From: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit 7ef282e05132d56b6f6b71e3873f317664bea78b upstream. If a process has the trace_pipe open on a trace_array, the current tracer for that trace array should not be changed. This was original enforced by a global lock, but when instances were introduced, it was moved to the current_trace. But this structure is shared by all instances, and a trace_pipe is for a single instance. There's no reason that a process that has trace_pipe open on one instance should prevent another instance from changing its current tracer. Move the reference counter to the trace_array instead. This is marked as "Fixes" but is more of a clean up than a true fix. Backport if you want, but its not critical. Fixes: cf6ab6d9143b1 ("tracing: Add ref count to tracer for when they are being read by pipe") Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> [Resolved conflict in __remove_instance()] Signed-off-by: dann frazier <dann.frazier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 12 ++++++------ kernel/trace/trace.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -5686,7 +5686,7 @@ static int tracing_set_tracer(struct tra } /* If trace pipe files are being read, we can't change the tracer */ - if (tr->current_trace->ref) { + if (tr->trace_ref) { ret = -EBUSY; goto out; } @@ -5902,7 +5902,7 @@ static int tracing_open_pipe(struct inod nonseekable_open(inode, filp); - tr->current_trace->ref++; + tr->trace_ref++; out: mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock); return ret; @@ -5921,7 +5921,7 @@ static int tracing_release_pipe(struct i mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock); - tr->current_trace->ref--; + tr->trace_ref--; if (iter->trace->pipe_close) iter->trace->pipe_close(iter); @@ -7230,7 +7230,7 @@ static int tracing_buffers_open(struct i filp->private_data = info; - tr->current_trace->ref++; + tr->trace_ref++; mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock); @@ -7331,7 +7331,7 @@ static int tracing_buffers_release(struc mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock); - iter->tr->current_trace->ref--; + iter->tr->trace_ref--; __trace_array_put(iter->tr); @@ -8470,7 +8470,7 @@ static int __remove_instance(struct trac { int i; - if (tr->ref || (tr->current_trace && tr->current_trace->ref)) + if (tr->ref || (tr->current_trace && tr->trace_ref)) return -EBUSY; list_del(&tr->list); --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h @@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ struct trace_array { struct trace_event_file *trace_marker_file; cpumask_var_t tracing_cpumask; /* only trace on set CPUs */ int ref; + int trace_ref; #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER struct ftrace_ops *ops; struct trace_pid_list __rcu *function_pids; @@ -498,7 +499,6 @@ struct tracer { struct tracer *next; struct tracer_flags *flags; int enabled; - int ref; bool print_max; bool allow_instances; #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE