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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/trace/tracepoints.rst | 27 | ||||
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diff --git a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.rst b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.rst index 6e3ce3bf3593..0cb8d9ca3d60 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.rst +++ b/Documentation/trace/tracepoints.rst @@ -146,3 +146,30 @@ with jump labels and avoid conditional branches. define tracepoints. Check http://lwn.net/Articles/379903, http://lwn.net/Articles/381064 and http://lwn.net/Articles/383362 for a series of articles with more details. + +If you require calling a tracepoint from a header file, it is not +recommended to call one directly or to use the trace_<tracepoint>_enabled() +function call, as tracepoints in header files can have side effects if a +header is included from a file that has CREATE_TRACE_POINTS set, as +well as the trace_<tracepoint>() is not that small of an inline +and can bloat the kernel if used by other inlined functions. Instead, +include tracepoint-defs.h and use tracepoint_enabled(). + +In a C file:: + + void do_trace_foo_bar_wrapper(args) + { + trace_foo_bar(args); + } + +In the header file:: + + DECLARE_TRACEPOINT(foo_bar); + + static inline void some_inline_function() + { + [..] + if (tracepoint_enabled(foo_bar)) + do_trace_foo_bar_wrapper(args); + [..] + } diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint-defs.h b/include/linux/tracepoint-defs.h index b29950a19205..60625973faaf 100644 --- a/include/linux/tracepoint-defs.h +++ b/include/linux/tracepoint-defs.h @@ -48,4 +48,38 @@ struct bpf_raw_event_map { u32 writable_size; } __aligned(32); +/* + * If a tracepoint needs to be called from a header file, it is not + * recommended to call it directly, as tracepoints in header files + * may cause side-effects and bloat the kernel. Instead, use + * tracepoint_enabled() to test if the tracepoint is enabled, then if + * it is, call a wrapper function defined in a C file that will then + * call the tracepoint. + * + * For "trace_foo_bar()", you would need to create a wrapper function + * in a C file to call trace_foo_bar(): + * void do_trace_foo_bar(args) { trace_foo_bar(args); } + * Then in the header file, declare the tracepoint: + * DECLARE_TRACEPOINT(foo_bar); + * And call your wrapper: + * static inline void some_inlined_function() { + * [..] + * if (tracepoint_enabled(foo_bar)) + * do_trace_foo_bar(args); + * [..] + * } + * + * Note: tracepoint_enabled(foo_bar) is equivalent to trace_foo_bar_enabled() + * but is safe to have in headers, where trace_foo_bar_enabled() is not. + */ +#define DECLARE_TRACEPOINT(tp) \ + extern struct tracepoint __tracepoint_##tp + +#ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS +# define tracepoint_enabled(tp) \ + static_key_false(&(__tracepoint_##tp).key) +#else +# define tracepoint_enabled(tracepoint) false +#endif + #endif |