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Currently to switch a set of "multi" direct trampolines from one
trampoline to another, a full shutdown of the current set needs to be
done, followed by an update to what trampoline the direct callers would
call, and then re-enabling the callers. This leaves a time when the
functions will not be calling anything, and events may be missed.
Instead, use a trick to allow all the functions with direct trampolines
attached will always call either the new or old trampoline while the
switch is happening. To do this, first attach a "dummy" callback via
ftrace to all the functions that the current direct trampoline is attached
to. This will cause the functions to call the "list func" instead of the
direct trampoline. The list function will call the direct trampoline
"helper" that will set the function it should call as it returns back to
the ftrace trampoline.
At this moment, the direct caller descriptor can safely update the direct
call trampoline. The list function will pick either the new or old
function (depending on the memory coherency model of the architecture).
Now removing the dummy function from each of the locations of the direct
trampoline caller, will put back the direct call, but now to the new
trampoline.
A better visual is:
[ Changing direct call from my_direct_1 to my_direct_2 ]
<traced_func>:
call my_direct_1
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vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
<traced_func>:
call ftrace_caller
<ftrace_caller>:
[..]
call ftrace_ops_list_func
ftrace_ops_list_func()
{
ops->func() -> direct_helper -> set rax to my_direct_1 or my_direct_2
}
call rax (to either my_direct_1 or my_direct_2
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vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
<traced_func>:
call my_direct_2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211014162819.5c85618b@gandalf.local.home/
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.