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SubjectRe: [BUG] I found a bug when try to enable record_ftrace
On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 03:16:44PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 10:43:29AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 03:42:23PM +0800, Zhengyejian (Zetta) wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > There may be a deadlock caused by ftrace recursion when try to enable
> > > record_ftrace.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for the report. Joel, is this something you can take a look at?
>
> Kees,
>
> Sorry for late reply. Right now I am dealing with a production-stop bug and
> would not likely get time. Plus I feel a bit less motivated, because the
> ftrace in pstore the way it stands now is unusable due to perf issues anyway
> (I wonder if anyone uses it at all now). I would rather someone who has time
> to work on this try to revive: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/9/2/1075 . Should
> we just delete pstore function tracing till then?

If no one is using it, then yes, let's rip it out. Zetta, are you using
pstore ftrace?

-Kees

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Kees Cook

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