linux/kernel
Steven Rostedt (Google) 0a6d7d4541 ftrace: Be more specific about arch impact when function tracer is enabled
It was brought up that on ARMv7, that because the FUNCTION_TRACER does not
use nops to keep function tracing disabled because of the use of a link
register, it does have some performance impact.

The start of functions when -pg is used to compile the kernel is:

	push    {lr}
	bl      8010e7c0 <__gnu_mcount_nc>

When function tracing is tuned off, it becomes:

	push    {lr}
	add   sp, sp, #4

Which just puts the stack back to its normal location. But these two
instructions at the start of every function does incur some overhead.

Be more honest in the Kconfig FUNCTION_TRACER description and specify that
the overhead being in the noise was x86 specific, but other architectures
may vary.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220705105416.GE5208@pengutronix.de/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220706161231.085a83da@gandalf.local.home

Reported-by: Sascha Hauer <sha@pengutronix.de>
Acked-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2022-07-12 16:36:34 -04:00
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bpf bpf: Limit maximum modifier chain length in btf_check_type_tags 2022-06-15 19:32:12 +02:00
cgroup Merge branch 'for-5.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2022-05-25 11:47:25 -07:00
configs x86/configs: Add x86 debugging Kconfig fragment plus docs 2022-04-06 19:56:29 +02:00
debug Modules updates for v5.19-rc1 2022-05-26 17:13:43 -07:00
dma dma-direct: use the correct size for dma_set_encrypted() 2022-06-23 15:26:59 +02:00
entry * Fix syzkaller NULL pointer dereference 2022-06-08 09:16:31 -07:00
events Two small perf updates: 2022-06-05 10:40:31 -07:00
futex drm for 5.19-rc1 2022-05-25 16:18:27 -07:00
gcov gcov: Remove compiler version check 2021-12-02 17:25:21 +09:00
irq genirq: PM: Use runtime PM for chained interrupts 2022-06-09 15:58:13 +01:00
kcsan linux-kselftest-kunit-5.19-rc1 2022-05-25 11:32:53 -07:00
livepatch Livepatching changes for 5.19 2022-06-02 08:55:01 -07:00
locking locking/lockdep: Use sched_clock() for random numbers 2022-06-13 10:29:57 +02:00
module module: Fix prefix for module.sig_enforce module param 2022-06-02 12:44:33 -07:00
power PM: hibernate: Use kernel_can_power_off() 2022-06-21 20:57:30 +02:00
printk Revert "printk: add functions to prefer direct printing" 2022-06-23 18:41:40 +02:00
rcu Merge branch 'rework/kthreads' into for-linus 2022-06-23 19:11:28 +02:00
sched sched: Fix balance_push() vs __sched_setscheduler() 2022-06-13 10:15:07 +02:00
time tick/nohz: unexport __init-annotated tick_nohz_full_setup() 2022-06-27 10:43:12 -07:00
trace ftrace: Be more specific about arch impact when function tracer is enabled 2022-07-12 16:36:34 -04:00
.gitignore
acct.c kernel/acct: move acct sysctls to its own file 2022-04-06 13:43:44 -07:00
async.c Revert "module, async: async_synchronize_full() on module init iff async is used" 2022-02-03 11:20:34 -08:00
audit_fsnotify.c fsnotify: make allow_dups a property of the group 2022-04-25 14:37:18 +02:00
audit_tree.c audit: use fsnotify group lock helpers 2022-04-25 14:37:28 +02:00
audit_watch.c fsnotify: pass flags argument to fsnotify_alloc_group() 2022-04-25 14:37:12 +02:00
audit.c audit: improve audit queue handling when "audit=1" on cmdline 2022-01-25 13:22:51 -05:00
audit.h audit: log AUDIT_TIME_* records only from rules 2022-02-22 13:51:40 -05:00
auditfilter.c audit/stable-5.17 PR 20220110 2022-01-11 13:08:21 -08:00
auditsc.c audit: free module name 2022-06-15 19:28:44 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c xfs: don't generate selinux audit messages for capability testing 2022-03-09 10:32:06 -08:00
cfi.c cfi: Fix __cfi_slowpath_diag RCU usage with cpuidle 2022-06-13 09:18:46 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c Intel Trust Domain Extensions 2022-05-23 17:51:12 -07:00
crash_core.c Not a lot of material this cycle. Many singleton patches against various 2022-05-27 11:22:03 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c x86: Mark __invalid_creds() __noreturn 2022-03-15 10:32:44 +01:00
delayacct.c delayacct: track delays from write-protect copy 2022-06-01 15:55:25 -07:00
dma.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c ptrace: Cleanups for v5.18 2022-03-28 17:29:53 -07:00
extable.c lkdtm: Really write into kernel text in WRITE_KERN 2022-02-16 23:25:12 +11:00
fail_function.c
fork.c This set of changes updates init and user mode helper tasks to be 2022-06-03 16:03:05 -07:00
freezer.c
gen_kheaders.sh kheaders: Have cpio unconditionally replace files 2022-05-08 03:16:59 +09:00
groups.c
hung_task.c Merge branch 'rework/kthreads' into for-linus 2022-06-23 19:11:28 +02:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work: use kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc() record callstack 2022-04-15 14:49:55 -07:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c ftrace: Add ftrace_lookup_symbols function 2022-05-10 14:42:06 -07:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt Revert "signal, x86: Delay calling signals in atomic on RT enabled kernels" 2022-03-31 10:36:55 +02:00
