04 Sep, 2013

4 commits


20 Dec, 2011

1 commit

  • If oprofilefs_ulong_from_user() is called with count equals
    zero, *val remains unchanged. Depending on the implementation it
    might be uninitialized.

    Change oprofilefs_ulong_from_user()'s interface to return count
    on success. Thus, we are able to return early if count equals
    zero which avoids using *val uninitialized. Fixing all users of
    oprofilefs_ulong_ from_user().

    This follows write syscall implementation when count is zero:
    "If count is zero ... [and if] no errors are detected, 0 will be
    returned without causing any other effect." (man 2 write)

    Reported-By: Mike Waychison
    Signed-off-by: Robert Richter
    Cc: Andrew Morton
    Cc:
    Cc: oprofile-list
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20111219153830.GH16765@erda.amd.com
    Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

    Robert Richter
     

23 Oct, 2010

1 commit

  • * 'llseek' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl:
    vfs: make no_llseek the default
    vfs: don't use BKL in default_llseek
    llseek: automatically add .llseek fop
    libfs: use generic_file_llseek for simple_attr
    mac80211: disallow seeks in minstrel debug code
    lirc: make chardev nonseekable
    viotape: use noop_llseek
    raw: use explicit llseek file operations
    ibmasmfs: use generic_file_llseek
    spufs: use llseek in all file operations
    arm/omap: use generic_file_llseek in iommu_debug
    lkdtm: use generic_file_llseek in debugfs
    net/wireless: use generic_file_llseek in debugfs
    drm: use noop_llseek

    Linus Torvalds
     

15 Oct, 2010

1 commit

  • All file_operations should get a .llseek operation so we can make
    nonseekable_open the default for future file operations without a
    .llseek pointer.

    The three cases that we can automatically detect are no_llseek, seq_lseek
    and default_llseek. For cases where we can we can automatically prove that
    the file offset is always ignored, we use noop_llseek, which maintains
    the current behavior of not returning an error from a seek.

    New drivers should normally not use noop_llseek but instead use no_llseek
    and call nonseekable_open at open time. Existing drivers can be converted
    to do the same when the maintainer knows for certain that no user code
    relies on calling seek on the device file.

    The generated code is often incorrectly indented and right now contains
    comments that clarify for each added line why a specific variant was
    chosen. In the version that gets submitted upstream, the comments will
    be gone and I will manually fix the indentation, because there does not
    seem to be a way to do that using coccinelle.

    Some amount of new code is currently sitting in linux-next that should get
    the same modifications, which I will do at the end of the merge window.

    Many thanks to Julia Lawall for helping me learn to write a semantic
    patch that does all this.

    ===== begin semantic patch =====
    // This adds an llseek= method to all file operations,
    // as a preparation for making no_llseek the default.
    //
    // The rules are
    // - use no_llseek explicitly if we do nonseekable_open
    // - use seq_lseek for sequential files
    // - use default_llseek if we know we access f_pos
    // - use noop_llseek if we know we don't access f_pos,
    // but we still want to allow users to call lseek
    //
    @ open1 exists @
    identifier nested_open;
    @@
    nested_open(...)
    {

    }

    @ open exists@
    identifier open_f;
    identifier i, f;
    identifier open1.nested_open;
    @@
    int open_f(struct inode *i, struct file *f)
    {

    }

    @ read disable optional_qualifier exists @
    identifier read_f;
    identifier f, p, s, off;
    type ssize_t, size_t, loff_t;
    expression E;
    identifier func;
    @@
    ssize_t read_f(struct file *f, char *p, size_t s, loff_t *off)
    {

    }

    @ read_no_fpos disable optional_qualifier exists @
    identifier read_f;
    identifier f, p, s, off;
    type ssize_t, size_t, loff_t;
    @@
    ssize_t read_f(struct file *f, char *p, size_t s, loff_t *off)
    {
    ... when != off
    }

    @ write @
    identifier write_f;
    identifier f, p, s, off;
    type ssize_t, size_t, loff_t;
    expression E;
    identifier func;
    @@
    ssize_t write_f(struct file *f, const char *p, size_t s, loff_t *off)
    {

