[PATCH RESEND 04/11] tracing: tracing_buffers_splice_read: behave as-if non-blocking I/O

From: Ahelenia Ziemiańska
Date: Tue Dec 12 2023 - 05:12:54 EST


Otherwise we risk sleeping with the pipe locked for indeterminate
lengths of time.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/qk6hjuam54khlaikf2ssom6custxf5is2ekkaequf4hvode3ls@zgf7j5j4ubvw/t/#u
Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 32 ++++----------------------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index abaaf516fcae..9be7a4c0a3ca 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8477,7 +8477,6 @@ tracing_buffers_splice_read(struct file *file, loff_t *ppos,
if (splice_grow_spd(pipe, &spd))
return -ENOMEM;

- again:
trace_access_lock(iter->cpu_file);
entries = ring_buffer_entries_cpu(iter->array_buffer->buffer, iter->cpu_file);

@@ -8528,35 +8527,12 @@ tracing_buffers_splice_read(struct file *file, loff_t *ppos,

/* did we read anything? */
if (!spd.nr_pages) {
- long wait_index;
-
- if (ret)
- goto out;
-
- ret = -EAGAIN;
- if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) || (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK))
- goto out;
-
- wait_index = READ_ONCE(iter->wait_index);
-
- ret = wait_on_pipe(iter, iter->tr->buffer_percent);
- if (ret)
- goto out;
-
- /* No need to wait after waking up when tracing is off */
- if (!tracer_tracing_is_on(iter->tr))
- goto out;
-
- /* Make sure we see the new wait_index */
- smp_rmb();
- if (wait_index != iter->wait_index)
- goto out;
-
- goto again;
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = -EAGAIN;
+ } else {
+ ret = splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
}

- ret = splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
-out:
splice_shrink_spd(&spd);

return ret;
--
2.39.2

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