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| author | Alban Crequy <alban@kinvolk.io> | 2017-04-03 12:36:22 +0200 |
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| committer | Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2017-04-04 16:32:03 +0200 |
| commit | 696ced4fb1d76802f864d8848aa4716633f83c17 (patch) | |
| tree | 76b474ed19a045b4ef3e37468e4bac7826da18d1 /Documentation/trace | |
| parent | ftrace: Have init/main.c call ftrace directly to free init memory (diff) | |
| download | linux-696ced4fb1d76802f864d8848aa4716633f83c17.tar.xz linux-696ced4fb1d76802f864d8848aa4716633f83c17.zip | |
tracing/kprobes: expose maxactive for kretprobe in kprobe_events
When a kretprobe is installed on a kernel function, there is a maximum
limit of how many calls in parallel it can catch (aka "maxactive"). A
kernel module could call register_kretprobe() and initialize maxactive
(see example in samples/kprobes/kretprobe_example.c).
But that is not exposed to userspace and it is currently not possible to
choose maxactive when writing to /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
The default maxactive can be as low as 1 on single-core with a
non-preemptive kernel. This is too low and we need to increase it not
only for recursive functions, but for functions that sleep or resched.
This patch updates the format of the command that can be written to
kprobe_events so that maxactive can be optionally specified.
I need this for a bpf program attached to the kretprobe of
inet_csk_accept, which can sleep for a long time.
This patch includes a basic selftest:
> # ./ftracetest -v test.d/kprobe/
> === Ftrace unit tests ===
> [1] Kprobe dynamic event - adding and removing [PASS]
> [2] Kprobe dynamic event - busy event check [PASS]
> [3] Kprobe dynamic event with arguments [PASS]
> [4] Kprobes event arguments with types [PASS]
> [5] Kprobe dynamic event with function tracer [PASS]
> [6] Kretprobe dynamic event with arguments [PASS]
> [7] Kretprobe dynamic event with maxactive [PASS]
>
> # of passed: 7
> # of failed: 0
> # of unresolved: 0
> # of untested: 0
> # of unsupported: 0
> # of xfailed: 0
> # of undefined(test bug): 0
BugLink: https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/issues/1072
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1491215782-15490-1-git-send-email-alban@kinvolk.io
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alban Crequy <alban@kinvolk.io>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/trace')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt index 41ef9d8efe95..25f39601a7f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via Synopsis of kprobe_events ------------------------- p[:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]SYM[+offs]|MEMADDR [FETCHARGS] : Set a probe - r[:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]SYM[+0] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return probe + r[MAXACTIVE][:[GRP/]EVENT] [MOD:]SYM[+0] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return probe -:[GRP/]EVENT : Clear a probe GRP : Group name. If omitted, use "kprobes" for it. @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events MOD : Module name which has given SYM. SYM[+offs] : Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted. MEMADDR : Address where the probe is inserted. + MAXACTIVE : Maximum number of instances of the specified function that + can be probed simultaneously, or 0 for the default value + as defined in Documentation/kprobes.txt section 1.3.1. FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args. %REG : Fetch register REG |