tree 739c64a3fd4bf58b7c34a9eb5bc83aa844a06bf3
parent c985f7812331d79483beab932e8966477411a942
author Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> 1338398797 -0400
committer Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> 1338520337 -0400

ftrace: Synchronize variable setting with breakpoints

When the function tracer starts modifying the code via breakpoints
it sets a variable (modifying_ftrace_code) to inform the breakpoint
handler to call the ftrace int3 code.

But there's no synchronization between setting this code and the
handler, thus it is possible for the handler to be called on another
CPU before it sees the variable. This will cause a kernel crash as
the int3 handler will not know what to do with it.

I originally added smp_mb()'s to force the visibility of the variable
but H. Peter Anvin suggested that I just make it atomic.

[ Added comments as suggested by Peter Zijlstra ]

Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>