drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c | 2 -- kernel/dma/swiotlb.c | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
I'm working on code that will warn when a tracepoint is defined but not
used. As the TRACE_EVENT() logic still creates all the code regardless if
something calls the trace_<event>() function. It wastes around 5K per trace
event (less for tracepoints).
But it seems that the code in drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c does the opposite.
It calls the trace_swiotlb_bounced() tracepoint without it being defined.
The tracepoint is defined in kernel/dma/swiotlb.c when CONFIG_SWIOTLB is
defined, but this code exists when that config is not defined.
This now fails with my work because I have all the callers reference the
tracepoint that they will call.
Thanks to the kernel test robot, it found this:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/202506091015.7zd87kI7-lkp@intel.com/
Instead of calling trace_swiotlb_bounced() from drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
where it is useless when CONFIG_SWIOTLB is not defined, move the
tracepoint into swiotlb_tbl_map_single(). This also makes it consistent
with which memory is being traced (physical as supposed to dma address).
Fixes: ed18a46262be4 ("iommu/dma: Factor out a iommu_dma_map_swiotlb helper")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250610202457.5a599336@gandalf.local.home/
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c | 2 --
kernel/dma/swiotlb.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
index ea2ef53bd4fe..1935b360cc94 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
@@ -1153,8 +1153,6 @@ static phys_addr_t iommu_dma_map_swiotlb(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys,
return (phys_addr_t)DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
}
- trace_swiotlb_bounced(dev, phys, size);
-
phys = swiotlb_tbl_map_single(dev, phys, size, iova_mask(iovad), dir,
attrs);
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index abcf3fa63a56..c112f1d98861 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -1379,6 +1379,8 @@ phys_addr_t swiotlb_tbl_map_single(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t orig_addr,
phys_addr_t tlb_addr;
unsigned short pad_slots;
+ trace_swiotlb_bounced(dev, orig_addr, mapping_size);
+
if (!mem || !mem->nslabs) {
dev_warn_ratelimited(dev,
"Can not allocate SWIOTLB buffer earlier and can't now provide you with the DMA bounce buffer");
--
2.47.2
On 2025-06-11 3:01 pm, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
>
> I'm working on code that will warn when a tracepoint is defined but not
> used. As the TRACE_EVENT() logic still creates all the code regardless if
> something calls the trace_<event>() function. It wastes around 5K per trace
> event (less for tracepoints).
>
> But it seems that the code in drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c does the opposite.
> It calls the trace_swiotlb_bounced() tracepoint without it being defined.
> The tracepoint is defined in kernel/dma/swiotlb.c when CONFIG_SWIOTLB is
> defined, but this code exists when that config is not defined.
>
> This now fails with my work because I have all the callers reference the
> tracepoint that they will call.
>
> Thanks to the kernel test robot, it found this:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/202506091015.7zd87kI7-lkp@intel.com/
>
> Instead of calling trace_swiotlb_bounced() from drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> where it is useless when CONFIG_SWIOTLB is not defined, move the
> tracepoint into swiotlb_tbl_map_single(). This also makes it consistent
> with which memory is being traced (physical as supposed to dma address).
Consistent with what? Certainly not the other callers which invoke the
tracepoint with phys_to_dma(orig_addr), but will now do so twice with
potentially different values. Arguably iommu-dma is already consistent
as things stand, since it does not support static address offsets
underneath IOMMU translation, and therefore orig_addr will always be
equal to phys_to_dma(orig_addr) anyway. The point of interest really is
in those other cases, where if there *were* a static DMA offset then
phys_to_dma(orig_addr) would actually be a pretty meaningless value
which is not used anywhere else and therefore not overly helpful to
trace - neither the recognisable PA of the underlying memory itself, nor
the actual DMA address which will be used subsequently, since at this
point that's yet to be allocated.
> Fixes: ed18a46262be4 ("iommu/dma: Factor out a iommu_dma_map_swiotlb helper")
It's a fair bit older than that, try a63c357b9fd5 ("iommu/dma: Trace
bounce buffer usage when mapping buffers") - looks like it's always just
been hopeful of being DCE'd.
Thanks,
Robin.
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250610202457.5a599336@gandalf.local.home/
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> ---
> drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c | 2 --
> kernel/dma/swiotlb.c | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> index ea2ef53bd4fe..1935b360cc94 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> @@ -1153,8 +1153,6 @@ static phys_addr_t iommu_dma_map_swiotlb(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys,
> return (phys_addr_t)DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
> }
>
> - trace_swiotlb_bounced(dev, phys, size);
> -
> phys = swiotlb_tbl_map_single(dev, phys, size, iova_mask(iovad), dir,
> attrs);
>
> diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
> index abcf3fa63a56..c112f1d98861 100644
> --- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
> +++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
> @@ -1379,6 +1379,8 @@ phys_addr_t swiotlb_tbl_map_single(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t orig_addr,
> phys_addr_t tlb_addr;
> unsigned short pad_slots;
>
> + trace_swiotlb_bounced(dev, orig_addr, mapping_size);
> +
> if (!mem || !mem->nslabs) {
> dev_warn_ratelimited(dev,
> "Can not allocate SWIOTLB buffer earlier and can't now provide you with the DMA bounce buffer");
On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:28:52 +0100
Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com> wrote:
> On 2025-06-11 3:01 pm, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> >
> > I'm working on code that will warn when a tracepoint is defined but not
> > used. As the TRACE_EVENT() logic still creates all the code regardless if
> > something calls the trace_<event>() function. It wastes around 5K per trace
> > event (less for tracepoints).
> >
> > But it seems that the code in drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c does the opposite.
> > It calls the trace_swiotlb_bounced() tracepoint without it being defined.
> > The tracepoint is defined in kernel/dma/swiotlb.c when CONFIG_SWIOTLB is
> > defined, but this code exists when that config is not defined.
> >
> > This now fails with my work because I have all the callers reference the
> > tracepoint that they will call.
> >
> > Thanks to the kernel test robot, it found this:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/202506091015.7zd87kI7-lkp@intel.com/
> >
> > Instead of calling trace_swiotlb_bounced() from drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> > where it is useless when CONFIG_SWIOTLB is not defined, move the
> > tracepoint into swiotlb_tbl_map_single(). This also makes it consistent
> > with which memory is being traced (physical as supposed to dma address).
>
> Consistent with what? Certainly not the other callers which invoke the
> tracepoint with phys_to_dma(orig_addr), but will now do so twice with
> potentially different values. Arguably iommu-dma is already consistent
> as things stand, since it does not support static address offsets
> underneath IOMMU translation, and therefore orig_addr will always be
> equal to phys_to_dma(orig_addr) anyway. The point of interest really is
> in those other cases, where if there *were* a static DMA offset then
> phys_to_dma(orig_addr) would actually be a pretty meaningless value
> which is not used anywhere else and therefore not overly helpful to
> trace - neither the recognisable PA of the underlying memory itself, nor
> the actual DMA address which will be used subsequently, since at this
> point that's yet to be allocated.
I only added that line because of what Christoph said. I'll let you
folks hammer that point.
>
> > Fixes: ed18a46262be4 ("iommu/dma: Factor out a iommu_dma_map_swiotlb helper")
>
> It's a fair bit older than that, try a63c357b9fd5 ("iommu/dma: Trace
> bounce buffer usage when mapping buffers") - looks like it's always just
> been hopeful of being DCE'd.
Ah, yeah, that's the real culprit. Thanks!
Well, it may be some time before I push my code that will cause this to
fail to build, as I want to clean up the unused events before I add it
(otherwise there's going to be lots of warnings whenever it's enabled).
-- Steve
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