From: Steven Rostedt <srost...@redhat.com> If one of the function tracers set by the global ops is not recursion safe, it can still be called directly without the added recursion supplied by the ftrace infrastructure.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org> --- kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c index 4451aa3..67e886e 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c @@ -221,10 +221,24 @@ static void update_global_ops(void) * registered callers. */ if (ftrace_global_list == &ftrace_list_end || - ftrace_global_list->next == &ftrace_list_end) + ftrace_global_list->next == &ftrace_list_end) { func = ftrace_global_list->func; - else + /* + * As we are calling the function directly. + * If it does not have recursion protection, + * the function_trace_op needs to be updated + * accordingly. + */ + if (ftrace_global_list->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE) + global_ops.flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE; + else + global_ops.flags &= ~FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE; + } else { func = ftrace_global_list_func; + /* The list has its own recursion protection. */ + global_ops.flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE; + } + /* If we filter on pids, update to use the pid function */ if (!list_empty(&ftrace_pids)) { -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/