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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-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>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] ftrace: Add comments to ftrace_hash_move() and friends
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 14:03:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240605180409.179520305@goodmis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20240605180334.090848865@goodmis.org

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

Describe what ftrace_hash_move() does and add some more comments to some
other functions to make it easier to understand.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 83f23f8fc26d..ae1603e771c5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static inline void ftrace_ops_init(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 #endif
 }
 
+/* Call this function for when a callback filters on set_ftrace_pid */
 static void ftrace_pid_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 			    struct ftrace_ops *op, struct ftrace_regs *fregs)
 {
@@ -1317,7 +1318,7 @@ static struct ftrace_hash *alloc_ftrace_hash(int size_bits)
 	return hash;
 }
 
-
+/* Used to save filters on functions for modules not loaded yet */
 static int ftrace_add_mod(struct trace_array *tr,
 			  const char *func, const char *module,
 			  int enable)
@@ -1429,6 +1430,7 @@ static struct ftrace_hash *__move_hash(struct ftrace_hash *src, int size)
 	return new_hash;
 }
 
+/* Move the @src entries to a newly allocated hash */
 static struct ftrace_hash *
 __ftrace_hash_move(struct ftrace_hash *src)
 {
@@ -1443,6 +1445,26 @@ __ftrace_hash_move(struct ftrace_hash *src)
 	return __move_hash(src, size);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ftrace_hash_move - move a new hash to a filter and do updates
+ * @ops: The ops with the hash that @dst points to
+ * @enable: True if for the filter hash, false for the notrace hash
+ * @dst: Points to the @ops hash that should be updated
+ * @src: The hash to update @dst with
+ *
+ * This is called when an ftrace_ops hash is being updated and the
+ * the kernel needs to reflect this. Note, this only updates the kernel
+ * function callbacks if the @ops is enabled (not to be confused with
+ * @enable above). If the @ops is enabled, its hash determines what
+ * callbacks get called. This function gets called when the @ops hash
+ * is updated and it requires new callbacks.
+ *
+ * On success the elements of @src is moved to @dst, and @dst is updated
+ * properly, as well as the functions determined by the @ops hashes
+ * are now calling the @ops callback function.
+ *
+ * Regardless of return type, @src should be freed with free_ftrace_hash().
+ */
 static int
 ftrace_hash_move(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int enable,
 		 struct ftrace_hash **dst, struct ftrace_hash *src)
-- 
2.43.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-06-05 18:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-06-05 18:03 [PATCH v2 0/5] ftrace: Clean up and comment code Steven Rostedt
2024-06-05 18:03 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] ftrace: Rename dup_hash() and comment it Steven Rostedt
2024-06-05 23:01   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2024-06-06 12:53   ` Mark Rutland
2024-06-05 18:03 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] ftrace: Remove "ftrace_hash" parameter from __ftrace_hash_rec_update() Steven Rostedt
2024-06-06 17:53   ` Mark Rutland
2024-06-06 18:53     ` Steven Rostedt
2024-06-05 18:03 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] ftrace: Add comments to ftrace_hash_rec_disable/enable() Steven Rostedt
2024-06-05 18:03 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] ftrace: Convert "inc" parameter to bool in ftrace_hash_rec_update_modify() Steven Rostedt
2024-06-06 17:55   ` Mark Rutland
2024-06-05 18:03 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2024-06-06 17:56   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] ftrace: Add comments to ftrace_hash_move() and friends Mark Rutland
2024-06-05 23:45 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] ftrace: Clean up and comment code Masami Hiramatsu

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