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[v2,2/5] ftrace: Remove "ftrace_hash" parameter from __ftrace_hash_rec_update()

Message ID 20240605180408.691995506@goodmis.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 07bbe0833ed62f48785dffa8e429f35c1d906415
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Series ftrace: Clean up and comment code | expand

Commit Message

Steven Rostedt June 5, 2024, 6:03 p.m. UTC
From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

While adding comments to the function __ftrace_hash_rec_update() and
trying to describe in detail what the parameter for "ftrace_hash" does, I
realized that it basically does exactly the same thing (but differently)
if it is set or not!

If it is set, the idea was the ops->filter_hash was being updated, and the
code should focus on the functions that are in the ops->filter_hash and
add them. But it still had to pay attention to the functions in the
ops->notrace_hash, to ignore them.

If it was cleared, it focused on the ops->notrace_hash, and would add
functions that were not in the ops->notrace_hash but would still keep
functions in the "ops->filter_hash". Basically doing the same thing.

In reality, the __ftrace_hash_rec_update() only needs to either remove the
functions associated to the give ops (if "inc" is set) or remove them (if
"inc" is cleared). It has to pay attention to both the filter_hash and
notrace_hash regardless.

Remove the "filter_hash" parameter from __filter_hash_rec_update() and
comment the function for what it really is doing.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 102 ++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)

Comments

Mark Rutland June 6, 2024, 5:53 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 02:03:36PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> 
> While adding comments to the function __ftrace_hash_rec_update() and
> trying to describe in detail what the parameter for "ftrace_hash" does, I
> realized that it basically does exactly the same thing (but differently)
> if it is set or not!

Typo: "ftrace_hash" should be "filter_hash", and likewise in the commit
title.

> If it is set, the idea was the ops->filter_hash was being updated, and the
> code should focus on the functions that are in the ops->filter_hash and
> add them. But it still had to pay attention to the functions in the
> ops->notrace_hash, to ignore them.
> 
> If it was cleared, it focused on the ops->notrace_hash, and would add
> functions that were not in the ops->notrace_hash but would still keep
> functions in the "ops->filter_hash". Basically doing the same thing.
> 
> In reality, the __ftrace_hash_rec_update() only needs to either remove the
> functions associated to the give ops (if "inc" is set) or remove them (if
> "inc" is cleared). It has to pay attention to both the filter_hash and
> notrace_hash regardless.

AFAICT, we actually remove a latent bug here, but that bug wasn't
reachable because we never call __ftrace_hash_rec_update() with
"filter_hash" clear.

Before this patch, if we did call __ftrace_hash_rec_update() with
"filter_hash" clear, we'd setup:

	all = false;
	...
	if (filter_hash) {
		...
	} else {
		hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
		other_hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
	}

... and then at the tail of the loop where we do:

	count++;

	[...] 

	/* Shortcut, if we handled all records, we are done. */
	if (!all && count == hash->count) {
		pr_info("HARK: stopping after %d recs\n", count);
		return update;
	}

... we'd be checking whether we've updated notrace_hash->count entries,
when that could be smaller than the number of entries we actually need
to update (e.g. if the notrace hash contains a single entry, but the
filter_hash contained more).

As above, we never actually hit that because we never call with
"filter_hash" clear, so it might be good to explicitly say that before
this patch we never actually call __ftrace_hash_rec_update() with
"filter_hash" clear, and this is removing dead (and potentially broken)
code.

> Remove the "filter_hash" parameter from __filter_hash_rec_update() and
> comment the function for what it really is doing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

FWIW, this looks good to me, and works in testing, so:

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Tested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

I have one comment below, but the above stands regardless.

[...]

