[for-linus][PATCH 2/6] fgraph: Fix thresh_return nosleeptime double-adjust

From: Steven Rostedt

Date: Wed Mar 04 2026 - 17:07:19 EST


From: Shengming Hu <hu.shengming@xxxxxxxxxx>

trace_graph_thresh_return() called handle_nosleeptime() and then delegated
to trace_graph_return(), which calls handle_nosleeptime() again. When
sleep-time accounting is disabled this double-adjusts calltime and can
produce bogus durations (including underflow).

Fix this by computing rettime once, applying handle_nosleeptime() only
once, using the adjusted calltime for threshold comparison, and writing
the return event directly via __trace_graph_return() when the threshold is
met.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260221113314048jE4VRwIyZEALiYByGK0My@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 3c9880f3ab52b ("ftrace: Use a running sleeptime instead of saving on shadow stack")
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shengming Hu <hu.shengming@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
index 817d0f1696b6..0d2d3a2ea7dd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
@@ -403,8 +403,12 @@ static void trace_graph_thresh_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace,
unsigned long *task_var = fgraph_get_task_var(gops);
struct fgraph_times *ftimes;
struct trace_array *tr;
+ unsigned int trace_ctx;
+ u64 calltime, rettime;
int size;

+ rettime = trace_clock_local();
+
ftrace_graph_addr_finish(gops, trace);

if (*task_var & TRACE_GRAPH_NOTRACE) {
@@ -419,11 +423,13 @@ static void trace_graph_thresh_return(struct ftrace_graph_ret *trace,
tr = gops->private;
handle_nosleeptime(tr, trace, ftimes, size);

- if (tracing_thresh &&
- (trace_clock_local() - ftimes->calltime < tracing_thresh))
+ calltime = ftimes->calltime;
+
+ if (tracing_thresh && (rettime - calltime < tracing_thresh))
return;
- else
- trace_graph_return(trace, gops, fregs);
+
+ trace_ctx = tracing_gen_ctx();
+ __trace_graph_return(tr, trace, trace_ctx, calltime, rettime);
}

static struct fgraph_ops funcgraph_ops = {
--
2.51.0