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, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 9691b47b5f3d..05ea0ebf5eba 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ struct trace_array {
 	cpumask_var_t		pipe_cpumask;
 	int			ref;
 	int			trace_ref;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+	struct list_head	mod_events;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
 	struct ftrace_ops	*ops;
 	struct trace_pid_list	__rcu *function_pids;
@@ -434,6 +437,15 @@ enum {
 	TRACE_ARRAY_FL_BOOT	= BIT(1),
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+bool module_exists(const char *module);
+#else
+static inline bool module_exists(const char *module)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 extern struct list_head ftrace_trace_arrays;
 
 extern struct mutex trace_types_lock;