From: Steven Rostedt Just using the tr->buffer for the API to trace_buffer_lock_reserve is not good enough. This is because the tr->buffer may change, and we do not want to commit with a different buffer that we reserved from. This patch uses a local variable to hold the buffer that was used to reserve and commit with. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace_branch.c | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c index 216e2dd..4a194f0 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_branch.c @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ probe_likely_condition(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect) struct trace_array *tr = branch_tracer; struct ring_buffer_event *event; struct trace_branch *entry; + struct ring_buffer *buffer; unsigned long flags; int cpu, pc; const char *p; @@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ probe_likely_condition(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect) goto out; pc = preempt_count(); - event = trace_buffer_lock_reserve(tr->buffer, TRACE_BRANCH, + buffer = tr->buffer; + event = trace_buffer_lock_reserve(buffer, TRACE_BRANCH, sizeof(*entry), flags, pc); if (!event) goto out; @@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ probe_likely_condition(struct ftrace_branch_data *f, int val, int expect) entry->line = f->line; entry->correct = val == expect; - if (!filter_check_discard(call, entry, tr->buffer, event)) - ring_buffer_unlock_commit(tr->buffer, event); + if (!filter_check_discard(call, entry, buffer, event)) + ring_buffer_unlock_commit(buffer, event); out: atomic_dec(&tr->data[cpu]->disabled); -- 1.6.3.3 -- 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/