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Commit 09d8091c authored by Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)'s avatar Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) Committed by Steven Rostedt
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tracing: Remove locking trace_types_lock from tracing_reset_all_online_cpus()

Commit a8227415 "tracing: Protect ftrace_trace_arrays list in trace_events.c"
added taking the trace_types_lock mutex in trace_events.c as there were
several locations that needed it for protection. Unfortunately, it also
encapsulated a call to tracing_reset_all_online_cpus() which also takes
the trace_types_lock, causing a deadlock.

This happens when a module has tracepoints and has been traced. When the
module is removed, the trace events module notifier will grab the
trace_types_lock, do a bunch of clean ups, and also clears the buffer
by calling tracing_reset_all_online_cpus. This doesn't happen often
which explains why it wasn't caught right away.

Commit a8227415 was marked for stable, which means this must be
sent to stable too.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/51EEC646.7070306@broadcom.com



Reported-by: default avatarArend van Spril <arend@broadcom.com>
Tested-by: default avatarArend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Cc: Alexander Z Lam <azl@google.com>
Cc: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com>
Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10
Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
parent 195a8afc
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