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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>,
	Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 3/4] tracing/remotes: Fix struct_len in trace_remote_alloc_buffer()
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:20:43 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260711012103.989865122@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260711012040.762290323@kernel.org

From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>

Pre-calculate desc->struct_len up-front in trace_remote_alloc_buffer()
with trace_buffer_desc_size() to fix double-counting.

While at it, use the accessor __first_ring_buffer_desc().

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260709160017.1729517-3-vdonnefort@google.com
Fixes: 96e43537af54 ("tracing: Introduce trace remotes")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_remote.c | 15 ++++-----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
index d48042239d58..0f6ef5c36d84 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
@@ -979,27 +979,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_remote_free_buffer);
 int trace_remote_alloc_buffer(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, size_t desc_size, size_t buffer_size,
 			      const struct cpumask *cpumask)
 {
+	size_t min_desc_size = trace_buffer_desc_size(buffer_size, cpumask_weight(cpumask));
 	unsigned int nr_pages = max(DIV_ROUND_UP(buffer_size, PAGE_SIZE), 2UL) + 1;
-	void *desc_end = desc + desc_size;
 	struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
 	int cpu, ret = -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (desc_size < struct_size(desc, __data, 0))
+	if (desc_size < min_desc_size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	desc->nr_cpus = 0;
-	desc->struct_len = struct_size(desc, __data, 0);
+	desc->struct_len = min_desc_size;
 
-	rb_desc = (struct ring_buffer_desc *)&desc->__data[0];
+	rb_desc = __first_ring_buffer_desc(desc);
 
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
 		unsigned int id;
 
-		if ((void *)rb_desc + struct_size(rb_desc, page_va, nr_pages) > desc_end) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto err;
-		}
-
 		rb_desc->cpu = cpu;
 		rb_desc->nr_page_va = 0;
 		rb_desc->meta_va = (unsigned long)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1015,8 +1010,6 @@ int trace_remote_alloc_buffer(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, size_t desc_size,
 
 			rb_desc->nr_page_va++;
 		}
-		desc->struct_len += offsetof(struct ring_buffer_desc, page_va);
-		desc->struct_len += struct_size(rb_desc, page_va, rb_desc->nr_page_va);
 		rb_desc = __next_ring_buffer_desc(rb_desc);
 	}
 
-- 
2.53.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-11  1:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-11  1:20 [for-linus][PATCH 0/4] tracing: Fixes for v7.2 Steven Rostedt
2026-07-11  1:20 ` [for-linus][PATCH 1/4] selftests/user_events: Wait for deferred event teardown after unregister Steven Rostedt
2026-07-11  1:20 ` [for-linus][PATCH 2/4] tracing/remotes: Fix leak in trace_remote_alloc_buffer() error path Steven Rostedt
2026-07-11  1:20 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-07-11  1:20 ` [for-linus][PATCH 4/4] ring-buffer: Allow sparse CPU masks in ring_buffer_desc() Steven Rostedt

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