lkmpg/examples/static_key.c
Peter Lin 421b9b04fe Introduce static key in optimizations section
This patch introduces static key technique and adds a kernel module
to demostrate how to use static key to optimize an almost unlikely
branch, the module can interact with userspace thru a character device.

Signed-off-by: Peter Lin <peterlin@qilai.dev>
2023-05-02 10:33:36 +08:00

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/*
* static_key.c
*/
#include <linux/atomic.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h> /* for sprintf() */
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h> /* for get_user and put_user */
#include <asm/errno.h>
static int device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
static int device_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
static ssize_t device_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
loff_t *ppos);
static ssize_t device_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos);
#define SUCCESS 0
#define DEVICE_NAME "key_state"
#define BUF_LEN 10
static int major;
enum {
CDEV_NOT_USED = 0,
CDEV_EXCLUSIVE_OPEN = 1,
};
static atomic_t already_open = ATOMIC_INIT(CDEV_NOT_USED);
static char msg[BUF_LEN + 1];
static struct class *cls;
static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(fkey);
static struct file_operations chardev_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.open = device_open,
.release = device_release,
.read = device_read,
.write = device_write,
};
static int __init chardev_init(void)
{
major = register_chrdev(0, DEVICE_NAME, &chardev_fops);
if (major < 0) {
pr_alert("Registering char device failed with %d\n", major);
return major;
}
pr_info("I was assigned major number %d\n", major);
cls = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DEVICE_NAME);
device_create(cls, NULL, MKDEV(major, 0), NULL, DEVICE_NAME);
pr_info("Device created on /dev/%s\n", DEVICE_NAME);
return SUCCESS;
}
static void __exit chardev_exit(void)
{
device_destroy(cls, MKDEV(major, 0));
class_destroy(cls);
/* Unregister the device */
unregister_chrdev(major, DEVICE_NAME);
}
/* Methods */
/**
* Called when a process tried to open the device file, like
* cat /dev/key_state
*/
static int device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
if (atomic_cmpxchg(&already_open, CDEV_NOT_USED, CDEV_EXCLUSIVE_OPEN))
return -EBUSY;
sprintf(msg, static_key_enabled(&fkey) ? "enabled\n" : "disabled\n");
pr_info("fastpath 1\n");
if (static_branch_unlikely(&fkey))
pr_alert("do unlikely thing\n");
pr_info("fastpath 2\n");
try_module_get(THIS_MODULE);
return SUCCESS;
}
/**
* Called when a process closes the device file
*/
static int device_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
/* We are now ready for our next caller. */
atomic_set(&already_open, CDEV_NOT_USED);
/**
* Decrement the usage count, or else once you opened the file, you will
* never get rid of the module.
*/
module_put(THIS_MODULE);
return SUCCESS;
}
/**
* Called when a process, which already opened the dev file, attempts to
* read from it.
*/
static ssize_t device_read(struct file *filp, /* see include/linux/fs.h */
char __user *buffer, /* buffer to fill with data */
size_t length, /* length of the buffer */
loff_t *offset)
{
/* Number of the bytes actually written to the buffer */
int bytes_read = 0;
const char *msg_ptr = msg;
if (!*(msg_ptr + *offset)) { /* We are at the end of the message */
*offset = 0; /* reset the offset */
return 0; /* signify end of file */
}
msg_ptr += *offset;
/* Actually put the date into the buffer */
while (length && *msg_ptr) {
/**
* The buffer is in the user data segment, not the kernel
* segment so "*" assignment won't work. We have to use
* put_user which copies data from the kernel data segment to
* the user data segment.
*/
put_user(*(msg_ptr++), buffer++);
length--;
bytes_read++;
}
*offset += bytes_read;
/* Most read functions return the number of bytes put into the buffer. */
return bytes_read;
}
/* Called when a process writes to dev file; echo "enable" > /dev/key_state */
static ssize_t device_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buffer,
size_t length, loff_t *offset)
{
char command[10];
if (length > 10) {
pr_err("command exceeded 10 char\n");
return -EINVAL;
}
if (copy_from_user(command, buffer, length))
return -EFAULT;
if (strncmp(command, "enable", strlen("enable")) == 0)
static_branch_enable(&fkey);
else if (strncmp(command, "disable", strlen("disable")) == 0)
static_branch_disable(&fkey);
else {
pr_err("Invalid command: %s\n", command);
return -EINVAL;
}
/* Again, return the number of input characters used. */
return length;
}
module_init(chardev_init);
module_exit(chardev_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");