Re: [PATCH 03/17] tracing/kprobes: Factor out struct trace_probe

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Fri Nov 29 2013 - 04:25:39 EST


* Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> [2013-11-27 15:19:49]:

> From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@xxxxxxx>
>
> There are functions that can be shared to both of kprobes and uprobes.
> Separate common data structure to struct trace_probe and use it from
> the shared functions.
>
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 396 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
> kernel/trace/trace_probe.h | 20 +++
> 2 files changed, 213 insertions(+), 203 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> index dae9541ada9e..72b76e1f2d34 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> @@ -27,18 +27,12 @@
> /**
> * Kprobe event core functions
> */
> -struct trace_probe {
> +struct trace_kprobe {
> struct list_head list;
> struct kretprobe rp; /* Use rp.kp for kprobe use */
> unsigned long nhit;
> - unsigned int flags; /* For TP_FLAG_* */
> const char *symbol; /* symbol name */
> - struct ftrace_event_class class;
> - struct ftrace_event_call call;
> - struct list_head files;
> - ssize_t size; /* trace entry size */
> - unsigned int nr_args;
> - struct probe_arg args[];
> + struct trace_probe p;

Can I suggest to use tp instead of p to denote trace_probe?

> };
>
>

<..snipped..>

> -static int register_probe_event(struct trace_probe *tp);
> -static int unregister_probe_event(struct trace_probe *tp);
> +static int register_kprobe_event(struct trace_kprobe *tk);
> +static int unregister_kprobe_event(struct trace_kprobe *tk);
>
> static DEFINE_MUTEX(probe_lock);
> static LIST_HEAD(probe_list);
> @@ -107,14 +91,14 @@ static int kretprobe_dispatcher(struct kretprobe_instance *ri,
> /*
> * Allocate new trace_probe and initialize it (including kprobes).
> */
> -static struct trace_probe *alloc_trace_probe(const char *group,
> +static struct trace_kprobe *alloc_trace_kprobe(const char *group,
> const char *event,
> void *addr,
> const char *symbol,
> unsigned long offs,
> int nargs, bool is_return)
> {
> - struct trace_probe *tp;
> + struct trace_kprobe *tp;

Nit: Here and couple of places below: Given that tk was used to
represent trace_kprobe, can we use tk everywhere. Using tp to represent
trace_probe and trace_kprobe is a bit confusing.

> int ret = -ENOMEM;
>

The rest looks fine.

--
Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

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