linux/kernel/trace
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 96558f2fbe tracing: Have branch tracer use recursive field of task struct
[ Upstream commit 6224beb12e ]

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

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10+
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: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
History 2015-08-04 14:30:44 -04:00
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blktrace.c Most of the changes were largely clean ups, and some documentation. 2014-04-03 10:26:31 -07:00
ftrace.c ftrace: Fix ftrace enable ordering of sysctl ftrace_enabled 2015-03-28 09:37:25 -04:00
Kconfig tracing: Remove function_trace_stop and HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST 2014-07-18 13:58:12 -04:00
Makefile tracing: Move the trace_seq_* functions into its own trace_seq.c file 2014-07-01 07:13:35 -04:00
power-traces.c PM / tracing: remove deprecated power trace API 2013-01-26 00:39:12 +01:00
ring_buffer.c ring-buffer: Replace this_cpu_*() with __this_cpu_*() 2015-05-17 19:11:55 -04:00
ring_buffer_benchmark.c ring-buffer-benchmark: Fix the wrong sched_priority of producer 2015-07-03 12:34:40 -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 unmapping loop in tracing_mark_write 2015-03-06 14:52:55 -08:00
trace.h tracing: Have branch tracer use recursive field of task struct 2015-08-04 14:30:44 -04:00
trace_benchmark.c tracing: Only calculate stats of tracepoint benchmarks for 2^32 times 2014-06-06 00:41:38 -04:00
trace_benchmark.h tracing: Add tracepoint benchmark tracepoint 2014-05-29 22:49:54 -04:00
trace_branch.c tracing: Have branch tracer use recursive field of task struct 2015-08-04 14:30:44 -04:00
trace_clock.c tracing: Fix wraparound problems in "uptime" trace clock 2014-07-21 09:56:12 -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: Check permission only for parent tracepoint event 2014-07-28 10:01:38 +02:00
trace_events.c move d_rcu from overlapping d_child to overlapping d_alias 2014-12-16 09:39:06 -08:00
trace_events_filter.c tracing/filter: Do not WARN on operand count going below zero 2015-08-04 14:30:09 -04:00
trace_events_filter_test.h tracing/filter: Add startup tests for events filter 2011-08-19 14:35:59 -04:00
trace_events_trigger.c tracing: Use rcu_dereference_sched() for trace event triggers 2014-05-02 23:12:42 -04:00
trace_export.c tracing: Fix anonymous unions in struct ftrace_event_call 2014-04-09 20:02:55 -04:00
trace_functions.c tracing: Remove mock up poll wait function 2014-04-30 08:40:05 -04:00
trace_functions_graph.c tracing: Handle ftrace_dump() atomic context in graph_trace_open() 2015-05-17 19:12:23 -04:00
trace_irqsoff.c tracing: Allow irq/preempt tracers to be used by instances 2014-04-21 13:59:29 -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 Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-06-12 19:18:49 -07:00
trace_mmiotrace.c tracing: Update event filters for multibuffer 2013-11-05 16:50:20 -05:00
trace_nop.c tracing: Remove mock up poll wait function 2014-04-30 08:40:05 -04:00
trace_output.c tracing: Add trace_seq_buffer_ptr() helper function 2014-07-01 07:13:39 -04:00
trace_output.h tracing: Make trace_seq_putmem_hex() more robust 2014-07-01 07:13:37 -04:00
trace_printk.c tracing: Add __tracepoint_string() to export string pointers 2013-07-26 13:39:44 -04:00
trace_probe.c kprobes, ftrace: Use NOKPROBE_SYMBOL macro in ftrace 2014-04-24 10:26:39 +02:00
trace_probe.h kprobes, ftrace: Use NOKPROBE_SYMBOL macro in ftrace 2014-04-24 10:26:39 +02:00
trace_sched_switch.c tracing: Update event filters for multibuffer 2013-11-05 16:50:20 -05:00
trace_sched_wakeup.c tracing: Remove mock up poll wait function 2014-04-30 08:40:05 -04:00
trace_selftest.c Seems that Peter Zijlstra added a new check that is making old 2014-10-12 07:28:55 -04:00
trace_selftest_dynamic.c ftrace: Add self-tests for multiple function trace users 2011-05-18 19:24:51 -04:00
trace_seq.c tracing: Remove trace_seq_reserve() 2014-07-01 07:13:37 -04:00
trace_stack.c sched: Add helper for task stack page overrun checking 2014-09-19 12:35:23 +02:00
trace_stat.c trace/trace_stat: use rbtree postorder iteration helper instead of opencoding 2013-11-05 16:01:47 -05:00
trace_stat.h tracing/stat: Add stat_release() callback 2009-07-10 12:14:05 +02:00
trace_syscalls.c tracing/syscalls: Ignore numbers outside NR_syscalls' range 2014-10-30 20:58:38 -04:00
trace_uprobe.c tracing/uprobes: Kill the dead TRACE_EVENT_FL_USE_CALL_FILTER logic 2014-07-16 14:25:19 -04:00