linux/samples/hw_breakpoint/data_breakpoint.c
Peter Zijlstra a8b0ca17b8 perf: Remove the nmi parameter from the swevent and overflow interface
The nmi parameter indicated if we could do wakeups from the current
context, if not, we would set some state and self-IPI and let the
resulting interrupt do the wakeup.

For the various event classes:

  - hardware: nmi=0; PMI is in fact an NMI or we run irq_work_run from
    the PMI-tail (ARM etc.)
  - tracepoint: nmi=0; since tracepoint could be from NMI context.
  - software: nmi=[0,1]; some, like the schedule thing cannot
    perform wakeups, and hence need 0.

As one can see, there is very little nmi=1 usage, and the down-side of
not using it is that on some platforms some software events can have a
jiffy delay in wakeup (when arch_irq_work_raise isn't implemented).

The up-side however is that we can remove the nmi parameter and save a
bunch of conditionals in fast paths.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Deng-Cheng Zhu <dengcheng.zhu@gmail.com>
Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-agjev8eu666tvknpb3iaj0fg@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-07-01 11:06:35 +02:00

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/*
* data_breakpoint.c - Sample HW Breakpoint file to watch kernel data address
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
* usage: insmod data_breakpoint.ko ksym=<ksym_name>
*
* This file is a kernel module that places a breakpoint over ksym_name kernel
* variable using Hardware Breakpoint register. The corresponding handler which
* prints a backtrace is invoked every time a write operation is performed on
* that variable.
*
* Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2009
*
* Author: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
*/
#include <linux/module.h> /* Needed by all modules */
#include <linux/kernel.h> /* Needed for KERN_INFO */
#include <linux/init.h> /* Needed for the macros */
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
#include <linux/perf_event.h>
#include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
struct perf_event * __percpu *sample_hbp;
static char ksym_name[KSYM_NAME_LEN] = "pid_max";
module_param_string(ksym, ksym_name, KSYM_NAME_LEN, S_IRUGO);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(ksym, "Kernel symbol to monitor; this module will report any"
" write operations on the kernel symbol");
static void sample_hbp_handler(struct perf_event *bp,
struct perf_sample_data *data,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
printk(KERN_INFO "%s value is changed\n", ksym_name);
dump_stack();
printk(KERN_INFO "Dump stack from sample_hbp_handler\n");
}
static int __init hw_break_module_init(void)
{
int ret;
struct perf_event_attr attr;
hw_breakpoint_init(&attr);
attr.bp_addr = kallsyms_lookup_name(ksym_name);
attr.bp_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
attr.bp_type = HW_BREAKPOINT_W | HW_BREAKPOINT_R;
sample_hbp = register_wide_hw_breakpoint(&attr, sample_hbp_handler);
if (IS_ERR((void __force *)sample_hbp)) {
ret = PTR_ERR((void __force *)sample_hbp);
goto fail;
}
printk(KERN_INFO "HW Breakpoint for %s write installed\n", ksym_name);
return 0;
fail:
printk(KERN_INFO "Breakpoint registration failed\n");
return ret;
}
static void __exit hw_break_module_exit(void)
{
unregister_wide_hw_breakpoint(sample_hbp);
printk(KERN_INFO "HW Breakpoint for %s write uninstalled\n", ksym_name);
}
module_init(hw_break_module_init);
module_exit(hw_break_module_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("K.Prasad");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ksym breakpoint");