From: Oleg Nesterov perf_trace_buf_prepare() + perf_trace_buf_submit(head, task => NULL) make no sense if hlist_empty(head). Change perf_ftrace_function_call() to check event_function.perf_events beforehand. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130617170204.GA19803@redhat.com Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c index 84b1e04..12df557 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c @@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ perf_ftrace_function_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip, struct pt_regs regs; int rctx; + head = this_cpu_ptr(event_function.perf_events); + if (hlist_empty(head)) + return; + #define ENTRY_SIZE (ALIGN(sizeof(struct ftrace_entry) + sizeof(u32), \ sizeof(u64)) - sizeof(u32)) @@ -279,8 +283,6 @@ perf_ftrace_function_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip, entry->ip = ip; entry->parent_ip = parent_ip; - - head = this_cpu_ptr(event_function.perf_events); perf_trace_buf_submit(entry, ENTRY_SIZE, rctx, 0, 1, ®s, 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/