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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 79 |
1 files changed, 66 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 85ced143c2c..e206951603c 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -18,8 +18,46 @@ #include "trace.h" -/* Global flag to disable all recording to ring buffers */ -static int ring_buffers_off __read_mostly; +/* + * A fast way to enable or disable all ring buffers is to + * call tracing_on or tracing_off. Turning off the ring buffers + * prevents all ring buffers from being recorded to. + * Turning this switch on, makes it OK to write to the + * ring buffer, if the ring buffer is enabled itself. + * + * There's three layers that must be on in order to write + * to the ring buffer. + * + * 1) This global flag must be set. + * 2) The ring buffer must be enabled for recording. + * 3) The per cpu buffer must be enabled for recording. + * + * In case of an anomaly, this global flag has a bit set that + * will permantly disable all ring buffers. + */ + +/* + * Global flag to disable all recording to ring buffers + * This has two bits: ON, DISABLED + * + * ON DISABLED + * ---- ---------- + * 0 0 : ring buffers are off + * 1 0 : ring buffers are on + * X 1 : ring buffers are permanently disabled + */ + +enum { + RB_BUFFERS_ON_BIT = 0, + RB_BUFFERS_DISABLED_BIT = 1, +}; + +enum { + RB_BUFFERS_ON = 1 << RB_BUFFERS_ON_BIT, + RB_BUFFERS_DISABLED = 1 << RB_BUFFERS_DISABLED_BIT, +}; + +static long ring_buffer_flags __read_mostly = RB_BUFFERS_ON; /** * tracing_on - enable all tracing buffers @@ -29,7 +67,7 @@ static int ring_buffers_off __read_mostly; */ void tracing_on(void) { - ring_buffers_off = 0; + set_bit(RB_BUFFERS_ON_BIT, &ring_buffer_flags); } /** @@ -42,7 +80,18 @@ void tracing_on(void) */ void tracing_off(void) { - ring_buffers_off = 1; + clear_bit(RB_BUFFERS_ON_BIT, &ring_buffer_flags); +} + +/** + * tracing_off_permanent - permanently disable ring buffers + * + * This function, once called, will disable all ring buffers + * permanenty. + */ +void tracing_off_permanent(void) +{ + set_bit(RB_BUFFERS_DISABLED_BIT, &ring_buffer_flags); } #include "trace.h" @@ -1185,7 +1234,7 @@ ring_buffer_lock_reserve(struct ring_buffer *buffer, struct ring_buffer_event *event; int cpu, resched; - if (ring_buffers_off) + if (ring_buffer_flags != RB_BUFFERS_ON) return NULL; if (atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled)) @@ -1297,7 +1346,7 @@ int ring_buffer_write(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int ret = -EBUSY; int cpu, resched; - if (ring_buffers_off) + if (ring_buffer_flags != RB_BUFFERS_ON) return -EBUSY; if (atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled)) @@ -2178,12 +2227,14 @@ static ssize_t rb_simple_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) { - int *p = filp->private_data; + long *p = filp->private_data; char buf[64]; int r; - /* !ring_buffers_off == tracing_on */ - r = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", !*p); + if (test_bit(RB_BUFFERS_DISABLED_BIT, p)) + r = sprintf(buf, "permanently disabled\n"); + else + r = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", test_bit(RB_BUFFERS_ON_BIT, p)); return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r); } @@ -2192,7 +2243,7 @@ static ssize_t rb_simple_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) { - int *p = filp->private_data; + long *p = filp->private_data; char buf[64]; long val; int ret; @@ -2209,8 +2260,10 @@ rb_simple_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, if (ret < 0) return ret; - /* !ring_buffers_off == tracing_on */ - *p = !val; + if (val) + set_bit(RB_BUFFERS_ON_BIT, p); + else + clear_bit(RB_BUFFERS_ON_BIT, p); (*ppos)++; @@ -2232,7 +2285,7 @@ static __init int rb_init_debugfs(void) d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry(); entry = debugfs_create_file("tracing_on", 0644, d_tracer, - &ring_buffers_off, &rb_simple_fops); + &ring_buffer_flags, &rb_simple_fops); if (!entry) pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'tracing_on' entry\n"); |