ftrace/x86: Add support for -mfentry to x86_64
authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Wed, 9 Feb 2011 18:32:18 +0000 (13:32 -0500)
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:26:36 +0000 (11:26 -0400)
commitd57c5d51a30152f3175d2344cb6395f08bf8ee0c
tree50b33f8eeb945d759ef79992b73428da14f2f1ec
parent781d06248234e221edb560a18461d65808a8a942
ftrace/x86: Add support for -mfentry to x86_64

If the kernel is compiled with gcc 4.6.0 which supports -mfentry,
then use that instead of mcount.

With mcount, frame pointers are forced with the -pg option and we
get something like:

<can_vma_merge_before>:
       55                      push   %rbp
       48 89 e5                mov    %rsp,%rbp
       53                      push   %rbx
       41 51                   push   %r9
       e8 fe 6a 39 00          callq  ffffffff81483d00 <mcount>
       31 c0                   xor    %eax,%eax
       48 89 fb                mov    %rdi,%rbx
       48 89 d7                mov    %rdx,%rdi
       48 33 73 30             xor    0x30(%rbx),%rsi
       48 f7 c6 ff ff ff f7    test   $0xfffffffff7ffffff,%rsi

With -mfentry, frame pointers are no longer forced and the call looks
like this:

<can_vma_merge_before>:
       e8 33 af 37 00          callq  ffffffff81461b40 <__fentry__>
       53                      push   %rbx
       48 89 fb                mov    %rdi,%rbx
       31 c0                   xor    %eax,%eax
       48 89 d7                mov    %rdx,%rdi
       41 51                   push   %r9
       48 33 73 30             xor    0x30(%rbx),%rsi
       48 f7 c6 ff ff ff f7    test   $0xfffffffff7ffffff,%rsi

This adds the ftrace hook at the beginning of the function before a
frame is set up, and allows the function callbacks to be able to access
parameters. As kprobes now can use function tracing (at least on x86)
this speeds up the kprobe hooks that are at the beginning of the
function.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120807194100.130477900@goodmis.org
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
arch/x86/Kconfig
arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
arch/x86/kernel/x8664_ksyms_64.c