[PATCH] tracing: report buffer memory in /proc/meminfo
From: Xiang Gao
Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 05:48:42 EST
Report the data capacity of all ftrace ring buffers through a new Ftrace
field in /proc/meminfo. Include the main and snapshot buffers of the
global trace array and all tracing instances, while leaving ring-buffer
metadata accounted for by Slab.
Keep the interface as a no-op when tracing is disabled so /proc/meminfo
does not gain a configuration dependency on tracing.
Tested on arm64 QEMU:
CONFIG_TRACING=n: 0 kB
Global resize/restore: 7 -> 4099 -> 7 kB
Instance and snapshot lifecycle: 15 -> 1434 -> 2836 -> 1434 -> 15 kB
Signed-off-by: Xiang Gao <gaoxiang17@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/meminfo.c | 3 +++
include/linux/trace.h | 5 +++++
kernel/trace/trace.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/proc/meminfo.c b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
index b2813ff13cb2..96a38ffc4e35 100644
--- a/fs/proc/meminfo.c
+++ b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/cma.h>
#endif
#include <linux/zswap.h>
+#include <linux/trace.h>
#include <asm/page.h>
#include "internal.h"
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
show_val_kb(m, "Slab: ", sreclaimable + sunreclaim);
show_val_kb(m, "SReclaimable: ", sreclaimable);
show_val_kb(m, "SUnreclaim: ", sunreclaim);
+ seq_printf(m, "Ftrace: %8lu kB\n",
+ ftrace_buffer_total_size() >> 10);
seq_printf(m, "KernelStack: %8lu kB\n",
global_node_page_state(NR_KERNEL_STACK_KB));
#ifdef CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
diff --git a/include/linux/trace.h b/include/linux/trace.h
index 7eaad857dee0..f9935231560c 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ int trace_array_init_printk(struct trace_array *tr);
void trace_array_put(struct trace_array *tr);
struct trace_array *trace_array_get_by_name(const char *name, const char *systems);
int trace_array_destroy(struct trace_array *tr);
+unsigned long ftrace_buffer_total_size(void);
/* For osnoise tracer */
int osnoise_arch_register(void);
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ static inline int trace_array_destroy(struct trace_array *tr)
{
return 0;
}
+static inline unsigned long ftrace_buffer_total_size(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_TRACING */
#endif /* _LINUX_TRACE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 01a5e87af299..f0bb553e3688 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5769,6 +5769,36 @@ tracing_total_entries_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r);
}
+static unsigned long trace_array_buffer_size(struct array_buffer *buf)
+{
+ unsigned long size = 0;
+ int cpu;
+
+ if (!buf->buffer)
+ return 0;
+
+ for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu)
+ size += ring_buffer_size(buf->buffer, cpu);
+
+ return size;
+}
+
+unsigned long ftrace_buffer_total_size(void)
+{
+ struct trace_array *tr;
+ unsigned long size = 0;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&trace_types_lock);
+ list_for_each_entry(tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list) {
+ size += trace_array_buffer_size(&tr->array_buffer);
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT
+ size += trace_array_buffer_size(&tr->snapshot_buffer);
+#endif
+ }
+
+ return size;
+}
+
#define LAST_BOOT_HEADER ((void *)1)
static void *l_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
--
2.34.1