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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/4] tracing/branch-tracer: Fix a trace recursion on branch tracer

* Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:

> Impact: Make the branch tracer use raw irq save/restore
>
> When the branch tracer inserts an event through
> probe_likely_condition(), it calls local_irq_save() and then results
> in a trace recursion.
>
> local_irq_save() -> trace_hardirqs_off() -> trace_hardirqs_off_caller()
> -> unlikely()
>
> The trace_branch.c file is protected by DISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING but
> that doesn't prevent from external call to functions that use
> unlikely().
>
> My box crashed each time I tried to set this tracer (sudden and hard
> reboot).

So this patch fixes that problem, or are there other problems left?

Ingo


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