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* [tip:tracing/syscalls] tracing/syscalls: fix missing release of tracing
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@ 2009-03-16  8:18 ` Frederic Weisbecker
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From: Frederic Weisbecker @ 2009-03-16  8:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-tip-commits; +Cc: linux-kernel, hpa, mingo, fweisbec, akpm, tglx, mingo

Commit-ID:  ac99c58c9e56967037382e31f865b72b10127965
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ac99c58c9e56967037382e31f865b72b10127965
Author:     Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:10:35 +0100
Commit:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CommitDate: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:13:15 +0100

tracing/syscalls: fix missing release of tracing

Impact: fix 'stuck' syscall tracer

The syscall tracer uses a refcounter to enable several users
simultaneously.

But the refcounter did not behave correctly and always restored
its value to 0 after calling start_syscall_tracing(). Therefore,
stop_syscall_tracing() couldn't release correctly the tasks from
tracing.

Also the tracer forgot to reset the buffer when it is released.

Drop the pointless refcount decrement on start_syscall_tracing()
and reset the buffer when we release the tracer.

This fixes two reported issue:

- when we switch from syscall tracer to another tracer, syscall
  tracing continued.

- incorrect use of the refcount.

Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <1237151439-6755-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>


---
 kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c |   11 +++++------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index c72e599..c5fc1d8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -96,8 +96,9 @@ void start_ftrace_syscalls(void)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct task_struct *g, *t;
 
+	/* Don't enable the flag on the tasks twice */
 	if (atomic_inc_return(&refcount) != 1)
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
 	arch_init_ftrace_syscalls();
 	read_lock_irqsave(&tasklist_lock, flags);
@@ -107,8 +108,6 @@ void start_ftrace_syscalls(void)
 	} while_each_thread(g, t);
 
 	read_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
-out:
-	atomic_dec(&refcount);
 }
 
 void stop_ftrace_syscalls(void)
@@ -116,8 +115,9 @@ void stop_ftrace_syscalls(void)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct task_struct *g, *t;
 
+	/* There are perhaps still some users */
 	if (atomic_dec_return(&refcount))
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
 	read_lock_irqsave(&tasklist_lock, flags);
 
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ void stop_ftrace_syscalls(void)
 	} while_each_thread(g, t);
 
 	read_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
-out:
-	atomic_inc(&refcount);
 }
 
 void ftrace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -201,6 +199,7 @@ static int init_syscall_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
 static void reset_syscall_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	stop_ftrace_syscalls();
+	tracing_reset_online_cpus(tr);
 }
 
 static struct trace_event syscall_enter_event = {

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