From nobody Sat Nov 30 04:31:38 2024 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2CA48548E0; Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:08:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1726153704; cv=none; b=FMUfmyxVQ5e430ywbOAlVrmQP7dIzTWmEyZigGiD1yhihzqhPGJ7B44ORDMCC7b7ti+G9NOaoQXfuT/X2ZQUvjzEG0rjFCOXMlyrdR+zOXlI7cZhodK8+hOmzFwm60UjBKlb7TX5Lf6pNjByi6jv9869brpUm6//Smw3Z5Z8PKA= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1726153704; c=relaxed/simple; bh=HBF37qGIbrXS0H0xvvsgNI+vHWU7X+x5Df0aUuh2/Ho=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-Id:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=EihrqkeYSwbwTMwlxN0WDsOPKooh1a+eTuBCuEeQtBrCFpt4JpvB2voZqLtNNCCO0rdJltJ6aGv5d09SOaYNzmvBqA49I4DKWhFXFaITP3/9bNFfzfACc0uSsXWCSqoGLanwpuOe9IbTqABwGd99x+rK07XUvC4RWI9BWP+tl3c= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=blxT0rTC; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="blxT0rTC" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D0987C4CEC3; Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:08:20 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1726153703; bh=HBF37qGIbrXS0H0xvvsgNI+vHWU7X+x5Df0aUuh2/Ho=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=blxT0rTCgkGtOR6+++edy61mch1zo/PhpSNxaxozxiBJTyLZML8/vRj4pOcr81ybK 7+fhIUQTI5yxSMhsXf+CVzUsBf9vf601e8THzaJXwCicG98N7VMReF9svjLyAEuK7G FI3nrEsWYa9BAWIDUDz2xEf0Hh1rbo+uO3+deQYy6m34sxkWvAvRkjOVz0GaWe7T53 tDcs+YdosqBCqKuXhCWyqoQ7Qauy+bn80eQtonkmIdQkBXc//P+e1rwFCPKRMLdyyz wWQ8McpSHs/dqG8DZBB/SSK0SyUvkn6DYuEosudfoBTWwSNwADjzLdUdBmSNlK3GyQ HBNr7fnRyWGiw== From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" To: Alexei Starovoitov , Steven Rostedt , Florent Revest Cc: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, LKML , Martin KaFai Lau , bpf , Sven Schnelle , Alexei Starovoitov , Jiri Olsa , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Daniel Borkmann , Alan Maguire , Mark Rutland , Peter Zijlstra , Thomas Gleixner , Guo Ren , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v14 01/19] tracing: Add a comment about ftrace_regs definition Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:08:18 +0900 Message-Id: <172615369834.133222.12689924419576545342.stgit@devnote2> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <172615368656.133222.2336770908714920670.stgit@devnote2> References: <172615368656.133222.2336770908714920670.stgit@devnote2> User-Agent: StGit/0.19 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) To clarify what will be expected on ftrace_regs, add a comment to the architecture independent definition of the ftrace_regs. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Acked-by: Mark Rutland --- Changes in v8: - Update that the saved registers depends on the context. Changes in v3: - Add instruction pointer Changes in v2: - newly added. --- include/linux/ftrace.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h index fd5e84d0ec47..42106b3de396 100644 --- a/include/linux/ftrace.h +++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h @@ -117,6 +117,32 @@ extern int ftrace_enabled; =20 #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS =20 +/** + * ftrace_regs - ftrace partial/optimal register set + * + * ftrace_regs represents a group of registers which is used at the + * function entry and exit. There are three types of registers. + * + * - Registers for passing the parameters to callee, including the stack + * pointer. (e.g. rcx, rdx, rdi, rsi, r8, r9 and rsp on x86_64) + * - Registers for passing the return values to caller. + * (e.g. rax and rdx on x86_64) + * - Registers for hooking the function call and return including the + * frame pointer (the frame pointer is architecture/config dependent) + * (e.g. rip, rbp and rsp for x86_64) + * + * Also, architecture dependent fields can be used for internal process. + * (e.g. orig_ax on x86_64) + * + * On the function entry, those registers will be restored except for + * the stack pointer, so that user can change the function parameters + * and instruction pointer (e.g. live patching.) + * On the function exit, only registers which is used for return values + * are restored. + * + * NOTE: user *must not* access regs directly, only do it via APIs, because + * the member can be changed according to the architecture. + */ struct ftrace_regs { struct pt_regs regs; };