* From Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
> > Hmm, could you explain this more. I'm thinking that this scenario should
> > not happen, and if it does, it should probably be a bug.
> >
> > Because when we call ftrace_free_rec we change the rec->ip to point to the
> > next record in the chain. Something is very wrong if rec->ip >= s &&
> > rec->ip < e and the record is already free.
> Hello, Steven
>
> Thanks for your comment.
> I got your meaning, and I agree that if rec->ip >= s && rec->ip < e,
> this record is not freed.
> But IMHO, "if rec->ip >= s && rec->ip < e" is used to select records in the
> module,
> and function of ignore "freed record" is only its side-effect.
> So, add a special judgement to avoid "freed record" is not a bad idea.
> And I also agree your suggestion of add a WARN_ON, because this should not
> happened.
Hi Zhaolei,
Great! Feel free to send another patch ;-)
Note, use FTRACE_WARN_ON() macro. This way it shuts down ftrace if it is hit and
helps to avoid further damage later.
Signed-off-by: Zhao Lei <[email protected]>
---
kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 9 +++++++--
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 7b8722b..1752a63 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -358,9 +358,14 @@ void ftrace_release(void *start, unsigned long size)
mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
- if ((rec->ip >= s) && (rec->ip < e) &&
- !(rec->flags & FTRACE_FL_FREE))
+ if ((rec->ip >= s) && (rec->ip < e)) {
+ /*
+ * rec->ip is changed in ftrace_free_rec()
+ * It should not between s and e if record was freed.
+ */
+ FTRACE_WARN_ON(rec->flags & FTRACE_FL_FREE);
ftrace_free_rec(rec);
+ }
} while_for_each_ftrace_rec();
mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
}
--
1.5.5.3