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<title>tracing: Fix warning in trace_buffered_event_disable()</title>
<updated>2023-08-03T08:26:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zheng Yejian</name>
<email>zhengyejian1@huawei.com</email>
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<published>2023-07-26T09:58:04+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit dea499781a1150d285c62b26659f62fb00824fce ]

Warning happened in trace_buffered_event_disable() at
  WARN_ON_ONCE(!trace_buffered_event_ref)

  Call Trace:
   ? __warn+0xa5/0x1b0
   ? trace_buffered_event_disable+0x189/0x1b0
   __ftrace_event_enable_disable+0x19e/0x3e0
   free_probe_data+0x3b/0xa0
   unregister_ftrace_function_probe_func+0x6b8/0x800
   event_enable_func+0x2f0/0x3d0
   ftrace_process_regex.isra.0+0x12d/0x1b0
   ftrace_filter_write+0xe6/0x140
   vfs_write+0x1c9/0x6f0
   [...]

The cause of the warning is in __ftrace_event_enable_disable(),
trace_buffered_event_enable() was called once while
trace_buffered_event_disable() was called twice.
Reproduction script show as below, for analysis, see the comments:
 ```
 #!/bin/bash

 cd /sys/kernel/tracing/

 # 1. Register a 'disable_event' command, then:
 #    1) SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was set;
 #    2) trace_buffered_event_enable() was called first time;
 echo 'cmdline_proc_show:disable_event:initcall:initcall_finish' &gt; \
     set_ftrace_filter

 # 2. Enable the event registered, then:
 #    1) SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was cleared;
 #    2) trace_buffered_event_disable() was called first time;
 echo 1 &gt; events/initcall/initcall_finish/enable

 # 3. Try to call into cmdline_proc_show(), then SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was
 #    set again!!!
 cat /proc/cmdline

 # 4. Unregister the 'disable_event' command, then:
 #    1) SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was cleared again;
 #    2) trace_buffered_event_disable() was called second time!!!
 echo '!cmdline_proc_show:disable_event:initcall:initcall_finish' &gt; \
     set_ftrace_filter
 ```

To fix it, IIUC, we can change to call trace_buffered_event_enable() at
fist time soft-mode enabled, and call trace_buffered_event_disable() at
last time soft-mode disabled.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230726095804.920457-1-zhengyejian1@huawei.com

Cc: &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 0fc1b09ff1ff ("tracing: Use temp buffer when filtering events")
Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian &lt;zhengyejian1@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit dea499781a1150d285c62b26659f62fb00824fce ]

Warning happened in trace_buffered_event_disable() at
  WARN_ON_ONCE(!trace_buffered_event_ref)

  Call Trace:
   ? __warn+0xa5/0x1b0
   ? trace_buffered_event_disable+0x189/0x1b0
   __ftrace_event_enable_disable+0x19e/0x3e0
   free_probe_data+0x3b/0xa0
   unregister_ftrace_function_probe_func+0x6b8/0x800
   event_enable_func+0x2f0/0x3d0
   ftrace_process_regex.isra.0+0x12d/0x1b0
   ftrace_filter_write+0xe6/0x140
   vfs_write+0x1c9/0x6f0
   [...]

The cause of the warning is in __ftrace_event_enable_disable(),
trace_buffered_event_enable() was called once while
trace_buffered_event_disable() was called twice.
Reproduction script show as below, for analysis, see the comments:
 ```
 #!/bin/bash

 cd /sys/kernel/tracing/

 # 1. Register a 'disable_event' command, then:
 #    1) SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was set;
 #    2) trace_buffered_event_enable() was called first time;
 echo 'cmdline_proc_show:disable_event:initcall:initcall_finish' &gt; \
     set_ftrace_filter

 # 2. Enable the event registered, then:
 #    1) SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was cleared;
 #    2) trace_buffered_event_disable() was called first time;
 echo 1 &gt; events/initcall/initcall_finish/enable

 # 3. Try to call into cmdline_proc_show(), then SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was
 #    set again!!!
 cat /proc/cmdline

 # 4. Unregister the 'disable_event' command, then:
 #    1) SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was cleared again;
 #    2) trace_buffered_event_disable() was called second time!!!
 echo '!cmdline_proc_show:disable_event:initcall:initcall_finish' &gt; \
     set_ftrace_filter
 ```

To fix it, IIUC, we can change to call trace_buffered_event_enable() at
fist time soft-mode enabled, and call trace_buffered_event_disable() at
last time soft-mode disabled.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230726095804.920457-1-zhengyejian1@huawei.com

Cc: &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 0fc1b09ff1ff ("tracing: Use temp buffer when filtering events")
Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian &lt;zhengyejian1@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: Rename stacktrace field to common_stacktrace</title>
<updated>2023-05-24T03:38:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Google)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-24T03:09:13+00:00</published>
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The histogram and synthetic events can use a pseudo event called
"stacktrace" that will create a stacktrace at the time of the event and
use it just like it was a normal field. We have other pseudo events such
as "common_cpu" and "common_timestamp". To stay consistent with that,
convert "stacktrace" to "common_stacktrace". As this was used in older
kernels, to keep backward compatibility, this will act just like
"common_cpu" did with "cpu". That is, "cpu" will be the same as
"common_cpu" unless the event has a "cpu" field. In which case, the
event's field is used. The same is true with "stacktrace".

