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 v4 13/18] tracing/remotes: Add dump_on_panic tracefs file
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:03:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804140333.797210-14-vdonnefort@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260804140333.797210-1-vdonnefort@google.com>
When enabled, dump_on_panic will dump the content of the trace remote
buffer if the system panics.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
index 2421550d5601..9077b488e584 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/kstrtox.h>
#include <linux/lockdep.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/panic_notifier.h>
#include <linux/tracefs.h>
#include <linux/trace_remote.h>
#include <linux/trace_seq.h>
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ enum tri_type {
TRI_CONSUMING,
TRI_NONCONSUMING,
TRI_DMESG,
+ TRI_PANIC,
};
struct trace_remote_iterator {
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@ struct trace_remote {
unsigned int poll_cnt;
unsigned int poll_ms;
bool tracing_on;
+ bool panic_on;
+ struct notifier_block panic_notifier;
+ struct trace_remote_iterator *panic_iter;
struct delayed_work poll_work;
};
@@ -71,10 +76,15 @@ static bool trace_remote_loaded(struct trace_remote *remote)
return !!remote->trace_buffer;
}
+static void trace_remote_unload(struct trace_remote *remote);
+static int trace_remote_panic_load(struct trace_remote *remote);
+static void trace_remote_panic_unload(struct trace_remote *remote);
+
static int trace_remote_load(struct trace_remote *remote)
{
struct ring_buffer_remote *rb_remote = &remote->rb_remote;
struct trace_buffer_desc *desc;
+ int ret = 0;
lockdep_assert_held(&remote->lock);
@@ -89,15 +99,28 @@ static int trace_remote_load(struct trace_remote *remote)
rb_remote->swap_reader_page = remote->cbs->swap_reader_page;
rb_remote->priv = remote->priv;
rb_remote->reset = remote->cbs->reset;
+ remote->trace_buffer_desc = desc;
remote->trace_buffer = ring_buffer_alloc_remote(rb_remote);
if (!remote->trace_buffer) {
remote->cbs->unload_trace_buffer(desc, remote->priv);
return -ENOMEM;
}
- remote->trace_buffer_desc = desc;
+ if (remote->panic_on) {
+ ret = trace_remote_panic_load(remote);
+ if (ret)
+ trace_remote_unload(remote);
+ }
- return 0;
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void trace_remote_unload(struct trace_remote *remote)
+{
+ trace_remote_panic_unload(remote);
+ ring_buffer_free(remote->trace_buffer);
+ remote->trace_buffer = NULL;
+ remote->cbs->unload_trace_buffer(remote->trace_buffer_desc, remote->priv);
}
static void trace_remote_try_unload(struct trace_remote *remote)
@@ -115,9 +138,7 @@ static void trace_remote_try_unload(struct trace_remote *remote)
if (!ring_buffer_empty(remote->trace_buffer))
return;
- ring_buffer_free(remote->trace_buffer);
- remote->trace_buffer = NULL;
- remote->cbs->unload_trace_buffer(remote->trace_buffer_desc, remote->priv);
+ trace_remote_unload(remote);
}
static int trace_remote_enable_tracing(struct trace_remote *remote)
@@ -434,58 +455,68 @@ static void trace_remote_dec_poll(struct trace_remote *remote)
static struct trace_remote_iterator
*trace_remote_iter(struct trace_remote *remote, int cpu, enum tri_type type)
{
- struct trace_remote_iterator *iter = NULL;
+ struct trace_remote_iterator *iter __free(kfree) = kzalloc_obj(*iter);
int ret;
lockdep_assert_held(&remote->lock);
- if (type == TRI_NONCONSUMING && !trace_remote_loaded(remote))
- return NULL;
+ if (!iter)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- ret = trace_remote_get(remote, cpu);
- if (ret)
- return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ switch (type) {
+ case TRI_NONCONSUMING:
+ if (!trace_remote_loaded(remote))
+ return NULL;
+ fallthrough;
+ case TRI_CONSUMING:
+ case TRI_DMESG:
+ ret = trace_remote_get(remote, cpu);
+ if (ret)
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ break;
+ case TRI_PANIC:
+ break;
+ }
if (!trace_remote_has_cpu(remote, cpu)) {
ret = -ENODEV;
goto err;
}
- iter = kzalloc_obj(*iter);
- if (iter) {
- iter->remote = remote;
- iter->cpu = cpu;
- iter->type = type;
- trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
+ iter->remote = remote;
+ iter->cpu = cpu;
+ iter->type = type;
+ trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
- switch (type) {
- case TRI_DMESG:
- /* only one dmesg iter allowed */
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(remote->dmesg)) {
- ret = -EBUSY;
- break;
- }
- smp_store_release(&remote->dmesg, iter);
- fallthrough;
- case TRI_CONSUMING:
- trace_remote_inc_poll(remote);
- break;
- case TRI_NONCONSUMING:
- ret = __alloc_ring_buffer_iter(iter, cpu);
- break;
+ switch (type) {
+ case TRI_DMESG:
+ /* only one dmesg iter allowed */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(remote->dmesg)) {
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ goto err;
}
-
+ smp_store_release(&remote->dmesg, iter);
+ fallthrough;
+ case TRI_CONSUMING:
+ trace_remote_inc_poll(remote);
+ break;
+ case TRI_PANIC:
+ case TRI_NONCONSUMING:
+ ret = __alloc_ring_buffer_iter(iter, cpu);
if (ret)
goto err;
-
- return iter;
+ break;
}
- ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+ return no_free_ptr(iter);
err:
- kfree(iter);
- trace_remote_put(remote);
-
+ switch (type) {
+ case TRI_PANIC:
+ break;
+ default:
+ trace_remote_put(remote);
+ }
return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
@@ -508,14 +539,18 @@ static void trace_remote_iter_free(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter)
fallthrough;
case TRI_CONSUMING:
trace_remote_dec_poll(remote);
+ trace_remote_put(remote);
break;
case TRI_NONCONSUMING:
+ __free_ring_buffer_iter(iter, iter->cpu);
+ trace_remote_put(remote);
+ break;
+ case TRI_PANIC:
__free_ring_buffer_iter(iter, iter->cpu);
break;
}
kfree(iter);
- trace_remote_put(remote);
}
static bool trace_remote_iter_is_consuming(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter)
@@ -989,6 +1024,117 @@ static int dmesg_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
