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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 01/18] ring-buffer: Add page statistics to the meta-page
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:35:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310143602.750104863@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260310143515.132579088@kernel.org

From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>

Add two fields pages_touched and pages_lost to the ring-buffer
meta-page. Those fields are useful to get the number of used pages in
the ring-buffer.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260309162516.2623589-2-vdonnefort@google.com
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h | 8 ++++----
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c      | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h b/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
index c102ef35d11e..e8185889a1c8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
  * @entries:		Number of entries in the ring-buffer.
  * @overrun:		Number of entries lost in the ring-buffer.
  * @read:		Number of entries that have been read.
- * @Reserved1:		Internal use only.
- * @Reserved2:		Internal use only.
+ * @pages_lost:		Number of pages overwritten by the writer.
+ * @pages_touched:	Number of pages written by the writer.
  */
 struct trace_buffer_meta {
 	__u32		meta_page_size;
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ struct trace_buffer_meta {
 	__u64	overrun;
 	__u64	read;
 
-	__u64	Reserved1;
-	__u64	Reserved2;
+	__u64	pages_lost;
+	__u64	pages_touched;
 };
 
 #define TRACE_MMAP_IOCTL_GET_READER		_IO('R', 0x20)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 17d0ea0cc3e6..82b4df579670 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -6154,6 +6154,8 @@ static void rb_update_meta_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 	meta->entries = local_read(&cpu_buffer->entries);
 	meta->overrun = local_read(&cpu_buffer->overrun);
 	meta->read = cpu_buffer->read;
+	meta->pages_lost = local_read(&cpu_buffer->pages_lost);
+	meta->pages_touched = local_read(&cpu_buffer->pages_touched);
 
 	/* Some archs do not have data cache coherency between kernel and user-space */
 	flush_kernel_vmap_range(cpu_buffer->meta_page, PAGE_SIZE);
-- 
2.51.0



  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-10 14:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-10 14:35 [for-next][PATCH 00/18] ring-buffer: Add remote buffer infrastructure Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 02/18] ring-buffer: Store bpage pointers into subbuf_ids Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 03/18] ring-buffer: Introduce ring-buffer remotes Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 04/18] ring-buffer: Add non-consuming read for " Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 05/18] tracing: Introduce trace remotes Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 06/18] tracing: Add reset to " Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 07/18] tracing: Add non-consuming read " Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 08/18] tracing: Add init callback " Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 09/18] tracing: Add events " Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 10/18] tracing: Add events/ root files " Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 11/18] tracing: Add helpers to create trace remote events Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 12/18] ring-buffer: Export buffer_data_page and macros Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 13/18] tracing: Introduce simple_ring_buffer Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 14/18] tracing: Add a trace remote module for testing Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 15/18] tracing: selftests: Add trace remote tests Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 16/18] Documentation: tracing: Add tracing remotes Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 17/18] tracing: load/unload page callbacks for simple_ring_buffer Steven Rostedt
2026-03-10 14:35 ` [for-next][PATCH 18/18] tracing: Check for undefined symbols in simple_ring_buffer Steven Rostedt

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