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<title>tracing: Fix free of probe entry by calling call_rcu_sched()</title>
<updated>2013-03-28T19:06:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
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<published>2013-03-13T15:15:19+00:00</published>
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commit 740466bc89ad8bd5afcc8de220f715f62b21e365 upstream.

Because function tracing is very invasive, and can even trace
calls to rcu_read_lock(), RCU access in function tracing is done
with preempt_disable_notrace(). This requires a synchronize_sched()
for updates and not a synchronize_rcu().

Function probes (traceon, traceoff, etc) must be freed after
a synchronize_sched() after its entry has been removed from the
hash. But call_rcu() is used. Fix this by using call_rcu_sched().

Also fix the usage to use hlist_del_rcu() instead of hlist_del().

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Paul McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 740466bc89ad8bd5afcc8de220f715f62b21e365 upstream.

Because function tracing is very invasive, and can even trace
calls to rcu_read_lock(), RCU access in function tracing is done
with preempt_disable_notrace(). This requires a synchronize_sched()
for updates and not a synchronize_rcu().

Function probes (traceon, traceoff, etc) must be freed after
a synchronize_sched() after its entry has been removed from the
hash. But call_rcu() is used. Fix this by using call_rcu_sched().

Also fix the usage to use hlist_del_rcu() instead of hlist_del().

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Paul McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>ftrace: Call ftrace cleanup module notifier after all other notifiers</title>
<updated>2013-03-03T22:09:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-02-13T20:18:38+00:00</published>
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commit 8c189ea64eea01ca20d102ddb74d6936dd16c579 upstream.

Commit: c1bf08ac "ftrace: Be first to run code modification on modules"

changed ftrace module notifier's priority to INT_MAX in order to
process the ftrace nops before anything else could touch them
(namely kprobes). This was the correct thing to do.

Unfortunately, the ftrace module notifier also contains the ftrace
clean up code. As opposed to the set up code, this code should be
run *after* all the module notifiers have run in case a module is doing
correct clean-up and unregisters its ftrace hooks. Basically, ftrace
needs to do clean up on module removal, as it needs to know about code
being removed so that it doesn't try to modify that code. But after it
removes the module from its records, if a ftrace user tries to remove
a probe, that removal will fail due as the record of that code segment
no longer exists.

Nothing really bad happens if the probe removal is called after ftrace
did the clean up, but the ftrace removal function will return an error.
Correct code (such as kprobes) will produce a WARN_ON() if it fails
to remove the probe. As people get annoyed by frivolous warnings, it's
best to do the ftrace clean up after everything else.

By splitting the ftrace_module_notifier into two notifiers, one that
does the module load setup that is run at high priority, and the other
that is called for module clean up that is run at low priority, the
problem is solved.

Reported-by: Frank Ch. Eigler &lt;fche@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 8c189ea64eea01ca20d102ddb74d6936dd16c579 upstream.

Commit: c1bf08ac "ftrace: Be first to run code modification on modules"

changed ftrace module notifier's priority to INT_MAX in order to
process the ftrace nops before anything else could touch them
(namely kprobes). This was the correct thing to do.

Unfortunately, the ftrace module notifier also contains the ftrace
clean up code. As opposed to the set up code, this code should be
run *after* all the module notifiers have run in case a module is doing
correct clean-up and unregisters its ftrace hooks. Basically, ftrace
needs to do clean up on module removal, as it needs to know about code
being removed so that it doesn't try to modify that code. But after it
removes the module from its records, if a ftrace user tries to remove
a probe, that removal will fail due as the record of that code segment
no longer exists.

Nothing really bad happens if the probe removal is called after ftrace
did the clean up, but the ftrace removal function will return an error.
Correct code (such as kprobes) will produce a WARN_ON() if it fails
to remove the probe. As people get annoyed by frivolous warnings, it's
best to do the ftrace clean up after everything else.

By splitting the ftrace_module_notifier into two notifiers, one that
does the module load setup that is run at high priority, and the other
that is called for module clean up that is run at low priority, the
problem is solved.

