From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@huawei.com>
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.15] tracing: Add tracing_reset_all_online_cpus_unlocked() function
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 20:41:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023062102-catchable-obituary-934c@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230620013052.1127047-1-zhengyejian1@huawei.com>
On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 09:30:52AM +0800, Zheng Yejian wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
>
> commit e18eb8783ec4949adebc7d7b0fdb65f65bfeefd9 upstream.
>
> Currently the tracing_reset_all_online_cpus() requires the
> trace_types_lock held. But only one caller of this function actually has
> that lock held before calling it, and the other just takes the lock so
> that it can call it. More users of this function is needed where the lock
> is not held.
>
> Add a tracing_reset_all_online_cpus_unlocked() function for the one use
> case that calls it without being held, and also add a lockdep_assert to
> make sure it is held when called.
>
> Then have tracing_reset_all_online_cpus() take the lock internally, such
> that callers do not need to worry about taking it.
>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221123192741.658273220@goodmis.org
>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
>
> [Refers to commit message of 417d5ea6e735e5d88ffb6c436cf2938f3f476dd1,
> this patch is pre-depended, and tracing_reset_all_online_cpus() should
> be called after trace_types_lock is held as its comment describes.]
> Fixes: 417d5ea6e735 ("tracing: Free buffers when a used dynamic event is removed")
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@huawei.com>
All now queued up, thanks.
greg k-h
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