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From: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
To: rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com,
	linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] tracing: Hold trace_types_lock when resetting last boot data from readers
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:16:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261016061638.214847-2-devnexen@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261016061638.214847-1-devnexen@gmail.com>

update_last_data_if_empty() is called from tracing_open() with O_TRUNC,
tracing_read_pipe() and tracing_buffers_read() without trace_types_lock.
Two readers can both pass the LAST_BOOT test and free module_delta
twice, and a module notifier can update module_delta while it is being
freed.

Take trace_types_lock in those paths and keep the callers that already
hold it on an unlocked variant.

Fixes: 32dc0042528d ("tracing: Reset last-boot buffers when reading out all cpu buffers")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index d3ffbed9c44b..cf8663c27ae6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3603,6 +3603,7 @@ static int tracing_single_release_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return single_release(inode, file);
 }
 
+static bool __update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr);
 static bool update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr);
 
 static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
@@ -4697,7 +4698,7 @@ tracing_set_trace_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 int tracer_init(struct tracer *t, struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->array_buffer);
-	update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
+	__update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
 	return t->init(tr);
 }
 
@@ -5371,8 +5372,10 @@ static int tracing_wait_pipe(struct file *filp)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static bool update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr)
+static bool __update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
+	lockdep_assert_held(&trace_types_lock);
+
 	if (!(tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_LAST_BOOT))
 		return false;
 
@@ -5387,6 +5390,16 @@ static bool update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	/* Avoid the lock on the read path unless this is a last boot buffer */
+	if (!(tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_LAST_BOOT))
+		return false;
+
+	guard(mutex)(&trace_types_lock);
+	return __update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
+}
+
 /*
  * Consumer reader.
  */
@@ -6479,7 +6492,7 @@ int tracing_set_clock(struct trace_array *tr, const char *clockstr)
 		ring_buffer_set_clock(tr->snapshot_buffer.buffer, trace_clocks[i].func);
 	tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->snapshot_buffer);
 #endif
-	update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
+	__update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
 
 	if (tr->scratch && !(tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_LAST_BOOT)) {
 		struct trace_scratch *tscratch = tr->scratch;
-- 
2.55.0


      reply	other threads:[~2026-10-16  6:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-16  6:16 [PATCH v2 1/2] tracing: Hold trace_types_lock when updating modules in persistent instances David Carlier
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