kernel_optimize_test/kernel
Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 6224beb12e tracing: Have branch tracer use recursive field of task struct
Fengguang Wu's tests triggered a bug in the branch tracer's start up
test when CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT set. This was because that config
adds some debug logic in the per cpu field, which calls back into
the branch tracer.

The branch tracer has its own recursive checks, but uses a per cpu
variable to implement it. If retrieving the per cpu variable calls
back into the branch tracer, you can see how things will break.

Instead of using a per cpu variable, use the trace_recursion field
of the current task struct. Simply set a bit when entering the
branch tracing and clear it when leaving. If the bit is set on
entry, just don't do the tracing.

There's also the case with lockdep, as the local_irq_save() called
before the recursion can also trigger code that can call back into
the function. Changing that to a raw_local_irq_save() will protect
that as well.

This prevents the recursion and the inevitable crash that follows.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150630141803.GA28071@wfg-t540p.sh.intel.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10+
Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Tested-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2015-07-08 11:53:45 -04:00
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bpf bpf: allow networking programs to use bpf_trace_printk() for debugging 2015-06-15 15:53:50 -07:00
configs kconfig: add xenconfig defconfig helper 2015-06-16 11:04:29 +01:00
debug debug: prevent entering debug mode on panic/exception. 2015-02-19 12:39:03 -06:00
events Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-07-04 19:36:06 -07:00
gcov gcov: add support for GCC 5.1 2015-06-30 19:44:57 -07:00
irq Merge branch 'irq/for-x86' into irq/core 2015-06-20 19:14:31 +02:00
livepatch Merge branches 'for-4.1/upstream-fixes', 'for-4.2/kaslr' and 'for-4.2/upstream' into for-linus 2015-06-22 16:26:56 +02:00
locking Merge branch 'sched-hrtimers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-06-24 15:09:40 -07:00
power Power management and ACPI fixes for v4.2-rc1 2015-07-01 14:17:44 -07:00
printk printk: improve the description of /dev/kmsg line format 2015-06-30 19:44:59 -07:00
rcu This patch series contains several clean ups and even a new trace clock 2015-06-26 14:02:43 -07:00
sched Except for the preempt notifiers fix, these are all small bugfixes 2015-07-04 11:29:59 -07:00
time Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-07-01 15:44:18 -07:00
trace tracing: Have branch tracer use recursive field of task struct 2015-07-08 11:53:45 -04:00
.gitignore
acct.c acct: check FMODE_CAN_WRITE 2015-04-11 22:27:55 -04:00
async.c
audit_tree.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2015-04-26 17:22:07 -07:00
audit_watch.c VFS: audit: d_backing_inode() annotations 2015-04-15 15:06:55 -04:00
audit.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-06-27 13:53:16 -07:00
audit.h Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-04-22 14:49:23 -07:00
auditfilter.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-02-11 20:07:47 -08:00
auditsc.c Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.infradead.org/users/pcmoore/audit 2015-06-27 13:53:16 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2015-07-03 15:20:57 -07:00
compat.c compat: cleanup coding in compat_get_bitmap() and compat_put_bitmap() 2015-06-04 23:57:18 +02:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Inherit TIF_NOHZ through forks instead of context switches 2015-05-07 12:02:51 +02:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c cpu: Remove new instance of __cpuinit that crept back in 2015-05-27 12:58:39 -07:00
cpuset.c kernel, cpuset: remove exception for __GFP_THISNODE 2015-04-14 16:49:03 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c Remove rest of exec domains. 2015-04-12 21:03:31 +02:00
exit.c exit,stats: /* obey this comment */ 2015-06-25 17:00:43 -07:00
extable.c
fork.c Merge branch 'for-4.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2015-06-26 19:50:04 -07:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c Merge branch 'sched-locking-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-06-24 14:46:01 -07:00
groups.c kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: change hung_task.c to use for_each_process_thread() 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
irq_work.c
jump_label.c module, jump_label: Fix module locking 2015-05-27 11:09:50 +09:30
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking/qrwlock: Rename QUEUE_RWLOCK to QUEUED_RWLOCKS 2015-05-12 09:46:00 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kernel/panic/kexec: fix "crash_kexec_post_notifiers" option issue in oops path 2015-06-30 19:44:57 -07:00
kmod.c
kprobes.c kprobes: makes kprobes/enabled works correctly for optimized kprobes. 2015-02-13 21:21:42 -08:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c
latencytop.c
Makefile make certificate list change message more useful 2015-07-02 16:42:13 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Minor merge needed, due to function move. 2015-07-01 10:49:25 -07:00
notifier.c rcu: Make SRCU optional by using CONFIG_SRCU 2015-01-06 11:04:29 -08:00
nsproxy.c
padata.c padata: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasks 2015-02-13 21:21:38 -08:00
panic.c kernel/panic/kexec: fix "crash_kexec_post_notifiers" option issue in oops path 2015-06-30 19:44:57 -07:00
params.c Minor merge needed, due to function move. 2015-07-01 10:49:25 -07:00
pid_namespace.c
pid.c fork: report pid reservation failure properly 2015-04-17 09:04:06 -04:00
profile.c profile: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasks 2015-02-13 21:21:38 -08:00
ptrace.c ptrace: ptrace_detach() can no longer race with SIGKILL 2015-04-17 09:04:06 -04:00
range.c kernel: avoid overflow in cmp_range 2015-01-17 10:02:23 +13:00
reboot.c kernel/reboot.c: add orderly_reboot for graceful reboot 2015-04-15 16:35:23 -07:00
relay.c kernel/relay.c: use kvfree() in relay_free_page_array() 2015-06-30 19:44:59 -07:00
resource.c kernel/resource.c: remove deprecated __check_region() and friends 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp, filter: add and use bpf_prog_create_from_user from seccomp 2015-05-09 17:35:05 -04:00
signal.c Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2015-06-27 13:26:03 -07:00
smp.c smp: Fix error case handling in smp_call_function_*() 2015-04-19 13:19:23 -07:00
smpboot.c watchdog: add watchdog_cpumask sysctl to assist nohz 2015-06-24 17:49:40 -07:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-02-09 15:24:03 -08:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c sched/stop_machine: Fix deadlock between multiple stop_two_cpus() 2015-06-19 10:03:12 +02:00
sys_ni.c kernel: conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities 2015-04-15 16:35:22 -07:00
sys.c prctl: more prctl(PR_SET_MM_*) checks 2015-06-25 17:00:37 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2015-07-03 15:20:57 -07:00
system_certificates.S
system_keyring.c
task_work.c
taskstats.c netlink: make nlmsg_end() and genlmsg_end() void 2015-01-18 01:03:45 -05:00
test_kprobes.c
torture.c rcu: Convert ACCESS_ONCE() to READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-27 12:56:15 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog.c watchdog: add watchdog_cpumask sysctl to assist nohz 2015-06-24 17:49:40 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c Minor merge needed, due to function move. 2015-07-01 10:49:25 -07:00