linux-kernel - [PATCH] tracing: remove WARN_ON in start

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Date:   Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:05:20 +0300
From:   Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: remove WARN_ON in start_thread()

This patch reverts commit 978defee11a5 ("tracing: Do a WARN_ON()
 if start_thread() in hwlat is called when thread exists")

.start hook can be legally called several times if according
tracer is stopped

screen window 1
[root@...alhost ~]# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/events/kmem/kfree/enable
[root@...alhost ~]# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/options/pause-on-trace
[root@...alhost ~]# less -F /sys/kernel/tracing/trace

screen window 2
[root@...alhost ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on
0
[root@...alhost ~]# echo hwlat >  /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
[root@...alhost ~]# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on
[root@...alhost ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on
0
[root@...alhost ~]# echo 2 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on

triggers warning in dmesg:
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1403 at kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c:371 hwlat_tracer_start+0xc9/0xd0

Fixes: 978defee11a5 ("tracing: Do a WARN_ON() if start_thread() in hwlat is called when thread exists")
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
index c9ad5c6..d071fc2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int start_kthread(struct trace_array *tr)
 	struct task_struct *kthread;
 	int next_cpu;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(hwlat_kthread))
+	if (hwlat_kthread)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Just pick the first CPU on first iteration */
-- 
1.8.3.1