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<title>tracing: Fix memory leak of instance function hash filters</title>
<updated>2019-02-11T17:54:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-12-11T04:58:01+00:00</published>
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commit 2840f84f74035e5a535959d5f17269c69fa6edc5 upstream.

The following commands will cause a memory leak:

 # cd /sys/kernel/tracing
 # mkdir instances/foo
 # echo schedule &gt; instance/foo/set_ftrace_filter
 # rmdir instances/foo

The reason is that the hashes that hold the filters to set_ftrace_filter and
set_ftrace_notrace are not freed if they contain any data on the instance
and the instance is removed.

Found by kmemleak detector.

Fixes: 591dffdade9f ("ftrace: Allow for function tracing instance to filter functions")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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commit 2840f84f74035e5a535959d5f17269c69fa6edc5 upstream.

The following commands will cause a memory leak:

 # cd /sys/kernel/tracing
 # mkdir instances/foo
 # echo schedule &gt; instance/foo/set_ftrace_filter
 # rmdir instances/foo

The reason is that the hashes that hold the filters to set_ftrace_filter and
set_ftrace_notrace are not freed if they contain any data on the instance
and the instance is removed.

Found by kmemleak detector.

Fixes: 591dffdade9f ("ftrace: Allow for function tracing instance to filter functions")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix memory leak in set_trigger_filter()</title>
<updated>2019-02-11T17:54:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-12-10T02:17:30+00:00</published>
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commit 3cec638b3d793b7cacdec5b8072364b41caeb0e1 upstream.

When create_event_filter() fails in set_trigger_filter(), the filter may
still be allocated and needs to be freed. The caller expects the
data-&gt;filter to be updated with the new filter, even if the new filter
failed (we could add an error message by setting set_str parameter of
create_event_filter(), but that's another update).

But because the error would just exit, filter was left hanging and
nothing could free it.

Found by kmemleak detector.

Fixes: bac5fb97a173a ("tracing: Add and use generic set_trigger_filter() implementation")
Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi &lt;tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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commit 3cec638b3d793b7cacdec5b8072364b41caeb0e1 upstream.

When create_event_filter() fails in set_trigger_filter(), the filter may
still be allocated and needs to be freed. The caller expects the
data-&gt;filter to be updated with the new filter, even if the new filter
failed (we could add an error message by setting set_str parameter of
create_event_filter(), but that's another update).

But because the error would just exit, filter was left hanging and
nothing could free it.

Found by kmemleak detector.

Fixes: bac5fb97a173a ("tracing: Add and use generic set_trigger_filter() implementation")
Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi &lt;tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ring-buffer: Allow for rescheduling when removing pages</title>
<updated>2018-12-16T22:09:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vaibhav Nagarnaik</name>
<email>vnagarnaik@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-09-07T22:31:29+00:00</published>
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commit 83f365554e47997ec68dc4eca3f5dce525cd15c3 upstream.

When reducing ring buffer size, pages are removed by scheduling a work
item on each CPU for the corresponding CPU ring buffer. After the pages
are removed from ring buffer linked list, the pages are free()d in a
tight loop. The loop does not give up CPU until all pages are removed.
In a worst case behavior, when lot of pages are to be freed, it can
cause system stall.

After the pages are removed from the list, the free() can happen while
the work is rescheduled. Call cond_resched() in the loop to prevent the
system hangup.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180907223129.71994-1-vnagarnaik@google.com

Fixes: 83f40318dab00 ("ring-buffer: Make removal of ring buffer pages atomic")
Reported-by: Jason Behmer &lt;jbehmer@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik &lt;vnagarnaik@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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commit 83f365554e47997ec68dc4eca3f5dce525cd15c3 upstream.

When reducing ring buffer size, pages are removed by scheduling a work
item on each CPU for the corresponding CPU ring buffer. After the pages
are removed from ring buffer linked list, the pages are free()d in a
tight loop. The loop does not give up CPU until all pages are removed.
In a worst case behavior, when lot of pages are to be freed, it can
cause system stall.

