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>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 2/7] tracing: Add an option to show symbols in _text+offset for function profiler
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:03:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251106210357.157755907@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20251106210331.537317097@kernel.org
From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Function profiler shows the hit count of each function using its symbol
name. However, there are some same-name local symbols, which we can not
distinguish.
To solve this issue, this introduces an option to show the symbols
in "_text+OFFSET" format. This can avoid exposing the random shift of
KASLR. The functions in modules are shown as "MODNAME+OFFSET" where the
offset is from ".text".
E.g. for the kernel text symbols, specify vmlinux and the output to
addr2line, you can find the actual function and source info;
$ addr2line -fie vmlinux _text+3078208
__balance_callbacks
kernel/sched/core.c:5064
for modules, specify the module file and .text+OFFSET;
$ addr2line -fie samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.ko .text+8224
do_simple_thread_func
samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c:23
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/176187878064.994619.8878296550240416558.stgit@devnote2/
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
kernel/trace/trace.c | 5 +++--
kernel/trace/trace.h | 11 ++++++++++-
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 42bd2ba68a82..ab601cd9638b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -534,7 +534,9 @@ static int function_stat_headers(struct seq_file *m)
static int function_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
{
+ struct trace_array *tr = trace_get_global_array();
struct ftrace_profile *rec = v;
+ const char *refsymbol = NULL;
char str[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
static struct trace_seq s;
@@ -554,7 +556,29 @@ static int function_stat_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
return 0;
#endif
- kallsyms_lookup(rec->ip, NULL, NULL, NULL, str);
+ if (tr->trace_flags & TRACE_ITER(PROF_TEXT_OFFSET)) {
+ unsigned long offset;
+
+ if (core_kernel_text(rec->ip)) {
+ refsymbol = "_text";
+ offset = rec->ip - (unsigned long)_text;
+ } else {
+ struct module *mod;
+
+ guard(rcu)();
+ mod = __module_text_address(rec->ip);
+ if (mod) {
+ refsymbol = mod->name;
+ /* Calculate offset from module's text entry address. */
+ offset = rec->ip - (unsigned long)mod->mem[MOD_TEXT].base;
+ }
+ }
+ if (refsymbol)
+ snprintf(str, sizeof(str), " %s+%#lx", refsymbol, offset);
+ }
+ if (!refsymbol)
+ kallsyms_lookup(rec->ip, NULL, NULL, NULL, str);
+
seq_printf(m, " %-30.30s %10lu", str, rec->counter);
#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 14e8703a6a53..e5f186daf007 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -522,7 +522,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_ftrace_export);
/* trace_options that are only supported by global_trace */
#define TOP_LEVEL_TRACE_FLAGS (TRACE_ITER(PRINTK) | \
- TRACE_ITER(PRINTK_MSGONLY) | TRACE_ITER(RECORD_CMD))
+ TRACE_ITER(PRINTK_MSGONLY) | TRACE_ITER(RECORD_CMD) | \
+ TRACE_ITER(PROF_TEXT_OFFSET))
/* trace_flags that are default zero for instances */
#define ZEROED_TRACE_FLAGS \
@@ -11291,7 +11292,7 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
/* Used to set module cached ftrace filtering at boot up */
-__init struct trace_array *trace_get_global_array(void)
+struct trace_array *trace_get_global_array(void)
{
return &global_trace;
}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 8c99136619bf..7d8f4bd9facd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1359,6 +1359,14 @@ extern int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
# define STACK_FLAGS
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER
+# define PROFILER_FLAGS \
+ C(PROF_TEXT_OFFSET, "prof-text-offset"),
+#else
+# define PROFILER_FLAGS
+# define TRACE_ITER_PROF_TEXT_OFFSET_BIT -1
+#endif
+
/*
* trace_iterator_flags is an enumeration that defines bit
* positions into trace_flags that controls the output.
@@ -1397,7 +1405,8 @@ extern int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
FUNCTION_FLAGS \
FGRAPH_FLAGS \
STACK_FLAGS \
- BRANCH_FLAGS
+ BRANCH_FLAGS \
+ PROFILER_FLAGS
/*
* By defining C, we can make TRACE_FLAGS a list of bit names
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-06 21:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-06 21:03 [for-next][PATCH 0/7] tracing: Updates for v6.19 Steven Rostedt
2025-11-06 21:03 ` [for-next][PATCH 1/7] tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options Steven Rostedt
2025-11-06 21:03 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2025-11-06 21:03 ` [for-next][PATCH 3/7] tracing: Hide __NR_utimensat and _NR_mq_timedsend when not defined Steven Rostedt
2025-11-06 21:03 ` [for-next][PATCH 4/7] tracing: Remove dummy options and flags Steven Rostedt
2025-11-06 21:03 ` [for-next][PATCH 5/7] tracing: Have add_tracer_options() error pass up to callers Steven Rostedt
2025-11-06 21:03 ` [for-next][PATCH 6/7] tracing: Exit out immediately after update_marker_trace() Steven Rostedt
2025-11-06 21:03 ` [for-next][PATCH 7/7] tracing: Use switch statement instead of ifs in set_tracer_flag() Steven Rostedt
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