linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds 01e9982ab3 The rewrite of the ftrace code that makes it possible to allow for
separate trampolines had a design flaw with the interaction between
 the function and function_graph tracers.
 
 The main flaw was the simplification of the use of multiple tracers having
 the same filter (like function and function_graph, that use the
 set_ftrace_filter file to filter their code). The design assumed that the
 two tracers could never run simultaneously as only one tracer can be
 used at a time. The problem with this assumption was that the function
 profiler could be implemented on top of the function graph tracer, and
 the function profiler could run at the same time as the function tracer.
 This caused the assumption to be broken and when ftrace detected this
 failed assumpiton it would spit out a nasty warning and shut itself down.
 
 Instead of using a single ftrace_ops that switches between the function
 and function_graph callbacks, the two tracers can again use their own
 ftrace_ops. But instead of having a complex hierarchy of ftrace_ops,
 the filter fields are placed in its own structure and the ftrace_ops
 can carefully use the same filter. This change took a bit to be able
 to allow for this and currently only the global_ops can share the same
 filter, but this new design can easily be modified to allow for any
 ftrace_ops to share its filter with another ftrace_ops.
 
 The first four patches deal with the change of allowing the ftrace_ops
 to share the filter (and this needs to go to 3.16 as well).
 
 The fifth patch fixes a bug that was also caused by the new changes
 but only for archs other than x86, and only if those archs implement
 a direct call to the function_graph tracer which they do not do yet
 but will in the future. It does not need to go to stable, but needs
 to be fixed before the other archs update their code to allow direct
 calls to the function_graph trampoline.
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Merge tag 'trace-fixes-v3.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

Pull fix for ftrace function tracer/profiler conflict from Steven Rostedt:
 "The rewrite of the ftrace code that makes it possible to allow for
  separate trampolines had a design flaw with the interaction between
  the function and function_graph tracers.

  The main flaw was the simplification of the use of multiple tracers
  having the same filter (like function and function_graph, that use the
  set_ftrace_filter file to filter their code).  The design assumed that
  the two tracers could never run simultaneously as only one tracer can
  be used at a time.  The problem with this assumption was that the
  function profiler could be implemented on top of the function graph
  tracer, and the function profiler could run at the same time as the
  function tracer.  This caused the assumption to be broken and when
  ftrace detected this failed assumpiton it would spit out a nasty
  warning and shut itself down.

  Instead of using a single ftrace_ops that switches between the
  function and function_graph callbacks, the two tracers can again use
  their own ftrace_ops.  But instead of having a complex hierarchy of
  ftrace_ops, the filter fields are placed in its own structure and the
  ftrace_ops can carefully use the same filter.  This change took a bit
  to be able to allow for this and currently only the global_ops can
  share the same filter, but this new design can easily be modified to
  allow for any ftrace_ops to share its filter with another ftrace_ops.

  The first four patches deal with the change of allowing the ftrace_ops
  to share the filter (and this needs to go to 3.16 as well).

  The fifth patch fixes a bug that was also caused by the new changes
  but only for archs other than x86, and only if those archs implement a
  direct call to the function_graph tracer which they do not do yet but
  will in the future.  It does not need to go to stable, but needs to be
  fixed before the other archs update their code to allow direct calls
  to the function_graph trampoline"

* tag 'trace-fixes-v3.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace:
  ftrace: Use current addr when converting to nop in __ftrace_replace_code()
  ftrace: Fix function_profiler and function tracer together
  ftrace: Fix up trampoline accounting with looping on hash ops
  ftrace: Update all ftrace_ops for a ftrace_hash_ops update
  ftrace: Allow ftrace_ops to use the hashes from other ops
2014-08-25 15:11:53 -07:00
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debug
events Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-08-24 16:16:55 -07:00
gcov kernel/gcov/fs.c: remove unnecessary null test before debugfs_remove 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
irq Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-08-05 17:38:45 -07:00
locking
power Merge branches 'pm-sleep', 'pm-cpufreq' and 'pm-cpuidle' 2014-08-11 23:19:48 +02:00
printk printk: Add function to return log buffer address and size 2014-08-13 15:13:44 +10:00
rcu Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-08-04 15:55:08 -07:00
sched Merge branches 'pm-sleep', 'pm-cpufreq' and 'pm-cpuidle' 2014-08-11 23:19:48 +02:00
time timekeeping: Another fix to the VSYSCALL_OLD update_vsyscall 2014-08-14 11:04:11 -06:00
trace ftrace: Use current addr when converting to nop in __ftrace_replace_code() 2014-08-22 21:04:35 -04:00
.gitignore
acct.c kernel/acct.c: fix coding style warnings and errors 2014-08-08 15:57:27 -07:00
async.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c
audit.c
audit.h
auditfilter.c kernel/auditfilter.c: replace count*size kmalloc by kcalloc 2014-08-06 18:01:12 -07:00
auditsc.c
backtracetest.c
bounds.c page-cgroup: get rid of NR_PCG_FLAGS 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
capability.c
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup.c
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c
cpuset.c
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c kernel/exit.c: fix coding style warnings and errors 2014-08-08 15:57:22 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c seccomp: Replace BUG(!spin_is_locked()) with assert_spin_lock 2014-08-11 13:29:12 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c
groups.c
hung_task.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kernel/kallsyms.c: fix %pB when there's no symbol at the address 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: verify the signature of signed PE bzImage 2014-08-08 15:57:33 -07:00
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: Skip kretprobe hit in NMI context to avoid deadlock 2014-08-08 10:38:04 +02:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c
latencytop.c
Makefile bin2c: move bin2c in scripts/basic 2014-08-08 15:57:32 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c module: Clean up ro/nx after early module load failures 2014-08-16 04:47:00 +09:30
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c panic: add TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c
pid.c
profile.c
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c
res_counter.c
resource.c resource: provide new functions to walk through resources 2014-08-08 15:57:32 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: Replace BUG(!spin_is_locked()) with assert_spin_lock 2014-08-11 13:29:12 -07:00
signal.c Merge branch 'signal-cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/misc 2014-08-09 09:58:12 -07:00
smp.c kernel/smp.c:on_each_cpu_cond(): fix warning in fallback path 2014-08-06 18:01:22 -07:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c kexec: new syscall kexec_file_load() declaration 2014-08-08 15:57:32 -07:00
sys.c
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c mm, hugetlb: remove hugetlb_zero and hugetlb_infinity 2014-08-06 18:01:19 -07:00
system_certificates.S
system_keyring.c
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c kernel/test_kprobes.c: use current logging functions 2014-08-08 15:57:18 -07:00
torture.c
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c proc: constify seq_operations 2014-08-08 15:57:22 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog.c panic: add TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c