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[PATCH v5 09/10] ring-buffer: Remove ring_buffer_per_cpu::mapped

From: Vincent Donnefort <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-13 13:12:07
Also in: lkml
Subsystem: the rest, tracing · Maintainers: Linus Torvalds, Steven Rostedt, Masami Hiramatsu

ring_buffer_per_cpu::mapped tracks if a ring-buffer is either mapped by
user-space or if it is a persistent buffer. We already have user_mapped
for the former and ring_meta for the latter. Get rid of mapped and
instead create rb_is_static(). A static ring-buffer cannot be resized,
swapped or have its pages extracted.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <redacted>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 905b2e6df9ab..79459c99ce9a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ struct ring_buffer_per_cpu {
 	int				cpu;
 	atomic_t			record_disabled;
 	atomic_t			resize_disabled;
-	struct trace_buffer	*buffer;
+	struct trace_buffer		*buffer;
 	raw_spinlock_t			reader_lock;	/* serialize readers */
 	arch_spinlock_t			lock;
 	struct lock_class_key		lock_key;
@@ -552,7 +552,6 @@ struct ring_buffer_per_cpu {
 	/* pages removed since last reset */
 	unsigned long			pages_removed;
 
-	unsigned int			mapped;
 	unsigned int			user_mapped;	/* user space mapping */
 	struct mutex			mapping_lock;
 	struct buffer_page		**subbuf_ids;	/* ID to subbuf VA */
@@ -648,6 +647,11 @@ unsigned long rb_subbuf_start(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long addr)
 	return addr & ~((unsigned long)(rb_subbuf_size(buffer) - 1));
 }
 
+static bool rb_is_static(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
+{
+	return cpu_buffer->user_mapped || cpu_buffer->remote || cpu_buffer->ring_meta;
+}
+
 struct ring_buffer_iter {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu	*cpu_buffer;
 	unsigned long			head;
@@ -2578,7 +2582,6 @@ rb_allocate_cpu_buffer(struct trace_buffer *buffer, long nr_pages, int cpu)
 		 * Range mapped buffers have the same restrictions as memory
 		 * mapped ones do.
 		 */
-		cpu_buffer->mapped = 1;
 		cpu_buffer->ring_meta = rb_range_meta(buffer, nr_pages, cpu);
 		bpage->page = rb_range_buffer(cpu_buffer, 0);
 		if (!bpage->page)
@@ -6667,12 +6670,11 @@ rb_reset_cpu(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 	rb_head_page_activate(cpu_buffer);
 	cpu_buffer->pages_removed = 0;
 
-	if (cpu_buffer->mapped) {
-		rb_update_meta_page(cpu_buffer);
-		if (cpu_buffer->ring_meta) {
-			struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta = cpu_buffer->ring_meta;
-			meta->commit_buffer = meta->head_buffer;
-		}
+	rb_update_meta_page(cpu_buffer);
+	if (cpu_buffer->ring_meta) {
+		struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta = cpu_buffer->ring_meta;
+
+		meta->commit_buffer = meta->head_buffer;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -6921,8 +6923,8 @@ int ring_buffer_swap_cpu(struct trace_buffer *buffer_a,
 	cpu_buffer_a = buffer_a->buffers[cpu];
 	cpu_buffer_b = buffer_b->buffers[cpu];
 
-	/* It's up to the callers to not try to swap mapped buffers */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu_buffer_a->mapped || cpu_buffer_b->mapped))
+	/* It's up to the callers to not try to swap static buffers */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(rb_is_static(cpu_buffer_a) || rb_is_static(cpu_buffer_b)))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	/* At least make sure the two buffers are somewhat the same */
@@ -7163,7 +7165,6 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
 	unsigned int size;
 	unsigned int read;
 	u64 save_timestamp;
-	bool force_memcpy;
 
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
 		return -1;
@@ -7202,8 +7203,6 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
 	/* Check if any events were dropped */
 	missed_events = cpu_buffer->lost_events;
 
-	force_memcpy = cpu_buffer->mapped || cpu_buffer->remote;
-
 	/*
 	 * If this page has been partially read or
 	 * if len is not big enough to read the rest of the page or
@@ -7213,7 +7212,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
 	 */
 	if (read || (len < (size - read)) ||
 	    cpu_buffer->reader_page == cpu_buffer->commit_page ||
-	    force_memcpy) {
+	    rb_is_static(cpu_buffer)) {
 		struct buffer_data_page *rpage = cpu_buffer->reader_page->page;
 		unsigned int rpos = read;
 		unsigned int pos = 0;
@@ -7674,11 +7673,7 @@ static int __rb_inc_dec_mapped(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cpu_buffer->mapping_lock);
 
-	/* mapped is always greater or equal to user_mapped */
-	if (WARN_ON(cpu_buffer->mapped < cpu_buffer->user_mapped))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (inc && cpu_buffer->mapped == UINT_MAX)
+	if (inc && cpu_buffer->user_mapped == UINT_MAX)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!inc && cpu_buffer->user_mapped == 0))
@@ -7687,13 +7682,10 @@ static int __rb_inc_dec_mapped(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 	mutex_lock(&cpu_buffer->buffer->mutex);
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
 
-	if (inc) {
+	if (inc)
 		cpu_buffer->user_mapped++;
-		cpu_buffer->mapped++;
-	} else {
+	else
 		cpu_buffer->user_mapped--;
-		cpu_buffer->mapped--;
-	}
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
 	mutex_unlock(&cpu_buffer->buffer->mutex);
@@ -7865,7 +7857,6 @@ int ring_buffer_map(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
 	if (!err) {
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
 		/* This is the first time it is mapped by user */
-		cpu_buffer->mapped++;
 		cpu_buffer->user_mapped = 1;
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
 	} else {
@@ -7922,8 +7913,6 @@ int ring_buffer_unmap(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
 
 	/* This is the last user space mapping */
-	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu_buffer->mapped < cpu_buffer->user_mapped))
-		cpu_buffer->mapped--;
 	cpu_buffer->user_mapped = 0;
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
-- 
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