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-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/Kconfig8
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c48
2 files changed, 54 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 28f2644484d..25131a5d5e4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ config USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
config NOP_TRACER
bool
+config HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
+ bool
+
config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
bool
@@ -37,6 +40,11 @@ config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
config RING_BUFFER
bool
+config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
+ bool
+ depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
+ default y
+
config TRACING
bool
select DEBUG_FS
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index b36d7374cee..a60a6a852f4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
* Copyright (C) 2008 Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
*/
#include <linux/ring_buffer.h>
+#include <linux/ftrace_irq.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -19,6 +20,35 @@
#include "trace.h"
/*
+ * Since the write to the buffer is still not fully lockless,
+ * we must be careful with NMIs. The locks in the writers
+ * are taken when a write crosses to a new page. The locks
+ * protect against races with the readers (this will soon
+ * be fixed with a lockless solution).
+ *
+ * Because we can not protect against NMIs, and we want to
+ * keep traces reentrant, we need to manage what happens
+ * when we are in an NMI.
+ */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, rb_in_nmi);
+
+void ftrace_nmi_enter(void)
+{
+ __get_cpu_var(rb_in_nmi)++;
+ /* call arch specific handler too */
+ arch_ftrace_nmi_enter();
+}
+
+void ftrace_nmi_exit(void)
+{
+ arch_ftrace_nmi_exit();
+ __get_cpu_var(rb_in_nmi)--;
+ /* NMIs are not recursive */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(__get_cpu_var(rb_in_nmi));
+}
+
+
+/*
* A fast way to enable or disable all ring buffers is to
* call tracing_on or tracing_off. Turning off the ring buffers
* prevents all ring buffers from being recorded to.
@@ -982,6 +1012,7 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
struct ring_buffer *buffer = cpu_buffer->buffer;
struct ring_buffer_event *event;
unsigned long flags;
+ bool lock_taken = false;
commit_page = cpu_buffer->commit_page;
/* we just need to protect against interrupts */
@@ -995,7 +1026,19 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
struct buffer_page *next_page = tail_page;
local_irq_save(flags);
- __raw_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
+ /*
+ * NMIs can happen after we take the lock.
+ * If we are in an NMI, only take the lock
+ * if it is not already taken. Otherwise
+ * simply fail.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(__get_cpu_var(rb_in_nmi))) {
+ if (!__raw_spin_trylock(&cpu_buffer->lock))
+ goto out_unlock;
+ } else
+ __raw_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
+
+ lock_taken = true;
rb_inc_page(cpu_buffer, &next_page);
@@ -1097,7 +1140,8 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
if (tail <= BUF_PAGE_SIZE)
local_set(&tail_page->write, tail);
- __raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
+ if (likely(lock_taken))
+ __raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
local_irq_restore(flags);
return NULL;
}