linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 091/328] tracing: Do not call start/stop() functions when tracing

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Message-ID: <lsq.1544392233.586081337@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,
        "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        "Erica Bugden" <erica.bugden@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 091/328] tracing: Do not call start/stop() functions
 when tracing_on does not change

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

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

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

commit f143641bfef9a4a60c57af30de26c63057e7e695 upstream.

Currently, when one echo's in 1 into tracing_on, the current tracer's
"start()" function is executed, even if tracing_on was already one. This can
lead to strange side effects. One being that if the hwlat tracer is enabled,
and someone does "echo 1 > tracing_on" into tracing_on, the hwlat tracer's
start() function is called again which will recreate another kernel thread,
and make it unable to remove the old one.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1533120354-22923-1-git-send-email-erica.bugden@linutronix.de

Fixes: 2df8f8a6a897e ("tracing: Fix regression with irqsoff tracer and tracing_on file")
Reported-by: Erica Bugden <erica.bugden@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -6180,7 +6180,9 @@ rb_simple_write(struct file *filp, const
 
 	if (buffer) {
 		mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
-		if (val) {
+		if (!!val == tracer_tracing_is_on(tr)) {
+			val = 0; /* do nothing */
+		} else if (val) {
 			tracer_tracing_on(tr);
 			if (tr->current_trace->start)
 				tr->current_trace->start(tr);