When running instance tests, 'ftracetest' creates a new ftrace instance
and runs the tests inside it. Before starting each test, it executes
'initialize_system()' to reset the ftrace state to initial-state.
However, since 'initialize_system()' is executed in the context of the
instance directory, it only cleans up triggers and filters of that
instance.
Any triggers or dynamic events left behind in the top-level instance by
previous failed top-level tests, are left completely untouched. These
top-level leftovers can cause subsequent instance-based tests to fail
or even crash the kernel.
Fix this by executing 'initialize_system()' in the top-level tracing
directory once before entering the instance loop.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178425671889.84440.9477850701738666404.stgit@devnote2
Fixes: b5b77be812de ("selftests: ftrace: Allow some tests to be run in a tracing instance")
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
done
# Test on instance loop
+(cd $TRACING_DIR; initialize_system)
INSTANCE=" (instance) "
for t in $TEST_CASES; do
test_on_instance $t || continue