From: Steven Rostedt <steven@rostedt.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>
Subject: [GIT PULL] RTLA: Fixes for v7.2
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:03:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731160344.7a508b97@robin> (raw)
Linus,
RTLA fixes for v7.2
- Fix timerlat top actions triggering on signal
Fix a bug in RTLA's timerlat top actions feature where on-threshold
actions are triggered on any signal, regardless of whether a latency
spike had actually occurred during the measurement.
The return retval was checked for non-zero to do actions. But if a
signal came in, it returns a negative and actions were being
incorrectly triggered when they should not have been.
Please pull the latest trace-tools-v7.2-rc5 tree, which can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git
trace-tools-v7.2-rc5
Tag SHA1: faa747ade50ef9b7eb6db4fb64274150c703ffcf
Head SHA1: fafb66e5903c2bcfc7b7e259042a8282f18a6faa
Tomas Glozar (1):
rtla/timerlat_top: Fix on-threshold actions firing on signal
----
tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
---------------------------
commit fafb66e5903c2bcfc7b7e259042a8282f18a6faa
Author: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>
Date: Mon Jul 13 16:10:47 2026 +0200
rtla/timerlat_top: Fix on-threshold actions firing on signal
A bug was reported when rtla-timerlat-top tool performs on-threshold
actions, even though no threshold was hit. This is reproduced even if no
threshold is set at all:
$ rtla timerlat top -q -c 0 --on-threshold shell,command='echo BAD'
BAD
Timer Latency
...
The bug is due to incorrect logic in timerlat_top_bpf_main_loop().
The loop uses timerlat_bpf_wait(), the return values of which are:
- > 0 (number of ringbuffer entries): at least 1 CPU hit threshold
- = 0: time out
- < 0: wait was interrupted by a signal
Commit 3138df6f0cd0 ("rtla/timerlat: Exit top main loop on any non-zero
wait_retval") changed the condition for "threshold hit" from
"wait_reval == 1" (exactly 1 CPU hit threshold) to "wait_retval != 0",
to fix a race where multiple CPUs hit the threshold at the same time.
That also made it incorrectly include a signal (< 0), coming from either
duration expired (SIGALRM) or user interrupt (SIGINT).
Check for wait_retval greater than zero in the if condition to cover all
return values correctly.
Fixes: 3138df6f0cd0 ("rtla/timerlat: Exit top main loop on any non-zero wait_retval")
Reported-by: Attila Fazekas <afazekas@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260713141047.687877-1-tglozar@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
index 18e1071a2e24..6206a0a565ad 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ timerlat_top_bpf_main_loop(struct osnoise_tool *tool)
if (!params->quiet)
timerlat_print_stats(tool);
- if (wait_retval != 0) {
+ if (wait_retval > 0) {
/* Stopping requested by tracer */
retval = common_threshold_handler(tool);
if (retval)
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