linux-kernel - [PATCH] ring-buffer: Do not set shortest

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Message-ID: <20240312115641.6aa8ba08@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:56:41 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: 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>
Subject: [PATCH] ring-buffer: Do not set shortest_full when full target is
 hit

From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>

The rb_watermark_hit() checks if the amount of data in the ring buffer is
above the percentage level passed in by the "full" variable. If it is, it
returns true.

But it also sets the "shortest_full" field of the cpu_buffer that informs
writers that it needs to call the irq_work if the amount of data on the
ring buffer is above the requested amount.

The rb_watermark_hit() always sets the shortest_full even if the amount in
the ring buffer is what it wants. As it is not going to wait, because it
has what it wants, there's no reason to set shortest_full.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: 42fb0a1e84ff5 ("tracing/ring-buffer: Have polling block on watermark")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 9b887d44b8d9..350607cce869 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -834,9 +834,10 @@ static bool rb_watermark_hit(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu, int full)
 		pagebusy = cpu_buffer->reader_page == cpu_buffer->commit_page;
 		ret = !pagebusy && full_hit(buffer, cpu, full);
 
-		if (!cpu_buffer->shortest_full ||
-		    cpu_buffer->shortest_full > full)
-			cpu_buffer->shortest_full = full;
+		if (!ret && (!cpu_buffer->shortest_full ||
+			     cpu_buffer->shortest_full > full)) {
+		    cpu_buffer->shortest_full = full;
+		}
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
 	}
 	return ret;
-- 
2.43.0