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<title>ftrace: Move RCU is watching check after recursion check</title>
<updated>2020-10-07T06:01:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
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<published>2020-09-29T16:40:31+00:00</published>
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commit b40341fad6cc2daa195f8090fd3348f18fff640a upstream.

The first thing that the ftrace function callback helper functions should do
is to check for recursion. Peter Zijlstra found that when
"rcu_is_watching()" had its notrace removed, it caused perf function tracing
to crash. This is because the call of rcu_is_watching() is tested before
function recursion is checked and and if it is traced, it will cause an
infinite recursion loop.

rcu_is_watching() should still stay notrace, but to prevent this should
never had crashed in the first place. The recursion prevention must be the
first thing done in callback functions.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200929112541.GM2628@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: c68c0fa293417 ("ftrace: Have ftrace_ops_get_func() handle RCU and PER_CPU flags too")
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit b40341fad6cc2daa195f8090fd3348f18fff640a upstream.

The first thing that the ftrace function callback helper functions should do
is to check for recursion. Peter Zijlstra found that when
"rcu_is_watching()" had its notrace removed, it caused perf function tracing
to crash. This is because the call of rcu_is_watching() is tested before
function recursion is checked and and if it is traced, it will cause an
infinite recursion loop.

rcu_is_watching() should still stay notrace, but to prevent this should
never had crashed in the first place. The recursion prevention must be the
first thing done in callback functions.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200929112541.GM2628@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul McKenney &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: c68c0fa293417 ("ftrace: Have ftrace_ops_get_func() handle RCU and PER_CPU flags too")
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Use trace_sched_process_free() instead of exit() for pid tracing</title>
<updated>2020-08-21T11:05:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-08-05T00:00:02+00:00</published>
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commit afcab636657421f7ebfa0783a91f90256bba0091 upstream.

On exit, if a process is preempted after the trace_sched_process_exit()
tracepoint but before the process is done exiting, then when it gets
scheduled in, the function tracers will not filter it properly against the
function tracing pid filters.

That is because the function tracing pid filters hooks to the
sched_process_exit() tracepoint to remove the exiting task's pid from the
filter list. Because the filtering happens at the sched_switch tracepoint,
when the exiting task schedules back in to finish up the exit, it will no
longer be in the function pid filtering tables.

This was noticeable in the notrace self tests on a preemptable kernel, as
the tests would fail as it exits and preempted after being taken off the
notrace filter table and on scheduling back in it would not be in the
notrace list, and then the ending of the exit function would trace. The test
detected this and would fail.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 1e10486ffee0a ("ftrace: Add 'function-fork' trace option")
Fixes: c37775d57830a ("tracing: Add infrastructure to allow set_event_pid to follow children"
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit afcab636657421f7ebfa0783a91f90256bba0091 upstream.

On exit, if a process is preempted after the trace_sched_process_exit()
tracepoint but before the process is done exiting, then when it gets
scheduled in, the function tracers will not filter it properly against the
function tracing pid filters.

That is because the function tracing pid filters hooks to the
sched_process_exit() tracepoint to remove the exiting task's pid from the
filter list. Because the filtering happens at the sched_switch tracepoint,
when the exiting task schedules back in to finish up the exit, it will no
longer be in the function pid filtering tables.

This was noticeable in the notrace self tests on a preemptable kernel, as
the tests would fail as it exits and preempted after being taken off the
notrace filter table and on scheduling back in it would not be in the
notrace list, and then the ending of the exit function would trace. The test
detected this and would fail.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 1e10486ffee0a ("ftrace: Add 'function-fork' trace option")
Fixes: c37775d57830a ("tracing: Add infrastructure to allow set_event_pid to follow children"
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>ftrace: Setup correct FTRACE_FL_REGS flags for module</title>
<updated>2020-08-21T11:05:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chengming Zhou</name>
<email>zhouchengming@bytedance.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-07-28T18:05:53+00:00</published>
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commit 8a224ffb3f52b0027f6b7279854c71a31c48fc97 upstream.

When module loaded and enabled, we will use __ftrace_replace_code
for module if any ftrace_ops referenced it found. But we will get
wrong ftrace_addr for module rec in ftrace_get_addr_new, because
rec-&gt;flags has not been setup correctly. It can cause the callback
function of a ftrace_ops has FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS to be called
with pt_regs set to NULL.
So setup correct FTRACE_FL_REGS flags for rec when we call
referenced_filters to find ftrace_ops references it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200728180554.65203-1-zhouchengming@bytedance.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 8c4f3c3fa9681 ("ftrace: Check module functions being traced on reload")
Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou &lt;zhouchengming@bytedance.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song &lt;songmuchun@bytedance.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 8a224ffb3f52b0027f6b7279854c71a31c48fc97 upstream.

