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linux/kernel/trace
Li Zefan b5230b56ee blktrace: fix a race when creating blk_tree_root in debugfs
t1                                t2
------                            ------
do_blk_trace_setup()              do_blk_trace_setup()
  if (!blk_tree_root) {
                                    if (!blk_tree_root)
    blk_tree_root = create_dir()
                                      blk_tree_root = create_dir();
                                      (now blk_tree_root == NULL)
  ...
  dir = create_dir(name, blk_tree_root);

Due to this race, t1 will create 'dir' in /debugfs but not /debugfs/block.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-31 17:26:59 +02:00
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2009-03-10 00:35:05 -04:00
2009-03-16 09:13:17 +01:00
2009-03-10 20:03:01 +01:00