[PATCH 9/9] tracing: Remove locking trace_types_lock fromtracing_reset_all_online_cpus()

[Steven Rostedt]

From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Commit a82274151af "tracing: Protect ftrace_trace_arrays list in trace_events.c"
added taking the trace_types_lock mutex in trace_events.c as there were
several locations that needed it for protection. Unfortunately, it also
encapsulated a call to tracing_reset_all_online_cpus() which also takes
the trace_types_lock, causing a deadlock.

This happens when a module has tracepoints and has been traced. When the
module is removed, the trace events module notifier will grab the
trace_types_lock, do a bunch of clean ups, and also clears the buffer
by calling tracing_reset_all_online_cpus. This doesn't happen often
which explains why it wasn't caught right away.

Commit a82274151af was marked for stable, which means this must be
sent to stable too.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/51EEC646.7070306@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Reported-by: Arend van Spril <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Z Lam <azl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.10
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 69cba47..882ec1d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1224,18 +1224,17 @@ void tracing_reset_current(int cpu)
 	tracing_reset(&global_trace.trace_buffer, cpu);
 }
 
+/* Must have trace_types_lock held */
 void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus(void)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr;
 
-	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list) {
 		tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->trace_buffer);
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
 		tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->max_buffer);
 #endif
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 }
 
 #define SAVED_CMDLINES 128
-- 
1.7.10.4


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