From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932229AbaLWQQx (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:16:53 -0500 Received: from cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com ([107.14.166.232]:42927 "EHLO cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756384AbaLWQQv (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:16:51 -0500 Message-Id: <20141223161635.568603635@goodmis.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.61-1 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:13:41 -0500 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton Subject: [for-next][PATCH 1/2] tracing: Add ref count to tracer for when they are being read by pipe References: <20141223161340.297942985@goodmis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline; filename=0001-tracing-Add-ref-count-to-tracer-for-when-they-are-be.patch X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.130:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" When one of the trace pipe files are being read (by either the trace_pipe or trace_pipe_raw), do not allow the current_trace to change. By adding a ref count that is incremented when the pipe files are opened, will prevent the current_trace from being changed. This will allow for the removal of the global trace_types_lock from reading the pipe buffers (which is currently a bottle neck). Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 16 +++++++++++++++- kernel/trace/trace.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 2e767972e99c..ed3fba1d6570 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -4140,6 +4140,12 @@ static int tracing_set_tracer(struct trace_array *tr, const char *buf) goto out; } + /* If trace pipe files are being read, we can't change the tracer */ + if (tr->current_trace->ref) { + ret = -EBUSY; + goto out; + } + trace_branch_disable(); tr->current_trace->enabled--; @@ -4363,6 +4369,8 @@ static int tracing_open_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) iter->trace->pipe_open(iter); nonseekable_open(inode, filp); + + tr->current_trace->ref++; out: mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock); return ret; @@ -4382,6 +4390,8 @@ static int tracing_release_pipe(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock); + tr->current_trace->ref--; + if (iter->trace->pipe_close) iter->trace->pipe_close(iter); @@ -5331,6 +5341,8 @@ static int tracing_buffers_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) filp->private_data = info; + tr->current_trace->ref++; + mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock); ret = nonseekable_open(inode, filp); @@ -5437,6 +5449,8 @@ static int tracing_buffers_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock); + iter->tr->current_trace->ref--; + __trace_array_put(iter->tr); if (info->spare) @@ -6416,7 +6430,7 @@ static int instance_delete(const char *name) goto out_unlock; ret = -EBUSY; - if (tr->ref) + if (tr->ref || (tr->current_trace && tr->current_trace->ref)) goto out_unlock; list_del(&tr->list); diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h index 8de48bac1ce2..0eddfeb05fee 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h @@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ struct tracer { struct tracer *next; struct tracer_flags *flags; int enabled; + int ref; bool print_max; bool allow_instances; #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE -- 2.1.3