From: Oleg Nesterov perf_trace_buf_prepare() + perf_trace_buf_submit(head, task => NULL) make no sense if hlist_empty(head). Change perf_syscall_enter/exit() to check sys_data->{enter,exit}_event->perf_events beforehand. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130617170207.GA19806@redhat.com Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c index 0611562..ac00857 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c @@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ static void perf_syscall_enter(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long id) if (!sys_data) return; + head = this_cpu_ptr(sys_data->enter_event->perf_events); + if (hlist_empty(head)) + return; + /* get the size after alignment with the u32 buffer size field */ size = sizeof(unsigned long) * sys_data->nb_args + sizeof(*rec); size = ALIGN(size + sizeof(u32), sizeof(u64)); @@ -583,8 +587,6 @@ static void perf_syscall_enter(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long id) rec->nr = syscall_nr; syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args, (unsigned long *)&rec->args); - - head = this_cpu_ptr(sys_data->enter_event->perf_events); perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL); } @@ -642,6 +644,10 @@ static void perf_syscall_exit(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret) if (!sys_data) return; + head = this_cpu_ptr(sys_data->exit_event->perf_events); + if (hlist_empty(head)) + return; + /* We can probably do that at build time */ size = ALIGN(sizeof(*rec) + sizeof(u32), sizeof(u64)); size -= sizeof(u32); @@ -661,8 +667,6 @@ static void perf_syscall_exit(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret) rec->nr = syscall_nr; rec->ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs); - - head = this_cpu_ptr(sys_data->exit_event->perf_events); perf_trace_buf_submit(rec, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL); } -- 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/