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-linus][PATCH 3/5] tracing/remotes: Account for ring buffer page header in size calculation
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:18:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260913171849.896180781@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260913171759.469375546@kernel.org
From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
trace_buffer_desc_size() and trace_remote_alloc_buffer() undercount the
required pages because every ring buffer page contains a header
(BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE). Account for that header to ensure allocated remote
ring buffers aren't smaller than requested by the user.
The newly introduced helper __calc_nr_pages_ring_buffer_desc() can
return a value that overflows the descriptor nr_pages field (32 bits).
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260911193937.602202-2-vdonnefort@google.com
Fixes: 2e67fabd8b77 ("ring-buffer: Introduce ring-buffer remotes")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
include/linux/ring_buffer.h | 15 +++++++++++++--
kernel/trace/trace_remote.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index afc7daa6ee7d..11bffb6a142d 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
#define _LINUX_RING_BUFFER_H
#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/ring_buffer_types.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h>
@@ -279,9 +280,19 @@ static inline struct ring_buffer_desc *__first_ring_buffer_desc(struct trace_buf
return (struct ring_buffer_desc *)(&desc->__data[0]);
}
+/*
+ * Returns the number of pages for a ring_buffer_desc. The caller must ensure it
+ * does not overflow ring_buffer_desc::nr_page_va.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long __calc_nr_pages_ring_buffer_desc(size_t size)
+{
+ /* Takes into account the reader page */
+ return max(DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE - BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE), 2UL) + 1;
+}
+
static inline size_t trace_buffer_desc_size(size_t buffer_size, unsigned int nr_cpus)
{
- unsigned int nr_pages = max(DIV_ROUND_UP(buffer_size, PAGE_SIZE), 2UL) + 1;
+ unsigned long nr_pages = __calc_nr_pages_ring_buffer_desc(buffer_size);
struct ring_buffer_desc *rbdesc;
return size_add(offsetof(struct trace_buffer_desc, __data),
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
index 75fa1ffc4c96..c17902e42ef1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ int trace_remote_alloc_buffer(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, size_t desc_size,
const struct cpumask *cpumask)
{
size_t min_desc_size = trace_buffer_desc_size(buffer_size, cpumask_weight(cpumask));
- unsigned int nr_pages = max(DIV_ROUND_UP(buffer_size, PAGE_SIZE), 2UL) + 1;
+ unsigned int nr_pages = __calc_nr_pages_ring_buffer_desc(buffer_size);
struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
int cpu, ret = -ENOMEM;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-13 17:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-13 17:17 [for-linus][PATCH 0/5] tracing: More fixes for v7.3 Steven Rostedt
2026-09-13 17:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 1/5] ftrace: Use rcu_assign_pointer() for tmp_ops filter hash Steven Rostedt
2026-09-13 17:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 2/5] tracing: Dont dereference trace_event_file in deferred trigger free Steven Rostedt
2026-09-13 17:18 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-09-13 17:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 4/5] tracing/remotes: Catch nr_page_va overflow in ring_buffer_desc sizing Steven Rostedt
2026-09-13 17:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 5/5] ring-buffer: Check resize_disabled before publishing the new subbuf order Steven Rostedt
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