Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 2 authors, 2025-10-22

Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] tracing: fprobe: optimization for entry only case

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Date: 2025-10-22 22:52:43
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:32:37 +0800
Menglong Dong [off-list ref] wrote:
For now, fgraph is used for the fprobe, even if we need trace the entry
only. However, the performance of ftrace is better than fgraph, and we
can use ftrace_ops for this case.

Then performance of kprobe-multi increases from 54M to 69M. Before this
commit:

  $ ./benchs/run_bench_trigger.sh kprobe-multi
  kprobe-multi   :   54.663 ± 0.493M/s

After this commit:

  $ ./benchs/run_bench_trigger.sh kprobe-multi
  kprobe-multi   :   69.447 ± 0.143M/s

Mitigation is disable during the bench testing above.
Looks good to me. Thanks!
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <redacted>
---
v4:
- fallback to fgraph if FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS not supported

v3:
- add some comment to the rcu_read_lock() in fprobe_ftrace_entry()

v2:
- add some document for fprobe_fgraph_entry as Masami suggested
- merge the rename of fprobe_entry into current patch
- use ftrace_test_recursion_trylock() in fprobe_ftrace_entry()
---
 kernel/trace/fprobe.c | 128 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 119 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
index 99d83c08b9e2..ecd623eef68b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
@@ -254,8 +254,106 @@ static inline int __fprobe_kprobe_handler(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int fprobe_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace, struct fgraph_ops *gops,
-			struct ftrace_regs *fregs)
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
+/* ftrace_ops callback, this processes fprobes which have only entry_handler. */
+static void fprobe_ftrace_entry(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
+	struct ftrace_ops *ops, struct ftrace_regs *fregs)
+{
+	struct fprobe_hlist_node *node;
+	struct rhlist_head *head, *pos;
+	struct fprobe *fp;
+	int bit;
+
+	bit = ftrace_test_recursion_trylock(ip, parent_ip);
+	if (bit < 0)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * ftrace_test_recursion_trylock() disables preemption, but
+	 * rhltable_lookup() checks whether rcu_read_lcok is held.
+	 * So we take rcu_read_lock() here.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	head = rhltable_lookup(&fprobe_ip_table, &ip, fprobe_rht_params);
+
+	rhl_for_each_entry_rcu(node, pos, head, hlist) {
+		if (node->addr != ip)
+			break;
+		fp = READ_ONCE(node->fp);
+		if (unlikely(!fp || fprobe_disabled(fp) || fp->exit_handler))
+			continue;
+
+		if (fprobe_shared_with_kprobes(fp))
+			__fprobe_kprobe_handler(ip, parent_ip, fp, fregs, NULL);
+		else
+			__fprobe_handler(ip, parent_ip, fp, fregs, NULL);
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	ftrace_test_recursion_unlock(bit);
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fprobe_ftrace_entry);
+
+static struct ftrace_ops fprobe_ftrace_ops = {
+	.func	= fprobe_ftrace_entry,
+	.flags	= FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS,
+};
+static int fprobe_ftrace_active;
+
+static int fprobe_ftrace_add_ips(unsigned long *addrs, int num)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&fprobe_mutex);
+
+	ret = ftrace_set_filter_ips(&fprobe_ftrace_ops, addrs, num, 0, 0);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (!fprobe_ftrace_active) {
+		ret = register_ftrace_function(&fprobe_ftrace_ops);
+		if (ret) {
+			ftrace_free_filter(&fprobe_ftrace_ops);
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+	fprobe_ftrace_active++;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void fprobe_ftrace_remove_ips(unsigned long *addrs, int num)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&fprobe_mutex);
+
+	fprobe_ftrace_active--;
+	if (!fprobe_ftrace_active)
+		unregister_ftrace_function(&fprobe_ftrace_ops);
+	if (num)
+		ftrace_set_filter_ips(&fprobe_ftrace_ops, addrs, num, 1, 0);
+}
+
+static bool fprobe_is_ftrace(struct fprobe *fp)
+{
+	return !fp->exit_handler;
+}
+#else
+static int fprobe_ftrace_add_ips(unsigned long *addrs, int num)
+{
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+static void fprobe_ftrace_remove_ips(unsigned long *addrs, int num)
+{
+}
+
+static bool fprobe_is_ftrace(struct fprobe *fp)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
+/* fgraph_ops callback, this processes fprobes which have exit_handler. */
+static int fprobe_fgraph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace, struct fgraph_ops *gops,
+			       struct ftrace_regs *fregs)
 {
 	unsigned long *fgraph_data = NULL;
 	unsigned long func = trace->func;
@@ -292,7 +390,7 @@ static int fprobe_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace, struct fgraph_ops *gops,
 				if (node->addr != func)
 					continue;
 				fp = READ_ONCE(node->fp);
-				if (fp && !fprobe_disabled(fp))
+				if (fp && !fprobe_disabled(fp) && !fprobe_is_ftrace(fp))
 					fp->nmissed++;
 			}
 			return 0;
@@ -312,7 +410,7 @@ static int fprobe_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace, struct fgraph_ops *gops,
 		if (node->addr != func)
 			continue;
 		fp = READ_ONCE(node->fp);
-		if (!fp || fprobe_disabled(fp))
+		if (unlikely(!fp || fprobe_disabled(fp) || fprobe_is_ftrace(fp)))
 			continue;
 
