From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" If trace_puts() is used very early in boot up, it can crash the machine if it is called before the ring buffer is allocated. If a trace_printk() is used with no arguments, then it will be converted into a trace_puts() and suffer the same fate. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10+ Fixes: 09ae72348ecc "tracing: Add trace_puts() for even faster trace_printk() tracing" Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 7857ea9..815c878 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ int __trace_puts(unsigned long ip, const char *str, int size) unsigned long irq_flags; int alloc; + if (unlikely(tracing_selftest_running || tracing_disabled)) + return 0; + alloc = sizeof(*entry) + size + 2; /* possible \n added */ local_save_flags(irq_flags); @@ -495,6 +498,9 @@ int __trace_bputs(unsigned long ip, const char *str) unsigned long irq_flags; int size = sizeof(struct bputs_entry); + if (unlikely(tracing_selftest_running || tracing_disabled)) + return 0; + local_save_flags(irq_flags); buffer = global_trace.trace_buffer.buffer; event = trace_buffer_lock_reserve(buffer, TRACE_BPUTS, size, -- 1.8.4.3 -- 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/