From: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@redhat.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>,
Wander Lairson Costa <wander@redhat.com>,
Crystal Wood <crwood@redhat.com>,
Ivan Pravdin <ipravdin.official@gmail.com>,
Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@redhat.com>,
John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>,
Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>,
Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>,
Daniel Wagner <dwagner@suse.de>,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list:Real-time Linux
Analysis (RTLA) tools),
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list:Real-time Linux Analysis
(RTLA) tools),
bpf@vger.kernel.org (open list:BPF
[MISC]:Keyword:(?:\b|_)bpf(?:\b|_))
Subject: [PATCH v4 16/18] rtla/trace: Fix I/O handling in save_trace_to_file()
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 16:46:29 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260309195040.1019085-17-wander@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260309195040.1019085-1-wander@redhat.com>
The read/write loop in save_trace_to_file() does not correctly handle
errors from the read() and write() system calls. If either call is
interrupted by a signal, it returns -1 with errno set to EINTR, but
the code treats this as a fatal error and aborts the save operation.
Additionally, write() may perform a partial write, returning fewer
bytes than requested, which the code does not handle.
Fix the I/O loop by introducing proper error handling. The return
value of read() is now stored in a ssize_t variable and checked for
errors, with EINTR causing a retry. For write(), an inner loop ensures
all bytes are written, handling both EINTR and partial writes. Error
messages now include strerror() output for better debugging.
This follows the same pattern established in the previous commit that
fixed trace_event_save_hist(), ensuring consistent and robust I/O
handling throughout the trace saving code.
Signed-off-by: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@redhat.com>
---
tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
index fed3362527b08..e407447773d04 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ int save_trace_to_file(struct tracefs_instance *inst, const char *filename)
char buffer[4096];
int out_fd, in_fd;
int retval = -1;
+ ssize_t n_read;
+ ssize_t n_written;
if (!inst || !filename)
return 0;
@@ -90,15 +92,30 @@ int save_trace_to_file(struct tracefs_instance *inst, const char *filename)
goto out_close_in;
}
- do {
- retval = read(in_fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
- if (retval <= 0)
+ for (;;) {
+ n_read = read(in_fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+ if (n_read < 0) {
+ if (errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+ err_msg("Error reading trace file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
goto out_close;
+ }
+ if (n_read == 0)
+ break;
- retval = write(out_fd, buffer, retval);
- if (retval < 0)
- goto out_close;
- } while (retval > 0);
+ n_written = 0;
+ while (n_written < n_read) {
+ const ssize_t w = write(out_fd, buffer + n_written, n_read - n_written);
+
+ if (w < 0) {
+ if (errno == EINTR)
+ continue;
+ err_msg("Error writing trace file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ goto out_close;
+ }
+ n_written += w;
+ }
+ }
retval = 0;
out_close:
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-09 20:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-09 19:46 [PATCH v4 00/18] rtla: Robustness and code quality improvements Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 01/18] rtla: Exit on memory allocation failures during initialization Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 02/18] rtla: Use strdup() to simplify code Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 03/18] rtla/actions: Simplify argument parsing Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 04/18] rtla: Introduce common_threshold_handler() helper Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 05/18] rtla: Replace magic number with MAX_PATH Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 06/18] rtla: Simplify code by caching string lengths Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 07/18] rtla: Add strscpy() and replace strncpy() calls Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 08/18] rtla/timerlat: Add bounds check for softirq vector Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 09/18] rtla: Handle pthread_create() failure properly Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 10/18] rtla: Add str_has_prefix() helper function Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 11/18] rtla: Use str_has_prefix() for prefix checks Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 12/18] rtla: Enforce exact match for time unit suffixes Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-12 12:17 ` Tomas Glozar
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 13/18] rtla: Use str_has_prefix() for option prefix check Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 14/18] rtla/timerlat: Simplify RTLA_NO_BPF environment variable check Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 15/18] rtla/trace: Fix write loop in trace_event_save_hist() Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` Wander Lairson Costa [this message]
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 17/18] rtla/utils: Fix resource leak in set_comm_sched_attr() Wander Lairson Costa
2026-03-09 19:46 ` [PATCH v4 18/18] rtla/utils: Fix loop condition in PID validation Wander Lairson Costa
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