[PATCH] tracing: Make sure trace_printk() can output as soon as it can be used

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Jan 04 2023 - 16:14:21 EST


From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Currently trace_printk() can be used as soon as early_trace_init() is
called from start_kernel(). But if a crash happens, and
"ftrace_dump_on_oops" is set on the kernel command line, all you get will
be:

[ 0.456075] <idle>-0 0dN.2. 347519us : Unknown type 6
[ 0.456075] <idle>-0 0dN.2. 353141us : Unknown type 6
[ 0.456075] <idle>-0 0dN.2. 358684us : Unknown type 6

This is because the trace_printk() event (type 6) hasn't been registered
yet. That gets done via an early_initcall(), which may be early, but not
early enough.

Instead of registering the trace_printk() event (and other ftrace events,
which are not trace events) via an early_initcall(), have them registered at
the same time that trace_printk() can be used. This way, if there is a
crash before early_initcall(), then the trace_printk()s will actually be
useful.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: e725c731e3bb1 ("tracing: Split tracing initialization into two for early initialization")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 ++
kernel/trace/trace.h | 1 +
kernel/trace/trace_output.c | 3 +--
3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index d3005279165d..80de338f1277 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -10196,6 +10196,8 @@ void __init early_trace_init(void)
static_key_enable(&tracepoint_printk_key.key);
}
tracer_alloc_buffers();
+
+ init_events();
}

void __init trace_init(void)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 900e75d96c84..11c4918ff202 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1504,6 +1504,7 @@ extern void trace_event_enable_cmd_record(bool enable);
extern void trace_event_enable_tgid_record(bool enable);

extern int event_trace_init(void);
+extern int init_events(void);
extern int event_trace_add_tracer(struct dentry *parent, struct trace_array *tr);
extern int event_trace_del_tracer(struct trace_array *tr);
extern void __trace_early_add_events(struct trace_array *tr);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index 67f47ea27921..5cd4fb656306 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ static struct trace_event *events[] __initdata = {
NULL
};

-__init static int init_events(void)
+__init int init_events(void)
{
struct trace_event *event;
int i, ret;
@@ -1581,4 +1581,3 @@ __init static int init_events(void)

return 0;
}
-early_initcall(init_events);
--
2.35.1