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From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 01/10] tracing: Add support for SOFT_DISABLE to syscall events
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 21:22:15 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5229C8F7.7060000@hitachi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130905120111.4900aa60@gandalf.local.home>

(2013/09/06 1:01), Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon,  2 Sep 2013 22:52:17 -0500
> 
>> @@ -415,10 +429,15 @@ static void unreg_event_syscall_enter(struct ftrace_event_file *file,
>>  		return;
>>  	mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock);
>>  	tr->sys_refcount_enter--;
>> -	clear_bit(num, tr->enabled_enter_syscalls);
>> +	rcu_assign_pointer(tr->enter_syscall_files[num], NULL);
>>  	if (!tr->sys_refcount_enter)
>>  		unregister_trace_sys_enter(ftrace_syscall_enter, tr);
>>  	mutex_unlock(&syscall_trace_lock);
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Callers expect the event to be completely disabled on
>> +	 * return, so wait for current handlers to finish.
>> +	 */
>> +	synchronize_sched();
> 
> We only have to wait for rcu, not preemption correct? Then we need to
> do  synchronize_rcu() instead.

Hmm, the reason why trace_kprobe.c uses synchronize_sched() in unreg
function, is to avoid touching freeing event_file in running kprobe
handlers which run under preemption disabled.

And AFAICS, the tracepoint (on which the syscall tracer based)
call-site uses rcu_read_lock_sched_notrace() instead of rcu_read_lock(),
in that case, I think we should use synchronize_sched(). is that wrong?

Thank you,

-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com



  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-09-06 12:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-03  3:52 [PATCH v8 00/10] tracing: trace event triggers Tom Zanussi
2013-09-03  3:52 ` [PATCH v8 01/10] tracing: Add support for SOFT_DISABLE to syscall events Tom Zanussi
     [not found]   ` <20130905120111.4900aa60@gandalf.local.home>
2013-09-06 12:22     ` Masami Hiramatsu [this message]
2013-09-06 12:41       ` Steven Rostedt
2013-09-03  3:52 ` [PATCH v8 02/10] tracing: Add basic event trigger framework Tom Zanussi
2013-09-05 17:21   ` Steven Rostedt
2013-09-06 14:25     ` Tom Zanussi
2013-09-03  3:52 ` [PATCH v8 03/10] tracing: Add 'traceon' and 'traceoff' event trigger commands Tom Zanussi
     [not found]   ` <20130905164621.40f92270@gandalf.local.home>
2013-09-06 12:37     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2013-09-06 12:42       ` Steven Rostedt
2013-09-03  3:52 ` [PATCH v8 04/10] tracing: Add 'snapshot' event trigger command Tom Zanussi
2013-09-03  3:52 ` [PATCH v8 05/10] tracing: Add 'stacktrace' " Tom Zanussi
2013-09-03  3:52 ` [PATCH v8 06/10] tracing: Add 'enable_event' and 'disable_event' event trigger commands Tom Zanussi
2013-09-03  3:52 ` [PATCH v8 07/10] tracing: Add and use generic set_trigger_filter() implementation Tom Zanussi
2013-09-03  3:52 ` [PATCH v8 08/10] tracing: Update event filters for multibuffer Tom Zanussi
2013-09-03  3:52 ` [PATCH v8 09/10] tracing: Add documentation for trace event triggers Tom Zanussi
2013-09-03  3:52 ` [PATCH v8 10/10] tracing: Make register/unregister_ftrace_command __init Tom Zanussi

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