After the pages are removed from the list, the free() can happen while
the work is rescheduled. Call cond_resched() in the loop to prevent the
system hangup.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180907223129.71994-1-vnagarnaik@google.com

Fixes: 83f40318dab00 ("ring-buffer: Make removal of ring buffer pages atomic")
Reported-by: Jason Behmer &lt;jbehmer@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik &lt;vnagarnaik@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/blktrace: Fix to allow setting same value</title>
<updated>2018-12-16T22:08:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-08-16T20:08:37+00:00</published>
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commit 757d9140072054528b13bbe291583d9823cde195 upstream.

Masami Hiramatsu reported:

  Current trace-enable attribute in sysfs returns an error
  if user writes the same setting value as current one,
  e.g.

    # cat /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    0
    # echo 0 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
    # echo 1 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    # echo 1 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    bash: echo: write error: Device or resource busy

  But this is not a preferred behavior, it should ignore
  if new setting is same as current one. This fixes the
  problem as below.

    # cat /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    0
    # echo 0 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    # echo 1 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    # echo 1 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180816103802.08678002@gandalf.local.home

Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: cd649b8bb830d ("blktrace: remove sysfs_blk_trace_enable_show/store()")
Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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commit 757d9140072054528b13bbe291583d9823cde195 upstream.

Masami Hiramatsu reported:

  Current trace-enable attribute in sysfs returns an error
  if user writes the same setting value as current one,
  e.g.

    # cat /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    0
    # echo 0 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
    # echo 1 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    # echo 1 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    bash: echo: write error: Device or resource busy

  But this is not a preferred behavior, it should ignore
  if new setting is same as current one. This fixes the
  problem as below.

    # cat /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    0
    # echo 0 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    # echo 1 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    # echo 1 &gt; /sys/block/sda/trace/enable

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180816103802.08678002@gandalf.local.home

Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: cd649b8bb830d ("blktrace: remove sysfs_blk_trace_enable_show/store()")
Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>uprobes: Use synchronize_rcu() not synchronize_sched()</title>
<updated>2018-12-16T22:08:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-08-09T19:37:59+00:00</published>
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commit 016f8ffc48cb01d1e7701649c728c5d2e737d295 upstream.

While debugging another bug, I was looking at all the synchronize*()
functions being used in kernel/trace, and noticed that trace_uprobes was
using synchronize_sched(), with a comment to synchronize with
{u,ret}_probe_trace_func(). When looking at those functions, the data is
protected with "rcu_read_lock()" and not with "rcu_read_lock_sched()". This
is using the wrong synchronize_*() function.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180809160553.469e1e32@gandalf.local.home

Fixes: 70ed91c6ec7f8 ("tracing/uprobes: Support ftrace_event_file base multibuffer")
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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commit 016f8ffc48cb01d1e7701649c728c5d2e737d295 upstream.

While debugging another bug, I was looking at all the synchronize*()
functions being used in kernel/trace, and noticed that trace_uprobes was
using synchronize_sched(), with a comment to synchronize with
{u,ret}_probe_trace_func(). When looking at those functions, the data is
protected with "rcu_read_lock()" and not with "rcu_read_lock_sched()". This
is using the wrong synchronize_*() function.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180809160553.469e1e32@gandalf.local.home

Fixes: 70ed91c6ec7f8 ("tracing/uprobes: Support ftrace_event_file base multibuffer")
Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Do not call start/stop() functions when tracing_on does not change</title>
<updated>2018-12-16T22:08:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-08-01T19:40:57+00:00</published>
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commit f143641bfef9a4a60c57af30de26c63057e7e695 upstream.

Currently, when one echo's in 1 into tracing_on, the current tracer's
"start()" function is executed, even if tracing_on was already one. This can
lead to strange side effects. One being that if the hwlat tracer is enabled,
and someone does "echo 1 &gt; tracing_on" into tracing_on, the hwlat tracer's
start() function is called again which will recreate another kernel thread,
and make it unable to remove the old one.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1533120354-22923-1-git-send-email-erica.bugden@linutronix.de

Fixes: 2df8f8a6a897e ("tracing: Fix regression with irqsoff tracer and tracing_on file")
Reported-by: Erica Bugden &lt;erica.bugden@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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commit f143641bfef9a4a60c57af30de26c63057e7e695 upstream.

