[PATCH v4 08/15] ring-buffer: Make sure the spare sub buffer used for reads has same size

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Dec 15 2023 - 12:56:53 EST


From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Now that the ring buffer specifies the size of its sub buffers, they all
need to be the same size. When doing a read, a swap is done with a spare
page. Make sure they are the same size before doing the swap, otherwise
the read will fail.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index d4d4e7c7357f..c148797afe6d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -7589,6 +7589,7 @@ struct ftrace_buffer_info {
struct trace_iterator iter;
void *spare;
unsigned int spare_cpu;
+ unsigned int spare_size;
unsigned int read;
};

@@ -8308,6 +8309,15 @@ tracing_buffers_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,

page_size = ring_buffer_subbuf_size_get(iter->array_buffer->buffer);

+ /* Make sure the spare matches the current sub buffer size */
+ if (info->spare) {
+ if (page_size != info->spare_size) {
+ ring_buffer_free_read_page(iter->array_buffer->buffer,
+ info->spare_cpu, info->spare);
+ info->spare = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
if (!info->spare) {
info->spare = ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(iter->array_buffer->buffer,
iter->cpu_file);
@@ -8316,6 +8326,7 @@ tracing_buffers_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
info->spare = NULL;
} else {
info->spare_cpu = iter->cpu_file;
+ info->spare_size = page_size;
}
}
if (!info->spare)
--
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