2020-05-11 18:29:03

by Elliot Berman

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Subject: [PATCH] Revert "dynamic_debug: Remove unnecessary __used"

This reverts commit c0d2af637863940b1a4fb208224ca7acb905c39f.

Some compilers[1] may break dynamic_hex_dump by optimizing the
DYNAMIC_DEBUG_BRANCH check inside __dynamic_func_call_no_desc and completely
removing the dynamic debug metadata. Thus, there is no dynamic_debug control
site to enable or disable. The if condition is optimized away based on the
initial value of flags (i.e. if DEBUG macro is present).

[1]: This behavior is present on [aarch64-gnu-linux-gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro
5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.9) 5.4.0 20160609] and [Android Common Kernel
toolchain: "Android (6051079 based on r370808) clang version
10.0.1"] using arm64 default defconfig + DYNAMIC_DEBUG enabled.

Change-Id: I28e9b86088eee5d5ed2384fbcea2ac2e7337a559
Signed-off-by: Elliot Berman <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/dynamic_debug.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
index abcd5fd..7518db4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void __dynamic_ibdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
const char *fmt, ...);

#define DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA(name, fmt) \
- static struct _ddebug __aligned(8) \
+ static struct _ddebug __used __aligned(8) \
__attribute__((section("__verbose"))) name = { \
.modname = KBUILD_MODNAME, \
.function = __func__, \
--
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2020-05-11 18:57:56

by Joe Perches

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "dynamic_debug: Remove unnecessary __used"

On Mon, 2020-05-11 at 11:26 -0700, Elliot Berman wrote:
> This reverts commit c0d2af637863940b1a4fb208224ca7acb905c39f.
>
> Some compilers[1] may break dynamic_hex_dump by optimizing the
> DYNAMIC_DEBUG_BRANCH check inside __dynamic_func_call_no_desc and completely
> removing the dynamic debug metadata. Thus, there is no dynamic_debug control
> site to enable or disable. The if condition is optimized away based on the
> initial value of flags (i.e. if DEBUG macro is present).
>
> [1]: This behavior is present on [aarch64-gnu-linux-gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro
> 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.9) 5.4.0 20160609] and [Android Common Kernel
> toolchain: "Android (6051079 based on r370808) clang version
> 10.0.1"] using arm64 default defconfig + DYNAMIC_DEBUG enabled.
>
> Change-Id: I28e9b86088eee5d5ed2384fbcea2ac2e7337a559
> Signed-off-by: Elliot Berman <[email protected]>
> ---

Change-Id: probably isn't necessary.

Is there a separate mechanism possible to avoid bloating the
otherwise unused content?

> include/linux/dynamic_debug.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
> index abcd5fd..7518db4f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void __dynamic_ibdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
> const char *fmt, ...);
>
> #define DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA(name, fmt) \
> - static struct _ddebug __aligned(8) \
> + static struct _ddebug __used __aligned(8) \
> __attribute__((section("__verbose"))) name = { \
> .modname = KBUILD_MODNAME, \
> .function = __func__, \

2020-05-11 19:36:25

by Elliot Berman

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "dynamic_debug: Remove unnecessary __used"

On 5/11/2020 11:54 AM, Joe Perches wrote> Change-Id: probably isn't necessary.

Thanks for the catch

>
> Is there a separate mechanism possible to avoid bloating the
> otherwise unused content?

This struct is being used in lib/dynamic_debug.c but compiler doesn't know
about this usage when optimizing the struct/branch away.
--
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2020-05-11 19:58:36

by Joe Perches

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "dynamic_debug: Remove unnecessary __used"

On Mon, 2020-05-11 at 12:31 -0700, Elliot Berman wrote:
> On 5/11/2020 11:54 AM, Joe Perches wrote> Change-Id: probably isn't necessary.
>
> Thanks for the catch
>
> > Is there a separate mechanism possible to avoid bloating the
> > otherwise unused content?
>
> This struct is being used in lib/dynamic_debug.c but compiler doesn't know
> about this usage when optimizing the struct/branch away.

I only remember that I removed __used awhile ago
because it _wasn't_ used in some paths.

Maybe that's changed, but I don't know.