FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tracing: Remove RCU work arounds from stack tracer" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:00:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Remove RCU work arounds from stack tracer

Currently the stack tracer calls rcu_irq_enter() to make sure RCU is watching when it records a stack trace. But if the stack tracer is triggered while tracing inside of a rcu_irq_enter(), calling rcu_irq_enter() unconditionally can be problematic.

The reason for having rcu_irq_enter() in the first place has been fixed from within the saving of the stack trace code, and there's no reason for doing it in the stack tracer itself. Just remove it.

index a4df67cbc711..49cb41412eec 100644
@@ -96,23 +96,9 @@ check_stack(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *stack)
 	if (in_nmi())
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * There's a slight chance that we are tracing inside the
-	 * RCU infrastructure, and rcu_irq_enter() will not work
-	 * as expected.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(rcu_irq_enter_disabled()))
-		return;
-
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	arch_spin_lock(&stack_trace_max_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * RCU may not be watching, make it see us.
-	 * The stack trace code uses rcu_sched.
-	 */
-	rcu_irq_enter();
-
 	/* In case another CPU set the tracer_frame on us */
 	if (unlikely(!frame_size))
 		this_size -= tracer_frame;

@@ -205,7 +191,6 @@ check_stack(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *stack)
 	}
 
  out:
-	rcu_irq_exit();
 	arch_spin_unlock(&stack_trace_max_lock);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }