Re: [BUG] function_graph trace causes hang when using sleepgraph (4.15.0-rc1 and newer)

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Jan 08 2018 - 20:08:05 EST


On Mon, 08 Jan 2018 17:02:29 -0800
Todd Brandt <todd.e.brandt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Stephen, the problem is reversed by removing the following two commits,
> the one the bisect showed and the very next. So the problem is here:
>
> commit 1a149d7d3f45d311da1f63473736c05f30ae8a75
> Author: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:ÂÂÂFri Sep 22 16:59:02 2017 -0400
>
> ÂÂÂÂring-buffer: Rewrite trace_recursive_(un)lock() to be simpler

This one still doesn't make sense, for why it would cause the hang.


> commit 12ecef0cb12102d8c034770173d2d1363cb97d52
> Author: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:ÂÂÂThu Sep 21 16:22:49 2017 -0400
>
> ÂÂÂÂtracing: Reverse the order of trace_types_lock and event_mutex

This one does.

Can you run lockdep when you do this and see if lockdep catches
anything? If it does, it should point directly to where the inversed
locking happened.

-- Steve