[PATCH 11/12] tracing: Use atomic_inc_return() for updating "disabled" counter in irqsoff tracer

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri May 02 2025 - 16:55:16 EST


From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The irqsoff tracer uses the per CPU "disabled" field to prevent corruption
of the accounting when it starts to trace interrupts disabled, but there's
a slight race that could happen if for some reason it was called twice.
Use atomic_inc_return() instead.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
index 0b6d932a931e..5496758b6c76 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ start_critical_timing(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
int cpu;
struct trace_array *tr = irqsoff_trace;
struct trace_array_cpu *data;
+ long disabled;

if (!tracer_enabled || !tracing_is_enabled())
return;
@@ -411,15 +412,17 @@ start_critical_timing(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
if (unlikely(!data) || local_read(&data->disabled))
return;

- local_inc(&data->disabled);
+ disabled = local_inc_return(&data->disabled);

- data->critical_sequence = max_sequence;
- data->preempt_timestamp = ftrace_now(cpu);
- data->critical_start = parent_ip ? : ip;
+ if (disabled == 1) {
+ data->critical_sequence = max_sequence;
+ data->preempt_timestamp = ftrace_now(cpu);
+ data->critical_start = parent_ip ? : ip;

- __trace_function(tr, ip, parent_ip, tracing_gen_ctx());
+ __trace_function(tr, ip, parent_ip, tracing_gen_ctx());

- per_cpu(tracing_cpu, cpu) = 1;
+ per_cpu(tracing_cpu, cpu) = 1;
+ }

local_dec(&data->disabled);
}
@@ -431,6 +434,7 @@ stop_critical_timing(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
struct trace_array *tr = irqsoff_trace;
struct trace_array_cpu *data;
unsigned int trace_ctx;
+ long disabled;

cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
/* Always clear the tracing cpu on stopping the trace */
@@ -448,12 +452,15 @@ stop_critical_timing(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
!data->critical_start || local_read(&data->disabled))
return;

- local_inc(&data->disabled);
+ disabled = local_inc_return(&data->disabled);
+
+ if (disabled == 1) {
+ trace_ctx = tracing_gen_ctx();
+ __trace_function(tr, ip, parent_ip, trace_ctx);
+ check_critical_timing(tr, data, parent_ip ? : ip, cpu);
+ data->critical_start = 0;
+ }

- trace_ctx = tracing_gen_ctx();
- __trace_function(tr, ip, parent_ip, trace_ctx);
- check_critical_timing(tr, data, parent_ip ? : ip, cpu);
- data->critical_start = 0;
local_dec(&data->disabled);
}

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