> +/*
> + * This is the main engine to the ftrace updates to the dyn_ftrace records.
> + *
> + * It will iterate through all the available ftrace functions
> + * (the ones that ftrace can have callbacks to) and set the flags
> + * in the associated dyn_ftrace records.
> + *
> + * @inc: If true, the functions associated to @ops are added to
> + *       the dyn_ftrace records, otherwise they are removed.
> + */
>  static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
> -				     int filter_hash,
>  				     bool inc)
>  {
>  	struct ftrace_hash *hash;
> -	struct ftrace_hash *other_hash;
> +	struct ftrace_hash *notrace_hash;
>  	struct ftrace_page *pg;
>  	struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
>  	bool update = false;
> @@ -1718,35 +1725,16 @@ static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
>  		return false;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * In the filter_hash case:
>  	 *   If the count is zero, we update all records.
>  	 *   Otherwise we just update the items in the hash.
> -	 *
> -	 * In the notrace_hash case:
> -	 *   We enable the update in the hash.
> -	 *   As disabling notrace means enabling the tracing,
> -	 *   and enabling notrace means disabling, the inc variable
> -	 *   gets inversed.
>  	 */
> -	if (filter_hash) {
> -		hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
> -		other_hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
> -		if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
> -			all = true;
> -	} else {
> -		inc = !inc;
> -		hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
> -		other_hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
> -		/*
> -		 * If the notrace hash has no items,
> -		 * then there's nothing to do.
> -		 */
> -		if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
> -			return false;
> -	}
> +	hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
> +	notrace_hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
> +	if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
> +		all = true;
>  
>  	do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
> -		int in_other_hash = 0;
> +		int in_notrace_hash = 0;
>  		int in_hash = 0;
>  		int match = 0;
>  
> @@ -1758,26 +1746,17 @@ static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
>  			 * Only the filter_hash affects all records.
>  			 * Update if the record is not in the notrace hash.
>  			 */
> -			if (!other_hash || !ftrace_lookup_ip(other_hash, rec->ip))
> +			if (!notrace_hash || !ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip))
>  				match = 1;
>  		} else {
>  			in_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(hash, rec->ip);
> -			in_other_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(other_hash, rec->ip);
> +			in_notrace_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip);
>  
>  			/*
> -			 * If filter_hash is set, we want to match all functions
> -			 * that are in the hash but not in the other hash.
> -			 *
> -			 * If filter_hash is not set, then we are decrementing.
> -			 * That means we match anything that is in the hash
> -			 * and also in the other_hash. That is, we need to turn
> -			 * off functions in the other hash because they are disabled
> -			 * by this hash.
> +			 * We want to match all functions that are in the hash but
> +			 * not in the other hash.
>  			 */
> -			if (filter_hash && in_hash && !in_other_hash)
> -				match = 1;
> -			else if (!filter_hash && in_hash &&
> -				 (in_other_hash || ftrace_hash_empty(other_hash)))
> +			if (in_hash && !in_notrace_hash)
>  				match = 1;
>  		}
>  		if (!match)

I wonder how much the (subsequent) shortcut for count == hash->count
matters in practice, because if we were happy to get rid of that, we
could get rid of 'all', 'count', 'in_hash', 'in_notrace_hash', and
simplify the above down to:

	do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
		if (skip_record(rec))
			continue;

		/*
		 * When the hash is empty we update all records.
		 * Otherwise we just update the items in the hash.
		 */
		if (!ftrace_hash_empty(hash) &&
		    !ftrace_lookup_ip(hash, rec->ip))
			continue;

		if (!ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip))
			continue;

		[...]
			/* do the actual updates here */
		[...]

	} while_for_each_ftrace_rec();

... which'd be easier to follow.

FWIW, diff atop this patch below. It passes the selftests in my local
testing, but I understand if we'd rather keep the shortcut.

Mark.

---->8----
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index f1aab82fa465..165e8dd4f894 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1714,49 +1714,27 @@ static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 	struct ftrace_page *pg;
 	struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
 	bool update = false;
-	int count = 0;
-	int all = false;
 
 	/* Only update if the ops has been registered */
 	if (!(ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED))
 		return false;
 
-	/*
-	 *   If the count is zero, we update all records.
-	 *   Otherwise we just update the items in the hash.
-	 */
 	hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
 	notrace_hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
-	if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
-		all = true;
 
 	do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
-		int in_notrace_hash = 0;
-		int in_hash = 0;
-		int match = 0;
-
 		if (skip_record(rec))
 			continue;
 
-		if (all) {
-			/*
-			 * Only the filter_hash affects all records.
-			 * Update if the record is not in the notrace hash.
-			 */
-			if (!notrace_hash || !ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip))
-				match = 1;
-		} else {
-			in_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(hash, rec->ip);
-			in_notrace_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip);
+		/*
+		 * If the hash is empty, we update all records.
+		 * Otherwise we just update the items in the hash.
+		 */
+		if (!ftrace_hash_empty(hash) &&
+		    !ftrace_lookup_ip(hash, rec->ip))
+			continue;
 
