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Powerpc port of the kprobe-based event tracer

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PATCH v3 1/1 Powerpc port of the kprobe-based event tracer

This patch ports the kprobe-based event tracer to powerpc. This patch is based on x86 port. This brings powerpc on par with x86.

ChangeLog:
v2:
- Removed regs_get_argument_nth() API as function argument access syntax is dropped from kprobe-tracer. Please refer to mails below on Linux PPC mailing list:
http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-January/079331.html
http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-January/079332.html
v3:
- The registers gpr[0]...gpr[31] will now be represented as gpr0...gpr31
- The pt_regs structure members orig_gpr3 and result will not be exposed as they are not actual registers.
- Rebased to commit 605a39d5a0f4856214b37db954f553fba28bb616 of -tip

This patch is dependent on:
http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2010-January/079331.html

Port the following API's to ppc for accessing registers and stack entries from pt_regs.

- regs_query_register_offset(const char *name)
Query the offset of "name" register.

- regs_query_register_name(unsigned int offset)
Query the name of register by its offset.

- regs_get_register(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int offset) Get the value of a register by its offset.

- regs_within_kernel_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr) Check the address is in the kernel stack.

- regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(struct pt_regs *reg, unsigned int nth) Get Nth entry of the kernel stack. (N >= 0)

---

 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h |   61 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c      |  103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/trace/Kconfig              |    2 -
 3 files changed, 165 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
arch/powerpc/include/asm/ptrace.h +61 -0
index cbd759e..f4a78c5 100644
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct pt_regs {
 
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->nip)
 #define user_stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->gpr[1])
+#define kernel_stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->gpr[1])
 #define regs_return_value(regs) ((regs)->gpr[3])
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -131,6 +132,66 @@ do {									      \
 } while (0)
 #endif /* __powerpc64__ */
 
+/* Query offset/name of register from its name/offset */
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
+#include <linux/thread_info.h>
+extern int regs_query_register_offset(const char *name);
+extern const char *regs_query_register_name(unsigned int offset);
+#define MAX_REG_OFFSET (offsetof(struct pt_regs, dsisr))
+
+/**
+ * regs_get_register() - get register value from its offset
+ * @regs:	   pt_regs from which register value is gotten
+ * @offset:    offset number of the register.
+ *
+ * regs_get_register returns the value of a register whose offset from @regs.
+ * The @offset is the offset of the register in struct pt_regs.
+ * If @offset is bigger than MAX_REG_OFFSET, this returns 0.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long regs_get_register(struct pt_regs *regs,
+						unsigned int offset)
+{
+	if (unlikely(offset > MAX_REG_OFFSET))
+		return 0;
+	return *(unsigned long *)((unsigned long)regs + offset);
+}
+
+/**
+ * regs_within_kernel_stack() - check the address in the stack
+ * @regs:      pt_regs which contains kernel stack pointer.
+ * @addr:      address which is checked.
+ *
+ * regs_within_kernel_stack() checks @addr is within the kernel stack page(s).
+ * If @addr is within the kernel stack, it returns true. If not, returns false.
+ */
+
+static inline bool regs_within_kernel_stack(struct pt_regs *regs,
+						unsigned long addr)
+{
+	return ((addr & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1))  ==
+		(kernel_stack_pointer(regs) & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1)));
+}
+
+/**
+ * regs_get_kernel_stack_nth() - get Nth entry of the stack
+ * @regs:	pt_regs which contains kernel stack pointer.
+ * @n:		stack entry number.
+ *
+ * regs_get_kernel_stack_nth() returns @n th entry of the kernel stack which
+ * is specified by @regs. If the @n th entry is NOT in the kernel stack,
+ * this returns 0.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
+						      unsigned int n)
+{
+	unsigned long *addr = (unsigned long *)kernel_stack_pointer(regs);
+	addr += n;
+	if (regs_within_kernel_stack(regs, (unsigned long)addr))
+		return *addr;
+	else
+		return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * These are defined as per linux/ptrace.h, which see.
  */
arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c +103 -0

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kernel/trace/Kconfig +1 -1
index 6c22d8a..4d95966 100644
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 
 config KPROBE_EVENT
 	depends on KPROBES
-	depends on X86
+	depends on X86 || PPC
 	bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events"
 	select TRACING
 	default y