[PATCH] ring-buffer: Do not set shortest_full when full target is hit

From: Steven Rostedt (Google)
Date: Tue Mar 12 2024 - 11:56:41 EST


The rb_watermark_hit() checks if the amount of data in the ring buffer is
above the percentage level passed in by the "full" variable. If it is, it
returns true.

But it also sets the "shortest_full" field of the cpu_buffer that informs
writers that it needs to call the irq_work if the amount of data on the
ring buffer is above the requested amount.

The rb_watermark_hit() always sets the shortest_full even if the amount in
the ring buffer is what it wants. As it is not going to wait, because it
has what it wants, there's no reason to set shortest_full.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240312115641.6aa8ba08@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 42fb0a1e84ff5 ("tracing/ring-buffer: Have polling block on watermark")
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index aa332ace108b1..6ffbccb9bcf00 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -834,9 +834,10 @@ static bool rb_watermark_hit(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu, int full)
pagebusy = cpu_buffer->reader_page == cpu_buffer->commit_page;
ret = !pagebusy && full_hit(buffer, cpu, full);

- if (!cpu_buffer->shortest_full ||
- cpu_buffer->shortest_full > full)
- cpu_buffer->shortest_full = full;
+ if (!ret && (!cpu_buffer->shortest_full ||
+ cpu_buffer->shortest_full > full)) {
+ cpu_buffer->shortest_full = full;
+ }
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
}
return ret;
--
2.43.0