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Author SHA1 Message Date
Masami Hiramatsu
6218bf9f4d tracing/probe: Add immediate parameter support
Add immediate value parameter (\1234) support to
probe events. This allows you to specify an immediate
(or dummy) parameter instead of fetching from memory
or register.

This feature looks odd, but imagine when you put a probe
on a code to trace some data. If the code is compiled into
2 instructions and 1 instruction has a value but other has
nothing since it is optimized out.
In that case, you can not fold those into one event, even
if ftrace supported multiple probes on one event.
With this feature, you can set a dummy value like
foo=\deadbeef instead of something like foo=%di.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/156095690733.28024.13258186548822649469.stgit@devnote2

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2019-08-31 12:19:39 -04:00
Linus Torvalds
818e95c768 The main changes in this release include:
- Add user space specific memory reading for kprobes
  - Allow kprobes to be executed earlier in boot
 
 The rest are mostly just various clean ups and small fixes.
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Merge tag 'trace-v5.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "The main changes in this release include:

   - Add user space specific memory reading for kprobes

   - Allow kprobes to be executed earlier in boot

  The rest are mostly just various clean ups and small fixes"

* tag 'trace-v5.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (33 commits)
  tracing: Make trace_get_fields() global
  tracing: Let filter_assign_type() detect FILTER_PTR_STRING
  tracing: Pass type into tracing_generic_entry_update()
  ftrace/selftest: Test if set_event/ftrace_pid exists before writing
  ftrace/selftests: Return the skip code when tracing directory not configured in kernel
  tracing/kprobe: Check registered state using kprobe
  tracing/probe: Add trace_event_call accesses APIs
  tracing/probe: Add probe event name and group name accesses APIs
  tracing/probe: Add trace flag access APIs for trace_probe
  tracing/probe: Add trace_event_file access APIs for trace_probe
  tracing/probe: Add trace_event_call register API for trace_probe
  tracing/probe: Add trace_probe init and free functions
  tracing/uprobe: Set print format when parsing command
  tracing/kprobe: Set print format right after parsed command
  kprobes: Fix to init kprobes in subsys_initcall
  tracepoint: Use struct_size() in kmalloc()
  ring-buffer: Remove HAVE_64BIT_ALIGNED_ACCESS
  ftrace: Enable trampoline when rec count returns back to one
  tracing/kprobe: Do not run kprobe boot tests if kprobe_event is on cmdline
  tracing: Make a separate config for trace event self tests
  ...
2019-07-18 11:51:00 -07:00
Mauro Carvalho Chehab
7e6294cdc0 docs: trace: add a missing blank line
Sphinx expects a blank line after a literal block markup.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-06-20 14:05:46 -06:00
Lecopzer Chen
78a89463a3 Documentation: {u,k}probes: add tracing_on before tracing
After following the document step by step, the `cat trace` can't be
worked without enabling tracing_on and might mislead newbies about
the functionality.

Signed-off-by: Lecopzer Chen <lecopzer.chen@mediatek.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-06-07 11:56:51 -06:00
Masami Hiramatsu
970988e19e tracing/kprobe: Add kprobe_event= boot parameter
Add kprobe_event= boot parameter to define kprobe events
at boot time.
The definition syntax is similar to tracefs/kprobe_events
interface, but use ',' and ';' instead of ' ' and '\n'
respectively. e.g.

  kprobe_event=p,vfs_read,$arg1,$arg2

This puts a probe on vfs_read with argument1 and 2, and
enable the new event.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/155851395498.15728.830529496248543583.stgit@devnote2

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2019-05-25 23:04:43 -04:00
Masami Hiramatsu
e65f7ae7f4 tracing/probe: Support user-space dereference
Support user-space dereference syntax for probe event arguments
to dereference the data-structure or array in user-space.

The syntax is just adding 'u' before an offset value.