-			/*
-			 * We want to match all functions that are in the hash but
-			 * not in the other hash.
-			 */
-			if (in_hash && !in_notrace_hash)
-				match = 1;
-		}
-		if (!match)
+		if (ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip))
 			continue;
 
 		if (inc) {
@@ -1846,14 +1824,9 @@ static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 		else
 			rec->flags &= ~FTRACE_FL_CALL_OPS;
 
-		count++;
-
 		/* Must match FTRACE_UPDATE_CALLS in ftrace_modify_all_code() */
 		update |= ftrace_test_record(rec, true) != FTRACE_UPDATE_IGNORE;
 
-		/* Shortcut, if we handled all records, we are done. */
-		if (!all && count == hash->count)
-			return update;
 	} while_for_each_ftrace_rec();
 
 	return update;
Steven Rostedt June 6, 2024, 6:53 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 18:53:12 +0100
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 02:03:36PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > 
> > While adding comments to the function __ftrace_hash_rec_update() and
> > trying to describe in detail what the parameter for "ftrace_hash" does, I
> > realized that it basically does exactly the same thing (but differently)
> > if it is set or not!  
> 
> Typo: "ftrace_hash" should be "filter_hash", and likewise in the commit
> title.

Let me go fix up linux-next :-p

> 
> > If it is set, the idea was the ops->filter_hash was being updated, and the
> > code should focus on the functions that are in the ops->filter_hash and
> > add them. But it still had to pay attention to the functions in the
> > ops->notrace_hash, to ignore them.
> > 
> > If it was cleared, it focused on the ops->notrace_hash, and would add
> > functions that were not in the ops->notrace_hash but would still keep
> > functions in the "ops->filter_hash". Basically doing the same thing.
> > 
> > In reality, the __ftrace_hash_rec_update() only needs to either remove the
> > functions associated to the give ops (if "inc" is set) or remove them (if
> > "inc" is cleared). It has to pay attention to both the filter_hash and
> > notrace_hash regardless.  
> 
> AFAICT, we actually remove a latent bug here, but that bug wasn't
> reachable because we never call __ftrace_hash_rec_update() with
> "filter_hash" clear.
> 
> Before this patch, if we did call __ftrace_hash_rec_update() with
> "filter_hash" clear, we'd setup:
> 
> 	all = false;
> 	...
> 	if (filter_hash) {
> 		...
> 	} else {
> 		hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
> 		other_hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
> 	}
> 
> ... and then at the tail of the loop where we do:
> 
> 	count++;
> 
> 	[...] 
> 
> 	/* Shortcut, if we handled all records, we are done. */
> 	if (!all && count == hash->count) {
> 		pr_info("HARK: stopping after %d recs\n", count);
> 		return update;
> 	}
> 
> ... we'd be checking whether we've updated notrace_hash->count entries,
> when that could be smaller than the number of entries we actually need
> to update (e.g. if the notrace hash contains a single entry, but the
> filter_hash contained more).

I noticed this too as well as:

	if (filter_hash) {
		hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
		other_hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
		if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
			all = true;
	} else {
		inc = !inc;
		hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
		other_hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
		/*
		 * If the notrace hash has no items,
		 * then there's nothing to do.
		 */
		if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
			return false;
	}

That "return false" is actually a mistake as well. But I tried to hit
it, but found that I could not. I think I updated the code due to bugs
where I prevent that from happening, but the real fix would have been
this patch. :-p

> 
> As above, we never actually hit that because we never call with
> "filter_hash" clear, so it might be good to explicitly say that before
> this patch we never actually call __ftrace_hash_rec_update() with
> "filter_hash" clear, and this is removing dead (and potentially broken)
> code.

Right.

