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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/marker.h | 29 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/marker.h b/include/linux/marker.h index 338533abb47..1290653f924 100644 --- a/include/linux/marker.h +++ b/include/linux/marker.h @@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ struct marker { * Make sure the alignment of the structure in the __markers section will * not add unwanted padding between the beginning of the section and the * structure. Force alignment to the same alignment as the section start. + * + * The "generic" argument controls which marker enabling mechanism must be used. + * If generic is true, a variable read is used. + * If generic is false, immediate values are used. */ -#define __trace_mark(name, call_private, format, args...) \ +#define __trace_mark(generic, name, call_private, format, args...) \ do { \ static const char __mstrtab_##name[] \ __attribute__((section("__markers_strings"))) \ @@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ struct marker { extern void marker_update_probe_range(struct marker *begin, struct marker *end); #else /* !CONFIG_MARKERS */ -#define __trace_mark(name, call_private, format, args...) \ +#define __trace_mark(generic, name, call_private, format, args...) \ __mark_check_format(format, ## args) static inline void marker_update_probe_range(struct marker *begin, struct marker *end) @@ -87,15 +91,30 @@ static inline void marker_update_probe_range(struct marker *begin, #endif /* CONFIG_MARKERS */ /** - * trace_mark - Marker + * trace_mark - Marker using code patching * @name: marker name, not quoted. * @format: format string * @args...: variable argument list * - * Places a marker. + * Places a marker using optimized code patching technique (imv_read()) + * to be enabled when immediate values are present. */ #define trace_mark(name, format, args...) \ - __trace_mark(name, NULL, format, ## args) + __trace_mark(0, name, NULL, format, ## args) + +/** + * _trace_mark - Marker using variable read + * @name: marker name, not quoted. + * @format: format string + * @args...: variable argument list + * + * Places a marker using a standard memory read (_imv_read()) to be + * enabled. Should be used for markers in code paths where instruction + * modification based enabling is not welcome. (__init and __exit functions, + * lockdep, some traps, printk). + */ +#define _trace_mark(name, format, args...) \ + __trace_mark(1, name, NULL, format, ## args) /** * MARK_NOARGS - Format string for a marker with no argument. |