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-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c26
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c b/kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c
index 0f109c4130d3..e3b488825ae3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ static u64 bm_stddev;
static unsigned int bm_avg;
static unsigned int bm_std;
+static bool ok_to_run;
+
/*
* This gets called in a loop recording the time it took to write
* the tracepoint. What it writes is the time statistics of the last
@@ -164,11 +166,21 @@ static int benchmark_event_kthread(void *arg)
* When the benchmark tracepoint is enabled, it calls this
* function and the thread that calls the tracepoint is created.
*/
-void trace_benchmark_reg(void)
+int trace_benchmark_reg(void)
{
+ if (!ok_to_run) {
+ pr_warning("trace benchmark cannot be started via kernel command line\n");
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
bm_event_thread = kthread_run(benchmark_event_kthread,
NULL, "event_benchmark");
- WARN_ON(!bm_event_thread);
+ if (!bm_event_thread) {
+ pr_warning("trace benchmark failed to create kernel thread\n");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
}
/*
@@ -182,6 +194,7 @@ void trace_benchmark_unreg(void)
return;
kthread_stop(bm_event_thread);
+ bm_event_thread = NULL;
strcpy(bm_str, "START");
bm_total = 0;
@@ -196,3 +209,12 @@ void trace_benchmark_unreg(void)
bm_avg = 0;
bm_stddev = 0;
}
+
+static __init int ok_to_run_trace_benchmark(void)
+{
+ ok_to_run = true;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+early_initcall(ok_to_run_trace_benchmark);