On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 12:27:35PM +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> Add page fault trace points, which are useful to implement RV monitor which
> watches page faults.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de>
> ---
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> ---
> arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> index ec0a337891dd..d917556869f9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
> #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
> #include <asm/traps.h>
>
> +#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
> +#include <trace/events/exceptions.h>
> +
> struct fault_info {
> int (*fn)(unsigned long far, unsigned long esr,
> struct pt_regs *regs);
> @@ -556,6 +559,11 @@ static int __kprobes do_page_fault(unsigned long far, unsigned long esr,
> int si_code;
> int pkey = -1;
>
> + if (user_mode(regs))
> + trace_page_fault_user(addr, regs, esr);
> + else
> + trace_page_fault_kernel(addr, regs, esr);
> +
> if (kprobe_page_fault(regs, esr))
> return 0;
As per the discussion with Steve on v6, I still object to relying on the
arch code to call all these different trace helpers (rv, kprobes, perf)
in the right place and consistently with each other.
In:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250519120837.794f6738@batman.local.home
Steve suggested wrapping some of this up in a core function to help with
that.
Will