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authorSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2015-03-06 19:55:13 -0500
committerSasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>2015-03-28 09:37:25 -0400
commit24cc23d3afc97e8fdbb82fabd80a270813268654 (patch)
tree5c545305a0b5ec522abe56aca44b4ec692f607fe /kernel
parent4184e5ecb946103f3989584a1e1f75f204d94e17 (diff)
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ftrace: Fix ftrace enable ordering of sysctl ftrace_enabled
[ Upstream commit 524a38682573b2e15ab6317ccfe50280441514be ] Some archs (specifically PowerPC), are sensitive with the ordering of the enabling of the calls to function tracing and setting of the function to use to be traced. That is, update_ftrace_function() sets what function the ftrace_caller trampoline should call. Some archs require this to be set before calling ftrace_run_update_code(). Another bug was discovered, that ftrace_startup_sysctl() called ftrace_run_update_code() directly. If the function the ftrace_caller trampoline changes, then it will not be updated. Instead a call to ftrace_startup_enable() should be called because it tests to see if the callback changed since the code was disabled, and will tell the arch to update appropriately. Most archs do not need this notification, but PowerPC does. The problem could be seen by the following commands: # echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_enabled # echo function > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer # echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_enabled # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace The trace will show that function tracing was not active. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.27+ Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/ftrace.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index d977c723aa12..d1eff3dd8a02 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -2504,7 +2504,7 @@ static void ftrace_startup_sysctl(void)
command = FTRACE_UPDATE_CALLS;
if (ftrace_graph_active)
command |= FTRACE_START_FUNC_RET;
- ftrace_run_update_code(command);
+ ftrace_startup_enable(command);
}
}
@@ -5325,12 +5325,12 @@ ftrace_enable_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
if (ftrace_enabled) {
- ftrace_startup_sysctl();
-
/* we are starting ftrace again */
if (ftrace_ops_list != &ftrace_list_end)
update_ftrace_function();
+ ftrace_startup_sysctl();
+
} else {
/* stopping ftrace calls (just send to ftrace_stub) */
ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_stub;