tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func()
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PATCH 1/1 tracepoint: balance regfunc() on func_add() failure in tracepoint_add_func()
When a tracepoint goes through the 0 -> 1 transition, tracepoint_add_func() invokes the subsystem's ext->regfunc() before attempting to install the new probe via func_add(). If func_add() then fails (for example, when allocate_probes() cannot allocate a new probe array under memory pressure and returns -ENOMEM), the function returns the error without calling the matching ext->unregfunc(), leaving the side effects of regfunc() behind with no installed probe to justify them.
For syscall tracepoints this is particularly unpleasant: syscall_regfunc() bumps sys_tracepoint_refcount and sets SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT on every task. After a leaked failure, the refcount is stuck at a non-zero value with no consumer, and every task continues paying the syscall trace entry/exit overhead until reboot. Other subsystems providing regfunc()/unregfunc() pairs exhibit similarly scoped persistent state.
Mirror the existing 1 -> 0 cleanup and call ext->unregfunc() in the func_add() error path, gated on the same condition used there so the unwind is symmetric with the registration.
--- kernel/tracepoint.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
kernel/tracepoint.c +2 -0
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ static int tracepoint_add_func(struct tracepoint *tp, lockdep_is_held(&tracepoints_mutex)); old =func_add (&tp_funcs, func, prio);if (IS_ERR (old)) { +if (tp->ext && tp->ext->unregfunc && !static_key_enabled (&tp->key)) + tp->ext->unregfunc ();WARN_ON_ONCE (warn &&PTR_ERR (old) != -ENOMEM );return PTR_ERR (old); }
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