Currently, when one echo's in 1 into tracing_on, the current tracer's
"start()" function is executed, even if tracing_on was already one. This can
lead to strange side effects. One being that if the hwlat tracer is enabled,
and someone does "echo 1 &gt; tracing_on" into tracing_on, the hwlat tracer's
start() function is called again which will recreate another kernel thread,
and make it unable to remove the old one.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1533120354-22923-1-git-send-email-erica.bugden@linutronix.de

Fixes: 2df8f8a6a897e ("tracing: Fix regression with irqsoff tracer and tracing_on file")
Reported-by: Erica Bugden &lt;erica.bugden@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Quiet gcc warning about maybe unused link variable</title>
<updated>2018-11-20T18:05:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-07-26T02:28:56+00:00</published>
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commit 2519c1bbe38d7acacc9aacba303ca6f97482ed53 upstream.

Commit 57ea2a34adf4 ("tracing/kprobes: Fix trace_probe flags on
enable_trace_kprobe() failure") added an if statement that depends on another
if statement that gcc doesn't see will initialize the "link" variable and
gives the warning:

 "warning: 'link' may be used uninitialized in this function"

It is really a false positive, but to quiet the warning, and also to make
sure that it never actually is used uninitialized, initialize the "link"
variable to NULL and add an if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!link)) where the compiler
thinks it could be used uninitialized.

Fixes: 57ea2a34adf4 ("tracing/kprobes: Fix trace_probe flags on enable_trace_kprobe() failure")
Reported-by: kbuild test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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commit 2519c1bbe38d7acacc9aacba303ca6f97482ed53 upstream.

Commit 57ea2a34adf4 ("tracing/kprobes: Fix trace_probe flags on
enable_trace_kprobe() failure") added an if statement that depends on another
if statement that gcc doesn't see will initialize the "link" variable and
gives the warning:

 "warning: 'link' may be used uninitialized in this function"

It is really a false positive, but to quiet the warning, and also to make
sure that it never actually is used uninitialized, initialize the "link"
variable to NULL and add an if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!link)) where the compiler
thinks it could be used uninitialized.

Fixes: 57ea2a34adf4 ("tracing/kprobes: Fix trace_probe flags on enable_trace_kprobe() failure")
Reported-by: kbuild test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix possible double free in event_enable_trigger_func()</title>
<updated>2018-11-20T18:05:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-07-25T20:02:06+00:00</published>
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commit 15cc78644d0075e76d59476a4467e7143860f660 upstream.

There was a case that triggered a double free in event_trigger_callback()
due to the called reg() function freeing the trigger_data and then it
getting freed again by the error return by the caller. The solution there
was to up the trigger_data ref count.

Code inspection found that event_enable_trigger_func() has the same issue,
but is not as easy to trigger (requires harder to trigger failures). It
needs to be solved slightly different as it needs more to clean up when the
reg() function fails.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180725124008.7008e586@gandalf.local.home

Fixes: 7862ad1846e99 ("tracing: Add 'enable_event' and 'disable_event' event trigger commands")
Reivewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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commit 15cc78644d0075e76d59476a4467e7143860f660 upstream.

There was a case that triggered a double free in event_trigger_callback()
due to the called reg() function freeing the trigger_data and then it
getting freed again by the error return by the caller. The solution there
was to up the trigger_data ref count.

Code inspection found that event_enable_trigger_func() has the same issue,
but is not as easy to trigger (requires harder to trigger failures). It
needs to be solved slightly different as it needs more to clean up when the
reg() function fails.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180725124008.7008e586@gandalf.local.home

Fixes: 7862ad1846e99 ("tracing: Add 'enable_event' and 'disable_event' event trigger commands")
Reivewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/kprobes: Fix trace_probe flags on enable_trace_kprobe() failure</title>
<updated>2018-11-20T18:05:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Artem Savkov</name>
<email>asavkov@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-07-25T14:20:38+00:00</published>
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commit 57ea2a34adf40f3a6e88409aafcf803b8945619a upstream.