    }

    @ write_no_fpos @
    identifier write_f;
    identifier f, p, s, off;
    type ssize_t, size_t, loff_t;
    @@
    ssize_t write_f(struct file *f, const char *p, size_t s, loff_t *off)
    {
    ... when != off
    }

    @ fops0 @
    identifier fops;
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ...
    };

    @ has_llseek depends on fops0 @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier llseek_f;
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ...
    .llseek = llseek_f,
    ...
    };

    @ has_read depends on fops0 @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier read_f;
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ...
    .read = read_f,
    ...
    };

    @ has_write depends on fops0 @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier write_f;
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ...
    .write = write_f,
    ...
    };

    @ has_open depends on fops0 @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier open_f;
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ...
    .open = open_f,
    ...
    };

    // use no_llseek if we call nonseekable_open
    ////////////////////////////////////////////
    @ nonseekable1 depends on !has_llseek && has_open @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier nso ~= "nonseekable_open";
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ... .open = nso, ...
    +.llseek = no_llseek, /* nonseekable */
    };

    @ nonseekable2 depends on !has_llseek @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier open.open_f;
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ... .open = open_f, ...
    +.llseek = no_llseek, /* open uses nonseekable */
    };

    // use seq_lseek for sequential files
    /////////////////////////////////////
    @ seq depends on !has_llseek @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier sr ~= "seq_read";
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ... .read = sr, ...
    +.llseek = seq_lseek, /* we have seq_read */
    };

    // use default_llseek if there is a readdir
    ///////////////////////////////////////////
    @ fops1 depends on !has_llseek && !nonseekable1 && !nonseekable2 && !seq @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier readdir_e;
    @@
    // any other fop is used that changes pos
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ... .readdir = readdir_e, ...
    +.llseek = default_llseek, /* readdir is present */
    };

    // use default_llseek if at least one of read/write touches f_pos
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    @ fops2 depends on !fops1 && !has_llseek && !nonseekable1 && !nonseekable2 && !seq @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier read.read_f;
    @@
    // read fops use offset
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ... .read = read_f, ...
    +.llseek = default_llseek, /* read accesses f_pos */
    };

    @ fops3 depends on !fops1 && !fops2 && !has_llseek && !nonseekable1 && !nonseekable2 && !seq @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier write.write_f;
    @@
    // write fops use offset
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ... .write = write_f, ...
    + .llseek = default_llseek, /* write accesses f_pos */
    };

    // Use noop_llseek if neither read nor write accesses f_pos
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    @ fops4 depends on !fops1 && !fops2 && !fops3 && !has_llseek && !nonseekable1 && !nonseekable2 && !seq @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier read_no_fpos.read_f;
    identifier write_no_fpos.write_f;
    @@
    // write fops use offset
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ...
    .write = write_f,
    .read = read_f,
    ...
    +.llseek = noop_llseek, /* read and write both use no f_pos */
    };

    @ depends on has_write && !has_read && !fops1 && !fops2 && !has_llseek && !nonseekable1 && !nonseekable2 && !seq @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier write_no_fpos.write_f;
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ... .write = write_f, ...
    +.llseek = noop_llseek, /* write uses no f_pos */
    };

    @ depends on has_read && !has_write && !fops1 && !fops2 && !has_llseek && !nonseekable1 && !nonseekable2 && !seq @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    identifier read_no_fpos.read_f;
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ... .read = read_f, ...
    +.llseek = noop_llseek, /* read uses no f_pos */
    };

    @ depends on !has_read && !has_write && !fops1 && !fops2 && !has_llseek && !nonseekable1 && !nonseekable2 && !seq @
    identifier fops0.fops;
    @@
    struct file_operations fops = {
    ...
    +.llseek = noop_llseek, /* no read or write fn */
    };
    ===== End semantic patch =====

    Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann
    Cc: Julia Lawall
    Cc: Christoph Hellwig

    Arnd Bergmann
     

12 Oct, 2010

1 commit

  • Oprofile counters are setup when profiling is disabled. Thus, writing
    to oprofilefs has no immediate effect. Changes are updated only after
    oprofile is reenabled.

