linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 146/328] tracing/blktrace: Fix to allow setting same value

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Message-ID: <lsq.1544392233.814123060@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 09 Dec 2018 21:50:33 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Jens Axboe" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        "Masami Hiramatsu" <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 146/328] tracing/blktrace: Fix to allow setting same
 value

3.16.62-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>

commit 757d9140072054528b13bbe291583d9823cde195 upstream.

Masami Hiramatsu reported:

  Current trace-enable attribute in sysfs returns an error
  if user writes the same setting value as current one,
  e.g.

    # cat /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    0
    # echo 0 > /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
    # echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    # echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    bash: echo: write error: Device or resource busy

  But this is not a preferred behavior, it should ignore
  if new setting is same as current one. This fixes the
  problem as below.

    # cat /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    0
    # echo 0 > /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    # echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/trace/enable
    # echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/trace/enable

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180816103802.08678002@gandalf.local.home

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: cd649b8bb830d ("blktrace: remove sysfs_blk_trace_enable_show/store()")
Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -1778,6 +1778,10 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_blk_trace_attr_stor
 	mutex_lock(&q->blk_trace_mutex);
 
 	if (attr == &dev_attr_enable) {
+		if (!!value == !!q->blk_trace) {
+			ret = 0;
+			goto out_unlock_bdev;
+		}
 		if (value)
 			ret = blk_trace_setup_queue(q, bdev);
 		else