[PATCH] tracing: remove WARN_ON in start_thread()

From: Vasily Averin
Date: Wed Nov 18 2020 - 07:05:59 EST


This patch reverts commit 978defee11a5 ("tracing: Do a WARN_ON()
if start_thread() in hwlat is called when thread exists")

.start hook can be legally called several times if according
tracer is stopped

screen window 1
[root@localhost ~]# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/events/kmem/kfree/enable
[root@localhost ~]# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/options/pause-on-trace
[root@localhost ~]# less -F /sys/kernel/tracing/trace

screen window 2
[root@localhost ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on
0
[root@localhost ~]# echo hwlat > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
[root@localhost ~]# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on
[root@localhost ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on
0
[root@localhost ~]# echo 2 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/tracing_on

triggers warning in dmesg:
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1403 at kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c:371 hwlat_tracer_start+0xc9/0xd0

Fixes: 978defee11a5 ("tracing: Do a WARN_ON() if start_thread() in hwlat is called when thread exists")
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
index c9ad5c6..d071fc2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static int start_kthread(struct trace_array *tr)
struct task_struct *kthread;
int next_cpu;

- if (WARN_ON(hwlat_kthread))
+ if (hwlat_kthread)
return 0;

/* Just pick the first CPU on first iteration */
--
1.8.3.1