returns !0, the corresponding exit callback will be cancelled.
@fp
This is the address of `fprobe` data structure related to this handler.
@@ -113,6 +115,12 @@ saved at function entry and passed to exit handler.
to use @entry_ip. On the other hand, in the exit_handler, the instruction
pointer of @regs is set to the currect return address.
+@entry_data
+ This is a local storage to share the data between entry and exit handlers.
+ This storage is NULL by default. If the user specify `exit_handler` field
+ and `entry_data_size` field when registering the fprobe, the storage is
+ allocated and passed to both `entry_handler` and `exit_handler`.
+
Share the callbacks with kprobes
================================
--
2.39.1
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-29 19:45 [for-next][PATCH 00/25] tracing: Updates for 6.4 Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 01/25] fprobe: Pass entry_data to handlers Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 02/25] lib/test_fprobe: Add private entry_data testcases Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 03/25] fprobe: Add nr_maxactive to specify rethook_node pool size Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 04/25] lib/test_fprobe: Add a test case for nr_maxactive Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 05/25] fprobe: Skip exit_handler if entry_handler returns !0 Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 06/25] lib/test_fprobe: Add a testcase for skipping exit_handler Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 08/25] selftests: use canonical ftrace path Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 09/25] leaking_addresses: also skip " Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 10/25] tools/kvm_stat: use " Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 11/25] tracing: Add "fields" option to show raw trace event fields Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 12/25] tracing/user_events: Split header into uapi and kernel Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 13/25] tracing/user_events: Track fork/exec/exit for mm lifetime Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 14/25] tracing/user_events: Use remote writes for event enablement Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 15/25] tracing/user_events: Fixup enable faults asyncly Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 16/25] tracing/user_events: Add ioctl for disabling addresses Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 17/25] tracing/user_events: Update self-tests to write ABI Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 18/25] tracing/user_events: Add ABI self-test Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 19/25] tracing/user_events: Use write ABI in example Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 20/25] tracing/user_events: Update documentation for ABI Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 21/25] tracing/user_events: Charge event allocs to cgroups Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 22/25] tracing/user_events: Limit global user_event count Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 23/25] tracing/user_events: Align structs with tabs for readability Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 24/25] tracing/user_events: Use print_format_fields() for trace output Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 19:45 ` [for-next][PATCH 25/25] tracing: Unbreak user events Steven Rostedt
2023-03-29 20:29 ` Steven Rostedt
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