> 
> > Remove the "filter_hash" parameter from __filter_hash_rec_update() and
> > comment the function for what it really is doing.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>  
> 
> FWIW, this looks good to me, and works in testing, so:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Tested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> 
> I have one comment below, but the above stands regardless.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > +/*
> > + * This is the main engine to the ftrace updates to the dyn_ftrace records.
> > + *
> > + * It will iterate through all the available ftrace functions
> > + * (the ones that ftrace can have callbacks to) and set the flags
> > + * in the associated dyn_ftrace records.
> > + *
> > + * @inc: If true, the functions associated to @ops are added to
> > + *       the dyn_ftrace records, otherwise they are removed.
> > + */
> >  static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
> > -				     int filter_hash,
> >  				     bool inc)
> >  {
> >  	struct ftrace_hash *hash;
> > -	struct ftrace_hash *other_hash;
> > +	struct ftrace_hash *notrace_hash;
> >  	struct ftrace_page *pg;
> >  	struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
> >  	bool update = false;
> > @@ -1718,35 +1725,16 @@ static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
> >  		return false;
> >  
> >  	/*
> > -	 * In the filter_hash case:
> >  	 *   If the count is zero, we update all records.
> >  	 *   Otherwise we just update the items in the hash.
> > -	 *
> > -	 * In the notrace_hash case:
> > -	 *   We enable the update in the hash.
> > -	 *   As disabling notrace means enabling the tracing,
> > -	 *   and enabling notrace means disabling, the inc variable
> > -	 *   gets inversed.
> >  	 */
> > -	if (filter_hash) {
> > -		hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
> > -		other_hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
> > -		if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
> > -			all = true;
> > -	} else {
> > -		inc = !inc;
> > -		hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
> > -		other_hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
> > -		/*
> > -		 * If the notrace hash has no items,
> > -		 * then there's nothing to do.
> > -		 */
> > -		if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
> > -			return false;
> > -	}
> > +	hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
> > +	notrace_hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
> > +	if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
> > +		all = true;
> >  
> >  	do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
> > -		int in_other_hash = 0;
> > +		int in_notrace_hash = 0;
> >  		int in_hash = 0;
> >  		int match = 0;
> >  
> > @@ -1758,26 +1746,17 @@ static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
> >  			 * Only the filter_hash affects all records.
> >  			 * Update if the record is not in the notrace hash.
> >  			 */
> > -			if (!other_hash || !ftrace_lookup_ip(other_hash, rec->ip))
> > +			if (!notrace_hash || !ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip))
> >  				match = 1;
> >  		} else {
> >  			in_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(hash, rec->ip);
> > -			in_other_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(other_hash, rec->ip);
> > +			in_notrace_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip);
> >  
> >  			/*
> > -			 * If filter_hash is set, we want to match all functions
> > -			 * that are in the hash but not in the other hash.
> > -			 *
> > -			 * If filter_hash is not set, then we are decrementing.
> > -			 * That means we match anything that is in the hash
> > -			 * and also in the other_hash. That is, we need to turn
> > -			 * off functions in the other hash because they are disabled
> > -			 * by this hash.
> > +			 * We want to match all functions that are in the hash but
> > +			 * not in the other hash.
> >  			 */
> > -			if (filter_hash && in_hash && !in_other_hash)
> > -				match = 1;
> > -			else if (!filter_hash && in_hash &&
> > -				 (in_other_hash || ftrace_hash_empty(other_hash)))
> > +			if (in_hash && !in_notrace_hash)
> >  				match = 1;
> >  		}
> >  		if (!match)  
> 
> I wonder how much the (subsequent) shortcut for count == hash->count
> matters in practice, because if we were happy to get rid of that, we
> could get rid of 'all', 'count', 'in_hash', 'in_notrace_hash', and
> simplify the above down to:
> 
> 	do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
> 		if (skip_record(rec))
> 			continue;
> 
> 		/*
> 		 * When the hash is empty we update all records.
> 		 * Otherwise we just update the items in the hash.
> 		 */
> 		if (!ftrace_hash_empty(hash) &&
> 		    !ftrace_lookup_ip(hash, rec->ip))
> 			continue;
> 
> 		if (!ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip))
> 			continue;
> 
> 		[...]
> 			/* do the actual updates here */
> 		[...]
> 
> 	} while_for_each_ftrace_rec();
> 
> ... which'd be easier to follow.
> 
> FWIW, diff atop this patch below. It passes the selftests in my local
> testing, but I understand if we'd rather keep the shortcut.

I'll have to do benchmarks. This loop is what takes up a lot of time
when you enable function tracing. It loops over 40,000 records (just do
a wc -l available_filter_functions to get the true count).

But if you want to send a formal patch, I could test it.

