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| author | Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2008-07-11 02:58:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-11 15:49:21 +0200 |
| commit | a2bb6a3d85ef3124cd336403a95abc0540d3fbe2 (patch) | |
| tree | 3048f355cc3ca814222ba34943c9a8f735e7a5e6 /kernel/trace | |
| parent | ftrace: use current CPU for function startup (diff) | |
| download | linux-a2bb6a3d85ef3124cd336403a95abc0540d3fbe2.tar.xz linux-a2bb6a3d85ef3124cd336403a95abc0540d3fbe2.zip | |
ftrace: add ftrace_kill_atomic
It has been suggested that I add a way to disable the function tracer
on an oops. This code adds a ftrace_kill_atomic. It is not meant to be
used in normal situations. It will disable the ftrace tracer, but will
not perform the nice shutdown that requires scheduling.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c index 0f271c45cd02..1359632668a4 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c @@ -1602,6 +1602,21 @@ core_initcall(ftrace_dynamic_init); #endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */ /** + * ftrace_kill_atomic - kill ftrace from critical sections + * + * This function should be used by panic code. It stops ftrace + * but in a not so nice way. If you need to simply kill ftrace + * from a non-atomic section, use ftrace_kill. + */ +void ftrace_kill_atomic(void) +{ + ftrace_disabled = 1; + ftrace_enabled = 0; + ftraced_suspend = -1; + clear_ftrace_function(); +} + +/** * ftrace_kill - totally shutdown ftrace * * This is a safety measure. If something was detected that seems |