Reported-by: Frank Ch. Eigler &lt;fche@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>ftrace: Be first to run code modification on modules</title>
<updated>2013-01-28T04:46:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>srostedt@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-12-14T14:48:15+00:00</published>
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commit c1bf08ac26e92122faab9f6c32ea8aba94612dae upstream.

If some other kernel subsystem has a module notifier, and adds a kprobe
to a ftrace mcount point (now that kprobes work on ftrace points),
when the ftrace notifier runs it will fail and disable ftrace, as well
as kprobes that are attached to ftrace points.

Here's the error:

 WARNING: at kernel/trace/ftrace.c:1618 ftrace_bug+0x239/0x280()
 Hardware name: Bochs
 Modules linked in: fat(+) stap_56d28a51b3fe546293ca0700b10bcb29__8059(F) nfsv4 auth_rpcgss nfs dns_resolver fscache xt_nat iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack lockd sunrpc ppdev parport_pc parport microcode virtio_net i2c_piix4 drm_kms_helper ttm drm i2c_core [last unloaded: bid_shared]
 Pid: 8068, comm: modprobe Tainted: GF            3.7.0-0.rc8.git0.1.fc19.x86_64 #1
 Call Trace:
  [&lt;ffffffff8105e70f&gt;] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
  [&lt;ffffffff81134106&gt;] ? __probe_kernel_read+0x46/0x70
  [&lt;ffffffffa0180000&gt;] ? 0xffffffffa017ffff
  [&lt;ffffffffa0180000&gt;] ? 0xffffffffa017ffff
  [&lt;ffffffff8105e76a&gt;] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
  [&lt;ffffffff810fd189&gt;] ftrace_bug+0x239/0x280
  [&lt;ffffffff810fd626&gt;] ftrace_process_locs+0x376/0x520
  [&lt;ffffffff810fefb7&gt;] ftrace_module_notify+0x47/0x50
  [&lt;ffffffff8163912d&gt;] notifier_call_chain+0x4d/0x70
  [&lt;ffffffff810882f8&gt;] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x58/0x80
  [&lt;ffffffff81088336&gt;] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x20
  [&lt;ffffffff810c2a23&gt;] sys_init_module+0x73/0x220
  [&lt;ffffffff8163d719&gt;] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
 ---[ end trace 9ef46351e53bbf80 ]---
 ftrace failed to modify [&lt;ffffffffa0180000&gt;] init_once+0x0/0x20 [fat]
  actual: cc:bb:d2:4b:e1

A kprobe was added to the init_once() function in the fat module on load.
But this happened before ftrace could have touched the code. As ftrace
didn't run yet, the kprobe system had no idea it was a ftrace point and
simply added a breakpoint to the code (0xcc in the cc:bb:d2:4b:e1).

Then when ftrace went to modify the location from a call to mcount/fentry
into a nop, it didn't see a call op, but instead it saw the breakpoint op
and not knowing what to do with it, ftrace shut itself down.

The solution is to simply give the ftrace module notifier the max priority.
This should have been done regardless, as the core code ftrace modification
also happens very early on in boot up. This makes the module modification
closer to core modification.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130107140333.593683061@goodmis.org

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com&gt;
Reported-by: Frank Ch. Eigler &lt;fche@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;

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commit c1bf08ac26e92122faab9f6c32ea8aba94612dae upstream.

If some other kernel subsystem has a module notifier, and adds a kprobe
to a ftrace mcount point (now that kprobes work on ftrace points),
when the ftrace notifier runs it will fail and disable ftrace, as well
as kprobes that are attached to ftrace points.

Here's the error:

