linux-stable/kernel/trace
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 7fe70b579c tracing: Fix ftrace_dump()
ftrace_dump() had a lot of issues. What ftrace_dump() does, is when
ftrace_dump_on_oops is set (via a kernel parameter or sysctl), it
will dump out the ftrace buffers to the console when either a oops,
panic, or a sysrq-z occurs.

This was written a long time ago when ftrace was fragile to recursion.
But it wasn't written well even for that.

There's a possible deadlock that can occur if a ftrace_dump() is happening
and an NMI triggers another dump. This is because it grabs a lock
before checking if the dump ran.

It also totally disables ftrace, and tracing for no good reasons.

As the ring_buffer now checks if it is read via a oops or NMI, where
there's a chance that the buffer gets corrupted, it will disable
itself. No need to have ftrace_dump() do the same.

ftrace_dump() is now cleaned up where it uses an atomic counter to
make sure only one dump happens at a time. A simple atomic_inc_return()
is enough that is needed for both other CPUs and NMIs. No need for
a spinlock, as if one CPU is running the dump, no other CPU needs
to do it too.

The tracing_on variable is turned off and not turned on. The original
code did this, but it wasn't pretty. By just disabling this variable
we get the result of not seeing traces that happen between crashes.

For sysrq-z, it doesn't get turned on, but the user can always write
a '1' to the tracing_on file. If they are using sysrq-z, then they should
know about tracing_on.

The new code is much easier to read and less error prone. No more
deadlock possibility when an NMI triggers here.

Reported-by: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@huawei.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15 19:24:56 -04:00
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blktrace.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
ftrace.c ftrace: Use manual free after synchronize_sched() not call_rcu_sched() 2013-03-15 00:36:03 -04:00
Kconfig ring-buffer: Add ring buffer startup selftest 2013-03-15 13:21:16 -04:00
Makefile trace: Stop compiling in trace_clock unconditionally 2012-09-13 22:52:08 -04:00
power-traces.c perf: Clean up power events by introducing new, more generic ones 2011-01-04 08:16:54 +01:00
ring_buffer.c ring-buffer: Add ring buffer startup selftest 2013-03-15 13:21:16 -04:00
ring_buffer_benchmark.c tracing: Use NUMA allocation for per-cpu ring buffer pages 2011-06-14 22:04:39 -04:00
rpm-traces.c PM / Runtime: Introduce trace points for tracing rpm_* functions 2011-09-27 22:53:27 +02:00
trace.c tracing: Fix ftrace_dump() 2013-03-15 19:24:56 -04:00
trace.h tracing: Move find_event_field() into trace_events.c 2013-03-15 13:22:07 -04:00
trace_branch.c tracing: Fix the branch tracer that broke with buffer change 2013-03-15 00:35:54 -04:00
trace_clock.c tracing: Add "uptime" trace clock that uses jiffies 2013-03-15 00:36:09 -04:00
trace_entries.h tracing: Add trace_puts() for even faster trace_printk() tracing 2013-03-15 00:35:55 -04:00
trace_event_perf.c perf/core improvements and fixes: 2012-08-21 11:27:00 +02:00
trace_events.c tracing: Rename trace_event_mutex to trace_event_sem 2013-03-15 13:22:10 -04:00
trace_events_filter.c tracing: Move find_event_field() into trace_events.c 2013-03-15 13:22:07 -04:00
trace_events_filter_test.h tracing/filter: Add startup tests for events filter 2011-08-19 14:35:59 -04:00
trace_export.c tracing: Fix some section mismatch warnings 2013-03-15 00:34:54 -04:00
trace_functions.c tracing: Add function probe to trigger stack traces 2013-03-15 00:36:05 -04:00
trace_functions_graph.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_irqsoff.c tracing: Add function-trace option to disable function tracing of latency tracers 2013-03-15 00:36:08 -04:00
trace_kdb.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_kprobe.c tracing: Use irq_work for wake ups and remove *_nowake_*() functions 2012-11-02 10:21:52 -04:00
trace_mmiotrace.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_nop.c
trace_output.c tracing: Rename trace_event_mutex to trace_event_sem 2013-03-15 13:22:10 -04:00
trace_output.h tracing: Rename trace_event_mutex to trace_event_sem 2013-03-15 13:22:10 -04:00
trace_printk.c tracing: Add percpu buffers for trace_printk() 2012-04-23 21:15:55 -04:00
trace_probe.c tracing: Replace strict_strto* with kstrto* 2012-10-31 16:45:23 -04:00
trace_probe.h uprobes/tracing: Introduce is_trace_uprobe_enabled() 2013-02-08 18:24:30 +01:00
trace_sched_switch.c tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structure 2013-03-15 00:35:40 -04:00
trace_sched_wakeup.c tracing: Add function-trace option to disable function tracing of latency tracers 2013-03-15 00:36:08 -04:00
trace_selftest.c tracing: Fix ftrace_dump() 2013-03-15 19:24:56 -04:00
trace_selftest_dynamic.c ftrace: Add self-tests for multiple function trace users 2011-05-18 19:24:51 -04:00
trace_stack.c tracing: Remove most or all of stack tracer stack size from stack_max_size 2013-03-15 00:36:07 -04:00
trace_stat.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
trace_stat.h tracing/stat: Add stat_release() callback 2009-07-10 12:14:05 +02:00
trace_syscalls.c tracing: Fix comment about prefix in arch_syscall_match_sym_name() 2013-03-15 13:22:09 -04:00
trace_uprobe.c uprobes/perf: Avoid uprobe_apply() whenever possible 2013-02-08 18:28:08 +01:00