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ftrace: Synchronize the initialization of ftrace_opsgrafted
There's some internal state that ftrace_ops needs to have set, but since it can be declared outside of the ftrace.c code, it calls ftrace_ops_init() on the ops in every global function. The issue is that if two tasks call it on the same ops at the same time it is possible to have the initialization of one corrupt the initialization of the other call. Create a ops_mutex to use to synchronize every initialization of the ftrace_ops. The mutex is taken within checking the ftrace_ops flag that states it was initializied but the flag is checked again after the mutex has been taken. Checking first outside the mutex allows it to shortcut having to take the mutex. But then the check needs to be done again after the mute is taken in case of races. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260902095501.6b59af20@gandalf.local.home Fixes: f04f24fb7e48d ("ftrace, kprobes: Fix a deadlock on ftrace_regex_lock") Reported-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org Close: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260829025528.49A831F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/ Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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+=========
+dm-flakey
+=========
+
+This target is the same as the linear target except that it exhibits
+unreliable behaviour periodically. It's been found useful in simulating
+failing devices for testing purposes.
+
+Starting from the time the table is loaded, the device is available for
+<up interval> seconds, then exhibits unreliable behaviour for <down
+interval> seconds, and then this cycle repeats.
+
+Also, consider using this in combination with the dm-delay target too,
+which can delay reads and writes and/or send them to different
+underlying devices.
+
+Table parameters
+----------------
+
+::
+
+ <dev path> <offset> <up interval> <down interval> \
+ [<num_features> [<feature arguments>]]
+
+Mandatory parameters:
+
+ <dev path>:
+ Full pathname to the underlying block-device, or a
+ "major:minor" device-number.
+ <offset>:
+ Starting sector within the device.
+ <up interval>:
+ Number of seconds device is available.
+ <down interval>:
+ Number of seconds device returns errors.
+
+Optional feature parameters:
+
+ If no feature parameters are present, during the periods of
+ unreliability, all I/O returns errors.
+
+ error_reads:
+ All read I/O is failed with an error signalled.
+ Write I/O is handled correctly.
+
+ drop_writes:
+ All write I/O is silently ignored.
+ Read I/O is handled correctly.
+
+ error_writes:
+ All write I/O is failed with an error signalled.
+ Read I/O is handled correctly.
+
+ corrupt_bio_byte <Nth_byte> <direction> <value> <flags>:
+ During <down interval>, replace <Nth_byte> of the data of
+ each matching bio with <value>.
+
+ <Nth_byte>:
+ The offset of the byte to replace.
+ Counting starts at 1, to replace the first byte.
+ <direction>:
+ Either 'r' to corrupt reads or 'w' to corrupt writes.
+ 'w' is incompatible with drop_writes.
+ <value>:
+ The value (from 0-255) to write.
+ <flags>:
+ Perform the replacement only if bio->bi_opf has all the
+ selected flags set.
+
+ random_read_corrupt <probability>
+ During <down interval>, replace random byte in a read bio
+ with a random value. probability is an integer between
+ 0 and 1000000000 meaning 0% to 100% probability of corruption.
+
+ random_write_corrupt <probability>
+ During <down interval>, replace random byte in a write bio
+ with a random value. probability is an integer between
+ 0 and 1000000000 meaning 0% to 100% probability of corruption.
+
+Examples:
+
+Replaces the 32nd byte of READ bios with the value 1::
+
+ corrupt_bio_byte 32 r 1 0
+
+Replaces the 224th byte of REQ_META (=32) bios with the value 0::
+
+ corrupt_bio_byte 224 w 0 32