Also update the documentation to reflect this change.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230523230913.6860e28d@rorschach.local.home

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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The histogram and synthetic events can use a pseudo event called
"stacktrace" that will create a stacktrace at the time of the event and
use it just like it was a normal field. We have other pseudo events such
as "common_cpu" and "common_timestamp". To stay consistent with that,
convert "stacktrace" to "common_stacktrace". As this was used in older
kernels, to keep backward compatibility, this will act just like
"common_cpu" did with "cpu". That is, "cpu" will be the same as
"common_cpu" unless the event has a "cpu" field. In which case, the
event's field is used. The same is true with "stacktrace".

Also update the documentation to reflect this change.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230523230913.6860e28d@rorschach.local.home

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'trace-v6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2023-02-23T18:20:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-23T18:20:49+00:00</published>
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Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:

 - Add function names as a way to filter function addresses

 - Add sample module to test ftrace ops and dynamic trampolines

 - Allow stack traces to be passed from beginning event to end event for
   synthetic events. This will allow seeing the stack trace of when a
   task is scheduled out and recorded when it gets scheduled back in.

 - Add trace event helper __get_buf() to use as a temporary buffer when
   printing out trace event output.

 - Add kernel command line to create trace instances on boot up.

 - Add enabling of events to instances created at boot up.

 - Add trace_array_puts() to write into instances.

 - Allow boot instances to take a snapshot at the end of boot up.

 - Allow live patch modules to include trace events

 - Minor fixes and clean ups

* tag 'trace-v6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: (31 commits)
  tracing: Remove unnecessary NULL assignment
  tracepoint: Allow livepatch module add trace event
  tracing: Always use canonical ftrace path
  tracing/histogram: Fix stacktrace histogram Documententation
  tracing/histogram: Fix stacktrace key
  tracing/histogram: Fix a few problems with stacktrace variable printing
  tracing: Add BUILD_BUG() to make sure stacktrace fits in strings
  tracing/histogram: Don't use strlen to find length of stacktrace variables
  tracing: Allow boot instances to have snapshot buffers
  tracing: Add trace_array_puts() to write into instance
  tracing: Add enabling of events to boot instances
  tracing: Add creation of instances at boot command line
  tracing: Fix trace_event_raw_event_synth() if else statement
  samples: ftrace: Make some global variables static
  ftrace: sample: avoid open-coded 64-bit division
  samples: ftrace: Include the nospec-branch.h only for x86
  tracing: Acquire buffer from temparary trace sequence
  tracing/histogram: Wrap remaining shell snippets in code blocks
  tracing/osnoise: No need for schedule_hrtimeout range
  bpf/tracing: Use stage6 of tracing to not duplicate macros
  ...
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Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:

 - Add function names as a way to filter function addresses

 - Add sample module to test ftrace ops and dynamic trampolines

 - Allow stack traces to be passed from beginning event to end event for
   synthetic events. This will allow seeing the stack trace of when a
   task is scheduled out and recorded when it gets scheduled back in.

 - Add trace event helper __get_buf() to use as a temporary buffer when
   printing out trace event output.

 - Add kernel command line to create trace instances on boot up.

 - Add enabling of events to instances created at boot up.

 - Add trace_array_puts() to write into instances.

 - Allow boot instances to take a snapshot at the end of boot up.

 - Allow live patch modules to include trace events

 - Minor fixes and clean ups

* tag 'trace-v6.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: (31 commits)
  tracing: Remove unnecessary NULL assignment
  tracepoint: Allow livepatch module add trace event
  tracing: Always use canonical ftrace path
  tracing/histogram: Fix stacktrace histogram Documententation
  tracing/histogram: Fix stacktrace key
  tracing/histogram: Fix a few problems with stacktrace variable printing
  tracing: Add BUILD_BUG() to make sure stacktrace fits in strings
  tracing/histogram: Don't use strlen to find length of stacktrace variables
  tracing: Allow boot instances to have snapshot buffers
  tracing: Add trace_array_puts() to write into instance
  tracing: Add enabling of events to boot instances
  tracing: Add creation of instances at boot command line
  tracing: Fix trace_event_raw_event_synth() if else statement
  samples: ftrace: Make some global variables static
  ftrace: sample: avoid open-coded 64-bit division
  samples: ftrace: Include the nospec-branch.h only for x86
  tracing: Acquire buffer from temparary trace sequence
  tracing/histogram: Wrap remaining shell snippets in code blocks
  tracing/osnoise: No need for schedule_hrtimeout range
  bpf/tracing: Use stage6 of tracing to not duplicate macros
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Remove unnecessary NULL assignment</title>
<updated>2023-02-18T19:34:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wang ShaoBo</name>
<email>bobo.shaobowang@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-11-23T06:51:24+00:00</published>
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Remove unnecessary NULL assignment int create_new_subsystem().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221123065124.3982439-1-bobo.shaobowang@huawei.com

