From afd66255b9a48f5851326ddae50e2203fbf71dc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Masami Hiramatsu Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:34:07 -0500 Subject: 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 Cc: systemtap Cc: DLE Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Cc: Jim Keniston Cc: Srikar Dronamraju Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Anders Kaseorg Cc: Tim Abbott Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Jason Baron Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli LKML-Reference: <20100225133407.6725.81992.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- arch/Kconfig | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch') diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index 9d055b4..e0ad3ca 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: # -- cgit v1.1