Thanks,

-- Steve


> 
> Mark.
> 
> ---->8----  
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index f1aab82fa465..165e8dd4f894 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -1714,49 +1714,27 @@ static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
>  	struct ftrace_page *pg;
>  	struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
>  	bool update = false;
> -	int count = 0;
> -	int all = false;
>  
>  	/* Only update if the ops has been registered */
>  	if (!(ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED))
>  		return false;
>  
> -	/*
> -	 *   If the count is zero, we update all records.
> -	 *   Otherwise we just update the items in the hash.
> -	 */
>  	hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
>  	notrace_hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
> -	if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
> -		all = true;
>  
>  	do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
> -		int in_notrace_hash = 0;
> -		int in_hash = 0;
> -		int match = 0;
> -
>  		if (skip_record(rec))
>  			continue;
>  
> -		if (all) {
> -			/*
> -			 * Only the filter_hash affects all records.
> -			 * Update if the record is not in the notrace hash.
> -			 */
> -			if (!notrace_hash || !ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip))
> -				match = 1;
> -		} else {
> -			in_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(hash, rec->ip);
> -			in_notrace_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip);
> +		/*
> +		 * If the hash is empty, we update all records.
> +		 * Otherwise we just update the items in the hash.
> +		 */
> +		if (!ftrace_hash_empty(hash) &&
> +		    !ftrace_lookup_ip(hash, rec->ip))
> +			continue;
>  
> -			/*
> -			 * We want to match all functions that are in the hash but
> -			 * not in the other hash.
> -			 */
> -			if (in_hash && !in_notrace_hash)
> -				match = 1;
> -		}
> -		if (!match)
> +		if (ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip))
>  			continue;
>  
>  		if (inc) {
> @@ -1846,14 +1824,9 @@ static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
>  		else
>  			rec->flags &= ~FTRACE_FL_CALL_OPS;
>  
> -		count++;
> -
>  		/* Must match FTRACE_UPDATE_CALLS in ftrace_modify_all_code() */
>  		update |= ftrace_test_record(rec, true) != FTRACE_UPDATE_IGNORE;
>  
> -		/* Shortcut, if we handled all records, we are done. */
> -		if (!all && count == hash->count)
> -			return update;
>  	} while_for_each_ftrace_rec();
>  
>  	return update;
>
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Patch

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 9dcdefe9d1aa..f8d8de7adade 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1383,10 +1383,8 @@  alloc_and_copy_ftrace_hash(int size_bits, struct ftrace_hash *hash)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void
-ftrace_hash_rec_disable_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int filter_hash);
-static void
-ftrace_hash_rec_enable_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int filter_hash);
+static void ftrace_hash_rec_disable_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops);
+static void ftrace_hash_rec_enable_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops);
 
 static int ftrace_hash_ipmodify_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 				       struct ftrace_hash *new_hash);
@@ -1474,11 +1472,11 @@  ftrace_hash_move(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int enable,
 	 * Remove the current set, update the hash and add
 	 * them back.
 	 */
-	ftrace_hash_rec_disable_modify(ops, enable);
+	ftrace_hash_rec_disable_modify(ops);
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(*dst, new_hash);
 
-	ftrace_hash_rec_enable_modify(ops, enable);
+	ftrace_hash_rec_enable_modify(ops);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1701,12 +1699,21 @@  static bool skip_record(struct dyn_ftrace *rec)
 		!(rec->flags & FTRACE_FL_ENABLED);
 }
 
+/*
+ * This is the main engine to the ftrace updates to the dyn_ftrace records.
+ *
+ * It will iterate through all the available ftrace functions
+ * (the ones that ftrace can have callbacks to) and set the flags
+ * in the associated dyn_ftrace records.
+ *
+ * @inc: If true, the functions associated to @ops are added to
+ *       the dyn_ftrace records, otherwise they are removed.
+ */
 static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
-				     int filter_hash,
 				     bool inc)
 {
 	struct ftrace_hash *hash;
-	struct ftrace_hash *other_hash;
+	struct ftrace_hash *notrace_hash;
 	struct ftrace_page *pg;
 	struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
 	bool update = false;
@@ -1718,35 +1725,16 @@  static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 		return false;
 
 	/*
-	 * In the filter_hash case:
 	 *   If the count is zero, we update all records.
 	 *   Otherwise we just update the items in the hash.
-	 *
-	 * In the notrace_hash case:
-	 *   We enable the update in the hash.
-	 *   As disabling notrace means enabling the tracing,
-	 *   and enabling notrace means disabling, the inc variable
-	 *   gets inversed.
 	 */
-	if (filter_hash) {
-		hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
-		other_hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
-		if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
-			all = true;
-	} else {
-		inc = !inc;
-		hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
-		other_hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
-		/*
-		 * If the notrace hash has no items,
-		 * then there's nothing to do.
-		 */
-		if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
-			return false;
-	}
+	hash = ops->func_hash->filter_hash;
+	notrace_hash = ops->func_hash->notrace_hash;
+	if (ftrace_hash_empty(hash))
+		all = true;
 
 	do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
-		int in_other_hash = 0;
+		int in_notrace_hash = 0;
 		int in_hash = 0;
 		int match = 0;
 