}
DEFINE_TRACE_REMOTE_ATTRIBUTE(dmesg);
+static int trace_remote_panic_handler(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long ev, void *v)
+{
+ struct trace_remote *remote = container_of(self, struct trace_remote, panic_notifier);
+ struct trace_remote_iterator *iter = smp_load_acquire(&remote->panic_iter);
+ int cpu;
+
+ if (!iter) {
+ pr_warn("Unexpected error: no panic iterator for the trace remote\n");
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+ }
+
+ for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+ if (iter->rb_iters[cpu]) {
+ /* No RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS to avoid taking cpu_read_lock() */
+ ring_buffer_read_remote_meta_page(remote->trace_buffer, cpu);
+ ring_buffer_iter_reset(iter->rb_iters[cpu]);
+ }
+ }
+
+ while (trace_remote_iter_read_event(iter)) {
+ trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
+
+ trace_remote_iter_print_event(iter);
+ trace_seq_putc(&iter->seq, 0);
+ pr_emerg("%s", iter->seq.buffer);
+
+ trace_remote_iter_move(iter);
+ }
+
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static int trace_remote_panic_load(struct trace_remote *remote)
+{
+ struct notifier_block *notifier = &remote->panic_notifier;
+ struct trace_remote_iterator *iter;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&remote->lock);
+
+ if (remote->panic_iter)
+ return 0;
+
+ iter = trace_remote_iter(remote, RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS, TRI_PANIC);
+ if (IS_ERR(iter))
+ return PTR_ERR(iter);
+
+ smp_store_release(&remote->panic_iter, iter);
+
+ notifier->notifier_call = trace_remote_panic_handler;
+ notifier->priority = INT_MAX - 1;
+ atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list, notifier);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void trace_remote_panic_unload(struct trace_remote *remote)
+{
+ struct trace_remote_iterator *iter = remote->panic_iter;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&remote->lock);
+
+ if (!iter)
+ return;
+
+ atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list, &remote->panic_notifier);
+ smp_store_release(&remote->panic_iter, NULL);
+ trace_remote_iter_free(iter);
+}
+
+static ssize_t dump_on_panic_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
+ size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct seq_file *seq = filp->private_data;
+ struct trace_remote *remote = seq->private;
+ bool enable;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = kstrtobool_from_user(ubuf, cnt, &enable);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&remote->lock);
+
+ if (enable == remote->panic_on)
+ return cnt;
+
+ if (trace_remote_loaded(remote)) {
+ if (enable) {
+ ret = trace_remote_panic_load(remote);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ } else {
+ trace_remote_panic_unload(remote);
+ }
+ }
+
+ remote->panic_on = enable;
+
+ return cnt;
+}
+
+static int dump_on_panic_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
+{
+ struct trace_remote *remote = s->private;
+
+ seq_printf(s, "%d\n", remote->panic_on);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_TRACE_REMOTE_ATTRIBUTE(dump_on_panic);
+
static int trace_remote_init_tracefs(const char *name, struct trace_remote *remote)
{
struct dentry *remote_d, *percpu_d, *d;
@@ -1016,6 +1162,11 @@ static int trace_remote_init_tracefs(const char *name, struct trace_remote *remo
if (!d)
goto err;
+ d = trace_create_file("dump_on_panic", TRACEFS_MODE_WRITE, remote_d, remote,
+ &dump_on_panic_fops);
+ if (!d)
+ goto err;
+
d = trace_create_file("buffer_size_kb", TRACEFS_MODE_WRITE, remote_d, remote,
&buffer_size_kb_fops);
if (!d)
--
2.55.0.571.g244d577d93-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 14:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-04 14:03 [PATCH v4 00/18] tracing/remotes: Add printk, dump_on_panic and boot parameters Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 01/18] tracing/remotes: Gate tracefs files opening on trace remote registration Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 02/18] tracing/remotes: Release tracefs,eventfs on registration failure Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 03/18] tracing/remotes: Use kstrtobool for boolean tracefs files Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 04/18] tracing/remotes: Use a single per-remote polling work Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 05/18] tracing/simple_ring_buffer: Add support for compressed length Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 06/18] tracing/remotes: Add dmesg tracefs file Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 07/18] tracing/remotes: selftests: Add a test for the " Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 08/18] tracing/remotes: selftests: Prefix hypervisor folder Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 09/18] ring-buffer: Use irqsave for the reader lock in ring_buffer_poll_remote Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 10/18] ring-buffer: Use panic-friendly locking in ring_buffer_iter interface Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 11/18] ring-buffer: Add ring_buffer_read_remote_meta_page() Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 12/18] ring-buffer: Add kerneldoc for ring_buffer_poll_remote Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` Vincent Donnefort [this message]
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 14/18] tracing/remotes: selftests: Add a test for the dump_on_panic tracefs file Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 15/18] tracing/remotes: Add poll_ms " Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 16/18] tracing/remotes: Add trace_remote cmdline options Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 17/18] Documentation: tracing/remotes: Add detailed tracefs layout Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-04 14:03 ` [PATCH v4 18/18] Documentation/kernel-parameters: Add trace_remote Vincent Donnefort
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