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-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c26
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index ea4e5d3b15df..0728a105dcc1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -257,6 +257,19 @@ trace_selftest_startup_preemptoff(struct tracer *trace, struct trace_array *tr)
unsigned long count;
int ret;
+ /*
+ * Now that the big kernel lock is no longer preemptable,
+ * and this is called with the BKL held, it will always
+ * fail. If preemption is already disabled, simply
+ * pass the test. When the BKL is removed, or becomes
+ * preemptible again, we will once again test this,
+ * so keep it in.
+ */
+ if (preempt_count()) {
+ printk(KERN_CONT "can not test ... force ");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/* start the tracing */
trace->init(tr);
/* reset the max latency */
@@ -293,6 +306,19 @@ trace_selftest_startup_preemptirqsoff(struct tracer *trace, struct trace_array *
unsigned long count;
int ret;
+ /*
+ * Now that the big kernel lock is no longer preemptable,
+ * and this is called with the BKL held, it will always
+ * fail. If preemption is already disabled, simply
+ * pass the test. When the BKL is removed, or becomes
+ * preemptible again, we will once again test this,
+ * so keep it in.
+ */
+ if (preempt_count()) {
+ printk(KERN_CONT "can not test ... force ");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/* start the tracing */
trace->init(tr);
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