relay: Add buffer-only channels; useful for early logging.

Allows one to create and use a channel with no associated files. Files can be initialized later. This is useful in scenarios such as logging in early code, before VFS is up. Therefore, such channels can be created and used as soon as kmem_cache_init() completed.

This is needed by kmemtrace to do tracing in early kernel code.

This breaks on sparc64.

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+			err = smp_call_function_single(i,
+

__relay_set_buf_dentry,

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+						       &disp, 0,

1);

Because that ain't implemented.

There's a call in net/iucv/iucv.c, but that's s390-only.

There's a call in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c.

There's a call in kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c, so I assume that the intersection between CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST and non-smp_call_function_single() architectures is presently empty.

I guess all SMP-capable architectures should now implement this, please. It is presently defined on all architectures for CONFIG_SMP=n and it is declared in include/linux/smp.h.

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This breaks on sparc64.

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+			err = smp_call_function_single(i,
+

__relay_set_buf_dentry,

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+						       &disp, 0,

1);

Because that ain't implemented.

There's a call in net/iucv/iucv.c, but that's s390-only.

There's a call in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c.

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There's a call in kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c, so I assume that the intersection between CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST and non-smp_call_function_single() architectures is presently empty.

Hi,

I'm not sure what I should do.

Maybe disable relay_late_setup_files()
on sparc64, with an empty inline?

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I guess all SMP-capable architectures should now implement this, please. It is presently defined on all architectures for CONFIG_SMP=n and it is declared in include/linux/smp.h.

sparc64 seems to have smp_call_function_mask(). If we have the generic kernel/smp.c in linux-next or -mmotm, then this will define smp_call_function_single() to call smp_call_function_mask().

Is there anything I can do regarding this patch? Does it work since kernel/smp.c reappeared?

Allows one to create and use a channel with no associated files. Files can be initialized later. This is useful in scenarios such as logging in early code, before VFS is up. Therefore, such channels can be created and used as soon as kmem_cache_init() completed.

This is needed by kmemtrace to do tracing in early kernel code.

Signed-off-by Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <[email protected]>

---
 Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt |   11 +++
 include/linux/relay.h               |    5 +
 kernel/relay.c                      |  170 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 3 files changed, 157 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt +11 -0

index 094f2d2..b417f83 100644
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ TBD(curr. line MT:/API/)
     relay_close(chan)
     relay_flush(chan)
     relay_reset(chan)
+    relay_late_setup_files(chan, base_filename, parent)
 
   channel management typically called on instigation of userspace:
 

@@ -294,6 +295,16 @@ user-defined data with a channel, and is immediately available
 (including in create_buf_file()) via chan->private_data or
 buf->chan->private_data.
 
+Buffer-only channels
+--------------------
+
+These channels have no files associated and can be created with
+relay_open(NULL, NULL, ...). Such channels are useful in scenarios such
+as when doing early tracing in the kernel, before the VFS is up. In these
+cases, one may open a buffer-only channel and then call 
+relay_late_setup_files() when the kernel is ready to handle files,
+to expose the buffered data to the userspace.
+
 Channel 'modes'
 ---------------
 

include/linux/relay.h +5 -0

index 6cd8c44..953fc05 100644
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct rchan_buf
 	size_t *padding;		/* padding counts per sub-buffer */
 	size_t prev_padding;		/* temporary variable */
 	size_t bytes_consumed;		/* bytes consumed in cur read subbuf */
+	size_t early_bytes;		/* bytes consumed before VFS inited */
 	unsigned int cpu;		/* this buf's cpu */
 } ____cacheline_aligned;
 

@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ struct rchan
 	int is_global;			/* One global buffer ? */
 	struct list_head list;		/* for channel list */
 	struct dentry *parent;		/* parent dentry passed to open */
+	int has_base_filename;		/* has a filename associated? */
 	char base_filename[NAME_MAX];	/* saved base filename */
 };
 

