linux-kernel - [PATCH] ring-buffer: Simplify ring_buffer_read

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Message-ID: <20250527145216.0187cf36@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 14:52:16 -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: Simplify ring_buffer_read_page() with guard()

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

The function ring_buffer_read_page() had two gotos. One was simply
returning "ret" and the other was unlocking the reader_lock.

There's no reason to use goto to simply return the "ret" variable. Instead
just return the value.

The jump to the unlocking of the reader_lock can be replaced by
guard(raw_spinlock_irqsave)(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock).

With these two changes the "ret" variable is no longer used and can be
removed. The return value on non-error is what was read and is stored in
the "read" variable.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 28 +++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 0b21d64e90c8..897ce51d3bbf 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -6535,38 +6535,37 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
 	struct buffer_data_page *bpage;
 	struct buffer_page *reader;
 	unsigned long missed_events;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int commit;
 	unsigned int read;
 	u64 save_timestamp;
-	int ret = -1;
 
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
-		goto out;
+		return -1;
 
 	/*
 	 * If len is not big enough to hold the page header, then
 	 * we can not copy anything.
 	 */
 	if (len <= BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE)
-		goto out;
+		return -1;
 
 	len -= BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE;
 
 	if (!data_page || !data_page->data)
-		goto out;
+		return -1;
+
 	if (data_page->order != buffer->subbuf_order)
-		goto out;
+		return -1;
 
 	bpage = data_page->data;
 	if (!bpage)
-		goto out;
+		return -1;
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+	guard(raw_spinlock_irqsave)(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock);
 
 	reader = rb_get_reader_page(cpu_buffer);
 	if (!reader)
-		goto out_unlock;
+		return -1;
 
 	event = rb_reader_event(cpu_buffer);
 
@@ -6600,7 +6599,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
 		if (full &&
 		    (!read || (len < (commit - read)) ||
 		     cpu_buffer->reader_page == cpu_buffer->commit_page))
-			goto out_unlock;
+			return -1;
 
 		if (len > (commit - read))
 			len = (commit - read);
@@ -6609,7 +6608,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
 		size = rb_event_ts_length(event);
 
 		if (len < size)
-			goto out_unlock;
+			return -1;
 
 		/* save the current timestamp, since the user will need it */
 		save_timestamp = cpu_buffer->read_stamp;
@@ -6667,7 +6666,6 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
 		if (reader->real_end)
 			local_set(&bpage->commit, reader->real_end);
 	}
-	ret = read;
 
 	cpu_buffer->lost_events = 0;
 
@@ -6694,11 +6692,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
 	if (commit < buffer->subbuf_size)
 		memset(&bpage->data[commit], 0, buffer->subbuf_size - commit);
 
- out_unlock:
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
-
- out:
-	return ret;
+	return read;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_read_page);
 
-- 
2.47.2