From: Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@gmail.com>
To: mhiramat@kernel.org
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] tracing: fprobe: optimization for entry only case
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:20:01 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250923092001.1087678-2-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250923092001.1087678-1-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn>
For now, fgraph is used for the fprobe, even if we need trace the entry
only. However, the performance of ftrace is better than fgraph, and we
can use ftrace_ops for this case.
Then performance of kprobe-multi increases from 54M to 69M. Before this
commit:
$ ./benchs/run_bench_trigger.sh kprobe-multi
kprobe-multi : 54.663 ± 0.493M/s
After this commit:
$ ./benchs/run_bench_trigger.sh kprobe-multi
kprobe-multi : 69.447 ± 0.143M/s
Mitigation is disable during the bench testing above.
Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@chinatelecom.cn>
---
kernel/trace/fprobe.c | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 81 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
index 1785fba367c9..de4ae075548d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static int fprobe_fgraph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace, struct fgraph_ops
if (node->addr != func)
continue;
fp = READ_ONCE(node->fp);
- if (fp && !fprobe_disabled(fp))
+ if (fp && !fprobe_disabled(fp) && fp->exit_handler)
fp->nmissed++;
}
return 0;
@@ -312,11 +312,11 @@ static int fprobe_fgraph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace, struct fgraph_ops
if (node->addr != func)
continue;
fp = READ_ONCE(node->fp);
- if (!fp || fprobe_disabled(fp))
+ if (unlikely(!fp || fprobe_disabled(fp) || !fp->exit_handler))
continue;
data_size = fp->entry_data_size;
- if (data_size && fp->exit_handler)
+ if (data_size)
data = fgraph_data + used + FPROBE_HEADER_SIZE_IN_LONG;
else
data = NULL;
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static int fprobe_fgraph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace, struct fgraph_ops
ret = __fprobe_handler(func, ret_ip, fp, fregs, data);
/* If entry_handler returns !0, nmissed is not counted but skips exit_handler. */
- if (!ret && fp->exit_handler) {
+ if (!ret) {
int size_words = SIZE_IN_LONG(data_size);
if (write_fprobe_header(&fgraph_data[used], fp, size_words))
@@ -384,6 +384,70 @@ static struct fgraph_ops fprobe_graph_ops = {
};
static int fprobe_graph_active;
+/* ftrace_ops backend (entry-only) */
+static void fprobe_ftrace_entry(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
+ struct ftrace_ops *ops, struct ftrace_regs *fregs)
+{
+ struct fprobe_hlist_node *node;
+ struct rhlist_head *head, *pos;
+ struct fprobe *fp;
+
+ guard(rcu)();
+ head = rhltable_lookup(&fprobe_ip_table, &ip, fprobe_rht_params);
+
+ rhl_for_each_entry_rcu(node, pos, head, hlist) {
+ if (node->addr != ip)
+ break;
+ fp = READ_ONCE(node->fp);
+ if (unlikely(!fp || fprobe_disabled(fp) || fp->exit_handler))
+ continue;
+ /* entry-only path: no exit_handler nor per-call data */
+ if (fprobe_shared_with_kprobes(fp))
+ __fprobe_kprobe_handler(ip, parent_ip, fp, fregs, NULL);
+ else
+ __fprobe_handler(ip, parent_ip, fp, fregs, NULL);
+ }
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fprobe_ftrace_entry);
+
+static struct ftrace_ops fprobe_ftrace_ops = {
+ .func = fprobe_ftrace_entry,
+ .flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS,
+};
+static int fprobe_ftrace_active;
+
+static int fprobe_ftrace_add_ips(unsigned long *addrs, int num)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&fprobe_mutex);
+
+ ret = ftrace_set_filter_ips(&fprobe_ftrace_ops, addrs, num, 0, 0);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (!fprobe_ftrace_active) {
+ ret = register_ftrace_function(&fprobe_ftrace_ops);
+ if (ret) {
+ ftrace_free_filter(&fprobe_ftrace_ops);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
+ fprobe_ftrace_active++;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void fprobe_ftrace_remove_ips(unsigned long *addrs, int num)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&fprobe_mutex);
+
+ fprobe_ftrace_active--;
+ if (!fprobe_ftrace_active)
+ unregister_ftrace_function(&fprobe_ftrace_ops);
+ if (num)
+ ftrace_set_filter_ips(&fprobe_ftrace_ops, addrs, num, 1, 0);
+}
+
/* Add @addrs to the ftrace filter and register fgraph if needed. */
static int fprobe_graph_add_ips(unsigned long *addrs, int num)
{
@@ -500,9 +564,12 @@ static int fprobe_module_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
} while (node == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
rhashtable_walk_exit(&iter);
- if (alist.index < alist.size && alist.index > 0)
+ if (alist.index < alist.size && alist.index > 0) {
ftrace_set_filter_ips(&fprobe_graph_ops.ops,
alist.addrs, alist.index, 1, 0);
+ ftrace_set_filter_ips(&fprobe_ftrace_ops,
+ alist.addrs, alist.index, 1, 0);
+ }
mutex_unlock(&fprobe_mutex);
kfree(alist.addrs);
@@ -735,7 +802,11 @@ int register_fprobe_ips(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long *addrs, int num)
mutex_lock(&fprobe_mutex);
hlist_array = fp->hlist_array;
- ret = fprobe_graph_add_ips(addrs, num);
+ if (fp->exit_handler)
+ ret = fprobe_graph_add_ips(addrs, num);
+ else
+ ret = fprobe_ftrace_add_ips(addrs, num);
+
if (!ret) {
add_fprobe_hash(fp);
for (i = 0; i < hlist_array->size; i++) {
@@ -831,7 +902,10 @@ int unregister_fprobe(struct fprobe *fp)
}
del_fprobe_hash(fp);
- fprobe_graph_remove_ips(addrs, count);
+ if (fp->exit_handler)
+ fprobe_graph_remove_ips(addrs, count);
+ else
+ fprobe_ftrace_remove_ips(addrs, count);
kfree_rcu(hlist_array, rcu);
fp->hlist_array = NULL;
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-23 9:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-23 9:20 [PATCH 1/2] tracing: fprobe: rename fprobe_entry to fprobe_fgraph_entry Menglong Dong
2025-09-23 9:20 ` Menglong Dong [this message]
2025-09-23 11:10 ` [PATCH 2/2] tracing: fprobe: optimization for entry only case Jiri Olsa
2025-09-23 11:16 ` menglong.dong
2025-09-23 12:25 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-09-23 13:34 ` Menglong Dong
2025-09-23 16:25 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-09-24 0:23 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-24 1:33 ` menglong.dong
2025-09-23 9:38 ` [PATCH 1/2] tracing: fprobe: rename fprobe_entry to fprobe_fgraph_entry Steven Rostedt
2025-09-23 10:27 ` menglong.dong
2025-09-23 23:07 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-24 0:17 ` Menglong Dong
2025-09-24 8:13 ` Masami Hiramatsu
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