linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Have trace_marker writes be just half of TRACE_SEQ

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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 16:43:46 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, LKML
 <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Linux Trace Kernel <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Have trace_marker writes be just half of
 TRACE_SEQ_SIZE


> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> index 8198bfc54b58..d68544aef65f 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -7320,6 +7320,17 @@ tracing_mark_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
>  	if ((ssize_t)cnt < 0)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * TRACE_SEQ_SIZE is the total size of trace_seq buffer used
> +	 * for output. As the print event outputs more than just
> +	 * the string written, keep it smaller than the trace_seq
> +	 * as it could drop the event if the extra data makes it bigger
> +	 * than what the trace_seq can hold. Half he TRACE_SEQ_SIZE

	                                          the

> +	 * is more than enough.
> +	 */
> +	if (cnt > TRACE_SEQ_SIZE / 2)
> +		cnt = TRACE_SEQ_SIZE / 2;
> +
>  	meta_size = sizeof(*entry) + 2;  /* add '\0' and possible '\n' */
>   again:
>  	size = cnt + meta_size;


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#Randy