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authorSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2022-12-13 17:24:29 -0500
committerSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2022-12-14 08:50:56 -0500
commitfb9f5ee9bf5cf7ebc8731a7033e57d98832dc650 (patch)
treedd1c4a145db38e938f2c5616d7f06d6539cb35c8 /kernel/trace
parentfab89a09c86f948adfc7e20a7d608bd9f323bbe1 (diff)
downloadlinux-fb9f5ee9bf5cf7ebc8731a7033e57d98832dc650.tar.bz2
tracing: Do not synchronize freeing of trigger filter on boot up
If a trigger filter on the kernel command line fails to apply (due to syntax error), it will be freed. The freeing will call tracepoint_synchronize_unregister(), but this is not needed during early boot up, and will even trigger a lockdep splat. Avoid calling the synchronization function when system_state is SYSTEM_BOOTING. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20221213172429.7774f4ba@gandalf.local.home Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index 19ce9d22bfd7..e535959939d3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -1085,8 +1085,14 @@ int set_trigger_filter(char *filter_str,
rcu_assign_pointer(data->filter, filter);
if (tmp) {
- /* Make sure the call is done with the filter */
- tracepoint_synchronize_unregister();
+ /*
+ * Make sure the call is done with the filter.
+ * It is possible that a filter could fail at boot up,
+ * and then this path will be called. Avoid the synchronization
+ * in that case.
+ */
+ if (system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING)
+ tracepoint_synchronize_unregister();
free_event_filter(tmp);
}