ring-buffer: check for swapped buffers in start of committing
authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
Fri, 4 Sep 2009 18:11:34 +0000 (14:11 -0400)
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Fri, 4 Sep 2009 23:38:42 +0000 (19:38 -0400)
Because the irqsoff tracer can swap an internal CPU buffer, it is possible
that a swap happens between the start of the write and before the committing
bit is set (the committing bit will disable swapping).

This patch adds a check for this and will fail the write if it detects it.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c

index f83a42a79ee8a37aeaa0e2296eb3f8153de1ce56..1766c0e8db5a81b777e06eabb20487b68630d6b8 100644 (file)
@@ -2073,7 +2073,8 @@ static void rb_end_commit(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 }
 
 static struct ring_buffer_event *
-rb_reserve_next_event(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
+rb_reserve_next_event(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
+                     struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
                      unsigned long length)
 {
        struct ring_buffer_event *event;
@@ -2083,6 +2084,19 @@ rb_reserve_next_event(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 
        rb_start_commit(cpu_buffer);
 
+       /*
+        * Due to the ability to swap a cpu buffer from a buffer
+        * it is possible it was swapped before we committed.
+        * (committing stops a swap). We check for it here and
+        * if it happened, we have to fail the write.
+        */
+       barrier();
+       if (unlikely(ACCESS_ONCE(cpu_buffer->buffer) != buffer)) {
+               local_dec(&cpu_buffer->committing);
+               local_dec(&cpu_buffer->commits);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
        length = rb_calculate_event_length(length);
  again:
        /*
@@ -2243,7 +2257,7 @@ ring_buffer_lock_reserve(struct ring_buffer *buffer, unsigned long length)
        if (length > BUF_MAX_DATA_SIZE)
                goto out;
 
-       event = rb_reserve_next_event(cpu_buffer, length);
+       event = rb_reserve_next_event(buffer, cpu_buffer, length);
        if (!event)
                goto out;
 
@@ -2476,7 +2490,7 @@ int ring_buffer_write(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
        if (length > BUF_MAX_DATA_SIZE)
                goto out;
 
-       event = rb_reserve_next_event(cpu_buffer, length);
+       event = rb_reserve_next_event(buffer, cpu_buffer, length);
        if (!event)
                goto out;