linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] tracing: Fix the race between registering 'snapshot' event trigger and triggering 'snapshot' operation

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Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:51:45 +0800
From:   Xiao Yang <yangx.jy@...fujitsu.com>
To:     <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC:     <mingo@...hat.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-trace-devel@...r.kernel.org>, <ice_yangxiao@....com>,
        Xiao Yang <yangx.jy@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] tracing: Fix the race between registering 'snapshot' event trigger and triggering 'snapshot' operation

Traced event can trigger 'snapshot' operation(i.e. calls snapshot_trigger()
or snapshot_count_trigger()) when register_snapshot_trigger() has completed
registration but doesn't allocate buffer for 'snapshot' event trigger.  In
the rare case, 'snapshot' operation always detects the lack of allocated
buffer so make register_snapshot_trigger() allocate buffer first.

trigger-snapshot.tc in kselftest reproduces the issue on slow vm:
-----------------------------------------------------------
cat trace
...
ftracetest-3028  [002] ....   236.784290: sched_process_fork: comm=ftracetest pid=3028 child_comm=ftracetest child_pid=3036
     <...>-2875  [003] ....   240.460335: tracing_snapshot_instance_cond: *** SNAPSHOT NOT ALLOCATED ***
     <...>-2875  [003] ....   240.460338: tracing_snapshot_instance_cond: *** stopping trace here!   ***
-----------------------------------------------------------

Signed-off-by: Xiao Yang <yangx.jy@...fujitsu.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index dd34a1b46a86..3a74736da363 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -1088,14 +1088,10 @@ register_snapshot_trigger(char *glob, struct event_trigger_ops *ops,
 			  struct event_trigger_data *data,
 			  struct trace_event_file *file)
 {
-	int ret = register_trigger(glob, ops, data, file);
-
-	if (ret > 0 && tracing_alloc_snapshot_instance(file->tr) != 0) {
-		unregister_trigger(glob, ops, data, file);
-		ret = 0;
-	}
+	if (tracing_alloc_snapshot_instance(file->tr) != 0)
+		return 0;
 
-	return ret;
+	return register_trigger(glob, ops, data, file);
 }
 
 static int
-- 
2.25.1