On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 10:18:59 -0400
Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2024-10-04 15:26, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 21:33:16 -0400
> > Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 2024-10-04 03:04, Steven Rostedt wrote:  
> >>> On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 20:26:29 -0400
> >>> Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>> static void ftrace_syscall_enter(void *data, struct pt_regs *regs, long 
> >>>> id)
> >>>> {
> >>>>            struct trace_array *tr = data;
> >>>>            struct trace_event_file *trace_file;
> >>>>            struct syscall_trace_enter *entry;
> >>>>            struct syscall_metadata *sys_data;
> >>>>            struct trace_event_buffer fbuffer;
> >>>>            unsigned long args[6];
> >>>>            int syscall_nr;
> >>>>            int size;
> >>>>
> >>>>            syscall_nr = trace_get_syscall_nr(current, regs);
> >>>>            if (syscall_nr < 0 || syscall_nr >= NR_syscalls)
> >>>>                    return;
> >>>>
> >>>>            /* Here we're inside tp handler's rcu_read_lock_sched 
> >>>> (__DO_TRACE) */
> >>>>            trace_file = 
> >>>> rcu_dereference_sched(tr->enter_syscall_files[syscall_nr]);
> >>>>
> >>>> ^^^^ this function explicitly states that preempt needs to be disabled by
> >>>> tracepoints.  
> >>>
> >>> Ah, I should have known it was the syscall portion. I don't care for this
> >>> hidden dependency. I rather add a preempt disable here and not expect it 
> >>> to
> >>> be disabled when called.  
> >>
> >> Which is exactly what this patch is doing.  
> > 
> > I was thinking of putting the protection in the function and not the macro. 
> >  
> 
> I'm confused by your comment. The protection is added to the function here:

Ah, sorry. I'm the one confused. I was talking about this part:

> +#undef DECLARE_EVENT_SYSCALL_CLASS
> +#define DECLARE_EVENT_SYSCALL_CLASS(call, proto, args, tstruct, assign, 
> print) \
> +__DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(call, PARAMS(proto), PARAMS(args), PARAMS(tstruct), \
> +                   PARAMS(assign), PARAMS(print))                    \
> +static notrace void                                                  \
> +trace_event_raw_event_##call(void *__data, proto)                    \
> +{                                                                    \
> +     guard(preempt_notrace)();                                       \
> +     do_trace_event_raw_event_##call(__data, args);                  \
> +}
> +

But that's for the non-syscall case.

This is why I shouldn't review patches just before going to bed :-p

-- Steve

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