From: Steven Rostedt If one of the function tracers set by the global ops is not recursion safe, it can still be called directly without the added recursion supplied by the ftrace infrastructure. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c index 4451aa3..67e886e 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c @@ -221,10 +221,24 @@ static void update_global_ops(void) * registered callers. */ if (ftrace_global_list == &ftrace_list_end || - ftrace_global_list->next == &ftrace_list_end) + ftrace_global_list->next == &ftrace_list_end) { func = ftrace_global_list->func; - else + /* + * As we are calling the function directly. + * If it does not have recursion protection, + * the function_trace_op needs to be updated + * accordingly. + */ + if (ftrace_global_list->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE) + global_ops.flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE; + else + global_ops.flags &= ~FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE; + } else { func = ftrace_global_list_func; + /* The list has its own recursion protection. */ + global_ops.flags |= FTRACE_OPS_FL_RECURSION_SAFE; + } + /* If we filter on pids, update to use the pid function */ if (!list_empty(&ftrace_pids)) { -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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/