[PATCH 2/2] tracing: Disable events in reverse order of their enable operation

From: Petr Pavlu
Date: Mon Nov 27 2023 - 10:13:18 EST


Make the disable operation in __ftrace_event_enable_disable() use the
reverse order of the respective enable operation.

This has two minor benefits:
* Disabling of buffered events via trace_buffered_event_disable() is
done after unregistering the trace event. It closes a small window
where an event would be still registered and could be hit, but would
unnecessarily go directly to a ring buffer.
* The SOFT_DISABLED flag is now consistently set only when SOFT_MODE is
also set.

Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index f29e815ca5b2..5f14d68a0ced 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -633,9 +633,6 @@ static int __ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct trace_event_file *file,
if (atomic_dec_return(&file->sm_ref) > 0)
break;
disable = file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED;
- clear_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_MODE_BIT, &file->flags);
- /* Disable use of trace_buffered_event */
- trace_buffered_event_disable();
} else
disable = !(file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_MODE);

@@ -653,11 +650,17 @@ static int __ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct trace_event_file *file,

call->class->reg(call, TRACE_REG_UNREGISTER, file);
}
- /* If in SOFT_MODE, just set the SOFT_DISABLE_BIT, else clear it */
- if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_MODE)
- set_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED_BIT, &file->flags);
- else
+
+ if (soft_disable) {
+ /* Complete going out of SOFT_MODE */
clear_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED_BIT, &file->flags);
+ clear_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_MODE_BIT, &file->flags);
+ /* Disable use of trace_buffered_event */
+ trace_buffered_event_disable();
+ } else if (file->flags & EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_MODE) {
+ /* If in SOFT_MODE, just set the SOFT_DISABLE_BIT */
+ set_bit(EVENT_FILE_FL_SOFT_DISABLED_BIT, &file->flags);
+ }
break;
case 1:
/*
--
2.35.3