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| author | David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com> | 2026-04-13 20:06:01 +0100 |
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| committer | Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2026-04-14 05:17:02 -0400 |
| commit | fad217e16fded7f3c09f8637b0f6a224d58b5f2e (patch) | |
| tree | fd2b782cc369900e89fd1a499644116d78d02623 /tools/perf/scripts/python/stackcollapse.py | |
| parent | 5ec1d1e97de134beed3a5b08235a60fc1c51af96 (diff) | |
tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func()
When a tracepoint goes through the 0 -> 1 transition, tracepoint_add_func()
invokes the subsystem's ext->regfunc() before attempting to install the
new probe via func_add(). If func_add() then fails (for example, when
allocate_probes() cannot allocate a new probe array under memory pressure
and returns -ENOMEM), the function returns the error without calling the
matching ext->unregfunc(), leaving the side effects of regfunc() behind
with no installed probe to justify them.
For syscall tracepoints this is particularly unpleasant: syscall_regfunc()
bumps sys_tracepoint_refcount and sets SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT on every task.
After a leaked failure, the refcount is stuck at a non-zero value with no
consumer, and every task continues paying the syscall trace entry/exit
overhead until reboot. Other subsystems providing regfunc()/unregfunc()
pairs exhibit similarly scoped persistent state.
Mirror the existing 1 -> 0 cleanup and call ext->unregfunc() in the
func_add() error path, gated on the same condition used there so the
unwind is symmetric with the registration.
Fixes: 8cf868affdc4 ("tracing: Have the reg function allow to fail")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260413190601.21993-1-devnexen@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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