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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"Vineeth Pillai (Google)" <vineeth@bitbyteword.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 04/15] tracepoint: Add lockdep rcu_is_watching() check to trace_##name##_enabled()
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 10:35:12 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260522143525.551205135@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260522143508.298439732@kernel.org

From: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>

The trace_##name##_enabled() static call branch is used when work needs to
be done for a tracepoint. It allows that work to be skipped when the
tracepoint is not active and still uses the static_branch() of the
tracepoint to keep performance.

Tracepoints themselves require being called in "RCU watching" locations
otherwise races can occur that corrupts things. In order to make sure
lockdep triggers at tracepoint locations, the lockdep checks are added to
the tracepoint calling location and trigger even if the tracepoint is not
enabled. This is done because a poorly placed tracepoint may never be
detected if it is never enabled when lockdep is enabled.

As trace_##name##_enabled() also prevents the lockdep checks when the
tracepoint is disabled add lockdep checks to that as well so that if one
is placed in a location that RCU is not watching, it will trigger a
lockdep splat even when the tracepoint is not enabled.

Cc: Vineeth Pillai (Google) <vineeth@bitbyteword.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260430144159.10985-1-devnexen@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
[ Updated the change log ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 include/linux/tracepoint.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index 763eea4d80d8..c29fc57392bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 	static inline bool						\
 	trace_##name##_enabled(void)					\
 	{								\
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOCKDEP)) {			\
+			WARN_ONCE(!rcu_is_watching(),			\
+				  "RCU not watching for tracepoint");	\
+		}							\
 		return static_branch_unlikely(&__tracepoint_##name.key);\
 	}
 
-- 
2.53.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-22 14:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-22 14:35 [for-next][PATCH 00/15] tracing: Updates for 7.2 Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 01/15] tracing: Remove redundant IS_ERR() check in trace_pipe_open() Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 02/15] seq_buf: Export seq_buf_putmem_hex() and add KUnit tests Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 03/15] tracing: Bound synthetic-field strings with seq_buf Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 05/15] tracing: Remove local variable for argument detection from trace_printk() Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 06/15] tracing: Switch trace_recursion_record.c code over to use guard() Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 07/15] tracefs: Fix typo in a comment of eventfs_callback() kerneldoc Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 08/15] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call site Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 09/15] HID: Use trace_call__##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 10/15] tracing: Allow perf to read synthetic events Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 15:19   ` Ian Rogers
2026-05-22 15:41     ` Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 16:03       ` Namhyung Kim
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 11/15] tracing/branch: Use pr_warn() instead of printk(KERN_WARNING) Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 12/15] tracing: Use krealloc_array() for trace option array growth Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 13/15] tracing: Fix README path for synthetic_events Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 14/15] tracing: Simplify pages allocation for tracing_map logic Steven Rostedt
2026-05-22 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 15/15] tracing: Move trace_iterator_increment() into trace_find_next_entry_inc() Steven Rostedt

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