Signed-off-by: Wang ShaoBo &lt;bobo.shaobowang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Remove unnecessary NULL assignment int create_new_subsystem().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221123065124.3982439-1-bobo.shaobowang@huawei.com

Signed-off-by: Wang ShaoBo &lt;bobo.shaobowang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Make trace_define_field_ext() static</title>
<updated>2023-02-13T01:14:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Google)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-13T01:11:42+00:00</published>
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trace_define_field_ext() is not used outside of trace_events.c, it should
be static.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202302130750.679RaRog-lkp@intel.com/

Fixes: b6c7abd1c28a ("tracing: Fix TASK_COMM_LEN in trace event format file")
Reported-by: Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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trace_define_field_ext() is not used outside of trace_events.c, it should
be static.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202302130750.679RaRog-lkp@intel.com/

Fixes: b6c7abd1c28a ("tracing: Fix TASK_COMM_LEN in trace event format file")
Reported-by: Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix TASK_COMM_LEN in trace event format file</title>
<updated>2023-02-12T15:23:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yafang Shao</name>
<email>laoar.shao@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-12T15:13:03+00:00</published>
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After commit 3087c61ed2c4 ("tools/testing/selftests/bpf: replace open-coded 16 with TASK_COMM_LEN"),
the content of the format file under
/sys/kernel/tracing/events/task/task_newtask was changed from
  field:char comm[16];    offset:12;    size:16;    signed:0;
to
  field:char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];    offset:12;    size:16;    signed:0;

John reported that this change breaks older versions of perfetto.
Then Mathieu pointed out that this behavioral change was caused by the
use of __stringify(_len), which happens to work on macros, but not on enum
labels. And he also gave the suggestion on how to fix it:
  :One possible solution to make this more robust would be to extend
  :struct trace_event_fields with one more field that indicates the length
  :of an array as an actual integer, without storing it in its stringified
  :form in the type, and do the formatting in f_show where it belongs.

The result as follows after this change,
$ cat /sys/kernel/tracing/events/task/task_newtask/format
        field:char comm[16];    offset:12;      size:16;        signed:0;

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y+QaZtz55LIirsUO@google.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230210155921.4610-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230212151303.12353-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Kajetan Puchalski &lt;kajetan.puchalski@arm.com&gt;
CC: Qais Yousef &lt;qyousef@layalina.io&gt;
Fixes: 3087c61ed2c4 ("tools/testing/selftests/bpf: replace open-coded 16 with TASK_COMM_LEN")
Reported-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Debugged-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao &lt;laoar.shao@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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After commit 3087c61ed2c4 ("tools/testing/selftests/bpf: replace open-coded 16 with TASK_COMM_LEN"),
the content of the format file under
/sys/kernel/tracing/events/task/task_newtask was changed from
  field:char comm[16];    offset:12;    size:16;    signed:0;
to
  field:char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];    offset:12;    size:16;    signed:0;

John reported that this change breaks older versions of perfetto.
Then Mathieu pointed out that this behavioral change was caused by the
use of __stringify(_len), which happens to work on macros, but not on enum
labels. And he also gave the suggestion on how to fix it:
  :One possible solution to make this more robust would be to extend
  :struct trace_event_fields with one more field that indicates the length
  :of an array as an actual integer, without storing it in its stringified
  :form in the type, and do the formatting in f_show where it belongs.

