From dea499781a1150d285c62b26659f62fb00824fce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zheng Yejian Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:58:04 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Fix warning in trace_buffered_event_disable() Warning happened in trace_buffered_event_disable() at WARN_ON_ONCE(!trace_buffered_event_ref) Call Trace: ? __warn+0xa5/0x1b0 ? trace_buffered_event_disable+0x189/0x1b0 __ftrace_event_enable_disable+0x19e/0x3e0 free_probe_data+0x3b/0xa0 unregister_ftrace_function_probe_func+0x6b8/0x800 event_enable_func+0x2f0/0x3d0 ftrace_process_regex.isra.0+0x12d/0x1b0 ftrace_filter_write+0xe6/0x140 vfs_write+0x1c9/0x6f0 [...] The cause of the warning is in __ftrace_event_enable_disable(), trace_buffered_event_enable() was called once while trace_buffered_event_disable() was called twice. Reproduction script show as below, for analysis, see the comments: ``` #!/bin/bash cd /sys/kernel/tracing/ # 1. Register a 'disable_event' command, then: # 1) SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was set; # 2) trace_buffered_event_enable() was called first time; echo 'cmdline_proc_show:disable_event:initcall:initcall_finish' > \ set_ftrace_filter # 2. Enable the event registered, then: # 1) SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was cleared; # 2) trace_buffered_event_disable() was called first time; echo 1 > events/initcall/initcall_finish/enable # 3. Try to call into cmdline_proc_show(), then SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was # set again!!! cat /proc/cmdline # 4. Unregister the 'disable_event' command, then: # 1) SOFT_DISABLED_BIT was cleared again; # 2) trace_buffered_event_disable() was called second time!!! echo '!cmdline_proc_show:disable_event:initcall:initcall_finish' > \ set_ftrace_filter ``` To fix it, IIUC, we can change to call trace_buffered_event_enable() at fist time soft-mode enabled, and call trace_buffered_event_disable() at last time soft-mode disabled. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230726095804.920457-1-zhengyejian1@huawei.com Cc: Fixes: 0fc1b09ff1ff ("tracing: Use temp buffer when filtering events") Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) --- kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 14 ++++---------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c index 5d6ae4e..578f1f7 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c @@ -611,7 +611,6 @@ static int __ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct trace_event_file *file, { struct trace_event_call *call = file->event_call; struct trace_array *tr = file->tr; - unsigned long file_flags = file->flags; int ret = 0; int disable; @@ -635,6 +634,8 @@ static int __ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct trace_event_file *file, break; disable = file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED; clear_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_MODE_BIT, &file->flags); + /* Disable use of trace_buffered_event */ + trace_buffered_event_disable(); } else disable = !(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_MODE); @@ -673,6 +674,8 @@ static int __ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct trace_event_file *file, if (atomic_inc_return(&file->sm_ref) > 1) break; set_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_MODE_BIT, &file->flags); + /* Enable use of trace_buffered_event */ + trace_buffered_event_enable(); } if (!(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_ENABLED)) { @@ -712,15 +715,6 @@ static int __ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct trace_event_file *file, break; } - /* Enable or disable use of trace_buffered_event */ - if ((file_flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED) != - (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED)) { - if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED) - trace_buffered_event_enable(); - else - trace_buffered_event_disable(); - } - return ret; } -- 2.7.4