function_graph: Support recording and printing the function return address

When using function_graph tracer to analyze the flow of kernel function
execution, it is often necessary to quickly locate the exact line of code
where the call occurs. While this may be easy at times, it can be more
time-consuming when some functions are inlined or the flow is too long.

This feature aims to simplify the process by recording the return address
of traced funcions and printing it when outputing trace logs.

To enhance human readability, the prefix 'ret=' is used for the kernel return
value, while '<-' serves as the prefix for the return address in trace logs to
make it look more like the function tracer.

A new trace option named 'funcgraph-retaddr' has been introduced, and the
existing option 'sym-addr' can be used to control the format of the return
address.

See below logs with both funcgraph-retval and funcgraph-retaddr enabled.

0)             | load_elf_binary() { /* <-bprm_execve+0x249/0x600 */
0)             |   load_elf_phdrs() { /* <-load_elf_binary+0x84/0x1730 */
0)             |     __kmalloc_noprof() { /* <-load_elf_phdrs+0x4a/0xb0 */
0)   3.657 us  |       __cond_resched(); /* <-__kmalloc_noprof+0x28c/0x390 ret=0x0 */
0) + 24.335 us |     } /* __kmalloc_noprof ret=0xffff8882007f3000 */
0)             |     kernel_read() { /* <-load_elf_phdrs+0x6c/0xb0 */
0)             |       rw_verify_area() { /* <-kernel_read+0x2b/0x50 */
0)             |         security_file_permission() { /* <-kernel_read+0x2b/0x50 */
0)             |           selinux_file_permission() { /* <-security_file_permission+0x26/0x40 */
0)             |             __inode_security_revalidate() { /* <-selinux_file_permission+0x6d/0x140 */
0)   2.034 us  |               __cond_resched(); /* <-__inode_security_revalidate+0x5f/0x80 ret=0x0 */
0)   6.602 us  |             } /* __inode_security_revalidate ret=0x0 */
0)   2.214 us  |             avc_policy_seqno(); /* <-selinux_file_permission+0x107/0x140 ret=0x0 */
0) + 16.670 us |           } /* selinux_file_permission ret=0x0 */
0) + 20.809 us |         } /* security_file_permission ret=0x0 */
0) + 25.217 us |       } /* rw_verify_area ret=0x0 */
0)             |       __kernel_read() { /* <-load_elf_phdrs+0x6c/0xb0 */
0)             |         ext4_file_read_iter() { /* <-__kernel_read+0x160/0x2e0 */

Then, we can use the faddr2line to locate the source code, for example:

$ ./scripts/faddr2line ./vmlinux load_elf_phdrs+0x6c/0xb0
load_elf_phdrs+0x6c/0xb0:
elf_read at fs/binfmt_elf.c:471
(inlined by) load_elf_phdrs at fs/binfmt_elf.c:531

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240915032912.1118397-1-dolinux.peng@gmail.com
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202409150605.HgUmU8ea-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com>
[ Rebased to handle text_delta offsets ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 721c3b221048..74c2b1d43bb9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -242,6 +242,16 @@ config FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETVAL
 	  enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retval.
 	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
 
+config FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETADDR
+	bool "Kernel Function Graph Return Address"
+	depends on FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
+	default n
+	help
+	  Support recording and printing the function return address when
+	  using function graph tracer. It can be helpful to locate code line that
+	  the function is called. This feature is off by default, and you can
+	  enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retaddr.
+
 config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	bool "enable/disable function tracing dynamically"
 	depends on FUNCTION_TRACER