 WARNING: at kernel/trace/ftrace.c:1618 ftrace_bug+0x239/0x280()
 Hardware name: Bochs
 Modules linked in: fat(+) stap_56d28a51b3fe546293ca0700b10bcb29__8059(F) nfsv4 auth_rpcgss nfs dns_resolver fscache xt_nat iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack lockd sunrpc ppdev parport_pc parport microcode virtio_net i2c_piix4 drm_kms_helper ttm drm i2c_core [last unloaded: bid_shared]
 Pid: 8068, comm: modprobe Tainted: GF            3.7.0-0.rc8.git0.1.fc19.x86_64 #1
 Call Trace:
  [&lt;ffffffff8105e70f&gt;] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
  [&lt;ffffffff81134106&gt;] ? __probe_kernel_read+0x46/0x70
  [&lt;ffffffffa0180000&gt;] ? 0xffffffffa017ffff
  [&lt;ffffffffa0180000&gt;] ? 0xffffffffa017ffff
  [&lt;ffffffff8105e76a&gt;] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
  [&lt;ffffffff810fd189&gt;] ftrace_bug+0x239/0x280
  [&lt;ffffffff810fd626&gt;] ftrace_process_locs+0x376/0x520
  [&lt;ffffffff810fefb7&gt;] ftrace_module_notify+0x47/0x50
  [&lt;ffffffff8163912d&gt;] notifier_call_chain+0x4d/0x70
  [&lt;ffffffff810882f8&gt;] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x58/0x80
  [&lt;ffffffff81088336&gt;] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x20
  [&lt;ffffffff810c2a23&gt;] sys_init_module+0x73/0x220
  [&lt;ffffffff8163d719&gt;] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
 ---[ end trace 9ef46351e53bbf80 ]---
 ftrace failed to modify [&lt;ffffffffa0180000&gt;] init_once+0x0/0x20 [fat]
  actual: cc:bb:d2:4b:e1

A kprobe was added to the init_once() function in the fat module on load.
But this happened before ftrace could have touched the code. As ftrace
didn't run yet, the kprobe system had no idea it was a ftrace point and
simply added a breakpoint to the code (0xcc in the cc:bb:d2:4b:e1).

Then when ftrace went to modify the location from a call to mcount/fentry
into a nop, it didn't see a call op, but instead it saw the breakpoint op
and not knowing what to do with it, ftrace shut itself down.

The solution is to simply give the ftrace module notifier the max priority.
This should have been done regardless, as the core code ftrace modification
also happens very early on in boot up. This makes the module modification
closer to core modification.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130107140333.593683061@goodmis.org

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com&gt;
Reported-by: Frank Ch. Eigler &lt;fche@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>ftrace: Clear bits properly in reset_iter_read()</title>
<updated>2012-12-17T18:49:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dan Carpenter</name>
<email>dan.carpenter@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-09T16:10:27+00:00</published>
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commit 70f77b3f7ec010ff9624c1f2e39a81babc9e2429 upstream.

There is a typo here where '&amp;' is used instead of '|' and it turns the
statement into a noop.  The original code is equivalent to:

	iter-&gt;flags &amp;= ~((1 &lt;&lt; 2) &amp; (1 &lt;&lt; 4));

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120609161027.GD6488@elgon.mountain

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 70f77b3f7ec010ff9624c1f2e39a81babc9e2429 upstream.

There is a typo here where '&amp;' is used instead of '|' and it turns the
statement into a noop.  The original code is equivalent to:

	iter-&gt;flags &amp;= ~((1 &lt;&lt; 2) &amp; (1 &lt;&lt; 4));

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120609161027.GD6488@elgon.mountain

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;dan.carpenter@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>ftrace: Fix unregister ftrace_ops accounting</title>
<updated>2012-02-03T17:18:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiri Olsa</name>
<email>jolsa@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-12-05T17:22:48+00:00</published>
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commit 30fb6aa74011dcf595f306ca2727254d708b786e upstream.

Multiple users of the function tracer can register their functions
with the ftrace_ops structure. The accounting within ftrace will
update the counter on each function record that is being traced.
When the ftrace_ops filtering adds or removes functions, the
function records will be updated accordingly if the ftrace_ops is
still registered.

When a ftrace_ops is removed, the counter of the function records,
that the ftrace_ops traces, are decremented. When they reach zero
the functions that they represent are modified to stop calling the
mcount code.

When changes are made, the code is updated via stop_machine() with
a command passed to the function to tell it what to do. There is an
ENABLE and DISABLE command that tells the called function to enable
or disable the functions. But the ENABLE is really a misnomer as it
should just update the records, as records that have been enabled
and now have a count of zero should be disabled.

The DISABLE command is used to disable all functions regardless of
their counter values. This is the big off switch and is not the
complement of the ENABLE command.

