tracing: Cache ":mod:" events for modules not loaded yet

When the :mod: command is written into /sys/kernel/tracing/set_event (or
that file within an instance), if the module specified after the ":mod:"
is not yet loaded, it will store that string internally. When the module
is loaded, it will enable the events as if the module was loaded when the
string was written into the set_event file.

This can also be useful to enable events that are in the init section of
the module, as the events are enabled before the init section is executed.

This also works on the kernel command line:

 trace_event=:mod:<module>

Will enable the events for <module> when it is loaded.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250116143533.514730995@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 9b17efb1a87d..cafcfc97ff2a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -4930,23 +4930,6 @@ static int ftrace_hash_move_and_update_ops(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
 	return __ftrace_hash_move_and_update_ops(ops, orig_hash, hash, enable);
 }
 
-static bool module_exists(const char *module)
-{
-	/* All modules have the symbol __this_module */
-	static const char this_mod[] = "__this_module";
-	char modname[MAX_PARAM_PREFIX_LEN + sizeof(this_mod) + 2];
-	unsigned long val;
-	int n;
-
-	n = snprintf(modname, sizeof(modname), "%s:%s", module, this_mod);
-
-	if (n > sizeof(modname) - 1)
-		return false;
-
-	val = module_kallsyms_lookup_name(modname);
-	return val != 0;
-}
-
 static int cache_mod(struct trace_array *tr,
 		     const char *func, char *module, int enable)
 {