From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964995AbbLXPos (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:44:48 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:51582 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754535AbbLXPme (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:42:34 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 15:37:42 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.2 32/77] ring-buffer: Update read stamp with first real commit on page In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.247 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.2.75-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" commit b81f472a208d3e2b4392faa6d17037a89442f4ce upstream. Do not update the read stamp after swapping out the reader page from the write buffer. If the reader page is swapped out of the buffer before an event is written to it, then the read_stamp may get an out of date timestamp, as the page timestamp is updated on the first commit to that page. rb_get_reader_page() only returns a page if it has an event on it, otherwise it will return NULL. At that point, check if the page being returned has events and has not been read yet. Then at that point update the read_stamp to match the time stamp of the reader page. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -1581,12 +1581,6 @@ rb_set_commit_to_write(struct ring_buffe goto again; } -static void rb_reset_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) -{ - cpu_buffer->read_stamp = cpu_buffer->reader_page->page->time_stamp; - cpu_buffer->reader_page->read = 0; -} - static void rb_inc_iter(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter) { struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = iter->cpu_buffer; @@ -3064,7 +3058,7 @@ rb_get_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_pe /* Finally update the reader page to the new head */ cpu_buffer->reader_page = reader; - rb_reset_reader_page(cpu_buffer); + cpu_buffer->reader_page->read = 0; if (overwrite != cpu_buffer->last_overrun) { cpu_buffer->lost_events = overwrite - cpu_buffer->last_overrun; @@ -3074,6 +3068,10 @@ rb_get_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_pe goto again; out: + /* Update the read_stamp on the first event */ + if (reader && reader->read == 0) + cpu_buffer->read_stamp = reader->page->time_stamp; + arch_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock); local_irq_restore(flags);