 +|-u<OFFSET>(<FETCHARG>)

e.g. +u8(%ax), +u0(+0(%si))

For example, if you probe do_sched_setscheduler(pid, policy,
param) and record param->sched_priority, you can add new
probe as below;

 p do_sched_setscheduler priority=+u0($arg3)

Note that kprobe event provides this and it doesn't change the
dereference method automatically because we do not know whether
the given address is in userspace or kernel on some archs.

So as same as "ustring", this is an option for user, who has to
carefully choose the dereference method.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/155789872187.26965.4468456816590888687.stgit@devnote2

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2019-05-25 23:04:42 -04:00
Masami Hiramatsu
88903c4643 tracing/probe: Add ustring type for user-space string
Add "ustring" type for fetching user-space string from kprobe event.
User can specify ustring type at uprobe event, and it is same as
"string" for uprobe.

Note that probe-event provides this option but it doesn't choose the
correct type automatically since we have not way to decide the address
is in user-space or not on some arch (and on some other arch, you can
fetch the string by "string" type). So user must carefully check the
target code (e.g. if you see __user on the target variable) and
use this new type.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/155789871009.26965.14167558859557329331.stgit@devnote2

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2019-05-25 23:04:42 -04:00
Masami Hiramatsu
6212dd2968 tracing/kprobes: Use dyn_event framework for kprobe events
Use dyn_event framework for kprobe events. This shows
kprobe events on "tracing/dynamic_events" file.

User can also define new events via tracing/dynamic_events.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/154140855646.17322.6619219995865980392.stgit@devbox

Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2018-12-08 20:54:09 -05:00
Masami Hiramatsu
a1303af5d7 tracing: probeevent: Add $argN for accessing function args
Add $argN special fetch variable for accessing function
arguments. This allows user to trace the Nth argument easily
at the function entry.

Note that this returns most probably assignment of registers
and stacks. In some case, it may not work well. If you need
to access correct registers or stacks you should use perf-probe.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/152465888632.26224.3412465701570253696.stgit@devbox

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2018-10-10 22:19:11 -04:00
Masami Hiramatsu
40b53b7718 tracing: probeevent: Add array type support
Add array type support for probe events.
This allows user to get arraied types from memory address.
The array type syntax is

	TYPE[N]

Where TYPE is one of types (u8/16/32/64,s8/16/32/64,
x8/16/32/64, symbol, string) and N is a fixed value less
than 64.

The string array type is a bit different from other types. For
other base types, <base-type>[1] is equal to <base-type>
(e.g. +0(%di):x32[1] is same as +0(%di):x32.) But string[1] is not
equal to string. The string type itself represents "char array",
but string array type represents "char * array". So, for example,
+0(%di):string[1] is equal to +0(+0(%di)):string.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/152465891533.26224.6150658225601339931.stgit@devbox

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2018-10-10 22:19:10 -04:00
Masami Hiramatsu
60c2e0cebf tracing: probeevent: Add symbol type
Add "symbol" type to probeevent, which is an alias of u32 or u64
(depends on BITS_PER_LONG). This shows the result value in
symbol+offset style. This type is only available with kprobe
events.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/152465882860.26224.14779072294412467338.stgit@devbox

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2018-10-10 22:19:10 -04:00
Andreas Ziegler
31130c8ec8 Documentation: kprobetrace: document 'trigger' file
As the other files are documented explicitly, let's add a
short description for 'trigger' as well.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Ziegler <andreas.ziegler@fau.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-07-23 09:26:42 -06:00
Andreas Ziegler
e50891d6ef Documentation: {u,k}probes: fix filename for event enabling
The per-event files to enable or disable kprobes and uprobes
are named 'enable', not 'enabled'. Fix the corresponding
documentation.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Ziegler <andreas.ziegler@fau.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-07-23 09:26:37 -06:00
Changbin Du
263ee77574 trace doc: convert trace/kprobetrace.txt to rst format
This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it into Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-03-07 10:23:15 -07:00