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ring-buffer: Fix wrong stat of cpu_buffer->read
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When pages are removed in rb_remove_pages(), 'cpu_buffer->read' is set
to 0 in order to make sure any read iterators reset themselves. However,
this will mess 'entries' stating, see following steps:

  # cd /sys/kernel/tracing/
  # 1. Enlarge ring buffer prepare for later reducing:
  # echo 20 > per_cpu/cpu0/buffer_size_kb
  # 2. Write a log into ring buffer of cpu0:
  # taskset -c 0 echo "hello1" > trace_marker
  # 3. Read the log:
  # cat per_cpu/cpu0/trace_pipe
       <...>-332     [000] .....    62.406844: tracing_mark_write: hello1
  # 4. Stop reading and see the stats, now 0 entries, and 1 event readed:
  # cat per_cpu/cpu0/stats
   entries: 0
   [...]
   read events: 1
  # 5. Reduce the ring buffer
  # echo 7 > per_cpu/cpu0/buffer_size_kb
  # 6. Now entries became unexpected 1 because actually no entries!!!
  # cat per_cpu/cpu0/stats
   entries: 1
   [...]
   read events: 0

To fix it, introduce 'page_removed' field to count total removed pages
since last reset, then use it to let read iterators reset themselves
instead of changing the 'read' pointer.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230724054040.3489499-1-zhengyejian1@huawei.com

Cc: <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: <vnagarnaik@google.com>
Fixes: 83f4031 ("ring-buffer: Make removal of ring buffer pages atomic")
Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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Zheng Yejian authored and gregkh committed Aug 3, 2023
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22 changes: 12 additions & 10 deletions kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
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Expand Up @@ -529,6 +529,8 @@ struct ring_buffer_per_cpu {
rb_time_t before_stamp;
u64 event_stamp[MAX_NEST];
u64 read_stamp;
/* pages removed since last reset */
unsigned long pages_removed;
/* ring buffer pages to update, > 0 to add, < 0 to remove */
long nr_pages_to_update;
struct list_head new_pages; /* new pages to add */
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -564,6 +566,7 @@ struct ring_buffer_iter {
struct buffer_page *head_page;
struct buffer_page *cache_reader_page;
unsigned long cache_read;
unsigned long cache_pages_removed;
u64 read_stamp;
u64 page_stamp;
struct ring_buffer_event *event;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1967,6 +1970,8 @@ rb_remove_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, unsigned long nr_pages)
to_remove = rb_list_head(to_remove)->next;
head_bit |= (unsigned long)to_remove & RB_PAGE_HEAD;
}
/* Read iterators need to reset themselves when some pages removed */
cpu_buffer->pages_removed += nr_removed;

next_page = rb_list_head(to_remove)->next;

Expand All @@ -1988,12 +1993,6 @@ rb_remove_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, unsigned long nr_pages)
cpu_buffer->head_page = list_entry(next_page,
struct buffer_page, list);

/*
* change read pointer to make sure any read iterators reset
* themselves
*/
cpu_buffer->read = 0;

/* pages are removed, resume tracing and then free the pages */
atomic_dec(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled);
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4385,6 +4384,7 @@ static void rb_iter_reset(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)

iter->cache_reader_page = iter->head_page;
iter->cache_read = cpu_buffer->read;
iter->cache_pages_removed = cpu_buffer->pages_removed;

if (iter->head) {
iter->read_stamp = cpu_buffer->read_stamp;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4841,12 +4841,13 @@ rb_iter_peek(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter, u64 *ts)
buffer = cpu_buffer->buffer;

/*
* Check if someone performed a consuming read to
* the buffer. A consuming read invalidates the iterator
* and we need to reset the iterator in this case.
* Check if someone performed a consuming read to the buffer
* or removed some pages from the buffer. In these cases,
* iterator was invalidated and we need to reset it.
*/
if (unlikely(iter->cache_read != cpu_buffer->read ||
iter->cache_reader_page != cpu_buffer->reader_page))
iter->cache_reader_page != cpu_buffer->reader_page ||
iter->cache_pages_removed != cpu_buffer->pages_removed))
rb_iter_reset(iter);

again:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -5291,6 +5292,7 @@ rb_reset_cpu(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
cpu_buffer->last_overrun = 0;

rb_head_page_activate(cpu_buffer);
cpu_buffer->pages_removed = 0;
}

/* Must have disabled the cpu buffer then done a synchronize_rcu */
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