linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/3] rcu, ftrace: fix RCU lockdep splat in ftrace_perf_buf

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Date:	Wed,  3 Mar 2010 17:50:18 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca,
	josh@...htriplett.org, dvhltc@...ibm.com, niv@...ibm.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, dhowells@...hat.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/3] rcu, ftrace: fix RCU lockdep splat in ftrace_perf_buf_prepare()

Change the pair of rcu_dereference() calls in ftrace_perf_buf_prepare()
to rcu_dereference_sched().

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/trace/ftrace.h             |    4 ++--
 kernel/trace/trace_event_profile.c |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
index 0804cd5..601ad77 100644
--- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
@@ -699,9 +699,9 @@ __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {		\
  *	__cpu = smp_processor_id();
  *
  *	if (in_nmi())
- *		trace_buf = rcu_dereference(perf_trace_buf_nmi);
+ *		trace_buf = rcu_dereference_sched(perf_trace_buf_nmi);
  *	else
- *		trace_buf = rcu_dereference(perf_trace_buf);
+ *		trace_buf = rcu_dereference_sched(perf_trace_buf);
  *
  *	if (!trace_buf)
  *		goto end;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_profile.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_profile.c
index f0d6930..c1cc3ab 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_profile.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_profile.c
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ __kprobes void *ftrace_perf_buf_prepare(int size, unsigned short type,
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
 	if (in_nmi())
-		trace_buf = rcu_dereference(perf_trace_buf_nmi);
+		trace_buf = rcu_dereference_sched(perf_trace_buf_nmi);
 	else
-		trace_buf = rcu_dereference(perf_trace_buf);
+		trace_buf = rcu_dereference_sched(perf_trace_buf);
 
 	if (!trace_buf)
 		goto err;
-- 
1.6.6

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