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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/trace.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 396fda034e3f..16892121cb7c 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -532,6 +532,13 @@ int register_tracer(struct tracer *type) } #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST + /* + * When this gets called we hold the BKL which means that preemption + * is disabled. Various trace selftests however need to disable + * and enable preemption for successful tests. So we drop the BKL here + * and grab it after the tests again. + */ + unlock_kernel(); if (type->selftest) { struct tracer *saved_tracer = current_trace; struct trace_array *tr = &global_trace; @@ -562,6 +569,7 @@ int register_tracer(struct tracer *type) } printk(KERN_CONT "PASSED\n"); } + lock_kernel(); #endif type->next = trace_types; |