[PATCH 17/18] ring-buffer: check for swapped buffers in start of committing

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c |   20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index f83a42a..1766c0e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -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;
 
-- 
1.6.3.3

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