Impact: deadlock fix in ring_buffer_read_start The ring_buffer_iter_reset was called from ring_buffer_read_start where both grabbed the reader_lock. This patch separates out the internals of ring_buffer_iter_reset to its own function so that both APIs may grab the reader_lock. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------ 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index c04c433..86dc353 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -1475,19 +1475,9 @@ unsigned long ring_buffer_overruns(struct ring_buffer *buffer) return overruns; } -/** - * ring_buffer_iter_reset - reset an iterator - * @iter: The iterator to reset - * - * Resets the iterator, so that it will start from the beginning - * again. - */ -void ring_buffer_iter_reset(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter) +static void rb_iter_reset(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter) { struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = iter->cpu_buffer; - unsigned long flags; - - spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); /* Iterator usage is expected to have record disabled */ if (list_empty(&cpu_buffer->reader_page->list)) { @@ -1501,7 +1491,22 @@ void ring_buffer_iter_reset(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter) iter->read_stamp = cpu_buffer->read_stamp; else iter->read_stamp = iter->head_page->time_stamp; +} +/** + * ring_buffer_iter_reset - reset an iterator + * @iter: The iterator to reset + * + * Resets the iterator, so that it will start from the beginning + * again. + */ +void ring_buffer_iter_reset(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter) +{ + struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = iter->cpu_buffer; + unsigned long flags; + + spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); + rb_iter_reset(iter); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); } @@ -1957,7 +1962,7 @@ ring_buffer_read_start(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu) spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); __raw_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock); - ring_buffer_iter_reset(iter); + rb_iter_reset(iter); __raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags); -- 1.5.6.5 -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/