Re: [PATCH] ftrace: Have ftrace_free_filter() WARN and exit if ops is active
From: Google
Date: Thu Feb 20 2025 - 04:25:34 EST
On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:50:40 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The ftrace_free_filter() is used to reset the ops filters. But it must be
> done if the ops is not currently active (tracing). If it is, it will mess
> up the ftrace accounting of what functions are attached and what is not.
>
> WARN and exit the ftrace_free_filter() if the ops is active when it is
> called.
>
> Currently, it doesn't seem if anything does this, but it may in the
> future.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250219095330.2e9f171c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks,
> ---
> kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index 189eb0a12f4b..4f6cad3b05b2 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -1296,6 +1296,8 @@ static void free_ftrace_hash_rcu(struct ftrace_hash *hash)
> void ftrace_free_filter(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
> {
> ftrace_ops_init(ops);
> + if (WARN_ON(ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED))
> + return;
> free_ftrace_hash(ops->func_hash->filter_hash);
> free_ftrace_hash(ops->func_hash->notrace_hash);
> }
> --
> 2.47.2
>
--
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>