linux-kernel - [for-linus][PATCH 0/3] tracing: Fixes for v6.18

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Message-ID: <20251107130730.158197641@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:07:30 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Tomas Glozar <tglozar@...hat.com>,
 John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 0/3] tracing: Fixes for v6.18

Fixes for tracing:

- Check for reader catching up in ring_buffer_map_get_reader()

  If the reader catches up to the writer in the memory mapped ring buffer
  then calling rb_get_reader_page() will return NULL as there's no
  pages left. But this isn't checked for before calling rb_get_reader_page()
  and the return of NULL causes a warning.

  If it is detected that the reader caught up to the writer, then simply
  exit the routine.

- Fix memory leak in histogram create_field_var()

  The couple of the error paths in create_field_var() did not properly clean
  up what was allocated. Make sure everything is freed properly on error.

- Fix help message of tools latency_collector

  The help message incorrectly stated that "-t" was the same as "--threads"
  whereas "--threads" is actually represented by "-e".

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git
trace/fixes

Head SHA1: 53afec2c8fb2a562222948cb1c2aac48598578c9

Steven Rostedt (1):
      ring-buffer: Do not warn in ring_buffer_map_get_reader() when reader catches up

Zhang Chujun (1):
      tracing/tools: Fix incorrcet short option in usage text for --threads

Zilin Guan (1):
      tracing: Fix memory leaks in create_field_var()

----
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c                | 4 ++++
 kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c          | 6 ++++--
 tools/tracing/latency/latency-collector.c | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)