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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/trace_recursion.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/trace_recursion.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/trace_recursion.h b/include/linux/trace_recursion.h index 1d8cce02c3fb..24f284eb55a7 100644 --- a/include/linux/trace_recursion.h +++ b/include/linux/trace_recursion.h @@ -168,8 +168,12 @@ static __always_inline int trace_test_and_set_recursion(unsigned long ip, unsign bit = trace_get_context_bit() + start; if (unlikely(val & (1 << bit))) { /* - * It could be that preempt_count has not been updated during - * a switch between contexts. Allow for a single recursion. + * If an interrupt occurs during a trace, and another trace + * happens in that interrupt but before the preempt_count is + * updated to reflect the new interrupt context, then this + * will think a recursion occurred, and the event will be dropped. + * Let a single instance happen via the TRANSITION_BIT to + * not drop those events. */ bit = TRACE_TRANSITION_BIT; if (val & (1 << bit)) { |