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Re: [PATCH v5 06/10] tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: 2026-08-14 01:31:41
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On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:11:48 +0100
Vincent Donnefort [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index a00ab8a9cbd0..83292d90599e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -6976,34 +6976,52 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_swap_cpu);
  * ring_buffer_alloc_read_page - allocate a page to read from buffer
  * @buffer: the buffer to allocate for.
  * @cpu: the cpu buffer to allocate.
+ * @prev: The previous page to be repurposed (can be NULL).
  *
- * This function is used in conjunction with ring_buffer_read_page.
+ * This function is used in conjunction with ring_buffer_read_page().
  * When reading a full page from the ring buffer, these functions
  * can be used to speed up the process. The calling function should
  * allocate a few pages first with this function. Then when it
  * needs to get pages from the ring buffer, it passes the result
- * of this function into ring_buffer_read_page, which will swap
+ * of this function into ring_buffer_read_page(), which will swap
  * the page that was allocated, with the read page of the buffer.
  *
+ * If @prev is provided, and it has a different order than the current
+ * subbuffer order, its payload will be freed and re-allocated. If it
+ * already matches the order, it is simply returned.
+ *
  * Returns:
  *  The page allocated, or ERR_PTR
  */
-struct buffer_data_read_page *
-ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
+struct buffer_data_read_page *ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
+							  struct buffer_data_read_page *prev)
I think we should do this differently. I don't like the "prev" argument.
Instead, let's pass by address.

int ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu, struct buffer_data_read_page **rpage)



quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 395238b2b715..f9399f391ac6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -7080,8 +7080,8 @@ ssize_t tracing_buffers_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 {
 	struct ftrace_buffer_info *info = filp->private_data;
 	struct trace_iterator *iter = &info->iter;
-	void *trace_data;
-	int page_size;
+	void *trace_data, *prev_spare;
+	unsigned int spare_size;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
 	ssize_t size;
 
@@ -7091,36 +7091,30 @@ ssize_t tracing_buffers_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 	if (iter->snapshot && tracer_uses_snapshot(iter->tr->current_trace))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	page_size = ring_buffer_subbuf_size_get(iter->array_buffer->buffer);
+again:
+	prev_spare = info->spare;
+	if (prev_spare) {
+		spare_size = ring_buffer_read_page_size(info->spare);
 
-	/* Make sure the spare matches the current sub buffer size */
-	if (info->spare) {
-		if (page_size != info->spare_size) {
-			ring_buffer_free_read_page(iter->array_buffer->buffer,
-						   info->spare_cpu, info->spare);
-			info->spare = NULL;
-		}
+		/* Do we have previous read data to read? */
+		if (info->read < spare_size)
+			goto read;
 	}
 
-	if (!info->spare) {
-		info->spare = ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(iter->array_buffer->buffer,
-							  iter->cpu_file);
-		if (IS_ERR(info->spare)) {
-			ret = PTR_ERR(info->spare);
-			info->spare = NULL;
-		} else {
-			info->spare_cpu = iter->cpu_file;
-			info->spare_size = page_size;
-		}
-	}
-	if (!info->spare)
+	/* Make sure the read page order is aligned with the current buffer subbuf order */
+	info->spare = ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(iter->array_buffer->buffer, iter->cpu_file,
+						  prev_spare);
+	if (IS_ERR(info->spare)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(info->spare);
+		info->spare = NULL;
+		ring_buffer_free_read_page(iter->array_buffer->buffer, info->spare_cpu, prev_spare);
 		return ret;
+	}

instead of the above:

	ret = ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(iter->array_buffer->buffer, iter->cpu_file,
					  &info->space);

Where the above could do (under lock):

	if (*rpage) {
		if (*rpage)->order == buffer->subbuf_order)
			return 0;
		ring_buffer_free_read_page(*rpage);
		*rpage = NULL;
	}

	*rpage = all the reader page;

That is, lets completely remove the responsibility of the user having to
keep track of the buffer order here.
 
-	/* Do we have previous read data to read? */
-	if (info->read < page_size)
-		goto read;
+	spare_size = ring_buffer_read_page_size(info->spare);
+	info->read = spare_size;
+	info->spare_cpu = iter->cpu_file;
 
- again:
 	trace_access_lock(iter->cpu_file);
 	ret = ring_buffer_read_page(iter->array_buffer->buffer,
 				    info->spare,
And if we could make ring_buffer_read_page() return -EAGAIN if the spare is
not the proper order. And only for that case.

quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
@@ -7129,6 +7123,10 @@ ssize_t tracing_buffers_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 	trace_access_unlock(iter->cpu_file);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		/* Did we race with ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set ? */
+		if (spare_size != ring_buffer_subbuf_size_get(iter->array_buffer->buffer))
+			goto again;
Then here we can just have:

		if (ret == -EAGAIN)
			goto again;

-- Steve

quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+
 		if (trace_empty(iter) && !iter->closed) {
 			if (update_last_data_if_empty(iter->tr))
 				return 0;
@@ -7142,12 +7140,14 @@ ssize_t tracing_buffers_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 
 			goto again;
 		}
+
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	info->read = 0;
+
  read:
-	size = page_size - info->read;
+	size = spare_size - info->read;
 	if (size > count)
 		size = count;
 	trace_data = ring_buffer_read_page_data(info->spare);
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