Commit-ID: 80370cb758e7ca2692cd9fb5e413d970b1f4b2b2 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/80370cb758e7ca2692cd9fb5e413d970b1f4b2b2 Author: "Steven Rostedt" <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:16:35 -0400 Commit: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:16:35 -0400 tracing: use raw spinlocks for trace_vprintk Impact: prevent locking up by lockdep tracer The lockdep tracer uses trace_vprintk and thus trace_vprintk can not call back into lockdep without locking up. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 8c6a902..4c97947 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -1176,7 +1176,8 @@ void trace_graph_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace) */ int trace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args) { - static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(trace_buf_lock); + static raw_spinlock_t trace_buf_lock = + (raw_spinlock_t)__RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; static u32 trace_buf[TRACE_BUF_SIZE]; struct ring_buffer_event *event; @@ -1201,7 +1202,9 @@ int trace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args) if (unlikely(atomic_read(&data->disabled))) goto out; - spin_lock_irqsave(&trace_buf_lock, flags); + /* Lockdep uses trace_printk for lock tracing */ + local_irq_save(flags); + __raw_spin_lock(&trace_buf_lock); len = vbin_printf(trace_buf, TRACE_BUF_SIZE, fmt, args); if (len > TRACE_BUF_SIZE || len < 0) @@ -1220,7 +1223,8 @@ int trace_vprintk(unsigned long ip, int depth, const char *fmt, va_list args) ring_buffer_unlock_commit(tr->buffer, event); out_unlock: - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&trace_buf_lock, flags); + __raw_spin_unlock(&trace_buf_lock); + local_irq_restore(flags); out: ftrace_preempt_enable(resched); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html