The result as follows after this change,
$ cat /sys/kernel/tracing/events/task/task_newtask/format
        field:char comm[16];    offset:12;      size:16;        signed:0;

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y+QaZtz55LIirsUO@google.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230210155921.4610-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230212151303.12353-1-laoar.shao@gmail.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Kajetan Puchalski &lt;kajetan.puchalski@arm.com&gt;
CC: Qais Yousef &lt;qyousef@layalina.io&gt;
Fixes: 3087c61ed2c4 ("tools/testing/selftests/bpf: replace open-coded 16 with TASK_COMM_LEN")
Reported-by: John Stultz &lt;jstultz@google.com&gt;
Debugged-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao &lt;laoar.shao@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: Add enabling of events to boot instances</title>
<updated>2023-02-07T17:49:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Google)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-02-07T17:28:51+00:00</published>
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Add the format of:

  trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall

That will create the "foo" instance and enable the sched_switch event
(here were the "sched" system is explicitly specified), the
irq_handler_entry event, and all events under the system initcall.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230207173026.386114535@goodmis.org

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler &lt;zwisler@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Add the format of:

  trace_instance=foo,sched:sched_switch,irq_handler_entry,initcall

That will create the "foo" instance and enable the sched_switch event
(here were the "sched" system is explicitly specified), the
irq_handler_entry event, and all events under the system initcall.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230207173026.386114535@goodmis.org

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler &lt;zwisler@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Add a way to filter function addresses to function names</title>
<updated>2023-01-25T15:31:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Google)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-12-19T18:31:07+00:00</published>
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There's been several times where an event records a function address in
its field and I needed to filter on that address for a specific function
name. It required looking up the function in kallsyms, finding its size,
and doing a compare of "field &gt;= function_start &amp;&amp; field &lt; function_end".

But this would change from boot to boot and is unreliable in scripts.
Also, it is useful to have this at boot up, where the addresses will not
be known. For example, on the boot command line:

  trace_trigger="initcall_finish.traceoff if func.function == acpi_init"

To implement this, add a ".function" prefix, that will check that the
field is of size long, and the only operations allowed (so far) are "=="
and "!=".

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221219183213.916833763@goodmis.org

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Zheng Yejian &lt;zhengyejian1@huawei.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler &lt;zwisler@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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There's been several times where an event records a function address in
its field and I needed to filter on that address for a specific function
name. It required looking up the function in kallsyms, finding its size,
and doing a compare of "field &gt;= function_start &amp;&amp; field &lt; function_end".

But this would change from boot to boot and is unreliable in scripts.
Also, it is useful to have this at boot up, where the addresses will not
be known. For example, on the boot command line:

  trace_trigger="initcall_finish.traceoff if func.function == acpi_init"

To implement this, add a ".function" prefix, that will check that the
field is of size long, and the only operations allowed (so far) are "=="
and "!=".

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221219183213.916833763@goodmis.org

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Zheng Yejian &lt;zhengyejian1@huawei.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler &lt;zwisler@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<title>tracing: remove unnecessary trace_trigger ifdef</title>
<updated>2022-12-10T18:36:04+00:00</updated>
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<name>Ross Zwisler</name>
<email>zwisler@chromium.org</email>
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<published>2022-12-09T00:33:10+00:00</published>
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The trace_trigger command line option introduced by
commit a01fdc897fa5 ("tracing: Add trace_trigger kernel command line option")
doesn't need to depend on the CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS kernel config option.

This code doesn't depend on the histogram code, and the run-time
selection of triggers is usable without CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221209003310.1737039-1-zwisler@google.com

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: a01fdc897fa5 ("tracing: Add trace_trigger kernel command line option")
Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler &lt;zwisler@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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The trace_trigger command line option introduced by
commit a01fdc897fa5 ("tracing: Add trace_trigger kernel command line option")
doesn't need to depend on the CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS kernel config option.

This code doesn't depend on the histogram code, and the run-time
selection of triggers is usable without CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221209003310.1737039-1-zwisler@google.com

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Joel Fernandes &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Cc: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: a01fdc897fa5 ("tracing: Add trace_trigger kernel command line option")
Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler &lt;zwisler@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<title>tracing: Add trace_trigger kernel command line option</title>
<updated>2022-11-24T00:08:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Google)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-10-21T01:00:56+00:00</published>
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Allow triggers to be enabled at kernel boot up. For example:

  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"

The above will enable the stacktrace trigger on top of the sched_switch
event and only trigger if its prev_state is 2 (TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE). Then
at boot up, a stacktrace will trigger and be recorded in the tracing ring
buffer every time the sched_switch happens where the previous state is
TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE.

Another useful trigger would be "traceoff" which can stop tracing on an
event if a field of the event matches a certain value defined by the
filter ("if" statement).

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221020210056.0d8d0a5b@gandalf.local.home

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Allow triggers to be enabled at kernel boot up. For example:

  trace_trigger="sched_switch.stacktrace if prev_state == 2"

The above will enable the stacktrace trigger on top of the sched_switch
event and only trigger if its prev_state is 2 (TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE). Then
at boot up, a stacktrace will trigger and be recorded in the tracing ring
buffer every time the sched_switch happens where the previous state is
TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE.

Another useful trigger would be "traceoff" which can stop tracing on an
event if a field of the event matches a certain value defined by the
filter ("if" statement).

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221020210056.0d8d0a5b@gandalf.local.home

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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