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authorSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2015-07-07 15:05:03 -0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2015-08-03 09:29:45 -0700
commitf1bb13070802869da9e5c993a86d905c41f1ec28 (patch)
treeed2d41f51773ee9df18ae38c3f2c82c5e7acaca3 /kernel
parent3f6ba7f88df0e94587a4b93319656d9ee2e5e203 (diff)
tracing: Have branch tracer use recursive field of task struct
commit 6224beb12e190ff11f3c7d4bf50cb2922878f600 upstream. Fengguang Wu's tests triggered a bug in the branch tracer's start up test when CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT set. This was because that config adds some debug logic in the per cpu field, which calls back into the branch tracer. The branch tracer has its own recursive checks, but uses a per cpu variable to implement it. If retrieving the per cpu variable calls back into the branch tracer, you can see how things will break. Instead of using a per cpu variable, use the trace_recursion field of the current task struct. Simply set a bit when entering the branch tracing and clear it when leaving. If the bit is set on entry, just don't do the tracing. There's also the case with lockdep, as the local_irq_save() called before the recursion can also trigger code that can call back into the function. Changing that to a raw_local_irq_save() will protect that as well. This prevents the recursion and the inevitable crash that follows. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150630141803.GA28071@wfg-t540p.sh.intel.com Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Tested-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_branch.c17
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index aa0e736b72ac..fe576073580a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ enum {
TRACE_CONTROL_BIT,
+ TRACE_BRANCH_BIT,
/*
* Abuse of the trace_recursion.
* As we need a way to maintain state if we are tracing the function
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
index d594da0dc03c..cb89197adf5c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ probe_likely_condition(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect)
struct trace_branch *entry;
struct ring_buffer *buffer;
unsigned long flags;
- int cpu, pc;
+ int pc;
const char *p;
+ if (current->trace_recursion & TRACE_BRANCH_BIT)
+ return;
+
/*
* I would love to save just the ftrace_likely_data pointer, but
* this code can also be used by modules. Ugly things can happen
@@ -50,10 +53,10 @@ probe_likely_condition(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect)
if (unlikely(!tr))
return;
- local_irq_save(flags);
- cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
- data = per_cpu_ptr(tr->trace_buffer.data, cpu);
- if (atomic_inc_return(&data->disabled) != 1)
+ raw_local_irq_save(flags);
+ current->trace_recursion |= TRACE_BRANCH_BIT;
+ data = this_cpu_ptr(tr->trace_buffer.data);
+ if (atomic_read(&data->disabled))
goto out;
pc = preempt_count();
@@ -82,8 +85,8 @@ probe_likely_condition(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect)
__buffer_unlock_commit(buffer, event);
out:
- atomic_dec(&data->disabled);
- local_irq_restore(flags);
+ current->trace_recursion &= ~TRACE_BRANCH_BIT;
+ raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
}
static inline