linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 1/4] tracing: Reset last_boot

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Message-ID:  <176887136789.578403.10711988283653763711.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:09:28 +0900
From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/4] tracing: Reset last_boot_info if ring buffer is reset

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>

Commit 32dc0042528d ("tracing: Reset last-boot buffers when reading
out all cpu buffers") resets the last_boot_info when user read out
all data via trace_pipe* files. But it is not reset when user
resets the buffer from other files. (e.g. write `trace` file)

Reset it when the corresponding ring buffer is reset too.

Fixes: 32dc0042528d ("tracing: Reset last-boot buffers when reading out all cpu buffers")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 38f7a7a55c23..5ddaeced9cb3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4873,6 +4873,8 @@ static int tracing_single_release_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	return single_release(inode, file);
 }
 
+static bool update_last_data_if_empty(struct trace_array *tr);
+
 static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
@@ -4897,6 +4899,8 @@ static int tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 			tracing_reset_online_cpus(trace_buf);
 		else
 			tracing_reset_cpu(trace_buf, cpu);
+
+		update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
 	}
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
@@ -5963,6 +5967,7 @@ tracing_set_trace_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 int tracer_init(struct tracer *t, struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->array_buffer);
+	update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
 	return t->init(tr);
 }
 
@@ -7781,6 +7786,7 @@ int tracing_set_clock(struct trace_array *tr, const char *clockstr)
 		ring_buffer_set_clock(tr->max_buffer.buffer, trace_clocks[i].func);
 	tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->max_buffer);
 #endif
+	update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
 
 	if (tr->scratch && !(tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_LAST_BOOT)) {
 		struct trace_scratch *tscratch = tr->scratch;
@@ -8018,6 +8024,7 @@ tracing_snapshot_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 				tracing_reset_online_cpus(&tr->max_buffer);
 			else
 				tracing_reset_cpu(&tr->max_buffer, iter->cpu_file);
+			update_last_data_if_empty(tr);
 		}
 		break;
 	}