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From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
To: jbaron@akamai.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	akpm@linuxfoundation.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk, Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 15/17] dyndbg: export ddebug_exec_queries
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:06:41 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200620180643.887546-16-jim.cromie@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200620180643.887546-1-jim.cromie@gmail.com>

Export ddebug_exec_queries() for use by modules.

This will allow module authors to control all their *pr_debug*s
dynamically.  And since ddebug_exec_queries() is what implements
"echo $query >control", it gives the same complete control.

Virtues of this:
- simplicity. just an export.
- full control over any/all subsets of callsites.
- same "query/command-string" in code and console
- full callsite selectivity with module file line format

Format in particular deserves special attention; it is where
low-hanging fruit will be found.

Consider: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/include/logger_types.h:

  #define DC_LOG_SURFACE(...)          pr_debug("[SURFACE]:"__VA_ARGS__)
  #define DC_LOG_HW_LINK_TRAINING(...) pr_debug("[HW_LINK_TRAINING]:"__VA_ARGS__)
  .. 9 more ..

Thats 11 string prefixes, used in 804 callsites across the module.
Clearly a systematized classification of those callsites.  And one Id
expect to see repeated often.

Using ddebug_exec_queries(), authors can operate on those
classifications as a unitary set:

    echo format="[SURFACE]:" +p >control

Trivially, those sets can be subsected with the other query terms too,
should the author see fit.

Using ddebug_exec_queries() from a callback, authors can change
*pr_debug* callstates when drm.debug is updated from userspace.  They
can map bits, or strings, or whatever they want.

They could even alter [fmlt] flags, though I dont foresee why they would.

Is it safe ?

ddebug_exec_queries() is currently 'exposed' to user space in
several limited ways;

1 it is called from module-load callback, where it implements the
  $modname.dyndbg=+p "fake" parameter provided to all modules.

2 it handles query input from >control directly

IOW, it is "fully" exposed to local root user; exposing the same
functionality to other kernel modules is no additional risk.

The other big issue to check is locking:

dyndbg has a single mutex, taken by ddebug_change to handle >control,
and by ddebug_proc_(start|stop) to span `cat control`.  Queries
submitted via export will have module specified, which dramatically
cuts matching work done by ddebug_change vs "module=* +p".
ISTM this proposed export presents no locking problems.

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>
---
 lib/dynamic_debug.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 65c224301509..b00f536d6d12 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ static int ddebug_exec_queries(char *query, const char *modname)
 		return exitcode;
 	return nfound;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ddebug_exec_queries);
 
 #define PREFIX_SIZE 64
 
-- 
2.26.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-06-20 18:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-20 18:06 [PATCH v4 00/17] dynamic_debug cleanups, query features, export Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 01/17] dyndbg-docs: eschew file /full/path query in docs Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 02/17] dyndbg-docs: initialization is done early, not arch Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 03/17] dyndbg: drop obsolete comment on ddebug_proc_open Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 04/17] dyndbg: refine debug verbosity; 1 is basic, 2 more chatty Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 05/17] dyndbg: rename __verbose section to __dyndbg Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 06/17] dyndbg: fix overcounting of ram used by dyndbg Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 07/17] dyndbg: fix a BUG_ON in ddebug_describe_flags Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 08/17] dyndbg: fix pr_err with empty string Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 09/17] dyndbg: prefer declarative init in caller, to memset in callee Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 10/17] dyndbg: make ddebug_tables list LIFO for add/remove_module Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 11/17] dyndbg: use gcc ?: to reduce word count Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 12/17] dyndbg: refactor parse_linerange out of ddebug_parse_query Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 13/17] dyndbg: accept 'file foo.c:func1' and 'file foo.c:10-100' Jim Cromie
2020-07-14  2:26   ` Jason Baron
2020-07-16 16:49     ` jim.cromie
2020-07-16 20:30       ` Jason Baron
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 14/17] dyndbg: accept query terms like file=bar and module=foo Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` Jim Cromie [this message]
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 16/17] dyndbg: allow anchored match on format query term Jim Cromie
2020-06-20 18:06 ` [PATCH v4 17/17] dyndbg: combine flags & mask into a struct, simplify with it Jim Cromie

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