When module loaded and enabled, we will use __ftrace_replace_code
for module if any ftrace_ops referenced it found. But we will get
wrong ftrace_addr for module rec in ftrace_get_addr_new, because
rec-&gt;flags has not been setup correctly. It can cause the callback
function of a ftrace_ops has FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS to be called
with pt_regs set to NULL.
So setup correct FTRACE_FL_REGS flags for rec when we call
referenced_filters to find ftrace_ops references it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200728180554.65203-1-zhouchengming@bytedance.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 8c4f3c3fa9681 ("ftrace: Check module functions being traced on reload")
Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou &lt;zhouchengming@bytedance.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Muchun Song &lt;songmuchun@bytedance.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ftrace: fpid_next() should increase position index</title>
<updated>2020-02-24T07:36:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vasily Averin</name>
<email>vvs@virtuozzo.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-24T07:02:56+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit e4075e8bdffd93a9b6d6e1d52fabedceeca5a91b ]

if seq_file .next fuction does not change position index,
read after some lseek can generate unexpected output.

Without patch:
 # dd bs=4 skip=1 if=/sys/kernel/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
 dd: /sys/kernel/tracing/set_ftrace_pid: cannot skip to specified offset
 id
 no pid
 2+1 records in
 2+1 records out
 10 bytes copied, 0.000213285 s, 46.9 kB/s

Notice the "id" followed by "no pid".

With the patch:
 # dd bs=4 skip=1 if=/sys/kernel/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
 dd: /sys/kernel/tracing/set_ftrace_pid: cannot skip to specified offset
 id
 0+1 records in
 0+1 records out
 3 bytes copied, 0.000202112 s, 14.8 kB/s

Notice that it only prints "id" and not the "no pid" afterward.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4f87c6ad-f114-30bb-8506-c32274ce2992@virtuozzo.com

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206283
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin &lt;vvs@virtuozzo.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit e4075e8bdffd93a9b6d6e1d52fabedceeca5a91b ]

if seq_file .next fuction does not change position index,
read after some lseek can generate unexpected output.

Without patch:
 # dd bs=4 skip=1 if=/sys/kernel/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
 dd: /sys/kernel/tracing/set_ftrace_pid: cannot skip to specified offset
 id
 no pid
 2+1 records in
 2+1 records out
 10 bytes copied, 0.000213285 s, 46.9 kB/s

Notice the "id" followed by "no pid".

With the patch:
 # dd bs=4 skip=1 if=/sys/kernel/tracing/set_ftrace_pid
 dd: /sys/kernel/tracing/set_ftrace_pid: cannot skip to specified offset
 id
 0+1 records in
 0+1 records out
 3 bytes copied, 0.000202112 s, 14.8 kB/s

Notice that it only prints "id" and not the "no pid" afterward.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4f87c6ad-f114-30bb-8506-c32274ce2992@virtuozzo.com

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206283
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin &lt;vvs@virtuozzo.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ftrace: Protect ftrace_graph_hash with ftrace_sync</title>
<updated>2020-02-11T12:35:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-02-05T14:20:32+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 54a16ff6f2e50775145b210bcd94d62c3c2af117 ]

As function_graph tracer can run when RCU is not "watching", it can not be
protected by synchronize_rcu() it requires running a task on each CPU before
it can be freed. Calling schedule_on_each_cpu(ftrace_sync) needs to be used.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200205131110.GT2935@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b9b0c831bed26 ("ftrace: Convert graph filter to use hash tables")
Reported-by: "Paul E. McKenney" &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 54a16ff6f2e50775145b210bcd94d62c3c2af117 ]

As function_graph tracer can run when RCU is not "watching", it can not be
protected by synchronize_rcu() it requires running a task on each CPU before
it can be freed. Calling schedule_on_each_cpu(ftrace_sync) needs to be used.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200205131110.GT2935@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b9b0c831bed26 ("ftrace: Convert graph filter to use hash tables")
Reported-by: "Paul E. McKenney" &lt;paulmck@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: Annotate ftrace_graph_notrace_hash pointer with __rcu</title>
<updated>2020-02-11T12:35:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Amol Grover</name>
<email>frextrite@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-02-05T05:57:02+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit fd0e6852c407dd9aefc594f54ddcc21d84803d3b ]

Fix following instances of sparse error
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5667:29: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5813:21: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5868:36: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5870:25: error: incompatible types in comparison

Use rcu_dereference_protected to dereference the newly annotated pointer.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200205055701.30195-1-frextrite@gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Amol Grover &lt;frextrite@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit fd0e6852c407dd9aefc594f54ddcc21d84803d3b ]

Fix following instances of sparse error
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5667:29: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5813:21: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5868:36: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5870:25: error: incompatible types in comparison

Use rcu_dereference_protected to dereference the newly annotated pointer.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200205055701.30195-1-frextrite@gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Amol Grover &lt;frextrite@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: Annotate ftrace_graph_hash pointer with __rcu</title>
<updated>2020-02-11T12:35:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Amol Grover</name>
<email>frextrite@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-02-01T07:27:04+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 24a9729f831462b1d9d61dc85ecc91c59037243f ]

Fix following instances of sparse error
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5664:29: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5785:21: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5864:36: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5866:25: error: incompatible types in comparison

Use rcu_dereference_protected to access the __rcu annotated pointer.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200201072703.17330-1-frextrite@gmail.com

Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Amol Grover &lt;frextrite@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 24a9729f831462b1d9d61dc85ecc91c59037243f ]

Fix following instances of sparse error
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5664:29: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5785:21: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5864:36: error: incompatible types in comparison
kernel/trace/ftrace.c:5866:25: error: incompatible types in comparison

Use rcu_dereference_protected to access the __rcu annotated pointer.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200201072703.17330-1-frextrite@gmail.com

Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) &lt;joel@joelfernandes.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Amol Grover &lt;frextrite@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ftrace: Avoid potential division by zero in function profiler</title>
<updated>2020-01-09T09:20:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wen Yang</name>
<email>wenyang@linux.alibaba.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-01-03T03:02:48+00:00</published>
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commit e31f7939c1c27faa5d0e3f14519eaf7c89e8a69d upstream.

