1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index 88c8eb70f54a..a7e0ef662f9f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -57,11 +57,20 @@ static int trace_test_buffer(struct trace_array *tr, unsigned long *count)
 
         cnt = ring_buffer_entries(tr->buffer);
 
+        /*
+         * The trace_test_buffer_cpu runs a while loop to consume all data.
+         * If the calling tracer is broken, and is constantly filling
+         * the buffer, this will run forever, and hard lock the box.
+         * We disable the ring buffer while we do this test to prevent
+         * a hard lock up.
+         */
+        tracing_off();
         for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
                 ret = trace_test_buffer_cpu(tr, cpu);
                 if (ret)
                         break;
         }
+        tracing_on();
         __raw_spin_unlock(&ftrace_max_lock);
         local_irq_restore(flags);