tracing: Add trace_dump_stack()

I've been asked a few times about how to find out what is calling
some location in the kernel. One way is to use dynamic function tracing
and implement the func_stack_trace. But this only finds out who is
calling a particular function. It does not tell you who is calling
that function and entering a specific if conditional.

I have myself implemented a quick version of trace_dump_stack() for
this purpose a few times, and just needed it now. This is when I realized
that this would be a good tool to have in the kernel like trace_printk().

Using trace_dump_stack() is similar to dump_stack() except that it
writes to the trace buffer instead and can be used in critical locations.

For example:

@@ -5485,8 +5485,12 @@ need_resched_nonpreemptible:
 	if (prev->state && !(preempt_count() & PREEMPT_ACTIVE)) {
 		if (unlikely(signal_pending_state(prev->state, prev)))
 			prev->state = TASK_RUNNING;
-		else
+		else {
 			deactivate_task(rq, prev, 1);
+			trace_printk("Deactivating task %s:%d\n",
+				     prev->comm, prev->pid);
+			trace_dump_stack();
+		}
 		switch_count = &prev->nvcsw;
 	}

Produces:

           <...>-3249  [001]   296.105269: schedule: Deactivating task ntpd:3249
           <...>-3249  [001]   296.105270: <stack trace>
 => schedule
 => schedule_hrtimeout_range
 => poll_schedule_timeout
 => do_select
 => core_sys_select
 => sys_select
 => system_call_fastpath

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 3fa4c590cf12..5ad4199fb073 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -492,6 +492,8 @@ extern int
 __trace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
 
+extern void trace_dump_stack(void);
+
 /*
  * The double __builtin_constant_p is because gcc will give us an error
  * if we try to allocate the static variable to fmt if it is not a