Merge tag 'trace-ring-buffer-v6.12' of...
Merge tag 'trace-ring-buffer-v6.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace Pull ring-buffer updates from Steven Rostedt: - tracing/ring-buffer: persistent buffer across reboots This allows for the tracing instance ring buffer to stay persistent across reboots. The way this is done is by adding to the kernel command line: trace_instance=boot_map@0x285400000:12M This will reserve 12 megabytes at the address 0x285400000, and then map the tracing instance "boot_map" ring buffer to that memory. This will appear as a normal instance in the tracefs system: /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/boot_map A user could enable tracing in that instance, and on reboot or kernel crash, if the memory is not wiped by the firmware, it will recreate the trace in that instance. For example, if one was debugging a shutdown of a kernel reboot: # cd /sys/kernel/tracing # echo function > instances/boot_map/current_tracer # reboot [..] # cd /sys/kernel/tracing # tail instances/boot_map/trace swapper/0-1 [000] d..1. 164.549800: restore_boot_irq_mode <-native_machine_shutdown swapper/0-1 [000] d..1. 164.549801: native_restore_boot_irq_mode <-native_machine_shutdown swapper/0-1 [000] d..1. 164.549802: disconnect_bsp_APIC <-native_machine_shutdown swapper/0-1 [000] d..1. 164.549811: hpet_disable <-native_machine_shutdown swapper/0-1 [000] d..1. 164.549812: iommu_shutdown_noop <-native_machine_restart swapper/0-1 [000] d..1. 164.549813: native_machine_emergency_restart <-__do_sys_reboot swapper/0-1 [000] d..1. 164.549813: tboot_shutdown <-native_machine_emergency_restart swapper/0-1 [000] d..1. 164.549820: acpi_reboot <-native_machine_emergency_restart swapper/0-1 [000] d..1. 164.549821: acpi_reset <-acpi_reboot swapper/0-1 [000] d..1. 164.549822: acpi_os_write_port <-acpi_reboot On reboot, the buffer is examined to make sure it is valid. The validation check even steps through every event to make sure the meta data of the event is correct. If any test fails, it will simply reset the buffer, and the buffer will be empty on boot. - Allow the tracing persistent boot buffer to use the "reserve_mem" option Instead of having the admin find a physical address to store the persistent buffer, which can be very tedious if they have to administrate several different machines, allow them to use the "reserve_mem" option that will find a location for them. It is not as reliable because of KASLR, as the loading of the kernel in different locations can cause the memory allocated to be inconsistent. Booting with "nokaslr" can make reserve_mem more reliable. - Have function graph tracer handle offsets from a previous boot. The ring buffer output from a previous boot may have different addresses due to kaslr. Have the function graph tracer handle these by using the delta from the previous boot to the new boot address space. - Only reset the saved meta offset when the buffer is started or reset In the persistent memory meta data, it holds the previous address space information, so that it can calculate the delta to have function tracing work. But this gets updated after being read to hold the new address space. But if the buffer isn't used for that boot, on reboot, the delta is now calculated from the previous boot and not the boot that holds the data in the ring buffer. This causes the functions not to be shown. Do not save the address space information of the current kernel until it is being recorded. - Add a magic variable to test the valid meta data Add a magic variable in the meta data that can also be used for validation. The validator of the previous buffer doesn't need this magic data, but it can be used if the meta data is changed by a new kernel, which may have the same format that passes the validator but is used differently. This magic number can also be used as a "versioning" of the meta data. - Align user space mapped ring buffer sub buffers to improve TLB entries Linus mentioned that the mapped ring buffer sub buffers were misaligned between the meta page and the sub-buffers, so that if the sub-buffers were bigger than PAGE_SIZE, it wouldn't allow the TLB to use bigger entries. - Add new kernel command line "traceoff" to disable tracing on boot for instances If tracing is enabled for a boot instance, there needs a way to be able to disable it on boot so that new events do not get entered into the ring buffer and be mixed with events from a previous boot, as that can be confusing. - Allow trace_printk() to go to other instances Currently, trace_printk() can only go to the top level instance. When debugging with a persistent buffer, it is really useful to be able to add trace_printk() to go to that buffer, so that you have access to them after a crash. - Do not use "bin_printk()" for traces to a boot instance The bin_printk() saves only a pointer to the printk format in the ring buffer, as the reader of the buffer can still have access to it. But this is not the case if the buffer is from a previous boot. If the trace_printk() is going to a "persistent" buffer, it will use the slower version that writes the printk format into the buffer. - Add command line option to allow trace_printk() to go to an instance Allow the kernel command line to define which instance the trace_printk() goes to, instead of forcing the admin to set it for every boot via the tracefs options. - Start a document that explains how to use tracefs to debug the kernel - Add some more kernel selftests to test user mapped ring buffer * tag 'trace-ring-buffer-v6.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: (28 commits) selftests/ring-buffer: Handle meta-page bigger than the system selftests/ring-buffer: Verify the entire meta-page padding tracing/Documentation: Start a document on how to debug with tracing tracing: Add option to set an instance to be the trace_printk destination tracing: Have trace_printk not use binary prints if boot buffer tracing: Allow trace_printk() to go to other instance buffers tracing: Add "traceoff" flag to boot time tracing instances ring-buffer: Align meta-page to sub-buffers for improved TLB usage ring-buffer: Add magic and struct size to boot up meta data ring-buffer: Don't reset persistent ring-buffer meta saved addresses tracing/fgraph: Have fgraph handle previous boot function addresses tracing: Allow boot instances to use reserve_mem boot memory tracing: Fix ifdef of snapshots to not prevent last_boot_info file ring-buffer: Use vma_pages() helper function tracing: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR() check in enable_instances() tracing: Add last boot delta offset for stack traces tracing: Update function tracing output for previous boot buffer tracing: Handle old buffer mappings for event strings and functions tracing/ring-buffer: Add last_boot_info file to boot instance ring-buffer: Save text and data locations in mapped meta data ...
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