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yaml
---
r: 350043
b: refs/heads/master
c: 2fd196e
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  350041: 87bf307
  350039: 1332000
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5e67b51e3fb22ad43faf9589e9019ad9c6a00413
+refs/heads/master: 2fd196ec1eab2623096e7fc7e6f3976160392bce

trunk/kernel/trace/trace.c

@@ -1948,18 +1948,20 @@ void tracing_iter_reset(struct trace_iterator *iter, int cpu)
 static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct trace_iterator *iter = m->private;
-	static struct tracer *old_tracer;
 	int cpu_file = iter->cpu_file;
 	void *p = NULL;
 	loff_t l = 0;
 	int cpu;
 
-	/* copy the tracer to avoid using a global lock all around */
+	/*
+	 * copy the tracer to avoid using a global lock all around.
+	 * iter->trace is a copy of current_trace, the pointer to the
+	 * name may be used instead of a strcmp(), as iter->trace->name
+	 * will point to the same string as current_trace->name.
+	 */
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
-	if (unlikely(old_tracer != current_trace && current_trace)) {
-		old_tracer = current_trace;
+	if (unlikely(current_trace && iter->trace->name != current_trace->name))
 		*iter->trace = *current_trace;
-	}
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	atomic_inc(&trace_record_cmdline_disabled);
@@ -3494,7 +3496,6 @@ tracing_read_pipe(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 		  size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct trace_iterator *iter = filp->private_data;
-	static struct tracer *old_tracer;
 	ssize_t sret;
 
 	/* return any leftover data */
@@ -3506,10 +3507,8 @@ tracing_read_pipe(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 
 	/* copy the tracer to avoid using a global lock all around */
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
-	if (unlikely(old_tracer != current_trace && current_trace)) {
-		old_tracer = current_trace;
+	if (unlikely(current_trace && iter->trace->name != current_trace->name))
 		*iter->trace = *current_trace;
-	}
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	/*
@@ -3665,7 +3664,6 @@ static ssize_t tracing_splice_read_pipe(struct file *filp,
 		.ops		= &tracing_pipe_buf_ops,
 		.spd_release	= tracing_spd_release_pipe,
 	};
-	static struct tracer *old_tracer;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	size_t rem;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -3675,10 +3673,8 @@ static ssize_t tracing_splice_read_pipe(struct file *filp,
 
 	/* copy the tracer to avoid using a global lock all around */
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
-	if (unlikely(old_tracer != current_trace && current_trace)) {
-		old_tracer = current_trace;
+	if (unlikely(current_trace && iter->trace->name != current_trace->name))
 		*iter->trace = *current_trace;
-	}
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	mutex_lock(&iter->mutex);