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[PATCH] tracing: Take trace_types_lock when dropping the buffer_meta reference

From: David Carlier <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-13 13:38:33
Also in: lkml
Subsystem: the rest, tracing · Maintainers: Linus Torvalds, Steven Rostedt, Masami Hiramatsu

tracing_buffer_meta_open() drops the trace_array reference with
__trace_array_put() when ring_buffer_meta_seq_init() fails, without
holding trace_types_lock. Use trace_array_put() like every other open
error path.

Fixes: 950032ffcee7 ("ring-buffer: Add output of ring buffer meta page")
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <redacted>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 8658cad53cb5..c8295324ffaa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5881,7 +5881,7 @@ static int tracing_buffer_meta_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	ret = ring_buffer_meta_seq_init(filp, tr->array_buffer.buffer, cpu);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		__trace_array_put(tr);
+		trace_array_put(tr);
 	return ret;
 }
 
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2.55.0
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