linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 06/24] tracing: Erase irqsoff trace with empty write

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Message-Id: <20171003113647.513634292@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue,  3 Oct 2017 14:18:27 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com, Bo Yan <byan@...dia.com>,
        "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 06/24] tracing: Erase irqsoff trace with empty write

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

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

From: Bo Yan <byan@...dia.com>

commit 8dd33bcb7050dd6f8c1432732f930932c9d3a33e upstream.

One convenient way to erase trace is "echo > trace". However, this
is currently broken if the current tracer is irqsoff tracer. This
is because irqsoff tracer use max_buffer as the default trace
buffer.

Set the max_buffer as the one to be cleared when it's the trace
buffer currently in use.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1505754215-29411-1-git-send-email-byan@nvidia.com

Cc: <mingo@...hat.com>
Fixes: 4acd4d00f ("tracing: give easy way to clear trace buffer")
Signed-off-by: Bo Yan <byan@...dia.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/trace/trace.c |   10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3168,11 +3168,17 @@ static int tracing_open(struct inode *in
 	/* If this file was open for write, then erase contents */
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC)) {
 		int cpu = tracing_get_cpu(inode);
+		struct trace_buffer *trace_buf = &tr->trace_buffer;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
+		if (tr->current_trace->print_max)
+			trace_buf = &tr->max_buffer;
+#endif
 
 		if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
-			tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->trace_buffer);
+			tracing_reset_online_cpus(trace_buf);
 		else
-			tracing_reset(&tr->trace_buffer, cpu);
+			tracing_reset(trace_buf, cpu);
 	}
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {