Hi Steven,
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:21:15AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 14:57:01 +0800
> Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > This patch adds a new trace option 'funcgraph-retval' and is disabled by
> > default. When this option is enabled, fgraph tracer will show the return
> > value of each function. This is useful to find/analyze a original error
> > source in a call graph.
> >
> > One limitation is that kernel doesn't know the prototype of functions. So
> > fgraph assumes all functions have a retvalue of type int. You must ignore
> > the value of *void* function. And if the retvalue looks like an error code
> > then both hexadecimal and decimal number are displayed.
> >
> > In this patch, only x86 and ARM platforms are supported.
> >
> > Here is example showing the error is caused by vmx_create_vcpu() and the
> > error code is -5 (-EIO).
> >
> > with echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/funcgraph-retval
> >
> > 3) | kvm_vm_ioctl() {
> > 3) | mutex_lock() {
> > 3) | _cond_resched() {
> > 3) 0.234 us | rcu_all_qs(); /* ret=0x80000000 */
> > 3) 0.704 us | } /* ret=0x0 */
> > 3) 1.226 us | } /* ret=0x0 */
> > 3) 0.247 us | mutex_unlock(); /* ret=0xffff8880738ed040 */
> > 3) | kvm_arch_vcpu_create() {
> > 3) | vmx_create_vcpu() {
> > 3) + 17.969 us | kmem_cache_alloc(); /* ret=0xffff88813a980040 */
> > 3) + 15.948 us | kmem_cache_alloc(); /* ret=0xffff88813aa99200 */
> > 3) 0.653 us | allocate_vpid.part.88(); /* ret=0x1 */
> > 3) 6.964 us | kvm_vcpu_init(); /* ret=0xfffffffb */
> > 3) 0.323 us | free_vpid.part.89(); /* ret=0x1 */
> > 3) 9.985 us | kmem_cache_free(); /* ret=0x80000000 */
> > 3) 9.491 us | kmem_cache_free(); /* ret=0x80000000 */
> > 3) + 69.858 us | } /* ret=0xfffffffffffffffb/-5 */
> > 3) + 70.631 us | } /* ret=0xfffffffffffffffb/-5 */
> > 3) | mutex_lock() {
> > 3) | _cond_resched() {
> > 3) 0.199 us | rcu_all_qs(); /* ret=0x80000000 */
> > 3) 0.594 us | } /* ret=0x0 */
> > 3) 1.067 us | } /* ret=0x0 */
> > 3) 0.337 us | mutex_unlock(); /* ret=0xffff8880738ed040 */
> > 3) + 92.730 us | } /* ret=0xfffffffffffffffb/-5 */
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
>
> Hi Changbin,
>
> I'm rewriting a lot of the function graph tracer code to have
> kretprobes be able to work on top of it. It's still a work in progress.
> It would be easier to add something to that work when its done than to
> do it now.
>
I cann't wait to see it! I can rebase my cheanges after your work. Thanks!
> Thanks!
>
> -- Steve
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Cheers,
Changbin Du
