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From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
To: rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
	 linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, maz@kernel.org,
	oliver.upton@linux.dev,  joey.gouly@arm.com,
	suzuki.poulose@arm.com, yuzenghui@huawei.com
Cc: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	 jstultz@google.com, qperret@google.com, will@kernel.org,
	 aneesh.kumar@kernel.org, kernel-team@android.com,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v12 14/30] tracing: Add a trace remote module for testing
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:02:51 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260219150307.14538-15-vdonnefort@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260219150307.14538-1-vdonnefort@google.com>

Add a module to help testing the tracefs support for trace remotes. This
module:

  * Use simple_ring_buffer to write into a ring-buffer.
  * Declare a single "selftest" event that can be triggered from
    user-space.
  * Register a "test" trace remote.

This is intended to be used by trace remote selftests.

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index d9d8932a7b9c..43812bb7fcf8 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ struct dentry *tracefs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 	fsnotify_create(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), dentry);
 	return tracefs_end_creating(dentry);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracefs_create_file);
 
 static struct dentry *__create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
 				   const struct inode_operations *ops)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index edbdd7b38f61..e130da35808f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -1287,4 +1287,12 @@ config TRACE_REMOTE
 config SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER
 	bool
 
+config TRACE_REMOTE_TEST
+	tristate "Test module for remote tracing"
+	select TRACE_REMOTE
+	select SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER
+	help
+	  This trace remote includes a ring-buffer writer implementation using
+	  "simple_ring_buffer". This is solely intending for testing.
+
 endif # FTRACE
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 2e39b09398b3..d106beca8d7f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -130,4 +130,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RV) += rv/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_REMOTE) += trace_remote.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER) += simple_ring_buffer.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_REMOTE_TEST) += remote_test.o
+
 libftrace-y := ftrace.o
diff --git a/kernel/trace/remote_test.c b/kernel/trace/remote_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5023b9d2611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/remote_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 - Google LLC
+ * Author: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/simple_ring_buffer.h>
+#include <linux/trace_remote.h>
+#include <linux/tracefs.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define REMOTE_EVENT_INCLUDE_FILE kernel/trace/remote_test_events.h
+#include <trace/define_remote_events.h>
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct simple_rb_per_cpu *, simple_rbs);
+static struct trace_buffer_desc *remote_test_buffer_desc;
+
+/*
+ * The trace_remote lock already serializes accesses from the trace_remote_callbacks.
+ * However write_event can still race with load/unload.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(simple_rbs_lock);
+
+static int remote_test_load_simple_rb(int cpu, struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc)
+{
+	struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+	struct simple_buffer_page *bpages;
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+	cpu_buffer = kmalloc(sizeof(*cpu_buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cpu_buffer)
+		return ret;
+
+	bpages = kmalloc_array(rb_desc->nr_page_va, sizeof(*bpages), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!bpages)
+		goto err_free_cpu_buffer;
+
+	ret = simple_ring_buffer_init(cpu_buffer, bpages, rb_desc);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free_bpages;
+
+	scoped_guard(mutex, &simple_rbs_lock) {
+		WARN_ON(*per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu));
+		*per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu) = cpu_buffer;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_free_bpages:
+	kfree(bpages);
+
+err_free_cpu_buffer:
+	kfree(cpu_buffer);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void remote_test_unload_simple_rb(int cpu)
+{
+	struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = *per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu);
+	struct simple_buffer_page *bpages;
+
+	if (!cpu_buffer)
+		return;
+
+	guard(mutex)(&simple_rbs_lock);
+
+	bpages = cpu_buffer->bpages;
+	simple_ring_buffer_unload(cpu_buffer);
+	kfree(bpages);
+	kfree(cpu_buffer);
+	*per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu) = NULL;
+}
+
+static struct trace_buffer_desc *remote_test_load(unsigned long size, void *unused)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
+	struct trace_buffer_desc *desc;
+	size_t desc_size;
+	int cpu, ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(remote_test_buffer_desc))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	desc_size = trace_buffer_desc_size(size, num_possible_cpus());
+	if (desc_size == SIZE_MAX) {
+		ret = -E2BIG;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	desc = kmalloc(desc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!desc) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	ret = trace_remote_alloc_buffer(desc, desc_size, size, cpu_possible_mask);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free_desc;
+
+	for_each_ring_buffer_desc(rb_desc, cpu, desc) {
+		ret = remote_test_load_simple_rb(rb_desc->cpu, rb_desc);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_unload;
+	}
+
+	remote_test_buffer_desc = desc;
+
+	return remote_test_buffer_desc;
+
+err_unload:
+	for_each_ring_buffer_desc(rb_desc, cpu, remote_test_buffer_desc)
+		remote_test_unload_simple_rb(rb_desc->cpu);
+	trace_remote_free_buffer(remote_test_buffer_desc);
+
+err_free_desc:
+	kfree(desc);
+
+err:
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+
+static void remote_test_unload(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, void *unused)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(desc != remote_test_buffer_desc))
+		return;
+
+	for_each_ring_buffer_desc(rb_desc, cpu, desc)
+		remote_test_unload_simple_rb(rb_desc->cpu);
+
+	remote_test_buffer_desc = NULL;
+	trace_remote_free_buffer(desc);
+	kfree(desc);
+}
+
+static int remote_test_enable_tracing(bool enable, void *unused)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (!remote_test_buffer_desc)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	for_each_ring_buffer_desc(rb_desc, cpu, remote_test_buffer_desc)
+		WARN_ON(simple_ring_buffer_enable_tracing(*per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, rb_desc->cpu),
+							  enable));
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int remote_test_swap_reader_page(unsigned int cpu, void *unused)
+{
+	struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+
