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ftrace: enable filtering only when a function is filtered on
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Impact: fix to prevent empty set_ftrace_filter and no ftrace output

The function filter is used to only trace a given set of functions.
The filter is enabled when a function name is echoed into the
set_ftrace_filter file. But if the name has a typo and the function
is not found, the filter is enabled, but no function is listed.

This makes a confusing situation where set_ftrace_filter is empty
but no functions ever get enabled for tracing.

For example:

 # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter

  #### all functions enabled ####

 # echo bad_name > set_ftrace_filter
 # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter

 # echo function > current_tracer
 # cat trace

  # tracer: nop
  #
  #           TASK-PID    CPU#    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
  #              | |       |          |         |

This patch changes that to only enable filtering if a function
is set to be filtered on. Now, the filter is not enabled if
a bad name is echoed into set_ftrace_filter.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
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Steven Rostedt committed Feb 16, 2009
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14 changes: 8 additions & 6 deletions kernel/trace/ftrace.c
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Expand Up @@ -1153,8 +1153,6 @@ static void ftrace_match_records(char *buff, int len, int enable)

/* should not be called from interrupt context */
spin_lock(&ftrace_lock);
if (enable)
ftrace_filtered = 1;
do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {

if (rec->flags & FTRACE_FL_FAILED)
Expand All @@ -1166,7 +1164,12 @@ static void ftrace_match_records(char *buff, int len, int enable)
else
rec->flags |= flag;
}

/*
* Only enable filtering if we have a function that
* is filtered on.
*/
if (enable && (rec->flags & FTRACE_FL_FILTER))
ftrace_filtered = 1;
} while_for_each_ftrace_rec();
spin_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1217,9 +1220,6 @@ static void ftrace_match_module_records(char *buff, char *mod, int enable)

/* should not be called from interrupt context */
spin_lock(&ftrace_lock);
if (enable)
ftrace_filtered = 1;

do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {

if (rec->flags & FTRACE_FL_FAILED)
Expand All @@ -1232,6 +1232,8 @@ static void ftrace_match_module_records(char *buff, char *mod, int enable)
else
rec->flags |= flag;
}
if (enable && (rec->flags & FTRACE_FL_FILTER))
ftrace_filtered = 1;

} while_for_each_ftrace_rec();
spin_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
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