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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 v5 05/10] ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring_buffer_alloc_read_page()
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:11:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813131152.3589632-6-vdonnefort@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813131152.3589632-1-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it can allocate a reader page with an outdated order.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 ec520c72124e..a00ab8a9cbd0 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:[~2026-08-13 13:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-13 13:11 [PATCH v5 00/10] ring-buffer: Fixes for subbuf resizing and persistent buffers Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 01/10] ring-buffer: Free cpu_buffer::free_page with subbuf_order Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:54   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 15:49     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-08-13 16:02       ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 16:03         ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 16:18   ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 02/10] ring-buffer: Hold cpu_buffer::lock when resizing a subbuf Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 14:01   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 03/10] ring-buffer: Make cpu_buffer::free_page a buffer_data_read_page Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:56   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 04/10] ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with ring buffer readers Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:51   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 13:11 ` Vincent Donnefort [this message]
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 06/10] tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:53   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 07/10] ring-buffer: Dynamically calculate max_data_size Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 08/10] ring-buffer: Remove trace_buffer::cpus Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 09/10] ring-buffer: Remove ring_buffer_per_cpu::mapped Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:11 ` [PATCH v5 10/10] ring-buffer: Make nr_pages unsigned int Vincent Donnefort
2026-08-13 13:55   ` sashiko-bot

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