@@ -169,6 +171,9 @@ struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
 			 size_t n_subbufs,
 			 struct rchan_callbacks *cb,
 			 void *private_data);
+extern int relay_late_setup_files(struct rchan *chan,
+				  const char *base_filename,
+				  struct dentry *parent);
 extern void relay_close(struct rchan *chan);
 extern void relay_flush(struct rchan *chan);
 extern void relay_subbufs_consumed(struct rchan *chan,

kernel/relay.c +141 -29

index 7de644c..4387b35 100644
@@ -407,6 +407,35 @@ void relay_reset(struct rchan *chan)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_reset);
 
+static inline void relay_set_buf_dentry(struct rchan_buf *buf,
+					struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+	buf->dentry = dentry;
+	buf->dentry->d_inode->i_size = buf->early_bytes;
+}
+
+static struct dentry *relay_create_buf_file(struct rchan *chan,
+					    struct rchan_buf *buf,
+					    unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	char *tmpname;
+
+	tmpname = kzalloc(NAME_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!tmpname)
+		return NULL;
+	snprintf(tmpname, NAME_MAX, "%s%d", chan->base_filename, cpu);
+
+	/* Create file in fs */
+	dentry = chan->cb->create_buf_file(tmpname, chan->parent,
+					   S_IRUSR, buf,
+					   &chan->is_global);
+
+	kfree(tmpname);
+
+	return dentry;
+}
+
 /*
  *	relay_open_buf - create a new relay channel buffer
  *

@@ -416,45 +445,34 @@ static struct rchan_buf *relay_open_buf(struct rchan *chan, unsigned int cpu)
 {
  	struct rchan_buf *buf = NULL;
 	struct dentry *dentry;
- 	char *tmpname;
 
  	if (chan->is_global)
 		return chan->buf[0];
 
-	tmpname = kzalloc(NAME_MAX + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
- 	if (!tmpname)
- 		goto end;
- 	snprintf(tmpname, NAME_MAX, "%s%d", chan->base_filename, cpu);
-
 	buf = relay_create_buf(chan);
 	if (!buf)
- 		goto free_name;
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (chan->has_base_filename) {
+		dentry = relay_create_buf_file(chan, buf, cpu);
+		if (!dentry)
+			goto free_buf;
+		relay_set_buf_dentry(buf, dentry);
+	}
 
  	buf->cpu = cpu;
  	__relay_reset(buf, 1);
 
-	/* Create file in fs */
- 	dentry = chan->cb->create_buf_file(tmpname, chan->parent, S_IRUSR,
- 					   buf, &chan->is_global);
- 	if (!dentry)
- 		goto free_buf;
-
-	buf->dentry = dentry;
-
  	if(chan->is_global) {
  		chan->buf[0] = buf;
  		buf->cpu = 0;
   	}
 
- 	goto free_name;
+	return buf;
 
 free_buf:
  	relay_destroy_buf(buf);
- 	buf = NULL;
-free_name:
- 	kfree(tmpname);
-end:
-	return buf;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /**

@@ -537,8 +555,8 @@ static int __cpuinit relay_hotcpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 /**
  *	relay_open - create a new relay channel
- *	@base_filename: base name of files to create
- *	@parent: dentry of parent directory, %NULL for root directory
+ *	@base_filename: base name of files to create, %NULL for buffering only
+ *	@parent: dentry of parent directory, %NULL for root directory or buffer
  *	@subbuf_size: size of sub-buffers
  *	@n_subbufs: number of sub-buffers
  *	@cb: client callback functions

@@ -560,8 +578,6 @@ struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 	struct rchan *chan;
-	if (!base_filename)
-		return NULL;
 
 	if (!(subbuf_size && n_subbufs))
 		return NULL;