kcov.c kcov: update pos before writing pc in trace function 2022-05-25 13:05:42 -07:00
kexec_core.c Not a lot of material this cycle. Many singleton patches against various 2022-05-27 11:22:03 -07:00
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c RISC-V Patches for the 5.19 Merge Window, Part 1 2022-05-31 14:10:54 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c
kheaders.c
kmod.c
kprobes.c tracing updates for 5.19: 2022-05-29 10:31:36 -07:00
ksysfs.c kernel/ksysfs.c: use helper macro __ATTR_RW 2022-03-23 19:00:33 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: make it clear that kthread_create_on_node() might be terminated by any fatal signal 2022-06-16 19:11:30 -07:00
latencytop.c latencytop: move sysctl to its own file 2022-04-21 11:40:59 -07:00
Makefile kernel: add platform_has() infrastructure 2022-06-06 08:06:00 +02:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c notifier: Add blocking/atomic_notifier_chain_register_unique_prio() 2022-05-19 19:30:30 +02:00
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: replace cpumask_weight with cpumask_empty in padata.c 2022-01-31 11:21:46 +11:00
panic.c Merge branch 'rework/kthreads' into for-linus 2022-06-23 19:11:28 +02:00
params.c kobject: remove kset from struct kset_uevent_ops callbacks 2021-12-28 11:26:18 +01:00
pid_namespace.c kernel: pid_namespace: use NULL instead of using plain integer as pointer 2022-04-29 14:38:00 -07:00
pid.c
platform-feature.c kernel: add platform_has() infrastructure 2022-06-06 08:06:00 +02:00
profile.c exit: Remove profile_handoff_task 2022-01-08 12:43:57 -06:00
ptrace.c While looking at the ptrace problems with PREEMPT_RT and the problems 2022-06-03 16:13:25 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c Merge branch 'rework/kthreads' into for-linus 2022-06-23 19:11:28 +02:00
regset.c
relay.c relay: remove redundant assignment to pointer buf 2022-05-12 20:38:37 -07:00
resource_kunit.c
resource.c kernel/resource: fix kfree() of bootmem memory again 2022-03-23 19:00:35 -07:00
rseq.c rseq: Remove broken uapi field layout on 32-bit little endian 2022-02-02 13:11:34 +01:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Fix distribution of short handler delays 2022-04-11 17:07:29 -07:00
scs.c kasan, vmalloc: only tag normal vmalloc allocations 2022-03-24 19:06:48 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: Add wait_killable semantic to seccomp user notifier 2022-05-03 14:11:58 -07:00
signal.c While looking at the ptrace problems with PREEMPT_RT and the problems 2022-06-03 16:13:25 -07:00
smp.c Scheduler changes in this cycle were: 2022-05-24 11:11:13 -07:00
smpboot.c cpu/hotplug: Allow the CPU in CPU_UP_PREPARE state to be brought up again. 2022-04-12 14:13:01 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c smp: Make softirq handling RT safe in flush_smp_call_function_queue() 2022-05-01 10:03:43 +02:00
stackleak.c stackleak: add on/off stack variants 2022-05-08 01:33:09 -07:00
stacktrace.c uaccess: remove CONFIG_SET_FS 2022-02-25 09:36:06 +01:00
static_call_inline.c static_call: Don't make __static_call_return0 static 2022-04-05 09:59:38 +02:00
static_call.c static_call: Don't make __static_call_return0 static 2022-04-05 09:59:38 +02:00
stop_machine.c Scheduler changes in this cycle were: 2022-05-24 11:11:13 -07:00
sys_ni.c mm/mempolicy: wire up syscall set_mempolicy_home_node 2022-01-15 16:30:30 +02:00
sys.c arm64/sme: Implement vector length configuration prctl()s 2022-04-22 18:50:54 +01:00
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c sysctl changes for v5.19-rc1 2022-05-26 16:57:20 -07:00
task_work.c task_work: allow TWA_SIGNAL without a rescheduling IPI 2022-04-30 08:39:32 -06:00
taskstats.c kernel: make taskstats available from all net namespaces 2022-04-29 14:38:03 -07:00
torture.c torture: Wake up kthreads after storing task_struct pointer 2022-02-01 17:24:39 -08:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c taskstats: version 12 with thread group and exe info 2022-04-29 14:38:03 -07:00
ucount.c ucounts: Handle wrapping in is_ucounts_overlimit 2022-02-17 09:11:57 -06:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c kthread: Don't allocate kthread_struct for init and umh 2022-05-06 14:49:44 -05:00
up.c
user_namespace.c ucounts: Fix systemd LimitNPROC with private users regression 2022-02-25 10:40:14 -06:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
usermode_driver.c blob_to_mnt(): kern_unmount() is needed to undo kern_mount() 2022-05-19 23:25:47 -04:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watch_queue.c watch_queue: Free the page array when watch_queue is dismantled 2022-04-02 10:37:39 -07:00
watchdog_hld.c Revert "printk: add functions to prefer direct printing" 2022-06-23 18:41:40 +02:00
watchdog.c Merge branch 'rework/kthreads' into for-linus 2022-06-23 19:11:28 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: Wrap flush_workqueue() using a macro 2022-06-07 07:07:14 -10:00