On 10/14/19 4:29 PM, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> Livepatch uses ftrace for redirection to new patched functions. It means
> that if ftrace is disabled, all live patched functions are disabled as
> well. Toggling global 'ftrace_enabled' sysctl thus affect it directly.
> It is not a problem per se, because only administrator can set sysctl
> values, but it still may be surprising.
>
> Introduce PERMANENT ftrace_ops flag to amend this. If the
> FTRACE_OPS_FL_PERMANENT is set on any ftrace ops, the tracing cannot be
> disabled by disabling ftrace_enabled. Equally, a callback with the flag
> set cannot be registered if ftrace_enabled is disabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes <mbe...@suse.cz>
The patch looks good to me. A minor typo in flag description below.
Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamal...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
[...]
> diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
> index 8a8cb3c401b2..c2cad29dc557 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
> @@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ ftrace_func_t ftrace_ops_get_func(struct ftrace_ops *ops);
> * PID - Is affected by set_ftrace_pid (allows filtering on those pids)
> * RCU - Set when the ops can only be called when RCU is watching.
> * TRACE_ARRAY - The ops->private points to a trace_array descriptor.
> + * PERMAMENT - Set when the ops is permanent and should not be affected by
> + * ftrace_enabled.
> */
s/PERMAMENT/PERMANENT
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index 62a50bf399d6..d2992ea29fe1 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -6752,12 +6764,19 @@ ftrace_enable_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int
> write,
> ftrace_startup_sysctl();
>
> } else {
> + if (is_permanent_ops_registered()) {
> + ftrace_enabled = last_ftrace_enabled;
> + ret = -EBUSY;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> /* stopping ftrace calls (just send to ftrace_stub) */
> ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_stub;
>
> ftrace_shutdown_sysctl();
> }
>
> + last_ftrace_enabled = !!ftrace_enabled;
No strong feelings on last_ftrace_enabled placement, leaving it to
your preference.
> out:
> mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
> return ret;
>
--
Kamalesh
