Commit 18ecff396c9e for kernel
commit 18ecff396c9edb9add34f612d9fb99bb34833cc0
Merge: c107785c7e8d f26b098d9374
Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu Mar 5 08:05:05 2026 -0800
Merge tag 'trace-v7.0-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace
Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:
- Fix thresh_return of function graph tracer
The update to store data on the shadow stack removed the abuse of
using the task recursion word as a way to keep track of what
functions to ignore. The trace_graph_return() was updated to handle
this, but when function_graph tracer is using a threshold (only trace
functions that took longer than a specified time), it uses
trace_graph_thresh_return() instead.
This function was still incorrectly using the task struct recursion
word causing the function graph tracer to permanently set all
functions to "notrace"
- Fix thresh_return nosleep accounting
When the calltime was moved to the shadow stack storage instead of
being on the fgraph descriptor, the calculations for the amount of
sleep time was updated. The calculation was done in the
trace_graph_thresh_return() function, which also called the
trace_graph_return(), which did the calculation again, causing the
time to be doubled.
Remove the call to trace_graph_return() as what it needed to do
wasn't that much, and just do the work in
trace_graph_thresh_return().
- Fix syscall trace event activation on boot up
The syscall trace events are pseudo events attached to the
raw_syscall tracepoints. When the first syscall event is enabled, it
enables the raw_syscall tracepoint and doesn't need to do anything
when a second syscall event is also enabled.
When events are enabled via the kernel command line, syscall events
are partially enabled as the enabling is called before rcu_init. This
is due to allow early events to be enabled immediately. Because
kernel command line events do not distinguish between different types
of events, the syscall events are enabled here but are not fully
functioning. After rcu_init, they are disabled and re-enabled so that
they can be fully enabled.
The problem happened is that this "disable-enable" is done one at a
time. If more than one syscall event is specified on the command
line, by disabling them one at a time, the counter never gets to
zero, and the raw_syscall is not disabled and enabled, keeping the
syscall events in their non-fully functional state.
Instead, disable all events and re-enabled them all, as that will
ensure the raw_syscall event is also disabled and re-enabled.
- Disable preemption in ftrace pid filtering
The ftrace pid filtering attaches to the fork and exit tracepoints to
add or remove pids that should be traced. They access variables
protected by RCU (preemption disabled). Now that tracepoint callbacks
are called with preemption enabled, this protection needs to be added
explicitly, and not depend on the functions being called with
preemption disabled.
- Disable preemption in event pid filtering
The event pid filtering needs the same preemption disabling guards as
ftrace pid filtering.
- Fix accounting of the memory mapped ring buffer on fork
Memory mapping the ftrace ring buffer sets the vm_flags to DONTCOPY.
But this does not prevent the application from calling
madvise(MADVISE_DOFORK). This causes the mapping to be copied on
fork. After the first tasks exits, the mapping is considered unmapped
by everyone. But when he second task exits, the counter goes below
zero and triggers a WARN_ON.
Since nothing prevents two separate tasks from mmapping the ftrace
ring buffer (although two mappings may mess each other up), there's
no reason to stop the memory from being copied on fork.
Update the vm_operations to have an ".open" handler to update the
accounting and let the ring buffer know someone else has it mapped.
- Add all ftrace headers in MAINTAINERS file
The MAINTAINERS file only specifies include/linux/ftrace.h But misses
ftrace_irq.h and ftrace_regs.h. Make the file use wildcards to get
all *ftrace* files.
* tag 'trace-v7.0-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
ftrace: Add MAINTAINERS entries for all ftrace headers
tracing: Fix WARN_ON in tracing_buffers_mmap_close
tracing: Disable preemption in the tracepoint callbacks handling filtered pids
ftrace: Disable preemption in the tracepoint callbacks handling filtered pids
tracing: Fix syscall events activation by ensuring refcount hits zero
fgraph: Fix thresh_return nosleeptime double-adjust
fgraph: Fix thresh_return clear per-task notrace