linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.4 11/43] ftrace: Initialize the ftrace profiler for each possible cpu

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Date:	Mon,  6 Jan 2014 14:39:28 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Miao Xie <miaox@...fujitsu.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.4 11/43] ftrace: Initialize the ftrace profiler for each possible cpu

3.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Miao Xie <miaox@...fujitsu.com>

commit c4602c1c818bd6626178d6d3fcc152d9f2f48ac0 upstream.

Ftrace currently initializes only the online CPUs. This implementation has
two problems:
- If we online a CPU after we enable the function profile, and then run the
  test, we will lose the trace information on that CPU.
  Steps to reproduce:
  # echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
  # cd <debugfs>/tracing/
  # echo <some function name> >> set_ftrace_filter
  # echo 1 > function_profile_enabled
  # echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
  # run test
- If we offline a CPU before we enable the function profile, we will not clear
  the trace information when we enable the function profile. It will trouble
  the users.
  Steps to reproduce:
  # cd <debugfs>/tracing/
  # echo <some function name> >> set_ftrace_filter
  # echo 1 > function_profile_enabled
  # run test
  # cat trace_stat/function*
  # echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online
  # echo 0 > function_profile_enabled
  # echo 1 > function_profile_enabled
  # cat trace_stat/function*
  # run test
  # cat trace_stat/function*

So it is better that we initialize the ftrace profiler for each possible cpu
every time we enable the function profile instead of just the online ones.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1387178401-10619-1-git-send-email-miaox@cn.fujitsu.com

Signed-off-by: Miao Xie <miaox@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ static int ftrace_profile_init(void)
 	int cpu;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		ret = ftrace_profile_init_cpu(cpu);
 		if (ret)
 			break;


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