From: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Fix nr_subbufs initialization in simple_ring_buffer_init_mm()
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:19:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260318171907.19640-1-devnexen@gmail.com> (raw)
In simple_ring_buffer_init_mm(), meta->nr_subbufs is assigned from
cpu_buffer->nr_pages at line 398, but cpu_buffer was just zeroed by
memset() at line 390. The actual page count is only computed later in
the loop (lines 410-429), so nr_subbufs is always set to 0.
This field is part of struct trace_buffer_meta (UAPI), exposed to
consumers who rely on it for buffer geometry calculations (e.g.,
data_len = subbuf_size * nr_subbufs). A value of 0 breaks ring buffer
consumption entirely.
Fix by using desc->nr_page_va directly, which holds the correct total
page count (reader + ring pages) and is available at this point. This
matches the UAPI documentation: "Number of subbufs in the ring-buffer,
including the reader."
Fixes: 34e5b958bdad ("tracing: Introduce simple_ring_buffer")
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
kernel/trace/simple_ring_buffer.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/simple_ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/simple_ring_buffer.c
index 02af2297ae5a..e991a0d8def2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/simple_ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/simple_ring_buffer.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ int simple_ring_buffer_init_mm(struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
memset(cpu_buffer->meta, 0, sizeof(*cpu_buffer->meta));
cpu_buffer->meta->meta_page_size = PAGE_SIZE;
- cpu_buffer->meta->nr_subbufs = cpu_buffer->nr_pages;
+ cpu_buffer->meta->nr_subbufs = desc->nr_page_va;
/* The reader page is not part of the ring initially */
page = load_page(desc->page_va[0]);
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-18 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-18 17:19 David Carlier [this message]
2026-03-18 19:28 ` [PATCH] tracing: Fix nr_subbufs initialization in simple_ring_buffer_init_mm() Steven Rostedt
2026-03-18 19:34 ` David CARLIER
2026-03-19 9:12 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-03-19 9:26 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-03-19 21:13 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-03-19 9:41 ` [PATCH v2] " David Carlier
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