* [PATCH v2 2/2] tracing: Hold trace_types_lock when resetting last boot data from readers
2026-10-16 6:16 [PATCH v2 1/2] tracing: Hold trace_types_lock when updating modules in persistent instances David Carlier
@ 2026-10-16 6:16 ` David Carlier
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From: David Carlier @ 2026-10-16 6:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rostedt, mhiramat
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers, linux-trace-kernel, linux-kernel,
David Carlier, stable
update_last_data_if_empty() is called from tracing_open() with O_TRUNC,
tracing_read_pipe() and tracing_buffers_read() without trace_types_lock.
Two readers can both pass the LAST_BOOT test and free module_delta
twice, and a module notifier can update module_delta while it is being
freed.
Take trace_types_lock in those paths and keep the callers that already
hold it on an unlocked variant.
Fixes: 32dc0042528d ("tracing: Reset last-boot buffers when reading out all cpu buffers")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index d3ffbed9c44b..cf8663c27ae6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3603,6 +3603,7 @@ static int tracing_single_release_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
return single_release(inode, file);
}
+static bool __update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr);
static bool update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr);
static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
@@ -4697,7 +4698,7 @@ tracing_set_trace_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
int tracer_init(struct tracer *t, struct trace_array *tr)
{
tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->array_buffer);
- update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
+ __update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
return t->init(tr);
}
@@ -5371,8 +5372,10 @@ static int tracing_wait_pipe(struct file *filp)
return 1;
}
-static bool update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr)
+static bool __update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr)
{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&trace_types_lock);
+
if (!(tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_LAST_BOOT))
return false;
@@ -5387,6 +5390,16 @@ static bool update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr)
return true;
}
+static bool update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+ /* Avoid the lock on the read path unless this is a last boot buffer */
+ if (!(tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_LAST_BOOT))
+ return false;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&trace_types_lock);
+ return __update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
+}
+
/*
* Consumer reader.
*/
@@ -6479,7 +6492,7 @@ int tracing_set_clock(struct trace_array *tr, const char *clockstr)
ring_buffer_set_clock(tr->snapshot_buffer.buffer, trace_clocks[i].func);
tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->snapshot_buffer);
#endif
- update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
+ __update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
if (tr->scratch && !(tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_LAST_BOOT)) {
struct trace_scratch *tscratch = tr->scratch;
--
2.55.0
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