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authorSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2023-01-04 16:14:12 -0500
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2023-02-01 08:34:37 +0100
commit198c83963f6335ca6d690cff067679560f2a3a22 (patch)
treeb95036d65fb0f7504a8e88b6b0f4a6aad11d6e3f
parente5ae9b5a652fa87e53076282c5855dda860fc5bd (diff)
downloadlinux-198c83963f6335ca6d690cff067679560f2a3a22.tar.gz
tracing: Make sure trace_printk() can output as soon as it can be used
commit 3bb06eb6e9acf7c4a3e1b5bc87aed398ff8e2253 upstream.

Currently trace_printk() can be used as soon as early_trace_init() is
called from start_kernel(). But if a crash happens, and
"ftrace_dump_on_oops" is set on the kernel command line, all you get will
be:

  [    0.456075]   <idle>-0         0dN.2. 347519us : Unknown type 6
  [    0.456075]   <idle>-0         0dN.2. 353141us : Unknown type 6
  [    0.456075]   <idle>-0         0dN.2. 358684us : Unknown type 6

This is because the trace_printk() event (type 6) hasn't been registered
yet. That gets done via an early_initcall(), which may be early, but not
early enough.

Instead of registering the trace_printk() event (and other ftrace events,
which are not trace events) via an early_initcall(), have them registered at
the same time that trace_printk() can be used. This way, if there is a
crash before early_initcall(), then the trace_printk()s will actually be
useful.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230104161412.019f6c55@gandalf.local.home

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Fixes: e725c731e3bb1 ("tracing: Split tracing initialization into two for early initialization")
Reported-by: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Tested-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_output.c3
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 3076af8dbf32..546e84ae9993 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -10291,6 +10291,8 @@ void __init early_trace_init(void)
 			static_key_enable(&tracepoint_printk_key.key);
 	}
 	tracer_alloc_buffers();
+
+	init_events();
 }
 
 void __init trace_init(void)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 5581754d9762..9e931f51328a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1490,6 +1490,7 @@ extern void trace_event_enable_cmd_record(bool enable);
 extern void trace_event_enable_tgid_record(bool enable);
 
 extern int event_trace_init(void);
+extern int init_events(void);
 extern int event_trace_add_tracer(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_array *tr);
 extern int event_trace_del_tracer(struct trace_array *tr);
 extern void __trace_early_add_events(struct trace_array *tr);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index 67f47ea27921..5cd4fb656306 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ static struct trace_event *events[] __initdata = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-__init static int init_events(void)
+__init int init_events(void)
 {
 	struct trace_event *event;
 	int i, ret;
@@ -1581,4 +1581,3 @@ __init static int init_events(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-early_initcall(init_events);