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    ftrace: Synchronize setting function_trace_op with ftrace_trace_function · 405e1d83
    Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) authored
    
    
    ftrace_trace_function is a variable that holds what function will be called
    directly by the assembly code (mcount). If just a single function is
    registered and it handles recursion itself, then the assembly will call that
    function directly without any helper function. It also passes in the
    ftrace_op that was registered with the callback. The ftrace_op to send is
    stored in the function_trace_op variable.
    
    The ftrace_trace_function and function_trace_op needs to be coordinated such
    that the called callback wont be called with the wrong ftrace_op, otherwise
    bad things can happen if it expected a different op. Luckily, there's no
    callback that doesn't use the helper functions that requires this. But
    there soon will be and this needs to be fixed.
    
    Use a set_function_trace_op to store the ftrace_op to set the
    function_trace_op to when it is safe to do so (during the update function
    within the breakpoint or stop machine calls). Or if dynamic ftrace is not
    being used (static tracing) then we have to do a bit more synchronization
    when the ftrace_trace_function is set as that takes affect immediately
    (as oppose to dynamic ftrace doing it with the modification of the trampoline).
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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