linux/samples
Linus Torvalds 503f7e297d Testing a new trace event format, I triggered a bug by doing:
# modprobe trace-events-sample
   # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sample-trace/enable
   # rmmod trace-events-sample
 
 This would cause an oops. The issue is that I added another trace
 event sample that reused a reg function of another trace event to
 create a thread to call the tracepoints. The problem was that the
 reg function couldn't handle nested calls (reg; reg; unreg; unreg;)
 and created two threads (instead of one) and only removed one
 on exit.
 
 This isn't a critical bug as the bug is only in sample code. But sample
 code should be free of known bugs to prevent others from copying
 it. This is why this is also marked for stable.
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Merge tag 'trace-v4.14-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

Pull tracing fix from Steven Rostedt:
 "Testing a new trace event format, I triggered a bug by doing:

    # modprobe trace-events-sample
    # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sample-trace/enable
    # rmmod trace-events-sample

  This would cause an oops. The issue is that I added another trace
  event sample that reused a reg function of another trace event to
  create a thread to call the tracepoints. The problem was that the reg
  function couldn't handle nested calls (reg; reg; unreg; unreg;) and
  created two threads (instead of one) and only removed one on exit.

  This isn't a critical bug as the bug is only in sample code. But
  sample code should be free of known bugs to prevent others from
  copying it. This is why this is also marked for stable"

* tag 'trace-v4.14-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace:
  tracing/samples: Fix creation and deletion of simple_thread_fn creation
2017-10-18 06:43:30 -04:00
..
auxdisplay samples: move auxdisplay example code from Documentation 2016-09-23 11:52:32 -06:00
blackfin samples: move blackfin gptimers-example from Documentation 2016-10-10 07:12:02 -06:00
bpf bpf: Add lru_hash_lookup performance test 2017-09-01 09:57:38 -07:00
configfs configfs: remove old API 2015-10-13 22:17:57 -07:00
connector make use of make variable CURDIR instead of calling pwd 2016-12-11 12:12:56 +01:00
hidraw HID: samples/hidraw: make it possible to select device 2015-03-15 10:11:21 -04:00
hw_breakpoint
kdb
kfifo kfifo: clean up example to not use page_link 2017-07-12 16:26:01 -07:00
kobject samples/kobject: be explicit in the module license 2015-03-25 13:41:42 +01:00
kprobes samples/kretprobe: fix the wrong type 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
livepatch livepatch: allow removal of a disabled patch 2017-03-08 09:38:43 +01:00
mei mei: drop the TODO from samples 2017-04-26 11:38:56 +02:00
mic/mpssd samples: move mic/mpssd example code from Documentation 2016-09-20 12:38:48 -06:00
pktgen pktgen: Specify the index of first thread 2017-06-16 12:32:34 -04:00
rpmsg rpmsg: Allow callback to return errors 2016-09-08 22:15:25 -07:00
seccomp samples/seccomp: fix 64-bit comparison macros 2017-01-09 17:22:03 +11:00
sockmap bpf: convert sockmap field attach_bpf_fd2 to type 2017-08-28 11:13:21 -07:00
statx statx: Include a mask for stx_attributes in struct statx 2017-04-03 01:06:00 -04:00
timers samples: move timers example code from Documentation 2016-09-23 11:51:58 -06:00
trace_events tracing/samples: Fix creation and deletion of simple_thread_fn creation 2017-10-17 14:55:24 -04:00
trace_printk tracing: Add trace_printk sample code 2016-06-20 09:54:21 -04:00
uhid HID: uhid: improve uhid example client 2013-09-04 11:35:14 +02:00
v4l media: v4l2-pci-skeleton: constify vb2_ops structures 2017-08-20 08:03:09 -04:00
vfio-mdev vfio-mdev: remove some dead code 2017-01-11 12:12:37 -07:00
watchdog samples: move watchdog example code from Documentation 2016-09-23 11:52:14 -06:00
Kconfig statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available 2017-03-02 20:51:15 -05:00
Makefile statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available 2017-03-02 20:51:15 -05:00