From 3debb0a9ddb16526de8b456491b7db60114f7b5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:30:58 -0400 Subject: tracing: Fix trace_printk() to print when not using bprintk() The trace_printk() code will allocate extra buffers if the compile detects that a trace_printk() is used. To do this, the format of the trace_printk() is saved to the __trace_printk_fmt section, and if that section is bigger than zero, the buffers are allocated (along with a message that this has happened). If trace_printk() uses a format that is not a constant, and thus something not guaranteed to be around when the print happens, the compiler optimizes the fmt out, as it is not used, and the __trace_printk_fmt section is not filled. This means the kernel will not allocate the special buffers needed for the trace_printk() and the trace_printk() will not write anything to the tracing buffer. Adding a "__used" to the variable in the __trace_printk_fmt section will keep it around, even though it is set to NULL. This will keep the string from being printed in the debugfs/tracing/printk_formats section as it is not needed. Reported-by: Vlastimil Babka Fixes: 07d777fe8c398 "tracing: Add percpu buffers for trace_printk()" Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.5+ Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace_printk.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c index 060df67dbdd1..f96f0383f6c6 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c @@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ static int t_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) const char *str = *fmt; int i; + if (!*fmt) + return 0; + seq_printf(m, "0x%lx : \"", *(unsigned long *)fmt); /* -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b