To make matters worse, when a ftrace_ops is unregistered and there
is another ftrace_ops registered, neither the DISABLE nor the
ENABLE command are set when calling into the stop_machine() function
and the records will not be updated to match their counter. A command
is passed to that function that will update the mcount code to call
the registered callback directly if it is the only one left. This
means that the ftrace_ops that is still registered will have its callback
called by all functions that have been set for it as well as the ftrace_ops
that was just unregistered.

Here's a way to trigger this bug. Compile the kernel with
CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER set and with CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH not set:

 CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER=y
 # CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH is not set

This will force the function profiler to use the function tracer instead
of the function graph tracer.

  # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
  # echo schedule &gt; set_ftrace_filter
  # echo function &gt; current_tracer
  # cat set_ftrace_filter
 schedule
  # cat trace
 # tracer: nop
 #
 # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 692/68108025   #P:4
 #
 #                              _-----=&gt; irqs-off
 #                             / _----=&gt; need-resched
 #                            | / _---=&gt; hardirq/softirq
 #                            || / _--=&gt; preempt-depth
 #                            ||| /     delay
 #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
 #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
      kworker/0:2-909   [000] ....   531.235574: schedule &lt;-worker_thread
           &lt;idle&gt;-0     [001] .N..   531.235575: schedule &lt;-cpu_idle
      kworker/0:2-909   [000] ....   531.235597: schedule &lt;-worker_thread
             sshd-2563  [001] ....   531.235647: schedule &lt;-schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock

  # echo 1 &gt; function_profile_enabled
  # echo 0 &gt; function_porfile_enabled
  # cat set_ftrace_filter
 schedule
  # cat trace
 # tracer: function
 #
 # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 159701/118821262   #P:4
 #
 #                              _-----=&gt; irqs-off
 #                             / _----=&gt; need-resched
 #                            | / _---=&gt; hardirq/softirq
 #                            || / _--=&gt; preempt-depth
 #                            ||| /     delay
 #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
 #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
           &lt;idle&gt;-0     [002] ...1   604.870655: local_touch_nmi &lt;-cpu_idle
           &lt;idle&gt;-0     [002] d..1   604.870655: enter_idle &lt;-cpu_idle
           &lt;idle&gt;-0     [002] d..1   604.870656: atomic_notifier_call_chain &lt;-enter_idle
           &lt;idle&gt;-0     [002] d..1   604.870656: __atomic_notifier_call_chain &lt;-atomic_notifier_call_chain

The same problem could have happened with the trace_probe_ops,
but they are modified with the set_frace_filter file which does the
update at closure of the file.

The simple solution is to change ENABLE to UPDATE and call it every
time an ftrace_ops is unregistered.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323105776-26961-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 30fb6aa74011dcf595f306ca2727254d708b786e upstream.

Multiple users of the function tracer can register their functions
with the ftrace_ops structure. The accounting within ftrace will
update the counter on each function record that is being traced.
When the ftrace_ops filtering adds or removes functions, the
function records will be updated accordingly if the ftrace_ops is
still registered.

When a ftrace_ops is removed, the counter of the function records,
that the ftrace_ops traces, are decremented. When they reach zero
the functions that they represent are modified to stop calling the
mcount code.

When changes are made, the code is updated via stop_machine() with
a command passed to the function to tell it what to do. There is an
ENABLE and DISABLE command that tells the called function to enable
or disable the functions. But the ENABLE is really a misnomer as it
should just update the records, as records that have been enabled
and now have a count of zero should be disabled.

The DISABLE command is used to disable all functions regardless of
their counter values. This is the big off switch and is not the
complement of the ENABLE command.

To make matters worse, when a ftrace_ops is unregistered and there
is another ftrace_ops registered, neither the DISABLE nor the
ENABLE command are set when calling into the stop_machine() function
and the records will not be updated to match their counter. A command
is passed to that function that will update the mcount code to call
the registered callback directly if it is the only one left. This
means that the ftrace_ops that is still registered will have its callback
called by all functions that have been set for it as well as the ftrace_ops
that was just unregistered.

Here's a way to trigger this bug. Compile the kernel with
CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER set and with CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH not set:

 CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER=y
 # CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH is not set

This will force the function profiler to use the function tracer instead
of the function graph tracer.

  # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
  # echo schedule &gt; set_ftrace_filter
  # echo function &gt; current_tracer
  # cat set_ftrace_filter
 schedule
  # cat trace
 # tracer: nop
 #
 # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 692/68108025   #P:4
 #
 #                              _-----=&gt; irqs-off
 #                             / _----=&gt; need-resched
 #                            | / _---=&gt; hardirq/softirq
 #                            || / _--=&gt; preempt-depth
 #                            ||| /     delay
 #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
 #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
      kworker/0:2-909   [000] ....   531.235574: schedule &lt;-worker_thread
           &lt;idle&gt;-0     [001] .N..   531.235575: schedule &lt;-cpu_idle
      kworker/0:2-909   [000] ....   531.235597: schedule &lt;-worker_thread
             sshd-2563  [001] ....   531.235647: schedule &lt;-schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock

  # echo 1 &gt; function_profile_enabled
  # echo 0 &gt; function_porfile_enabled
  # cat set_ftrace_filter
 schedule
  # cat trace
 # tracer: function
 #
 # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 159701/118821262   #P:4
 #
 #                              _-----=&gt; irqs-off
 #                             / _----=&gt; need-resched
 #                            | / _---=&gt; hardirq/softirq
 #                            || / _--=&gt; preempt-depth
 #                            ||| /     delay
 #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
 #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
           &lt;idle&gt;-0     [002] ...1   604.870655: local_touch_nmi &lt;-cpu_idle
           &lt;idle&gt;-0     [002] d..1   604.870655: enter_idle &lt;-cpu_idle
           &lt;idle&gt;-0     [002] d..1   604.870656: atomic_notifier_call_chain &lt;-enter_idle
           &lt;idle&gt;-0     [002] d..1   604.870656: __atomic_notifier_call_chain &lt;-atomic_notifier_call_chain

The same problem could have happened with the trace_probe_ops,
but they are modified with the set_frace_filter file which does the
update at closure of the file.

The simple solution is to change ENABLE to UPDATE and call it every
time an ftrace_ops is unregistered.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323105776-26961-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ftrace: Update filter when tracing enabled in set_ftrace_filter()</title>
<updated>2012-02-03T17:18:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>srostedt@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-13T19:08:31+00:00</published>
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commit 072126f4529196f71a97960248bca54fd4554c2d upstream.

Currently, if set_ftrace_filter() is called when the ftrace_ops is
active, the function filters will not be updated. They will only be updated
when tracing is disabled and re-enabled.

Update the functions immediately during set_ftrace_filter().

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 072126f4529196f71a97960248bca54fd4554c2d upstream.

Currently, if set_ftrace_filter() is called when the ftrace_ops is
active, the function filters will not be updated. They will only be updated
when tracing is disabled and re-enabled.

Update the functions immediately during set_ftrace_filter().

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ftrace: Balance records when updating the hash</title>
<updated>2012-02-03T17:18:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>srostedt@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-13T19:03:44+00:00</published>
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commit 41fb61c2d08107ce96a5dcb3a6289b2afd3e135c upstream.

Whenever the hash of the ftrace_ops is updated, the record counts
must be balance. This requires disabling the records that are set
in the original hash, and then enabling the records that are set
in the updated hash.

Moving the update into ftrace_hash_move() removes the bug where the
hash was updated but the records were not, which results in ftrace
triggering a warning and disabling itself because the ftrace_ops filter
is updated while the ftrace_ops was registered, and then the failure
happens when the ftrace_ops is unregistered.

The current code will not trigger this bug, but new code will.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 41fb61c2d08107ce96a5dcb3a6289b2afd3e135c upstream.

Whenever the hash of the ftrace_ops is updated, the record counts
must be balance. This requires disabling the records that are set
in the original hash, and then enabling the records that are set
in the updated hash.

Moving the update into ftrace_hash_move() removes the bug where the
hash was updated but the records were not, which results in ftrace
triggering a warning and disabling itself because the ftrace_ops filter
is updated while the ftrace_ops was registered, and then the failure
happens when the ftrace_ops is unregistered.

