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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] ksym_tracer: Fix to make the tracer work
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 02:22:22PM +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> ksym tracer doesn't work:
>
> # echo tasklist_lock:rw- > ksym_trace_filter
> -bash: echo: write error: No such device
>
> It's because we pass to perf_event_create_kernel_counter()
> a cpu number which is not present.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 10 +++++++---
> kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c | 1 -
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
> index dbcbf6a..50dbd59 100644
> --- a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
> +++ b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
> #include <linux/percpu.h>
> #include <linux/sched.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/cpu.h>
> #include <linux/smp.h>
>
> #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
> @@ -388,7 +389,8 @@ register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
> if (!cpu_events)
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>
> - for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> + get_online_cpus();
> + for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
> pevent = per_cpu_ptr(cpu_events, cpu);
> bp = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(attr, cpu, -1, triggered);
>

Frederic must have used for_each_possible_cpu() to account for CPUs that
are offline at the time of registration, but may eventually turn online.
Since register_wide_hw_breakpoint() interface is designed to deliver
system-wide breakpoints, the debug registers of a new online CPU will
should have the breakpoints populated to comprehensively notify all
memory accesses over target address.

I'd rather wait to hear from Frederic to know why
perf_event_create_kernel_counter() returns an error when run for an
offline cpu and how it can be solved.

Thanks,
K.Prasad



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