Re: [PATCH v5 03/15] ring-buffer: Add interface for configuring trace sub buffer size

[Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:54:17 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> +/**
> + * ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set - set the size of ring buffer sub page.
> + * @buffer: The ring_buffer to set the new page size.
> + * @order: Order of the system pages in one sub buffer page
> + *
> + * By default, one ring buffer pages equals to one system page. This API can be
> + * used to set new size of the ring buffer page. The size must be order of
> + * system page size, that's why the input parameter @order is the order of
> + * system pages that are allocated for one ring buffer page:
> + *  0 - 1 system page
> + *  1 - 2 system pages
> + *  3 - 4 system pages
> + *  ...

Don't we have the max order of the pages?

> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success or < 0 in case of an error.
> + */
> +int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order)
> +{
> +	int psize;
> +
> +	if (!buffer || order < 0)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	if (buffer->subbuf_order == order)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	psize = (1 << order) * PAGE_SIZE;
> +	if (psize <= BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	buffer->subbuf_order = order;
> +	buffer->subbuf_size = psize - BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE;
> +
> +	/* Todo: reset the buffer with the new page size */
> +

I just wonder why there is no reallocate the sub buffers here.
Is it OK to change the sub buffer page size and order while
using the ring buffer?

Thank you,

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>