The current code will not trigger this bug, but new code will.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ftrace: Fix regression where ftrace breaks when modules are loaded</title>
<updated>2011-10-16T21:14:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>srostedt@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-15T03:02:27+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=9374622a9923b2343ee2f5083ebe6c51fcc914c5'/>
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commit f7bc8b61f65726ff98f52e286b28e294499d7a08 upstream.

Enabling function tracer to trace all functions, then load a module and
then disable function tracing will cause ftrace to fail.

This can also happen by enabling function tracing on the command line:

  ftrace=function

and during boot up, modules are loaded, then you disable function tracing
with 'echo nop &gt; current_tracer' you will trigger a bug in ftrace that
will shut itself down.

The reason is, the new ftrace code keeps ref counts of all ftrace_ops that
are registered for tracing. When one or more ftrace_ops are registered,
all the records that represent the functions that the ftrace_ops will
trace have a ref count incremented. If this ref count is not zero,
when the code modification runs, that function will be enabled for tracing.
If the ref count is zero, that function will be disabled from tracing.

To make sure the accounting was working, FTRACE_WARN_ON()s were added
to updating of the ref counts.

If the ref count hits its max (&gt; 2^30 ftrace_ops added), or if
the ref count goes below zero, a FTRACE_WARN_ON() is triggered which
disables all modification of code.

Since it is common for ftrace_ops to trace all functions in the kernel,
instead of creating &gt; 20,000 hash items for the ftrace_ops, the hash
count is just set to zero, and it represents that the ftrace_ops is
to trace all functions. This is where the issues arrise.

If you enable function tracing to trace all functions, and then add
a module, the modules function records do not get the ref count updated.
When the function tracer is disabled, all function records ref counts
are subtracted. Since the modules never had their ref counts incremented,
they go below zero and the FTRACE_WARN_ON() is triggered.

The solution to this is rather simple. When modules are loaded, and
their functions are added to the the ftrace pool, look to see if any
ftrace_ops are registered that trace all functions. And for those,
update the ref count for the module function records.

Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;

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commit f7bc8b61f65726ff98f52e286b28e294499d7a08 upstream.

Enabling function tracer to trace all functions, then load a module and
then disable function tracing will cause ftrace to fail.

This can also happen by enabling function tracing on the command line:

  ftrace=function

and during boot up, modules are loaded, then you disable function tracing
with 'echo nop &gt; current_tracer' you will trigger a bug in ftrace that
will shut itself down.

The reason is, the new ftrace code keeps ref counts of all ftrace_ops that
are registered for tracing. When one or more ftrace_ops are registered,
all the records that represent the functions that the ftrace_ops will
trace have a ref count incremented. If this ref count is not zero,
when the code modification runs, that function will be enabled for tracing.
If the ref count is zero, that function will be disabled from tracing.

To make sure the accounting was working, FTRACE_WARN_ON()s were added
to updating of the ref counts.

If the ref count hits its max (&gt; 2^30 ftrace_ops added), or if
the ref count goes below zero, a FTRACE_WARN_ON() is triggered which
disables all modification of code.

Since it is common for ftrace_ops to trace all functions in the kernel,
instead of creating &gt; 20,000 hash items for the ftrace_ops, the hash
count is just set to zero, and it represents that the ftrace_ops is
to trace all functions. This is where the issues arrise.

If you enable function tracing to trace all functions, and then add
a module, the modules function records do not get the ref count updated.
When the function tracer is disabled, all function records ref counts
are subtracted. Since the modules never had their ref counts incremented,
they go below zero and the FTRACE_WARN_ON() is triggered.

The solution to this is rather simple. When modules are loaded, and
their functions are added to the the ftrace pool, look to see if any
ftrace_ops are registered that trace all functions. And for those,
update the ref count for the module function records.

Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;

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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ftrace: Fix regression of :mod:module function enabling</title>
<updated>2011-10-16T21:14:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>srostedt@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-07-07T15:09:22+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=d7f04c486e494bf96166ff53b0957369e32509c6'/>
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commit 43dd61c9a09bd413e837df829e6bfb42159be52a upstream.

The new code that allows different utilities to pick and choose
what functions they trace broke the :mod: hook that allows users
to trace only functions of a particular module.