@@ -1758,26 +1746,17 @@  static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 			 * Only the filter_hash affects all records.
 			 * Update if the record is not in the notrace hash.
 			 */
-			if (!other_hash || !ftrace_lookup_ip(other_hash, rec->ip))
+			if (!notrace_hash || !ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip))
 				match = 1;
 		} else {
 			in_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(hash, rec->ip);
-			in_other_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(other_hash, rec->ip);
+			in_notrace_hash = !!ftrace_lookup_ip(notrace_hash, rec->ip);
 
 			/*
-			 * If filter_hash is set, we want to match all functions
-			 * that are in the hash but not in the other hash.
-			 *
-			 * If filter_hash is not set, then we are decrementing.
-			 * That means we match anything that is in the hash
-			 * and also in the other_hash. That is, we need to turn
-			 * off functions in the other hash because they are disabled
-			 * by this hash.
+			 * We want to match all functions that are in the hash but
+			 * not in the other hash.
 			 */
-			if (filter_hash && in_hash && !in_other_hash)
-				match = 1;
-			else if (!filter_hash && in_hash &&
-				 (in_other_hash || ftrace_hash_empty(other_hash)))
+			if (in_hash && !in_notrace_hash)
 				match = 1;
 		}
 		if (!match)
@@ -1883,24 +1862,21 @@  static bool __ftrace_hash_rec_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 	return update;
 }
 
-static bool ftrace_hash_rec_disable(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
-				    int filter_hash)
+static bool ftrace_hash_rec_disable(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 {
-	return __ftrace_hash_rec_update(ops, filter_hash, 0);
+	return __ftrace_hash_rec_update(ops, 0);
 }
 
-static bool ftrace_hash_rec_enable(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
-				   int filter_hash)
+static bool ftrace_hash_rec_enable(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 {
-	return __ftrace_hash_rec_update(ops, filter_hash, 1);
+	return __ftrace_hash_rec_update(ops, 1);
 }
 
-static void ftrace_hash_rec_update_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
-					  int filter_hash, int inc)
+static void ftrace_hash_rec_update_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int inc)
 {
 	struct ftrace_ops *op;
 
-	__ftrace_hash_rec_update(ops, filter_hash, inc);
+	__ftrace_hash_rec_update(ops, inc);
 
 	if (ops->func_hash != &global_ops.local_hash)
 		return;
@@ -1914,20 +1890,18 @@  static void ftrace_hash_rec_update_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 		if (op == ops)
 			continue;
 		if (op->func_hash == &global_ops.local_hash)
-			__ftrace_hash_rec_update(op, filter_hash, inc);
+			__ftrace_hash_rec_update(op, inc);
 	} while_for_each_ftrace_op(op);
 }
 
-static void ftrace_hash_rec_disable_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
-					   int filter_hash)
+static void ftrace_hash_rec_disable_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 {
-	ftrace_hash_rec_update_modify(ops, filter_hash, 0);
+	ftrace_hash_rec_update_modify(ops, 0);
 }
 
-static void ftrace_hash_rec_enable_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
-					  int filter_hash)
+static void ftrace_hash_rec_enable_modify(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 {
-	ftrace_hash_rec_update_modify(ops, filter_hash, 1);
+	ftrace_hash_rec_update_modify(ops, 1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3050,7 +3024,7 @@  int ftrace_startup(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int command)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (ftrace_hash_rec_enable(ops, 1))
+	if (ftrace_hash_rec_enable(ops))
 		command |= FTRACE_UPDATE_CALLS;
 
 	ftrace_startup_enable(command);
@@ -3092,7 +3066,7 @@  int ftrace_shutdown(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int command)
 	/* Disabling ipmodify never fails */
 	ftrace_hash_ipmodify_disable(ops);
 
-	if (ftrace_hash_rec_disable(ops, 1))
+	if (ftrace_hash_rec_disable(ops))
 		command |= FTRACE_UPDATE_CALLS;
 
 	ops->flags &= ~FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED;