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>,
Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 16/18] tracing: Clamp the printed end of a histogram bucket at U64_MAX
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:31:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261016143137.374851839@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261016143115.392980228@kernel.org>
From: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
A key with the ".buckets=N" modifier is stored as the start of its bucket,
and hist_trigger_print_key() prints the range it covers as start to
start + N - 1. That addition overflows once the start is within N of
U64_MAX:
# echo 'hist:keys=offset.buckets=10' >> \
events/syscalls/sys_enter_lseek/trigger
# ./seeker 5 -1 # lseek(0, 5) and lseek(0, -1)
# cat events/syscalls/sys_enter_lseek/hist
...
{ offset: ~ 18446744073709551610-3 } hitcount: 1
{ offset: ~ 0-9 } hitcount: 1
...
18446744073709551610 + 10 - 1 does not fit in 64 bits, so the range ends
below where it starts.
The bucket does end at U64_MAX: it holds every value hist_field_bucket()
maps onto its start, and there is no value above U64_MAX. Clamp the printed
end there. Printed honestly the group is shorter than the size asked for,
which histogram.rst does not mention, so say it there.
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260914132346.2234731-1-donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com
Fixes: de9a48a360b7 ("tracing: Add linear buckets to histogram logic")
Signed-off-by: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
Documentation/trace/histogram.rst | 3 +++
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
index 340bcb5099e7..97b67f05f5ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
@@ -1943,6 +1943,9 @@ the ".buckets" modifier and specify a size (in this case groups of 10)::
Entries: 16
Dropped: 0
+Keys are 64-bit, so the group holding the largest values is truncated where
+that range ends and can be smaller than the size asked for.
+
To save stacktraces, create a synthetic event with a field of type "unsigned long[]"
or even just "long[]". For example, to see how long a task is blocked in an
uninterruptible state::
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 972804709b14..c150e1130a5f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -5561,9 +5561,14 @@ static void hist_trigger_print_key(struct seq_file *m,
*(u64 *)(key + key_field->offset));
} else if (key_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_BUCKET) {
unsigned long buckets = key_field->buckets;
+ u64 end;
+
uval = *(u64 *)(key + key_field->offset);
+ end = uval + buckets - 1;
+ if (end < uval)
+ end = U64_MAX;
seq_printf(m, "%s: ~ %llu-%llu", field_name,
- uval, uval + buckets -1);
+ uval, end);
} else if (key_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STRING) {
seq_printf(m, "%s: %-50s", field_name,
(char *)(key + key_field->offset));
--
2.53.0
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-16 14:31 [for-next][PATCH 00/18] tracing: Updates for 7.4 Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 01/18] tracing: Add "within" filter for call-stack-based event filtering Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 02/18] tracnig: Add proper error message for glob use with "within" filter Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 03/18] tracing: Remove duplicate declaration of ftrace_set_clr_event() Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 04/18] tracing: Stop modifying the input buffer in ftrace_set_clr_event() Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 05/18] tracing: Split the event string parsing logic into a dedicated function Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 06/18] tracing: Add a test for ftrace_parse_event_string() Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 07/18] tracing: Add a filter argument to __ftrace_set_clr_event() Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 08/18] tracing: Parse filter from boot event string Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 09/18] ring-buffer: Rename ring_buffer_size() to ring_buffer_capacity() Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 10/18] tracing: Rename trace_array::entries to capacity Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 11/18] tracing: Rename tracing_entries_fops to tracing_capacity_fops Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 12/18] tracing: Print the bucket size as unsigned Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 13/18] tracing: Add the bucket size to expr_field_str() Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 14/18] tracing: Only report the stacktrace modifier on a real field Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 15/18] tracing: Unregister field variable histograms when the command fails Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 17/18] tracing: Fix 64-bit and signed histogram fields on 32-bit kernels Steven Rostedt
2026-10-16 14:31 ` [for-next][PATCH 18/18] tracing: Print a signed histogram key as signed Steven Rostedt
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