The reason is that the :mod: hook bypasses the hash that is setup
to allow individual users to trace their own functions and uses
the global hash directly. But if the global hash has not been
set up, it will cause a bug:

echo '*:mod:radeon' &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/set_ftrace_filter

produces:

 [drm:drm_mode_getfb] *ERROR* invalid framebuffer id
 [drm:radeon_crtc_page_flip] *ERROR* failed to reserve new rbo buffer before flip
 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffff8160ec90
 IP: [&lt;ffffffff810d9136&gt;] add_hash_entry+0x66/0xd0
 PGD 1a05067 PUD 1a09063 PMD 80000000016001e1
 Oops: 0003 [#1] SMP Jul  7 04:02:28 phyllis kernel: [55303.858604] CPU 1
 Modules linked in: cryptd aes_x86_64 aes_generic binfmt_misc rfcomm bnep ip6table_filter hid radeon r8169 ahci libahci mii ttm drm_kms_helper drm video i2c_algo_bit intel_agp intel_gtt

 Pid: 10344, comm: bash Tainted: G        WC  3.0.0-rc5 #1 Dell Inc. Inspiron N5010/0YXXJJ
 RIP: 0010:[&lt;ffffffff810d9136&gt;]  [&lt;ffffffff810d9136&gt;] add_hash_entry+0x66/0xd0
 RSP: 0018:ffff88003a96bda8  EFLAGS: 00010246
 RAX: ffff8801301735c0 RBX: ffffffff8160ec80 RCX: 0000000000306ee0
 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff880137c92940
 RBP: ffff88003a96bdb8 R08: ffff880137c95680 R09: 0000000000000000
 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff81c9df78
 R13: ffff8801153d1000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 FS: 00007f329c18a700(0000) GS:ffff880137c80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: ffffffff8160ec90 CR3: 000000003002b000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
 Process bash (pid: 10344, threadinfo ffff88003a96a000, task ffff88012fcfc470)
 Stack:
  0000000000000fd0 00000000000000fc ffff88003a96be38 ffffffff810d92f5
  ffff88011c4c4e00 ffff880000000000 000000000b69f4d0 ffffffff8160ec80
  ffff8800300e6f06 0000000081130295 0000000000000282 ffff8800300e6f00
 Call Trace:
  [&lt;ffffffff810d92f5&gt;] match_records+0x155/0x1b0
  [&lt;ffffffff810d940c&gt;] ftrace_mod_callback+0xbc/0x100
  [&lt;ffffffff810dafdf&gt;] ftrace_regex_write+0x16f/0x210
  [&lt;ffffffff810db09f&gt;] ftrace_filter_write+0xf/0x20
  [&lt;ffffffff81166e48&gt;] vfs_write+0xc8/0x190
  [&lt;ffffffff81167001&gt;] sys_write+0x51/0x90
  [&lt;ffffffff815c7e02&gt;] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
 Code: 48 8b 33 31 d2 48 85 f6 75 33 49 89 d4 4c 03 63 08 49 8b 14 24 48 85 d2 48 89 10 74 04 48 89 42 08 49 89 04 24 4c 89 60 08 31 d2
 RIP [&lt;ffffffff810d9136&gt;] add_hash_entry+0x66/0xd0
  RSP &lt;ffff88003a96bda8&gt;
 CR2: ffffffff8160ec90
 ---[ end trace a5d031828efdd88e ]---

Reported-by: Brian Marete &lt;marete@toshnix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;

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commit 43dd61c9a09bd413e837df829e6bfb42159be52a upstream.

The new code that allows different utilities to pick and choose
what functions they trace broke the :mod: hook that allows users
to trace only functions of a particular module.

The reason is that the :mod: hook bypasses the hash that is setup
to allow individual users to trace their own functions and uses
the global hash directly. But if the global hash has not been
set up, it will cause a bug:

echo '*:mod:radeon' &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/set_ftrace_filter

produces:

 [drm:drm_mode_getfb] *ERROR* invalid framebuffer id
 [drm:radeon_crtc_page_flip] *ERROR* failed to reserve new rbo buffer before flip
 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffff8160ec90
 IP: [&lt;ffffffff810d9136&gt;] add_hash_entry+0x66/0xd0
 PGD 1a05067 PUD 1a09063 PMD 80000000016001e1
 Oops: 0003 [#1] SMP Jul  7 04:02:28 phyllis kernel: [55303.858604] CPU 1
 Modules linked in: cryptd aes_x86_64 aes_generic binfmt_misc rfcomm bnep ip6table_filter hid radeon r8169 ahci libahci mii ttm drm_kms_helper drm video i2c_algo_bit intel_agp intel_gtt

