From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
To: rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, kernel-team@android.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 03/10] ring-buffer: Make cpu_buffer::free_page a buffer_data_read_page
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:11:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813131152.3589632-4-vdonnefort@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813131152.3589632-1-vdonnefort@google.com>
Discarding a cached reader page after a concurrent ring buffer resize
uses the new global subbuf_order for the free_pages() call. This
mismatched order may crashes the kernel or leaks memory because the cached
page was allocated under the old size.
Save the actual free_page order alongside the page address to ensure we
always refer to the correct value and do not rely on the potentially
stalled cpu_buffer->subbuf_order value. The simplest is to make
free_page a buffer_data_read_page which already covers exactly what we
need: a page address and a page order.
Fixes: 8e7b58c27b3c ("ring-buffer: Just update the subbuffers when changing their allocation order")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index ec4f5a0c93e8..b6fa258aafe2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ struct ring_buffer_per_cpu {
raw_spinlock_t reader_lock; /* serialize readers */
arch_spinlock_t lock;
struct lock_class_key lock_key;
- struct buffer_data_page *free_page;
+ struct buffer_data_read_page free_page;
unsigned long nr_pages;
unsigned int current_context;
struct list_head *pages;
@@ -2631,7 +2631,7 @@ static void rb_free_cpu_buffer(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
free_buffer_page(bpage);
}
- free_pages((unsigned long)cpu_buffer->free_page, cpu_buffer->buffer->subbuf_order);
+ free_pages((unsigned long)cpu_buffer->free_page.data, cpu_buffer->free_page.order);
kfree(cpu_buffer);
}
@@ -6962,9 +6962,9 @@ ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
local_irq_save(flags);
arch_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
- if (cpu_buffer->free_page) {
- bpage->data = cpu_buffer->free_page;
- cpu_buffer->free_page = NULL;
+ if (cpu_buffer->free_page.data) {
+ *bpage = cpu_buffer->free_page;
+ cpu_buffer->free_page.data = NULL;
}
arch_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
@@ -7016,8 +7016,8 @@ void ring_buffer_free_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
local_irq_save(flags);
arch_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
- if (!cpu_buffer->free_page) {
- cpu_buffer->free_page = dpage;
+ if (!cpu_buffer->free_page.data) {
+ cpu_buffer->free_page = *data_page;
dpage = NULL;
}
@@ -7390,7 +7390,7 @@ int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order)
}
for_each_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu) {
- struct buffer_data_page *old_free_data_page;
+ struct buffer_data_read_page old_free_data_page;
struct list_head old_pages;
unsigned long flags;
@@ -7433,7 +7433,7 @@ int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order)
arch_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
old_free_data_page = cpu_buffer->free_page;
- cpu_buffer->free_page = NULL;
+ cpu_buffer->free_page.data = NULL;
arch_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
rb_head_page_activate(cpu_buffer);
@@ -7445,7 +7445,7 @@ int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order)
list_del_init(&bpage->list);
free_buffer_page(bpage);
}
- free_pages((unsigned long)old_free_data_page, old_order);
+ free_pages((unsigned long)old_free_data_page.data, old_free_data_page.order);
rb_check_pages(cpu_buffer);
}
--
2.55.0.691.gc56d675ccc-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-13 13:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 13:11 [PATCH v5 00/10] ring-buffer: Fixes for subbuf resizing and persistent buffers Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 01/10] ring-buffer: Free cpu_buffer::free_page with subbuf_order Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 15:49 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-08-13 16:02 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 16:03 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 16:18 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 02/10] ring-buffer: Hold cpu_buffer::lock when resizing a subbuf Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 14:01 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 13:11 ` Vincent Donnefort [this message]
2026-08-13 13:56 ` [PATCH v5 03/10] ring-buffer: Make cpu_buffer::free_page a buffer_data_read_page sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 1:04 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 04/10] ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring buffer readers Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:51 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 1:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 15:32 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-08-14 17:28 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 05/10] ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 06/10] tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:53 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 1:31 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 8:02 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-09-01 12:34 ` STABLE REQ: " Lee Jones
2026-09-01 13:46 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-09-02 8:27 ` Lee Jones
2026-09-02 8:44 ` Greg KH
2026-09-02 9:57 ` Lee Jones
2026-09-02 11:38 ` Greg KH
2026-09-02 11:59 ` Lee Jones
2026-09-02 12:21 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-09-02 12:25 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-09-02 16:22 ` Lee Jones
2026-09-02 16:33 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-09-03 8:38 ` Lee Jones
2026-09-01 13:50 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-09-02 22:14 ` Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 9:35 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-09-03 12:34 ` Lee Jones
2026-09-03 12:44 ` STABLE REQ: [PATCH v5 06/10] tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers\ Sasha Levin
2026-09-03 16:13 ` Lee Jones
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 07/10] ring-buffer: Dynamically calculate max_data_size Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-14 1:34 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 7:59 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-14 12:46 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 12:50 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 08/10] ring-buffer: Remove trace_buffer::cpus Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 09/10] ring-buffer: Remove ring_buffer_per_cpu::mapped Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 10/10] ring-buffer: Make nr_pages unsigned int Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 1:41 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-14 8:07 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-14 12:37 ` Steven Rostedt
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