The ftrace_profile-&gt;counter is unsigned long and
do_div truncates it to 32 bits, which means it can test
non-zero and be truncated to zero for division.
Fix this issue by using div64_ul() instead.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200103030248.14516-1-wenyang@linux.alibaba.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: e330b3bcd8319 ("tracing: Show sample std dev in function profiling")
Fixes: 34886c8bc590f ("tracing: add average time in function to function profiler")
Signed-off-by: Wen Yang &lt;wenyang@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit e31f7939c1c27faa5d0e3f14519eaf7c89e8a69d upstream.

The ftrace_profile-&gt;counter is unsigned long and
do_div truncates it to 32 bits, which means it can test
non-zero and be truncated to zero for division.
Fix this issue by using div64_ul() instead.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200103030248.14516-1-wenyang@linux.alibaba.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: e330b3bcd8319 ("tracing: Show sample std dev in function profiling")
Fixes: 34886c8bc590f ("tracing: add average time in function to function profiler")
Signed-off-by: Wen Yang &lt;wenyang@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>tracing: Add locked_down checks to the open calls of files created for tracefs</title>
<updated>2019-10-13T00:48:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-10-11T21:22:50+00:00</published>
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Added various checks on open tracefs calls to see if tracefs is in lockdown
mode, and if so, to return -EPERM.

Note, the event format files (which are basically standard on all machines)
as well as the enabled_functions file (which shows what is currently being
traced) are not lockde down. Perhaps they should be, but it seems counter
intuitive to lockdown information to help you know if the system has been
modified.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wj7fGPKUspr579Cii-w_y60PtRaiDgKuxVtBAMK0VNNkA@mail.gmail.com

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Added various checks on open tracefs calls to see if tracefs is in lockdown
mode, and if so, to return -EPERM.

Note, the event format files (which are basically standard on all machines)
as well as the enabled_functions file (which shows what is currently being
traced) are not lockde down. Perhaps they should be, but it seems counter
intuitive to lockdown information to help you know if the system has been
modified.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wj7fGPKUspr579Cii-w_y60PtRaiDgKuxVtBAMK0VNNkA@mail.gmail.com

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<title>tracing: Add tracing_check_open_get_tr()</title>
<updated>2019-10-13T00:44:07+00:00</updated>
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<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
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<published>2019-10-11T21:39:57+00:00</published>
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Currently, most files in the tracefs directory test if tracing_disabled is
set. If so, it should return -ENODEV. The tracing_disabled is called when
tracing is found to be broken. Originally it was done in case the ring
buffer was found to be corrupted, and we wanted to prevent reading it from
crashing the kernel. But it's also called if a tracing selftest fails on
boot. It's a one way switch. That is, once it is triggered, tracing is
disabled until reboot.

As most tracefs files can also be used by instances in the tracefs
directory, they need to be carefully done. Each instance has a trace_array
associated to it, and when the instance is removed, the trace_array is
freed. But if an instance is opened with a reference to the trace_array,
then it requires looking up the trace_array to get its ref counter (as there
could be a race with it being deleted and the open itself). Once it is
found, a reference is added to prevent the instance from being removed (and
the trace_array associated with it freed).

Combine the two checks (tracing_disabled and trace_array_get()) into a
single helper function. This will also make it easier to add lockdown to
tracefs later.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191011135458.7399da44@gandalf.local.home

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Currently, most files in the tracefs directory test if tracing_disabled is
set. If so, it should return -ENODEV. The tracing_disabled is called when
tracing is found to be broken. Originally it was done in case the ring
buffer was found to be corrupted, and we wanted to prevent reading it from
crashing the kernel. But it's also called if a tracing selftest fails on
boot. It's a one way switch. That is, once it is triggered, tracing is
disabled until reboot.

As most tracefs files can also be used by instances in the tracefs
directory, they need to be carefully done. Each instance has a trace_array
associated to it, and when the instance is removed, the trace_array is
freed. But if an instance is opened with a reference to the trace_array,
then it requires looking up the trace_array to get its ref counter (as there
could be a race with it being deleted and the open itself). Once it is
found, a reference is added to prevent the instance from being removed (and
the trace_array associated with it freed).

Combine the two checks (tracing_disabled and trace_array_get()) into a
single helper function. This will also make it easier to add lockdown to
tracefs later.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191011135458.7399da44@gandalf.local.home

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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