 Pid: 10344, comm: bash Tainted: G        WC  3.0.0-rc5 #1 Dell Inc. Inspiron N5010/0YXXJJ
 RIP: 0010:[&lt;ffffffff810d9136&gt;]  [&lt;ffffffff810d9136&gt;] add_hash_entry+0x66/0xd0
 RSP: 0018:ffff88003a96bda8  EFLAGS: 00010246
 RAX: ffff8801301735c0 RBX: ffffffff8160ec80 RCX: 0000000000306ee0
 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff880137c92940
 RBP: ffff88003a96bdb8 R08: ffff880137c95680 R09: 0000000000000000
 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffffffff81c9df78
 R13: ffff8801153d1000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 FS: 00007f329c18a700(0000) GS:ffff880137c80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: ffffffff8160ec90 CR3: 000000003002b000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
 Process bash (pid: 10344, threadinfo ffff88003a96a000, task ffff88012fcfc470)
 Stack:
  0000000000000fd0 00000000000000fc ffff88003a96be38 ffffffff810d92f5
  ffff88011c4c4e00 ffff880000000000 000000000b69f4d0 ffffffff8160ec80
  ffff8800300e6f06 0000000081130295 0000000000000282 ffff8800300e6f00
 Call Trace:
  [&lt;ffffffff810d92f5&gt;] match_records+0x155/0x1b0
  [&lt;ffffffff810d940c&gt;] ftrace_mod_callback+0xbc/0x100
  [&lt;ffffffff810dafdf&gt;] ftrace_regex_write+0x16f/0x210
  [&lt;ffffffff810db09f&gt;] ftrace_filter_write+0xf/0x20
  [&lt;ffffffff81166e48&gt;] vfs_write+0xc8/0x190
  [&lt;ffffffff81167001&gt;] sys_write+0x51/0x90
  [&lt;ffffffff815c7e02&gt;] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
 Code: 48 8b 33 31 d2 48 85 f6 75 33 49 89 d4 4c 03 63 08 49 8b 14 24 48 85 d2 48 89 10 74 04 48 89 42 08 49 89 04 24 4c 89 60 08 31 d2
 RIP [&lt;ffffffff810d9136&gt;] add_hash_entry+0x66/0xd0
  RSP &lt;ffff88003a96bda8&gt;
 CR2: ffffffff8160ec90
 ---[ end trace a5d031828efdd88e ]---

Reported-by: Brian Marete &lt;marete@toshnix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@suse.de&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ftrace: Revert 8ab2b7efd ftrace: Remove unnecessary disabling of irqs</title>
<updated>2011-06-07T18:49:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>srostedt@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-06-07T13:26:46+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=a4f18ed11a4ddf327dd91cd19e237278600ad327'/>
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Revert the commit that removed the disabling of interrupts around
the initial modifying of mcount callers to nops, and update the comment.

The original comment was outdated and stated that the interrupts were
being disabled to prevent kstop machine, which was required with the
old ftrace daemon, but was no longer the case.

What the comment failed to mention was that interrupts needed to be
disabled to keep interrupts from preempting the modifying of the code
and then executing the code that was partially modified.

Revert the commit and update the comment.

Reported-by: Richard W.M. Jones &lt;rjones@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Richard W.M. Jones &lt;rjones@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Revert the commit that removed the disabling of interrupts around
the initial modifying of mcount callers to nops, and update the comment.

The original comment was outdated and stated that the interrupts were
being disabled to prevent kstop machine, which was required with the
old ftrace daemon, but was no longer the case.

What the comment failed to mention was that interrupts needed to be
disabled to keep interrupts from preempting the modifying of the code
and then executing the code that was partially modified.

Revert the commit and update the comment.

Reported-by: Richard W.M. Jones &lt;rjones@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Richard W.M. Jones &lt;rjones@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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