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Commit a822741 "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 a822741 was marked for stable, which means this must be
sent to stable too.

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

Reported-by: Arend van Spril <arend@broadcom.com>
Tested-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Cc: Alexander Z Lam <azl@google.com>
Cc: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com>
Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) committed Jul 26, 2013
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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions kernel/trace/trace.c
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Expand Up @@ -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
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