linux-kernel - [PATCH] tracing: Fix infinite loop in tracing_read_pipe on overflowed print_trace

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:29:46 +0800
From:   Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@...wei.com>
To:     <rostedt@...dmis.org>, <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <yangjihong1@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Fix infinite loop in tracing_read_pipe on overflowed print_trace_line

print_trace_line may overflow seq_file buffer. If the event is not
consumed, the while loop keeps peeking this event, causing a infinite loop.

Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@...wei.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 47a44b055a1d..2a8d5c68c29b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -6788,6 +6788,19 @@ tracing_read_pipe(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 		if (ret == TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE) {
 			/* don't print partial lines */
 			iter->seq.seq.len = save_len;
+
+			/*
+			 * If one trace_line of the tracer overflows seq_file
+			 * buffer, trace_seq_to_user returns -EBUSY because
+			 * nothing in the sequence (iter->seq.seq.len = \
+			 * iter->seq.seq.readpos = 0).
+			 * In this case, we need to consume, otherwise,
+			 * "while" will peek this event next time, resulting
+			 * in an infinite loop.
+			 */
+			if (trace_seq_has_overflowed(&iter->seq))
+				trace_consume(iter);
+
 			break;
 		}
 		if (ret != TRACE_TYPE_NO_CONSUME)
-- 
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