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Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) authored
The trace_printk() code will allocate extra buffers if the compile detects that a trace_printk() is used. To do this, the format of the trace_printk() is saved to the __trace_printk_fmt section, and if that section is bigger than zero, the buffers are allocated (along with a message that this has happened). If trace_printk() uses a format that is not a constant, and thus something not guaranteed to be around when the print happens, the compiler optimizes the fmt out, as it is not used, and the __trace_printk_fmt section is not filled. This means the kernel will not allocate the special buffers needed for the trace_printk() and the trace_printk() will not write anything to the tracing buffer. Adding a "__used" to the variable in the __trace_printk_fmt section will keep it around, even though it is set to NULL. This will keep the string from being printed in the debugfs/tracing/printk_formats section as it is not needed. Reported-by:
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Fixes: 07d777fe "tracing: Add percpu buffers for trace_printk()" Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.5+ Signed-off-by:
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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