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    ftrace: Handle tracing when switching between context · 726b3d3f
    Steven Rostedt (VMware) authored
    When an interrupt or NMI comes in and switches the context, there's a delay
    from when the preempt_count() shows the update. As the preempt_count() is
    used to detect recursion having each context have its own bit get set when
    tracing starts, and if that bit is already set, it is considered a recursion
    and the function exits. But if this happens in that section where context
    has changed but preempt_count() has not been updated, this will be
    incorrectly flagged as a recursion.
    
    To handle this case, create another bit call TRANSITION and test it if the
    current context bit is already set. Flag the call as a recursion if the
    TRANSITION bit is already set, and if not, set it and continue. The
    TRANSITION bit will be cleared normally on the return of the function that
    set it, or if the current context bit is clear, set it and clear the
    TRANSITION bit to allow for another transition between the current context
    and an even higher one.
    
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Fixes: edc15caf ("tracing: Avoid unnecessary multiple recursion checks")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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