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 6/9] ring-buffer: Dynamically calculate max_data_size
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:33:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812153311.2328812-7-vdonnefort@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260812153311.2328812-1-vdonnefort@google.com>
The ring buffer order can be dynamically modified and temporarily
disables writing to do so. It is therefore safe to use the updated value
to calculate the maximum event size which can be written onto the ring
buffer.
However, notice it is hardly making any difference for trace_marker
because of the TRACE_MARKER_MAX_SIZE limit. For an 8KiB subbuf size,
trace_marker can take 4096 characters while it can 'only' take 4054
bytes for smaller subbufs.
Fixes: f9b94daa542a ("ring-buffer: Set new size of the ring buffer sub page")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index f62d6853ee5c..64bf4ac853f5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -598,7 +598,6 @@ struct trace_buffer {
struct ring_buffer_meta *meta;
unsigned int subbuf_order;
- unsigned int max_data_size;
};
static __always_inline unsigned int rb_subbuf_size(struct trace_buffer *buffer)
@@ -620,6 +619,23 @@ static __always_inline unsigned int rb_subbuf_capacity(struct trace_buffer *buff
return rb_subbuf_size(buffer) - BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE;
}
+/**
+ * rb_subbuf_max_data_size - Get the maximum payload size of a single event
+ * @buffer: A trace buffer
+ *
+ * Return: The maximum data payload size that can be stored in a single event.
+ */
+static __always_inline unsigned int rb_subbuf_max_data_size(struct trace_buffer *buffer)
+{
+ struct ring_buffer_event *event;
+
+ /*
+ * surely rb_subbuf_capacity() is bigger than
+ * RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX (see ring_buffer_event_length).
+ */
+ return rb_subbuf_capacity(buffer) - RB_EVNT_HDR_SIZE - sizeof(event->array[0]);
+}
+
/**
* rb_subbuf_start - Get the start address of a subbuffer
* @buffer: A trace buffer
@@ -2773,9 +2789,6 @@ static struct trace_buffer *alloc_buffer(unsigned long size, unsigned flags,
buffer->subbuf_order = order;
subbuf_size = (PAGE_SIZE << order);
- /* Max payload is buffer page size - header (8bytes) */
- buffer->max_data_size = rb_subbuf_capacity(buffer) - (sizeof(u32) * 2);
-
buffer->flags = flags;
buffer->clock = trace_clock_local;
buffer->reader_lock_key = key;
@@ -4941,7 +4954,7 @@ rb_reserve_next_event(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
if (ring_buffer_time_stamp_abs(cpu_buffer->buffer)) {
add_ts_default = RB_ADD_STAMP_ABSOLUTE;
info.length += RB_LEN_TIME_EXTEND;
- if (info.length > cpu_buffer->buffer->max_data_size)
+ if (info.length > rb_subbuf_max_data_size(cpu_buffer->buffer))
goto out_fail;
} else {
add_ts_default = RB_ADD_STAMP_NONE;
@@ -5016,7 +5029,7 @@ ring_buffer_lock_reserve(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long length)
if (unlikely(atomic_read(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled)))
goto out;
- if (unlikely(length > buffer->max_data_size))
+ if (unlikely(length > rb_subbuf_max_data_size(buffer)))
goto out;
if (unlikely(trace_recursive_lock(cpu_buffer)))
@@ -5163,7 +5176,7 @@ int ring_buffer_write(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
if (atomic_read(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled))
return -EBUSY;
- if (length > buffer->max_data_size)
+ if (length > rb_subbuf_max_data_size(buffer))
return -EBUSY;
if (unlikely(trace_recursive_lock(cpu_buffer)))
@@ -6522,8 +6535,9 @@ unsigned long ring_buffer_max_event_size(struct trace_buffer *buffer)
{
/* If abs timestamp is requested, events have a timestamp too */
if (ring_buffer_time_stamp_abs(buffer))
- return buffer->max_data_size - RB_LEN_TIME_EXTEND;
- return buffer->max_data_size;
+ return rb_subbuf_max_data_size(buffer) - RB_LEN_TIME_EXTEND;
+
+ return rb_subbuf_max_data_size(buffer);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_max_event_size);
@@ -7976,7 +7990,7 @@ int ring_buffer_map_get_reader(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
* missed events, then record it there.
*/
commit = rb_page_size(reader);
- if (rb_subbuf_capacity(buffer) - commit >= sizeof(missed_events)) {
+ if (rb_page_capacity(reader) - commit >= sizeof(missed_events)) {
memcpy(&dpage->data[commit], &missed_events,
sizeof(missed_events));
local_add(RB_MISSED_STORED, &dpage->commit);
--
2.55.0.691.gc56d675ccc-goog
next prev 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 ` [PATCH v4 4/9] ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race in ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-12 15:46 ` 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 ` Vincent Donnefort [this message]
2026-08-12 15:56 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] ring-buffer: Dynamically calculate max_data_size 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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