linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch/x86
Linus Torvalds 343a9f3540 The biggest change here is the updates to kprobes
Back in January I posted patches to create function based events. These were
 the events that you suggested I make to allow developers to easily create
 events in code where no trace event exists. After posting those changes for
 review, it was suggested that we implement this instead with kprobes.
 
 The problem with kprobes is that the interface is too complex and needs to
 be simplified. Masami Hiramatsu posted patches in March and I've been
 playing with them a bit. There's been a bit of clean up in the kprobe code
 that was inspired by the function based event patches, and a couple of
 enhancements to the kprobe event interface.
 
  - If the arch supports it (we added support for x86), you can place a
    kprobe event at the start of a function and use $arg1, $arg2, etc
    to reference the arguments of a function. (Before you needed to know
    what register or where on the stack the argument was).
 
  - The second is a way to see array of events. For example, if you reference
    a mac address, you can add:
 
    echo 'p:mac ip_rcv perm_addr=+574($arg2):x8[6]' > kprobe_events
 
    And this will produce:
 
    mac: (ip_rcv+0x0/0x140) perm_addr={0x52,0x54,0x0,0xc0,0x76,0xec}
 
 Other changes include
 
  - Exporting trace_dump_stack to modules
 
  - Have the stack tracer trace the entire stack (stop trying to remove
    tracing itself, as we keep removing too much).
 
  - Added support for SDT in uprobes
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Merge tag 'trace-v4.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "The biggest change here is the updates to kprobes

  Back in January I posted patches to create function based events.
  These were the events that you suggested I make to allow developers to
  easily create events in code where no trace event exists. After
  posting those changes for review, it was suggested that we implement
  this instead with kprobes.

  The problem with kprobes is that the interface is too complex and
  needs to be simplified. Masami Hiramatsu posted patches in March and
  I've been playing with them a bit. There's been a bit of clean up in
  the kprobe code that was inspired by the function based event patches,
  and a couple of enhancements to the kprobe event interface.

   - If the arch supports it (we added support for x86), you can place a
     kprobe event at the start of a function and use $arg1, $arg2, etc
     to reference the arguments of a function. (Before you needed to
     know what register or where on the stack the argument was).

   - The second is a way to see array of events. For example, if you
     reference a mac address, you can add:

	echo 'p:mac ip_rcv perm_addr=+574($arg2):x8[6]' > kprobe_events

     And this will produce:

	mac: (ip_rcv+0x0/0x140) perm_addr={0x52,0x54,0x0,0xc0,0x76,0xec}

  Other changes include

   - Exporting trace_dump_stack to modules

   - Have the stack tracer trace the entire stack (stop trying to remove
     tracing itself, as we keep removing too much).

   - Added support for SDT in uprobes"

[ SDT - "Statically Defined Tracing" are userspace markers for tracing.
  Let's not use random TLA's in explanations unless they are fairly
  well-established as generic (at least for kernel people) - Linus ]

* tag 'trace-v4.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (24 commits)
  tracing: Have stack tracer trace full stack
  tracing: Export trace_dump_stack to modules
  tracing: probeevent: Fix uninitialized used of offset in parse args
  tracing/kprobes: Allow kprobe-events to record module symbol
  tracing/kprobes: Check the probe on unloaded module correctly
  tracing/uprobes: Fix to return -EFAULT if copy_from_user failed
  tracing: probeevent: Add $argN for accessing function args
  x86: ptrace: Add function argument access API
  tracing: probeevent: Add array type support
  tracing: probeevent: Add symbol type
  tracing: probeevent: Unify fetch_insn processing common part
  tracing: probeevent: Append traceprobe_ for exported function
  tracing: probeevent: Return consumed bytes of dynamic area
  tracing: probeevent: Unify fetch type tables
  tracing: probeevent: Introduce new argument fetching code
  tracing: probeevent: Remove NOKPROBE_SYMBOL from print functions
  tracing: probeevent: Cleanup argument field definition
  tracing: probeevent: Cleanup print argument functions
  trace_uprobe: support reference counter in fd-based uprobe
  perf probe: Support SDT markers having reference counter (semaphore)
  ...
2018-10-30 09:49:56 -07:00
..
boot Merge branch 'x86-paravirt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-10-23 17:54:58 +01:00
configs x86/defconfig: Enable CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD=y 2018-10-10 08:29:51 +02:00
crypto crypto: x86/aes-ni - fix build error following fpu template removal 2018-10-08 13:47:02 +08:00
entry x86: convert vdso to use vm_fault_t 2018-10-26 16:25:19 -07:00
events Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-10-23 16:16:40 +01:00
hyperv Merge branch 'x86-paravirt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-10-23 17:54:58 +01:00
ia32 syscalls/x86: auto-create compat_sys_*() prototypes 2018-04-02 20:16:18 +02:00
include The biggest change here is the updates to kprobes 2018-10-30 09:49:56 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2018-10-26 19:33:41 -07:00
kvm KVM updates for v4.20 2018-10-25 17:57:35 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-10-23 15:24:22 +01:00
math-emu
mm Merge branch 'siginfo-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-10-24 11:22:39 +01:00
net bpf, x32: Fix regression caused by commit 24dea04767 2018-07-26 02:51:12 +02:00
oprofile x86/oprofile: Fix bogus GCC-8 warning in nmi_setup() 2018-02-21 09:54:17 +01:00
pci pci-v4.20-changes 2018-10-25 06:50:48 -07:00
platform x86: baytrail/cherrytrail: Rework and move P-Unit PMIC bus semaphore code 2018-10-25 16:59:08 +02:00
power x86-32, hibernate: Adjust in_suspend after resumed on 32bit system 2018-10-03 11:56:34 +02:00
purgatory kbuild: move bin2c back to scripts/ from scripts/basic/ 2018-07-18 01:18:05 +09:00
ras
realmode x86-64/realmode: Add instruction suffix 2018-02-20 09:33:41 +01:00
tools x86: Add support for 64-bit place relative relocations 2018-09-27 17:56:47 +02:00
um x86: Add support for 64-bit place relative relocations 2018-09-27 17:56:47 +02:00
video
xen xen/pvh: don't try to unplug emulated devices 2018-10-26 09:16:57 +02:00
.gitignore x86/build: Add arch/x86/tools/insn_decoder_test to .gitignore 2018-02-13 14:10:29 +01:00
Kbuild
Kconfig The biggest change here is the updates to kprobes 2018-10-30 09:49:56 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu x86/cpu: Create Hygon Dhyana architecture support file 2018-09-27 16:14:05 +02:00
Kconfig.debug x86/kconfig: Remove redundant 'default n' lines from all x86 Kconfig's 2018-10-17 08:39:42 +02:00
Makefile kbuild/Makefile: Prepare for using macros in inline assembly code to work around asm() related GCC inlining bugs 2018-10-04 10:57:09 +02:00
Makefile_32.cpu
Makefile.um kbuild: rename LDFLAGS to KBUILD_LDFLAGS 2018-08-24 08:22:08 +09:00