 		data_size = fp->entry_data_size;
@@ -340,7 +438,7 @@ static int fprobe_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace, struct fgraph_ops *gops,
 	/* If any exit_handler is set, data must be used. */
 	return used != 0;
 }
-NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fprobe_entry);
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fprobe_fgraph_entry);
 
 static void fprobe_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace,
 			  struct fgraph_ops *gops,
@@ -379,7 +477,7 @@ static void fprobe_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace,
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fprobe_return);
 
 static struct fgraph_ops fprobe_graph_ops = {
-	.entryfunc	= fprobe_entry,
+	.entryfunc	= fprobe_fgraph_entry,
 	.retfunc	= fprobe_return,
 };
 static int fprobe_graph_active;
@@ -498,9 +596,14 @@ static int fprobe_module_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	} while (node == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
 	rhashtable_walk_exit(&iter);
 
-	if (alist.index > 0)
+	if (alist.index > 0) {
 		ftrace_set_filter_ips(&fprobe_graph_ops.ops,
 				      alist.addrs, alist.index, 1, 0);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
+		ftrace_set_filter_ips(&fprobe_ftrace_ops,
+				      alist.addrs, alist.index, 1, 0);
+#endif
+	}
 	mutex_unlock(&fprobe_mutex);
 
 	kfree(alist.addrs);
@@ -733,7 +836,11 @@ int register_fprobe_ips(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long *addrs, int num)
 	mutex_lock(&fprobe_mutex);
 
 	hlist_array = fp->hlist_array;
-	ret = fprobe_graph_add_ips(addrs, num);
+	if (fprobe_is_ftrace(fp))
+		ret = fprobe_ftrace_add_ips(addrs, num);
+	else
+		ret = fprobe_graph_add_ips(addrs, num);
+
 	if (!ret) {
 		add_fprobe_hash(fp);
 		for (i = 0; i < hlist_array->size; i++) {
@@ -829,7 +936,10 @@ int unregister_fprobe(struct fprobe *fp)
 	}
 	del_fprobe_hash(fp);
 
-	fprobe_graph_remove_ips(addrs, count);
+	if (fprobe_is_ftrace(fp))
+		fprobe_ftrace_remove_ips(addrs, count);
+	else
+		fprobe_graph_remove_ips(addrs, count);
 
 	kfree_rcu(hlist_array, rcu);
 	fp->hlist_array = NULL;
-- 
2.51.0

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [off-list ref]
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