If enable_trace_kprobe fails to enable the probe in enable_k(ret)probe
it returns an error, but does not unset the tp flags it set previously.
This results in a probe being considered enabled and failures like being
unable to remove the probe through kprobe_events file since probes_open()
expects every probe to be disabled.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180725102826.8300-1-asavkov@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180725142038.4765-1-asavkov@redhat.com

Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Fixes: 41a7dd420c57 ("tracing/kprobes: Support ftrace_event_file base multibuffer")
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Artem Savkov &lt;asavkov@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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commit 57ea2a34adf40f3a6e88409aafcf803b8945619a upstream.

If enable_trace_kprobe fails to enable the probe in enable_k(ret)probe
it returns an error, but does not unset the tp flags it set previously.
This results in a probe being considered enabled and failures like being
unable to remove the probe through kprobe_events file since probes_open()
expects every probe to be disabled.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180725102826.8300-1-asavkov@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180725142038.4765-1-asavkov@redhat.com

Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Fixes: 41a7dd420c57 ("tracing/kprobes: Support ftrace_event_file base multibuffer")
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Artem Savkov &lt;asavkov@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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<title>ring_buffer: tracing: Inherit the tracing setting to next ring buffer</title>
<updated>2018-11-20T18:05:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-07-13T16:28:15+00:00</published>
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commit 73c8d8945505acdcbae137c2e00a1232e0be709f upstream.

Maintain the tracing on/off setting of the ring_buffer when switching
to the trace buffer snapshot.

Taking a snapshot is done by swapping the backup ring buffer
(max_tr_buffer). But since the tracing on/off setting is defined
by the ring buffer, when swapping it, the tracing on/off setting
can also be changed. This causes a strange result like below:

  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # cat tracing_on
  1
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # echo 0 &gt; tracing_on
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # cat tracing_on
  0
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # echo 1 &gt; snapshot
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # cat tracing_on
  1
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # echo 1 &gt; snapshot
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # cat tracing_on
  0

We don't touch tracing_on, but snapshot changes tracing_on
setting each time. This is an anomaly, because user doesn't know
that each "ring_buffer" stores its own tracing-enable state and
the snapshot is done by swapping ring buffers.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/153149929558.11274.11730609978254724394.stgit@devbox

Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Shuah Khan &lt;shuah@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Tom Zanussi &lt;tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Hiraku Toyooka &lt;hiraku.toyooka@cybertrust.co.jp&gt;
Fixes: debdd57f5145 ("tracing: Make a snapshot feature available from userspace")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
[ Updated commit log and comment in the code ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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commit 73c8d8945505acdcbae137c2e00a1232e0be709f upstream.

Maintain the tracing on/off setting of the ring_buffer when switching
to the trace buffer snapshot.

Taking a snapshot is done by swapping the backup ring buffer
(max_tr_buffer). But since the tracing on/off setting is defined
by the ring buffer, when swapping it, the tracing on/off setting
can also be changed. This causes a strange result like below:

  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # cat tracing_on
  1
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # echo 0 &gt; tracing_on
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # cat tracing_on
  0
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # echo 1 &gt; snapshot
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # cat tracing_on
  1
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # echo 1 &gt; snapshot
  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # cat tracing_on
  0

We don't touch tracing_on, but snapshot changes tracing_on
setting each time. This is an anomaly, because user doesn't know
that each "ring_buffer" stores its own tracing-enable state and
the snapshot is done by swapping ring buffers.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/153149929558.11274.11730609978254724394.stgit@devbox

Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Shuah Khan &lt;shuah@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Tom Zanussi &lt;tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Hiraku Toyooka &lt;hiraku.toyooka@cybertrust.co.jp&gt;
Fixes: debdd57f5145 ("tracing: Make a snapshot feature available from userspace")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
[ Updated commit log and comment in the code ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
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