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| author | Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> | 2010-02-25 08:34:07 -0500 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-02-25 17:49:24 +0100 |
| commit | afd66255b9a48f5851326ddae50e2203fbf71dc9 (patch) | |
| tree | 32c7a36a8e2c740b989f16b3e2878f8c565d57f8 /arch/Kconfig | |
| parent | 4610ee1d3638fa05ba8e87ccfa971db8e4033ae7 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-afd66255b9a48f5851326ddae50e2203fbf71dc9.tar.gz lwn-afd66255b9a48f5851326ddae50e2203fbf71dc9.zip | |
kprobes: Introduce kprobes jump optimization
Introduce kprobes jump optimization arch-independent parts.
Kprobes uses breakpoint instruction for interrupting execution
flow, on some architectures, it can be replaced by a jump
instruction and interruption emulation code. This gains kprobs'
performance drastically.
To enable this feature, set CONFIG_OPTPROBES=y (default y if the
arch supports OPTPROBE).
Changes in v9:
- Fix a bug to optimize probe when enabling.
- Check nearby probes can be optimize/unoptimize when disarming/arming
kprobes, instead of registering/unregistering. This will help
kprobe-tracer because most of probes on it are usually disabled.
Changes in v6:
- Cleanup coding style for readability.
- Add comments around get/put_online_cpus().
Changes in v5:
- Use get_online_cpus()/put_online_cpus() for avoiding text_mutex
deadlock.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: systemtap <systemtap@sources.redhat.com>
Cc: DLE <dle-develop@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@ksplice.com>
Cc: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@krystal.dyndns.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20100225133407.6725.81992.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index 9d055b4f0585..e0ad3caf16d9 100644 --- a/arch/Kconfig +++ b/arch/Kconfig @@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ config KPROBES for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing. If in doubt, say "N". +config OPTPROBES + bool "Kprobes jump optimization support (EXPERIMENTAL)" + default y + depends on KPROBES + depends on !PREEMPT + depends on HAVE_OPTPROBES + select KALLSYMS_ALL + help + This option will allow kprobes to optimize breakpoint to + a jump for reducing its overhead. + config HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS bool help @@ -99,6 +110,8 @@ config HAVE_KPROBES config HAVE_KRETPROBES bool +config HAVE_OPTPROBES + bool # # An arch should select this if it provides all these things: # |