+	if (cpu >= NR_CPUS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	cpu_buffer = *per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu);
+	if (!cpu_buffer)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return simple_ring_buffer_swap_reader_page(cpu_buffer);
+}
+
+static int remote_test_reset(unsigned int cpu, void *unused)
+{
+	struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+
+	if (cpu >= NR_CPUS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	cpu_buffer = *per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu);
+	if (!cpu_buffer)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return simple_ring_buffer_reset(cpu_buffer);
+}
+
+static int remote_test_enable_event(unsigned short id, bool enable, void *unused)
+{
+	if (id != REMOTE_TEST_EVENT_ID)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Let's just use the struct remote_event enabled field that is turned on and off by
+	 * trace_remote. This is a bit racy but good enough for a simple test module.
+	 */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+write_event_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	struct remote_event_format_selftest *evt_test;
+	struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+	unsigned long val;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	guard(mutex)(&simple_rbs_lock);
+
+	if (!remote_event_selftest.enabled)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	guard(preempt)();
+
+	cpu_buffer = *this_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs);
+	if (!cpu_buffer)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	evt_test = simple_ring_buffer_reserve(cpu_buffer,
+					      sizeof(struct remote_event_format_selftest),
+					      trace_clock_global());
+	if (!evt_test)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	evt_test->hdr.id = REMOTE_TEST_EVENT_ID;
+	evt_test->id = val;
+
+	simple_ring_buffer_commit(cpu_buffer);
+
+	return cnt;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations write_event_fops = {
+	.write	= write_event_write,
+};
+
+static int remote_test_init_tracefs(struct dentry *d, void *unused)
+{
+	return tracefs_create_file("write_event", 0200, d, NULL, &write_event_fops) ?
+		0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static struct trace_remote_callbacks trace_remote_callbacks = {
+	.init			= remote_test_init_tracefs,
+	.load_trace_buffer	= remote_test_load,
+	.unload_trace_buffer	= remote_test_unload,
+	.enable_tracing		= remote_test_enable_tracing,
+	.swap_reader_page	= remote_test_swap_reader_page,
+	.reset			= remote_test_reset,
+	.enable_event		= remote_test_enable_event,
+};
+
+static int __init remote_test_init(void)
+{
+	return trace_remote_register("test", &trace_remote_callbacks, NULL,
+				     &remote_event_selftest, 1);
+}
+
+module_init(remote_test_init);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Test module for the trace remote interface");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Vincent Donnefort");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/kernel/trace/remote_test_events.h b/kernel/trace/remote_test_events.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26b93b3406fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/remote_test_events.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#define REMOTE_TEST_EVENT_ID 1
+
+REMOTE_EVENT(selftest, REMOTE_TEST_EVENT_ID,
+	RE_STRUCT(
+		re_field(u64, id)
+	),
+	RE_PRINTK("id=%llu", __entry->id)
+);
-- 
2.53.0.335.g19a08e0c02-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-19 15:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-19 15:02 [PATCH v12 00/30] Tracefs support for pKVM Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 01/30] ring-buffer: Add page statistics to the meta-page Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 02/30] ring-buffer: Store bpage pointers into subbuf_ids Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 03/30] ring-buffer: Introduce ring-buffer remotes Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 04/30] ring-buffer: Add non-consuming read for " Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 05/30] tracing: Introduce trace remotes Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 17:55   ` Steven Rostedt
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 06/30] tracing: Add reset to " Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 07/30] tracing: Add non-consuming read " Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 17:55   ` Steven Rostedt
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 08/30] tracing: Add init callback " Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 09/30] tracing: Add events " Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 10/30] tracing: Add events/ root files " Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 11/30] tracing: Add helpers to create trace remote events Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 12/30] ring-buffer: Export buffer_data_page and macros Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 13/30] tracing: Introduce simple_ring_buffer Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` Vincent Donnefort [this message]
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 15/30] tracing: selftests: Add trace remote tests Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 17:56   ` Steven Rostedt
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 16/30] Documentation: tracing: Add tracing remotes Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 17/30] tracing: load/unload page callbacks for simple_ring_buffer Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 18/30] tracing: Check for undefined symbols in simple_ring_buffer Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 19/30] KVM: arm64: Add PKVM_DISABLE_STAGE2_ON_PANIC Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 20/30] KVM: arm64: Add clock support to nVHE/pKVM hyp Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 21/30] KVM: arm64: Initialise hyp_nr_cpus for nVHE hyp Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:02 ` [PATCH v12 22/30] KVM: arm64: Support unaligned fixmap in the pKVM hyp Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:03 ` [PATCH v12 23/30] KVM: arm64: Add tracing capability for the nVHE/pKVM hyp Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:03 ` [PATCH v12 24/30] KVM: arm64: Add trace remote " Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:03 ` [PATCH v12 25/30] KVM: arm64: Sync boot clock with " Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:03 ` [PATCH v12 26/30] KVM: arm64: Add trace reset to " Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:03 ` [PATCH v12 27/30] KVM: arm64: Add event support to the nVHE/pKVM hyp and trace remote Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:03 ` [PATCH v12 28/30] KVM: arm64: Add hyp_enter/hyp_exit events to nVHE/pKVM hyp Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:03 ` [PATCH v12 29/30] KVM: arm64: Add selftest event support " Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 15:03 ` [PATCH v12 30/30] tracing: selftests: Add hypervisor trace remote tests Vincent Donnefort
2026-02-19 18:02 ` [PATCH v12 00/30] Tracefs support for pKVM Steven Rostedt
2026-02-19 19:11   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-03-05 16:17     ` Steven Rostedt
2026-03-05 18:35       ` Vincent Donnefort

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