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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:34:04 +1100
From: Indan Zupancic <indan@....nu>
To: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Indan Zupancic <indan@....nu>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix race in ring_buffer_consume(): Replace ring_buffer_consume and ring_buffer_peek with ring_buffer_get_event
Original mail was mangled, patch resent via git.
Signed-off-by: Indan Zupancic <indan@....nu>
---
include/linux/ring_buffer.h | 4 +---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 39 ++++++++-------------------------------
kernel/trace/trace.c | 15 ++++++++-------
kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index e097c2e..d9320bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ int ring_buffer_write(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
unsigned long length, void *data);
struct ring_buffer_event *
-ring_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts);
-struct ring_buffer_event *
-ring_buffer_consume(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts);
+ring_buffer_get_event(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts, int consume);
struct ring_buffer_iter *
ring_buffer_read_start(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 668bbb5..d4e5dbc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1727,16 +1727,18 @@ static void rb_advance_iter(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
}
/**
- * ring_buffer_peek - peek at the next event to be read
+ * ring_buffer_get_event - get the next event to be read
* @buffer: The ring buffer to read
* @cpu: The cpu to peak at
* @ts: The timestamp counter of this event.
+ * @consume: Whether the event should be consumed.
+ * If true, sequential reads will keep returning a different event,
+ * and eventually empty the ring buffer if the producer is slower.
*
- * This will return the event that will be read next, but does
- * not consume the data.
+ * This will return the event that will be read next.
*/
struct ring_buffer_event *
-ring_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts)
+ring_buffer_get_event(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts, int consume)
{
struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
struct ring_buffer_event *event;
@@ -1789,6 +1791,8 @@ ring_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts)
*ts = cpu_buffer->read_stamp + event->time_delta;
ring_buffer_normalize_time_stamp(cpu_buffer->cpu, ts);
}
+ if (consume)
+ rb_advance_reader(cpu_buffer);
return event;
default:
@@ -1869,33 +1873,6 @@ ring_buffer_iter_peek(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter, u64 *ts)
}
/**
- * ring_buffer_consume - return an event and consume it
- * @buffer: The ring buffer to get the next event from
- *
- * Returns the next event in the ring buffer, and that event is consumed.
- * Meaning, that sequential reads will keep returning a different event,
- * and eventually empty the ring buffer if the producer is slower.
- */
-struct ring_buffer_event *
-ring_buffer_consume(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts)
-{
- struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
- struct ring_buffer_event *event;
-
- if (!cpu_isset(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
- return NULL;
-
- event = ring_buffer_peek(buffer, cpu, ts);
- if (!event)
- return NULL;
-
- cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
- rb_advance_reader(cpu_buffer);
-
- return event;
-}
-
-/**
* ring_buffer_read_start - start a non consuming read of the buffer
* @buffer: The ring buffer to read from
* @cpu: The cpu buffer to iterate over
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index d86e325..f1329ed 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ peek_next_entry(struct trace_iterator *iter, int cpu, u64 *ts)
if (buf_iter)
event = ring_buffer_iter_peek(buf_iter, ts);
else
- event = ring_buffer_peek(iter->tr->buffer, cpu, ts);
+ event = ring_buffer_get_event(iter->tr->buffer, cpu, ts, 0);
ftrace_enable_cpu();
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static void trace_consume(struct trace_iterator *iter)
{
/* Don't allow ftrace to trace into the ring buffers */
ftrace_disable_cpu();
- ring_buffer_consume(iter->tr->buffer, iter->cpu, &iter->ts);
+ ring_buffer_get_event(iter->tr->buffer, iter->cpu, &iter->ts, 1);
ftrace_enable_cpu();
}
@@ -1310,8 +1310,9 @@ void trace_seq_print_cont(struct trace_seq *s, struct trace_iterator *iter)
struct trace_entry *ent;
struct trace_field_cont *cont;
bool ok = true;
+ int cpu = iter->cpu;
- ent = peek_next_entry(iter, iter->cpu, NULL);
+ ent = peek_next_entry(iter, cpu, NULL);
if (!ent || ent->type != TRACE_CONT) {
trace_seq_putc(s, '\n');
return;
@@ -1324,14 +1325,14 @@ void trace_seq_print_cont(struct trace_seq *s, struct trace_iterator *iter)
ftrace_disable_cpu();
- if (iter->buffer_iter[iter->cpu])
- ring_buffer_read(iter->buffer_iter[iter->cpu], NULL);
+ if (iter->buffer_iter[cpu])
+ ring_buffer_read(iter->buffer_iter[cpu], NULL);
else
- ring_buffer_consume(iter->tr->buffer, iter->cpu, NULL);
+ ring_buffer_get_event(iter->tr->buffer, cpu, NULL, 1);
ftrace_enable_cpu();
- ent = peek_next_entry(iter, iter->cpu, NULL);
+ ent = peek_next_entry(iter, cpu, NULL);
} while (ent && ent->type == TRACE_CONT);
if (!ok)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index 90bc752..3894989 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static int trace_test_buffer_cpu(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu)
struct ring_buffer_event *event;
struct trace_entry *entry;
- while ((event = ring_buffer_consume(tr->buffer, cpu, NULL))) {
+ while ((event = ring_buffer_get_event(tr->buffer, cpu, NULL, 1))) {
entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
if (!trace_valid_entry(entry)) {
--
1.6.0.6
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