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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>,
	 Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 4/9] ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race in ring_buffer_alloc_read_page()
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:33:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812153311.2328812-5-vdonnefort@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260812153311.2328812-1-vdonnefort@google.com>

ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() is racy with ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set,
it can allocate a reader page with an outdated order. This isn't a big
issue, the user can still re-allocate a new reader page and try again.

However, what is more problematic is if the value of subbuf_order
changes in the middle of ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(). In that case,
bpage->order might not match the actual allocated memory.

Use bpage->order for the allocation to prevent this race.

Fixes: bce761d75745 ("ring-buffer: Read and write to ring buffers with custom sub buffer size")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 97449423d3a6..94552a433228 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -7018,7 +7018,7 @@ ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 	if (bpage->data) {
 		rb_init_data_page(bpage->data);
 	} else {
-		bpage->data = alloc_cpu_data(cpu, cpu_buffer->buffer->subbuf_order);
+		bpage->data = alloc_cpu_data(cpu, bpage->order);
 		if (!bpage->data) {
 			kfree(bpage);
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-- 
2.55.0.691.gc56d675ccc-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-12 15:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-12 15:33 [PATCH v4 0/9] ring-buffer: Fixes for subbuf resizing and persistent buffers Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:33 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] ring-buffer: Free cpu_buffer->free_page with subbuf_order Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:50   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 16:37     ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:33 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] ring-buffer: Hold cpu_buffer::lock when resizing a subbuf Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:46   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 16:41     ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:33 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring buffer readers Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:53   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 16:44     ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 17:24       ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-12 15:33 ` Vincent Donnefort [this message]
2026-08-12 15:46   ` [PATCH v4 4/9] ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race in ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 16:50     ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:33 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] tracing: Fix subbuf resize races in trace_pipe_raw readers Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:47   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 16:57     ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:33 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] ring-buffer: Dynamically calculate max_data_size Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:56   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 17:12     ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:33 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] ring-buffer: Remove trace_buffer::cpus Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:33 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] ring-buffer: Remove ring_buffer_per_cpu::mapped Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:33 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] ring-buffer: Make nr_pages unsigned int Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:47   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 17:15     ` Vincent Donnefort

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