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2#define MARK_TRAP 1
3#define _MARK_TRAP (1 << MARK_TRAP)
4 Can generate a trap
5
6#define MARK_PREEMPT 2
7#define _MARK_PREEMPT (1 << MARK_PREEMPT)
8 Permits blocking calls within probe.
9 How to deal with probe removal :
10 Each site has its per cpu probe_exec counters. The sum of the signed values
11 gives the number of executors. Operations inc/dec on those values are done
12 within preempt disable so they can be done non atomically without risking
13 to be corrupted by another CPU.
14 1 - disable site and remove call
15 2 - while sum of probe_exec counters != 0, sleep 50ms
16 fail after 10 loops
17 - if someone sleeps in here for a long time or waits for
18 a busy ressource, removal may fail with -EBUSY.
19
20site :
21
22if (enable) {
23 preempt_disable();
24 probe_exec[smp_processor_id()]++;
25 preempt_enable();
26 handler();
27 preempt_disable();
28 probe_exec[smp_processor_id()]--;
29 preempt_enable();
30}
31
32#define MARK_RESCHED 3
33#define _MARK_RESCHED (1 << MARK_RESCHED)
34 preempt_schedule() will be called by the marker.
35
36#define MARK_PRINTK 4
37#define _MARK_PRINTK (1 << MARK_PRINTK)
38 vprintk can be called in the probe/printk can be called as probe.
39
40#define MARK_LOCK_SAFE
41#define _MARK_LOCK_SAFE (1 << MARK_LOCK_SAFE)
42 It is completely safe to take a lock, disable irqs, softirqs, ... from this marker.
43 If unset, checking the context must be done to insure no deadlock or recursive
44 call will occur.
45
46#define _MARK_DEFAULT (_MARK_TRAP | _MARK_RESCHED | _MARK_PRINTK)
47
48#define MARK (format, args...) _MARK(MARK_DEFAULT, format, ## args)
49
50ex. i386
51#define _MARK(opt, format, args...) \
52do { \
53 if (opt & _MARK_TRAP) \
54 MARK(opt, format, ## args); \
55 else \
56 GEN_MARK(opt, format, ## args); \
57} while (0)
58
59ex. powerpc
60#define _MARK(opt, format, args...) MARK(opt, format, ## args);
61
62
63MARK(opt, format, ...) \
64static declare opt in struct; \
65if (enable) {
66 preempt_disable();
67 if (opt & _MARK_PREEMPT) {
68 probe_exec[smp_processor_id()]++;
69 if (opt & _MARK_RESCHED)
70 preempt_enable();
71 else
72 preempt_enable_no_resched();
73 }
74 handler();
75 if (opt & _MARK_PREEMPT) {
76 preempt_disable();
77 probe_exec[smp_processor_id()]--;
78 }
79 if (opt & _MARK_RESCHED)
80 preempt_enable();
81 else
82 preempt_enable_no_resched();
83}
84
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