[PATCH v1] ftrace: Make ftrace_graph_is_dead() static inline

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:01:45 +0100
Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu> wrote:

> @@ -1006,7 +1006,20 @@ unsigned long ftrace_graph_ret_addr(struct task_struct *task, int *idx,
>  extern int register_ftrace_graph(struct fgraph_ops *ops);
>  extern void unregister_ftrace_graph(struct fgraph_ops *ops);
>  
> -extern bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void);
> +/**
> + * ftrace_graph_is_dead - returns true if ftrace_graph_stop() was called
> + *
> + * ftrace_graph_stop() is called when a severe error is detected in
> + * the function graph tracing. This function is called by the critical
> + * paths of function graph to keep those paths from doing any more harm.
> + */
> +extern bool kill_ftrace_graph;
> +
> +static inline bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void)
> +{
> +	return kill_ftrace_graph;
> +}
> +
>  extern void ftrace_graph_stop(void);

The reason I did not expose that variable, is because I didn't want it to
be touched outside of the kernel/trace directory. Or the ftrace.c file for
that matter (although, I could put it in fgraph.c :-/)

What would be better, is to make it a static branch.

extern struct static_key fgraph_dead;

static inline bool ftrace_graph_is_dead(void)
{
	if (static_key_false(&fgraph_dead))
		return true;
	return false;
}

That way we even get rid of the conditional branch.

Yeah, the fgraph_dead is still exposed for anyone to touch, but it still
requires a function to modify it, so I'm not as worried it will be touched
as easily.

-- Steve