tracing/function-return-tracer: store return stack into task_struct and allocate it dynamically

Impact: use deeper function tracing depth safely

Some tests showed that function return tracing needed a more deeper depth
of function calls. But it could be unsafe to store these return addresses
to the stack.

So these arrays will now be allocated dynamically into task_struct of current
only when the tracer is activated.

Typical scheme when tracer is activated:
- allocate a return stack for each task in global list.
- fork: allocate the return stack for the newly created task
- exit: free return stack of current
- idle init: same as fork

I chose a default depth of 50. I don't have overruns anymore.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Frederic Weisbecker 2008-11-23 06:22:56 +01:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent a0a70c735e
commit f201ae2356
9 changed files with 137 additions and 58 deletions

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@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ struct ftrace_retfunc {
};
#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_RET_TRACER
#define FTRACE_RETFUNC_DEPTH 50
#define FTRACE_RETSTACK_ALLOC_SIZE 32
/* Type of a callback handler of tracing return function */
typedef void (*trace_function_return_t)(struct ftrace_retfunc *);
@ -330,6 +332,9 @@ extern int register_ftrace_return(trace_function_return_t func);
/* The current handler in use */
extern trace_function_return_t ftrace_function_return;
extern void unregister_ftrace_return(void);
extern void ftrace_retfunc_init_task(struct task_struct *t);
extern void ftrace_retfunc_exit_task(struct task_struct *t);
#endif
#endif /* _LINUX_FTRACE_H */