[for-linus][PATCH 09/16] ring-buffer: Fix false warning in ring_buffer_map_get_reader()

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Krystian Kaniewski <krystianmkaniewski@xxxxxxxxx>

The mmap reader can warn when it catches up with a writer that is still
committing events. rb_get_reader_page() returns NULL in this case, but
ring_buffer_map_get_reader() treats that result as an error.

The initial rb_per_cpu_empty() check filters out an empty buffer, but it
does not guarantee that the next reader page has committed data. Writers
do not take reader_lock and can advance commit_page before publishing the
committed length on the new page. rb_get_reader_page() can swap to that
page, catch up with the writer and return NULL.

Handle NULL through the existing no-data exit without warning. Remove the
caller's reader_page == commit_page check as well, since the reader-page
helper already handles that case. The existing metadata update and return
path remain in place.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260924084946.20104-1-krystianmkaniewski@xxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 117c39200d9d ("ring-buffer: Introducing ring-buffer mapping functions")
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.8-flash syzbot
Reported-by: syzbot+de3d7f9bcc9212f3fae1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=de3d7f9bcc9212f3fae1
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/ai_job?id=488adc18-a10e-42d2-a205-25327c38837f
Signed-off-by: Krystian Kaniewski <krystianmkaniewski@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index ad3bc48e2670..e2b721d0707f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -7998,12 +7998,8 @@ int ring_buffer_map_get_reader(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* Did the reader catch up with the writer? */
-	if (cpu_buffer->reader_page == cpu_buffer->commit_page)
-		goto out;
-
 	reader = rb_get_reader_page(cpu_buffer);
-	if (WARN_ON(!reader))
+	if (!reader)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Check if any events were dropped */
-- 
2.53.0