@@ -576,7 +592,10 @@ struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
 	chan->alloc_size = FIX_SIZE(subbuf_size * n_subbufs);
 	chan->parent = parent;
 	chan->private_data = private_data;
-	strlcpy(chan->base_filename, base_filename, NAME_MAX);
+	if (base_filename) {
+		chan->has_base_filename = 1;
+		strlcpy(chan->base_filename, base_filename, NAME_MAX);
+	}
 	setup_callbacks(chan, cb);
 	kref_init(&chan->kref);
 

@@ -604,6 +623,94 @@ free_bufs:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_open);
 
+struct rchan_percpu_buf_dispatcher {
+	struct rchan_buf *buf;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+};
+
+/* Called in atomic context. */
+static void __relay_set_buf_dentry(void *info)
+{
+	struct rchan_percpu_buf_dispatcher *p = info;
+
+	relay_set_buf_dentry(p->buf, p->dentry);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	relay_late_setup_files - triggers file creation
+ *	@chan: channel to operate on
+ *	@base_filename: base name of files to create
+ *	@parent: dentry of parent directory, %NULL for root directory
+ *
+ *	Returns 0 if successful, non-zero otherwise.
+ *
+ *	Use to setup files for a previously buffer-only channel.
+ *	Useful to do early tracing in kernel, before VFS is up, for example.
+ */
+int relay_late_setup_files(struct rchan *chan,
+			   const char *base_filename,
+			   struct dentry *parent)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	unsigned int i, curr_cpu;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+	struct rchan_percpu_buf_dispatcher disp;
+
+	if (!chan || !base_filename)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	strlcpy(chan->base_filename, base_filename, NAME_MAX);
+
+	mutex_lock(&relay_channels_mutex);
+	/* Is chan already set up? */
+	if (unlikely(chan->has_base_filename))
+		return -EEXIST;
+	chan->has_base_filename = 1;
+	chan->parent = parent;
+	curr_cpu = get_cpu();
+	/*
+	 * The CPU hotplug notifier ran before us and created buffers with
+	 * no files associated. So it's safe to call relay_setup_buf_file()
+	 * on all currently online CPUs.
+	 */
+	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
+		if (unlikely(!chan->buf[i])) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "relay_late_setup_files: CPU %u "
+					"has no buffer, it must have!\n", i);
+			BUG();
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		dentry = relay_create_buf_file(chan, chan->buf[i], i);
+		if (unlikely(!dentry)) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (curr_cpu == i) {
+			local_irq_save(flags);
+			relay_set_buf_dentry(chan->buf[i], dentry);
+			local_irq_restore(flags);
+		} else {
+			disp.buf = chan->buf[i];
+			disp.dentry = dentry;
+			smp_mb();
+			/* relay_channels_mutex must be held, so wait. */
+			err = smp_call_function_single(i,
+						       __relay_set_buf_dentry,
+						       &disp, 0, 1);
+		}
+		if (unlikely(err))
+			break;
+	}
+	put_cpu();
+	mutex_unlock(&relay_channels_mutex);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /**
  *	relay_switch_subbuf - switch to a new sub-buffer
  *	@buf: channel buffer

@@ -627,8 +734,13 @@ size_t relay_switch_subbuf(struct rchan_buf *buf, size_t length)
 		old_subbuf = buf->subbufs_produced % buf->chan->n_subbufs;
 		buf->padding[old_subbuf] = buf->prev_padding;
 		buf->subbufs_produced++;
-		buf->dentry->d_inode->i_size += buf->chan->subbuf_size -
-			buf->padding[old_subbuf];
+		if (buf->dentry)
+			buf->dentry->d_inode->i_size +=
+				buf->chan->subbuf_size -
+				buf->padding[old_subbuf];
+		else
+			buf->early_bytes += buf->chan->subbuf_size -
+					    buf->padding[old_subbuf];
 		smp_mb();
 		if (waitqueue_active(&buf->read_wait))
 			/*

@@ -1237,4 +1349,4 @@ static __init int relay_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-module_init(relay_init);
+early_initcall(relay_init);

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