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authorSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2013-07-23 22:21:59 -0400
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2013-07-26 08:57:32 -0400
commit09d8091c024ec88d1541d93eb8ddb2bd5cf10c39 (patch)
tree170740cc6580d2d397744006f4c3ec545aea497f
parent195a8afc7ac962f8da795549fe38e825f1372b0d (diff)
downloadlinux-09d8091c024ec88d1541d93eb8ddb2bd5cf10c39.tar.gz
tracing: Remove locking trace_types_lock from tracing_reset_all_online_cpus()
Commit a82274151af "tracing: Protect ftrace_trace_arrays list in trace_events.c"
added taking the trace_types_lock mutex in trace_events.c as there were
several locations that needed it for protection. Unfortunately, it also
encapsulated a call to tracing_reset_all_online_cpus() which also takes
the trace_types_lock, causing a deadlock.

This happens when a module has tracepoints and has been traced. When the
module is removed, the trace events module notifier will grab the
trace_types_lock, do a bunch of clean ups, and also clears the buffer
by calling tracing_reset_all_online_cpus. This doesn't happen often
which explains why it wasn't caught right away.

Commit a82274151af was marked for stable, which means this must be
sent to stable too.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/51EEC646.7070306@broadcom.com

Reported-by: Arend van Spril <arend@broadcom.com>
Tested-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Cc: Alexander Z Lam <azl@google.com>
Cc: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com>
Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.c3
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 69cba470ea96..882ec1dd1515 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1224,18 +1224,17 @@ void tracing_reset_current(int cpu)
 	tracing_reset(&global_trace.trace_buffer, cpu);
 }
 
+/* Must have trace_types_lock held */
 void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus(void)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr;
 
-	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list) {
 		tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->trace_buffer);
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
 		tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->max_buffer);
 #endif
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 }
 
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