[PATCH v1 1/2] tracing/remotes: Account for ring buffer page header in size calculation

From: Vincent Donnefort

Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 15:30:08 EST


trace_buffer_desc_size() and trace_remote_alloc_buffer undercount the
required pages because every ring buffer page contains a header
(BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE). Account for that header to ensure allocated remote
ring buffers aren't smaller than requested by the user.

While at it, ensure those functions catch nr_pages overflow.

Fixes: 2e67fabd8b77 ("ring-buffer: Introduce ring-buffer remotes")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index afc7daa6ee7d..7a1a92f87650 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@

#include <uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h>

+#include <linux/ring_buffer_types.h>
+
struct trace_buffer;
struct ring_buffer_iter;

@@ -281,9 +283,14 @@ static inline struct ring_buffer_desc *__first_ring_buffer_desc(struct trace_buf

static inline size_t trace_buffer_desc_size(size_t buffer_size, unsigned int nr_cpus)
{
- unsigned int nr_pages = max(DIV_ROUND_UP(buffer_size, PAGE_SIZE), 2UL) + 1;
+ unsigned long nr_pages =
+ max(DIV_ROUND_UP(buffer_size, PAGE_SIZE - BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE), 2UL) + 1;
struct ring_buffer_desc *rbdesc;

+ /* Capped by ring_buffer_desc::nr_page_va */
+ if (nr_pages > UINT_MAX)
+ return SIZE_MAX;
+
return size_add(offsetof(struct trace_buffer_desc, __data),
size_mul(nr_cpus, struct_size(rbdesc, page_va, nr_pages)));
}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
index 75fa1ffc4c96..2e0fdbb730b7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
@@ -980,9 +980,12 @@ int trace_remote_alloc_buffer(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, size_t desc_size,
const struct cpumask *cpumask)
{
size_t min_desc_size = trace_buffer_desc_size(buffer_size, cpumask_weight(cpumask));
- unsigned int nr_pages = max(DIV_ROUND_UP(buffer_size, PAGE_SIZE), 2UL) + 1;
struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
int cpu, ret = -ENOMEM;
+ unsigned int nr_pages;
+
+ if (min_desc_size == SIZE_MAX)
+ return -E2BIG;

if (desc_size < min_desc_size)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -991,6 +994,7 @@ int trace_remote_alloc_buffer(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, size_t desc_size,
desc->struct_len = min_desc_size;

rb_desc = __first_ring_buffer_desc(desc);
+ nr_pages = max(DIV_ROUND_UP(buffer_size, PAGE_SIZE - BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE), 2UL) + 1;

for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
unsigned int id;
--
2.55.0.979.g7e5102b832-goog