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fgraph: Initialize tracing_graph_pause at task creation
On some archs, the idle task can call into cpu_suspend(). The cpu_suspend() will disable or pause function graph tracing, as there's some paths in bringing down the CPU that can have issues with its return address being modified. The task_struct structure has a "tracing_graph_pause" atomic counter, that when set to something other than zero, the function graph tracer will not modify the return address. The problem is that the tracing_graph_pause counter is initialized when the function graph tracer is enabled. This can corrupt the counter for the idle task if it is suspended in these architectures. CPU 1 CPU 2 ----- ----- do_idle() cpu_suspend() pause_graph_tracing() task_struct->tracing_graph_pause++ (0 -> 1) start_graph_tracing() for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { ftrace_graph_init_idle_task(cpu) task-struct->tracing_graph_pause = 0 (1 -> 0) unpause_graph_tracing() task_struct->tracing_graph_pause-- (0 -> -1) The above should have gone from 1 to zero, and enabled function graph tracing again. But instead, it is set to -1, which keeps it disabled. There's no reason that the field tracing_graph_pause on the task_struct can not be initialized at boot up. Cc: [email protected] Fixes: 380c4b1 ("tracing/function-graph-tracer: append the tracing_graph_flag") Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211339 Reported-by: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <[email protected]>
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init/init_task.c

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@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ struct task_struct init_task
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.lockdep_recursion = 0,
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#endif
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#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
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.ret_stack = NULL,
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.ret_stack = NULL,
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.tracing_graph_pause = ATOMIC_INIT(0),
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#endif
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#if defined(CONFIG_TRACING) && defined(CONFIG_PREEMPTION)
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.trace_recursion = 0,

kernel/trace/fgraph.c

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@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ static int alloc_retstack_tasklist(struct ftrace_ret_stack **ret_stack_list)
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}
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if (t->ret_stack == NULL) {
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atomic_set(&t->tracing_graph_pause, 0);
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atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
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t->curr_ret_stack = -1;
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t->curr_ret_depth = -1;
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static void
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graph_init_task(struct task_struct *t, struct ftrace_ret_stack *ret_stack)
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{
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atomic_set(&t->tracing_graph_pause, 0);
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atomic_set(&t->trace_overrun, 0);
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t->ftrace_timestamp = 0;
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/* make curr_ret_stack visible before we add the ret_stack */

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