1 #ifndef _LINUX_MARKER_H
2 #define _LINUX_MARKER_H
5 * Code markup for dynamic and static tracing.
7 * See Documentation/marker.txt.
9 * (C) Copyright 2006 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
11 * This file is released under the GPLv2.
12 * See the file COPYING for more details.
16 #include <linux/types.h>
22 * marker_probe_func - Type of a marker probe function
23 * @probe_private: probe private data
24 * @call_private: call site private data
26 * @args: variable argument list pointer. Use a pointer to overcome C's
27 * inability to pass this around as a pointer in a portable manner in
28 * the callee otherwise.
30 * Type of marker probe functions. They receive the mdata and need to parse the
31 * format string to recover the variable argument list.
33 typedef void marker_probe_func(void *probe_private
, void *call_private
,
34 const char *fmt
, va_list *args
);
36 struct marker_probe_closure
{
37 marker_probe_func
*func
; /* Callback */
38 void *probe_private
; /* Private probe data */
42 const char *name
; /* Marker name */
43 const char *format
; /* Marker format string, describing the
44 * variable argument list.
46 char state
; /* Marker state. */
47 char ptype
; /* probe type : 0 : single, 1 : multi */
49 void (*call
)(const struct marker
*mdata
, void *call_private
, ...);
50 struct marker_probe_closure single
;
51 struct marker_probe_closure
*multi
;
52 const char *tp_name
; /* Optional tracepoint name */
53 void *tp_cb
; /* Optional tracepoint callback */
54 } __attribute__((aligned(8)));
58 #define _DEFINE_MARKER(name, tp_name_str, tp_cb, format) \
59 static const char __mstrtab_##name[] \
60 __attribute__((section("__markers_strings"))) \
61 = #name "\0" format; \
62 static struct marker __mark_##name \
63 __attribute__((section("__markers"), aligned(8))) = \
64 { __mstrtab_##name, &__mstrtab_##name[sizeof(#name)], \
65 0, 0, marker_probe_cb, { __mark_empty_function, NULL},\
66 NULL, tp_name_str, tp_cb }
68 #define DEFINE_MARKER(name, format) \
69 _DEFINE_MARKER(name, NULL, NULL, format)
71 #define DEFINE_MARKER_TP(name, tp_name, tp_cb, format) \
72 _DEFINE_MARKER(name, #tp_name, tp_cb, format)
75 * Note : the empty asm volatile with read constraint is used here instead of a
76 * "used" attribute to fix a gcc 4.1.x bug.
77 * Make sure the alignment of the structure in the __markers section will
78 * not add unwanted padding between the beginning of the section and the
79 * structure. Force alignment to the same alignment as the section start.
81 * The "generic" argument controls which marker enabling mechanism must be used.
82 * If generic is true, a variable read is used.
83 * If generic is false, immediate values are used.
85 #define __trace_mark(generic, name, call_private, format, args...) \
87 DEFINE_MARKER(name, format); \
88 __mark_check_format(format, ## args); \
89 if (unlikely(__mark_##name.state)) { \
90 (*__mark_##name.call) \
91 (&__mark_##name, call_private, ## args);\
95 #define __trace_mark_tp(name, call_private, tp_name, tp_cb, format, args...) \
97 void __check_tp_type(void) \
99 register_trace_##tp_name(tp_cb); \
101 DEFINE_MARKER_TP(name, tp_name, tp_cb, format); \
102 __mark_check_format(format, ## args); \
103 (*__mark_##name.call)(&__mark_##name, call_private, \
107 extern void marker_update_probe_range(struct marker
*begin
,
110 #define GET_MARKER(name) (__mark_##name)
112 #else /* !CONFIG_MARKERS */
113 #define DEFINE_MARKER(name, tp_name, tp_cb, format)
114 #define __trace_mark(generic, name, call_private, format, args...) \
115 __mark_check_format(format, ## args)
116 #define __trace_mark_tp(name, call_private, tp_name, tp_cb, format, args...) \
118 void __check_tp_type(void) \
120 register_trace_##tp_name(tp_cb); \
122 __mark_check_format(format, ## args); \
124 static inline void marker_update_probe_range(struct marker
*begin
,
127 #define GET_MARKER(name)
128 #endif /* CONFIG_MARKERS */
131 * trace_mark - Marker using code patching
132 * @name: marker name, not quoted.
133 * @format: format string
134 * @args...: variable argument list
136 * Places a marker using optimized code patching technique (imv_read())
137 * to be enabled when immediate values are present.
139 #define trace_mark(name, format, args...) \
140 __trace_mark(0, name, NULL, format, ## args)
143 * _trace_mark - Marker using variable read
144 * @name: marker name, not quoted.
145 * @format: format string
146 * @args...: variable argument list
148 * Places a marker using a standard memory read (_imv_read()) to be
149 * enabled. Should be used for markers in code paths where instruction
150 * modification based enabling is not welcome. (__init and __exit functions,
151 * lockdep, some traps, printk).
153 #define _trace_mark(name, format, args...) \
154 __trace_mark(1, name, NULL, format, ## args)
157 * trace_mark_tp - Marker in a tracepoint callback
158 * @name: marker name, not quoted.
159 * @tp_name: tracepoint name, not quoted.
160 * @tp_cb: tracepoint callback. Should have an associated global symbol so it
161 * is not optimized away by the compiler (should not be static).
162 * @format: format string
163 * @args...: variable argument list
165 * Places a marker in a tracepoint callback.
167 #define trace_mark_tp(name, tp_name, tp_cb, format, args...) \
168 __trace_mark_tp(name, NULL, tp_name, tp_cb, format, ## args)
171 * MARK_NOARGS - Format string for a marker with no argument.
173 #define MARK_NOARGS " "
175 /* To be used for string format validity checking with gcc */
176 static inline void __printf(1, 2) ___mark_check_format(const char *fmt
, ...)
180 #define __mark_check_format(format, args...) \
183 ___mark_check_format(format, ## args); \
186 extern marker_probe_func __mark_empty_function
;
188 extern void marker_probe_cb(const struct marker
*mdata
,
189 void *call_private
, ...);
192 * Connect a probe to a marker.
193 * private data pointer must be a valid allocated memory address, or NULL.
195 extern int marker_probe_register(const char *name
, const char *format
,
196 marker_probe_func
*probe
, void *probe_private
);
199 * Returns the private data given to marker_probe_register.
201 extern int marker_probe_unregister(const char *name
,
202 marker_probe_func
*probe
, void *probe_private
);
204 * Unregister a marker by providing the registered private data.
206 extern int marker_probe_unregister_private_data(marker_probe_func
*probe
,
207 void *probe_private
);
209 extern void *marker_get_private_data(const char *name
, marker_probe_func
*probe
,
213 * marker_synchronize_unregister must be called between the last marker probe
214 * unregistration and the first one of
215 * - the end of module exit function
216 * - the free of any resource used by the probes
217 * to ensure the code and data are valid for any possibly running probes.
219 #define marker_synchronize_unregister() synchronize_sched()