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From: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com>
To: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	pengdonglin <pengdonglin@xiaomi.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 0/2] Use BTF to trim return values
Date: Sun,  7 Dec 2025 22:27:40 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251207142742.229924-1-dolinux.peng@gmail.com> (raw)

From: pengdonglin <pengdonglin@xiaomi.com>

The current funcgraph-retval implementation has two limitations:

1. It prints a return value even when the traced function returns void.
2. When the return type is narrower than a register, the printed value may
   be incorrect because high bits can contain undefined data.

Both issues are addressed by using BTF to obtain the precise return type
of each traced function:

- Return values are now printed only for functions whose return type is
  not void.
- The value is truncated to the actual width of the return type, ensuring
  correct representation.

These changes make the funcgraph-retval output more accurate and remove
noise from void functions.

pengdonglin (2):
  fgraph: use BTF to trim and filter return values
  tracing: Update funcgraph-retval documentation

 Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst       | 74 +++++++++++++++-------------
 kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2025-12-07 14:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-07 14:27 Donglin Peng [this message]
2025-12-07 14:27 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] fgraph: use BTF to trim and filter return values Donglin Peng
2025-12-07 14:27 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] tracing: Update funcgraph-retval documentation Donglin Peng

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