From: Li Zefan When a command is passed to the set_ftrace_filter, then the ftrace_regex_lock is still held going back to user space. # echo 'do_open : foo' > set_ftrace_filter (still holding ftrace_regex_lock when returning to user space!) Signed-off-by: Li Zefan LKML-Reference: <4AEF7F8A.3080300@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c index 9c451a1..6dc4e5e 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c @@ -2222,15 +2222,15 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf, ret = ftrace_process_regex(parser->buffer, parser->idx, enable); if (ret) - goto out; + goto out_unlock; trace_parser_clear(parser); } ret = read; - +out_unlock: mutex_unlock(&ftrace_regex_lock); -out: + return ret; } -- 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/