linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Fix lockdep warning in global

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Date:	Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:43:56 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Fix lockdep warning in global_clock()


* Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

>  # echo 1 > events/enable
>  # echo global > trace_clock
> 
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: at kernel/lockdep.c:3162 check_flags+0xb2/0x190()
> ...
> ---[ end trace 3f86734a89416623 ]---
> possible reason: unannotated irqs-on.
> ...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_clock.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
> index 84a3a7b..11563c9 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
> @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ u64 notrace trace_clock_global(void)
>  	int this_cpu;
>  	u64 now;
>  
> -	raw_local_irq_save(flags);
> +	local_irq_save(flags);

Hm, wont this cause problems when we trace inside lockdep? Have you tried the 
lockdep events - do they still work?

	Ingo
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