tracing: Do not call start/stop() functions when tracing_on does not change

Currently, when one echo's in 1 into tracing_on, the current tracer's
"start()" function is executed, even if tracing_on was already one. This can
lead to strange side effects. One being that if the hwlat tracer is enabled,
and someone does "echo 1 > tracing_on" into tracing_on, the hwlat tracer's
start() function is called again which will recreate another kernel thread,
and make it unable to remove the old one.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1533120354-22923-1-git-send-email-erica.bugden@linutronix.de

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 2df8f8a6 ("tracing: Fix regression with irqsoff tracer and tracing_on file")
Reported-by: default avatarErica Bugden <erica.bugden@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
parent 5248ee85
......@@ -7628,7 +7628,9 @@ rb_simple_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
if (buffer) {
mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
if (val) {
if (!!val == tracer_tracing_is_on(tr)) {
val = 0; /* do nothing */
} else if (val) {
tracer_tracing_on(tr);
if (tr->current_trace->start)
tr->current_trace->start(tr);
......
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