linux-kernel - [PATCH] ring_buffer: reset write when reserve buffer fail

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:06:18 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ring_buffer: reset write when reserve buffer fail


Impact: reset struct buffer_page.write when interrupt storm

if struct buffer_page.write is not reset, any succedent committing
will corrupted ring_buffer:

static inline void
rb_set_commit_to_write(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
{
	......
		cpu_buffer->commit_page->commit =
			cpu_buffer->commit_page->write;
	......
}


when "if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, next_page == reader_page))", ring_buffer
is disabled, but some reserved buffers may haven't been committed.
we need reset struct buffer_page.write.

when "if (unlikely(next_page == cpu_buffer->commit_page))", ring_buffer
is still available, we should not corrupt it.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
---
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 8b0daf0..18bfd76 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1025,12 +1025,8 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 		}
 
 		if (next_page == head_page) {
-			if (!(buffer->flags & RB_FL_OVERWRITE)) {
-				/* reset write */
-				if (tail <= BUF_PAGE_SIZE)
-					local_set(&tail_page->write, tail);
+			if (!(buffer->flags & RB_FL_OVERWRITE))
 				goto out_unlock;
-			}
 
 			/* tail_page has not moved yet? */
 			if (tail_page == cpu_buffer->tail_page) {
@@ -1105,6 +1101,10 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 	return event;
 
  out_unlock:
+	/* reset write */
+	if (tail <= BUF_PAGE_SIZE)
+		local_set(&tail_page->write, tail);
+
 	__raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return NULL;


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