    To keep userland and kernel states synchronized, we now allow
    configuration of oprofile only if profiling is disabled. In this case
    it checks if the profiler is running and then disables write access to
    oprofilefs by returning -EBUSY. The change should be backward
    compatible with current oprofile userland daemon.

    Acked-by: Maynard Johnson
    Cc: William Cohen
    Cc: Suravee Suthikulpanit
    Signed-off-by: Robert Richter

    Robert Richter
     

20 Jul, 2009

3 commits

  • oprofile_multiplexing_init() can be removed when moving the
    initialization of oprofile_time_slice to oprofile_create_files().

    Signed-off-by: Robert Richter

    Robert Richter
     
  • This patch renames timeout_jiffies into an oprofile specific name. The
    macro MULTIPLEXING_TIMER_DEFAULT is changed too.

    Also, since this variable is controlled using oprofilefs, its
    definition is moved to oprofile_files.c.

    Signed-off-by: Robert Richter

    Robert Richter
     
  • The number of hardware counters is limited. The multiplexing feature
    enables OProfile to gather more events than counters are provided by
    the hardware. This is realized by switching between events at an user
    specified time interval.

    A new file (/dev/oprofile/time_slice) is added for the user to specify
    the timer interval in ms. If the number of events to profile is higher
    than the number of hardware counters available, the patch will
    schedule a work queue that switches the event counter and re-writes
    the different sets of values into it. The switching mechanism needs to
    be implemented for each architecture to support multiplexing. This
    patch only implements AMD CPU support, but multiplexing can be easily
    extended for other models and architectures.

    There are follow-on patches that rework parts of this patch.

    Signed-off-by: Jason Yeh
    Signed-off-by: Robert Richter

    Jason Yeh
     

17 Dec, 2008

1 commit


10 Dec, 2008

1 commit

  • This patch restores default values for:

    /dev/oprofile/cpu_buffer_size
    /dev/oprofile/buffer_watershed
    /dev/oprofile/buffer_size

    when creating the oprofilefs:

    # opcontrol --deinit
    # opcontrol --init
    # cat /dev/oprofile/cpu_buffer_size
    8192
    # echo 5123 > /dev/oprofile/cpu_buffer_size
    # cat /dev/oprofile/cpu_buffer_size
    5123
    # opcontrol --deinit
    # opcontrol --init
    # cat /dev/oprofile/cpu_buffer_size
    8192
    # opcontrol --deinit

    This sets the values in a defined state. Before, there was no way to
    restore the defaults without rebooting the system or reloading the
    module.

    Signed-off-by: Robert Richter

    Robert Richter
     

16 Oct, 2008

2 commits


24 Sep, 2008

1 commit


26 Jul, 2008

1 commit

  • This patch introduces multiplexing support for the Oprofile kernel
    module. It basically adds a new function pointer in oprofile_operator
    allowing each architecture to supply its callback to switch between
    different sets of event when the timer expires. Userspace tools can
    modify the time slice through /dev/oprofile/time_slice.

    It also modifies the number of counters exposed to the userspace through
    /dev/oprofile. For example, the number of counters for AMD CPUs are
    changed to 32 and multiplexed in the sets of 4.

    Signed-off-by: Jason Yeh
    Signed-off-by: Robert Richter
    Cc: oprofile-list
    Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

    Jason Yeh
     

13 Feb, 2007

1 commit

  • Many struct file_operations in the kernel can be "const". Marking them const
    moves these to the .rodata section, which avoids false sharing with potential
    dirty data. In addition it'll catch accidental writes at compile time to
    these shared resources.

    Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton
    Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

    Arjan van de Ven
     

26 Apr, 2005

1 commit


17 Apr, 2005

1 commit

  • Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
    even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
    archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
    3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
    git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
    infrastructure for it.

    Let it rip!

    Linus Torvalds