user/sven/linux.git/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c, branch v4.4.2

ring-buffer: Put back the length if crossed page with add_timestamp

2015-11-24T14:27:25Z

Commit fcc742eaad7c "ring-buffer: Add event descriptor to simplify passing data" added a descriptor that holds various data instead of passing around several variables through parameters. The problem was that one of the parameters was modified in a function and the code was designed not to have an effect on that modified parameter. Now that the parameter is a descriptor and any modifications to it are non-volatile, the size of the data could be unnecessarily expanded. Remove the extra space added if a timestamp was added and the event went across the page. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.3+ Fixes: fcc742eaad7c "ring-buffer: Add event descriptor to simplify passing data" Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ring-buffer: Update read stamp with first real commit on page

2015-11-24T14:23:17Z

Do not update the read stamp after swapping out the reader page from the write buffer. If the reader page is swapped out of the buffer before an event is written to it, then the read_stamp may get an out of date timestamp, as the page timestamp is updated on the first commit to that page. rb_get_reader_page() only returns a page if it has an event on it, otherwise it will return NULL. At that point, check if the page being returned has events and has not been read yet. Then at that point update the read_stamp to match the time stamp of the reader page. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.30+ Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ring-buffer: rb_event_is_commit() can return boolean

2015-11-02T19:25:29Z

Make rb_event_is_commit() return bool to improve readability due to this particular function only using either one or zero as its return value. No functional change. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443537816-5788-7-git-send-email-bywxiaobai@163.com Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ring-buffer: rb_per_cpu_empty() can return boolean

2015-11-02T19:24:27Z

Makes rb_per_cpu_empty() return bool to improve readability. No functional change. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443537816-5788-6-git-send-email-bywxiaobai@163.com Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ring_buffer: ring_buffer_empty{cpu}() can return boolean

2015-11-02T19:23:38Z

Make ring_buffer_empty() and ring_buffer_empty_cpu() return bool. No functional change. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443537816-5788-5-git-send-email-bywxiaobai@163.com Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ring-buffer: rb_is_reader_page() can return boolean

2015-11-02T19:23:20Z

Make rb_is_reader_page() return bool to improve readability due to this particular function only using either true or false as its return value. No functional change. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443537816-5788-4-git-send-email-bywxiaobai@163.com Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ring-buffer: Revert "ring-buffer: Get timestamp after event is allocated"

2015-09-03T12:57:12Z

The commit a4543a2fa9ef31 "ring-buffer: Get timestamp after event is allocated" is needed for some future work. But after adding it, there is a race somewhere that causes the saved timestamp to have a slight shift, and get ahead of the actual timestamp and make it look like time goes backwards. I'm still looking into why this happens, but in the mean time, this is holding up other work to get in. I'm reverting the change for now (which makes the problem go away), and will add it back after I know what is wrong and fix it. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ring-buffer: Reorganize function locations

2015-07-21T02:30:49Z

Functions in ring-buffer.c have gotten interleaved between different use cases. Move the functions around to get like functions closer together. This may or may not help gcc keep cache locality, but it makes it a little easier to work with the code. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ring-buffer: Make sure event has enough room for extend and padding

2015-07-21T02:30:49Z

Now that events only add time extends after it is committed, in case an event comes in before it can discard the allocated event, the time extend needs to be stored within the event. If the event is bigger than then size needed for the time extend, padding must be added. The minimum padding size is 8 bytes. Thus if the event is 12 bytes (size of time extend + 4), there will not be enough room to add both the time extend and padding. Make sure all events are either 8 bytes or 16 or more bytes. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ring-buffer: Get timestamp after event is allocated

2015-07-21T02:30:48Z

Move the capturing of the timestamp to after an event is allocated. If the event is not a commit (where it is an event that preempted another event), then no timestamp is needed, because the delta of nested events is always zero. If the event starts on a new page, no delta needs to be calculated as the full timestamp will be added to the page header, and the event will have a delta of zero. Now if the event requires a time extend (the delta does not fit in the 27 bit delta slot in the header), then the event is discarded, the length is extended to hold the TIME_EXTEND event that allows for a 59 bit delta, and the commit is tried again. If the event can't be discarded (another event came in after it), then the TIME_EXTEND is added directly to the allocated event and the rest of the event is given padding. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt