(2013/06/21 3:31), Tom Zanussi wrote:
> The comment on the soft disable 'disable' case of
> __ftrace_event_enable_disable() states that the soft disable bit
> should be cleared in that case, but currently only the soft mode bit
> is actually cleared.
> 
> This essentially leaves the standard non-soft-enable enable/disable
> paths as the only way to clear the soft disable flag, but the soft
> disable bit should also be cleared when removing a trigger with '!'.

Indeed, the soft-disabled flag may remain after the event itself
disabled. However that soft-disabled flag will be cleared when
the event is re-enabled. it seems no bad side-effect.

Thus I doubt this patch is separately required. I guess this is
required for adding new trigger flag, isn't it? :)

Thank you,

> 
> Also, the SOFT_DISABLED bit should never be set if SOFT_MODE is
> cleared.
> 
> This fixes the above discrepancies.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanu...@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> index ecb2609..f9738dc 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> @@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ static int __ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct 
> ftrace_event_file *file,
>               /* If in SOFT_MODE, just set the SOFT_DISABLE_BIT */
>               if (file->flags & FTRACE_EVENT_FL_SOFT_MODE)
>                       set_bit(FTRACE_EVENT_FL_SOFT_DISABLED_BIT, 
> &file->flags);
> +             else
> +                     clear_bit(FTRACE_EVENT_FL_SOFT_DISABLED_BIT, 
> &file->flags);
>               break;
>       case 1:
>               /*
> 


-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu...@hitachi.com


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