Re: [PATCH] ARM: sched_clock: Add more notrace to prevent recursion

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Thu Apr 18 2013 - 05:20:47 EST


On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 05:34:45PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 03/26/13 10:35, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > On 03/21/13 10:49, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >> On 03/14/13 17:08, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> >>> cyc_to_sched_clock() is called by sched_clock() and cyc_to_ns()
> >>> is called by cyc_to_sched_clock(). I suspect that some compilers
> >>> inline both of these functions into sched_clock() and so we've
> >>> been getting away without having a notrace marking. It seems that
> >>> my compiler isn't inlining cyc_to_sched_clock() though, so I'm
> >>> hitting a recursion bug when I enable the function graph tracer,
> >>> causing my system to crash. Marking these functions notrace fixes
> >>> it. Technically cyc_to_ns() doesn't need the notrace because it's
> >>> already marked inline, but let's just add it so that if we ever
> >>> remove inline from that function it doesn't blow up.
> >> Anyone else seeing this problem?
> > Russell, should I put this into the patch tracker?
>
> I'll throw this into the patch tracker tomorrow if nobody complains.

Or you could do so today.
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