Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932830AbcDBA4p (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2016 20:56:45 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:54385 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932731AbcDBA4l (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2016 20:56:41 -0400 From: Kamal Mostafa To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Steven Rostedt , Kamal Mostafa Subject: [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 113/170] tracing: Fix trace_printk() to print when not using bprintk() Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 17:53:19 -0700 Message-Id: <1459558456-24452-114-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1459558456-24452-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> References: <1459558456-24452-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Extended-Stable: 3.19 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3070 Lines: 82 3.19.8-ckt18 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ---8<------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" commit 3debb0a9ddb16526de8b456491b7db60114f7b5e upstream. The trace_printk() code will allocate extra buffers if the compile detects that a trace_printk() is used. To do this, the format of the trace_printk() is saved to the __trace_printk_fmt section, and if that section is bigger than zero, the buffers are allocated (along with a message that this has happened). If trace_printk() uses a format that is not a constant, and thus something not guaranteed to be around when the print happens, the compiler optimizes the fmt out, as it is not used, and the __trace_printk_fmt section is not filled. This means the kernel will not allocate the special buffers needed for the trace_printk() and the trace_printk() will not write anything to the tracing buffer. Adding a "__used" to the variable in the __trace_printk_fmt section will keep it around, even though it is set to NULL. This will keep the string from being printed in the debugfs/tracing/printk_formats section as it is not needed. Reported-by: Vlastimil Babka Fixes: 07d777fe8c398 "tracing: Add percpu buffers for trace_printk()" Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa --- include/linux/kernel.h | 6 +++--- kernel/trace/trace_printk.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index 64ce58b..63be36d 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ do { \ #define do_trace_printk(fmt, args...) \ do { \ - static const char *trace_printk_fmt \ + static const char *trace_printk_fmt __used \ __attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) = \ __builtin_constant_p(fmt) ? fmt : NULL; \ \ @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ int __trace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...); */ #define trace_puts(str) ({ \ - static const char *trace_printk_fmt \ + static const char *trace_printk_fmt __used \ __attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) = \ __builtin_constant_p(str) ? str : NULL; \ \ @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ extern void trace_dump_stack(int skip); #define ftrace_vprintk(fmt, vargs) \ do { \ if (__builtin_constant_p(fmt)) { \ - static const char *trace_printk_fmt \ + static const char *trace_printk_fmt __used \ __attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) = \ __builtin_constant_p(fmt) ? fmt : NULL; \ \ diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c index 01443a1..1de8d93 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c @@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ static int t_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) const char *str = *fmt; int i; + if (!*fmt) + return 0; + seq_printf(m, "0x%lx : \"", *(unsigned long *)fmt); /* -- 2.7.4