[for-next][PATCH 3/5] ring-buffer: Clean up resize_disabled checks

From: Steven Rostedt

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 15:34:27 EST


From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>

ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() checks for resize_disabled twice under
the same buffer->mutex hold. Moreover, this check duplicates the logic
in ring_buffer_resize(). Create a common helper rb_resize_disabled() to
factor out this code.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260916152813.105082-2-vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 1b148cd891c8..15e3b9938e0f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -3282,6 +3282,21 @@ static void update_pages_handler(struct work_struct *work)
complete(&cpu_buffer->update_done);
}

+static bool rb_resize_disabled(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&buffer->mutex);
+
+ if (cpu != RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
+ return atomic_read(&buffer->buffers[cpu]->resize_disabled);
+
+ for_each_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu) {
+ if (atomic_read(&buffer->buffers[cpu]->resize_disabled))
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
/**
* ring_buffer_resize - resize the ring buffer
* @buffer: the buffer to resize.
@@ -3322,20 +3337,17 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,

nr_pages = rb_calculate_nr_pages(buffer, size);

- if (cpu_id == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
- /*
- * Don't succeed if resizing is disabled, as a reader might be
- * manipulating the ring buffer and is expecting a sane state while
- * this is true.
- */
- for_each_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu) {
- cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
- if (atomic_read(&cpu_buffer->resize_disabled)) {
- err = -EBUSY;
- goto out_err_unlock;
- }
- }
+ /*
+ * Don't succeed if resizing is disabled, as a reader might be
+ * manipulating the ring buffer and is expecting a sane state while
+ * this is true.
+ */
+ if (rb_resize_disabled(buffer, cpu_id)) {
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ goto out_err_unlock;
+ }

+ if (cpu_id == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
/* calculate the pages to update */
for_each_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu) {
cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
@@ -3407,16 +3419,6 @@ int ring_buffer_resize(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long size,
if (nr_pages == cpu_buffer->nr_pages)
goto out;

- /*
- * Don't succeed if resizing is disabled, as a reader might be
- * manipulating the ring buffer and is expecting a sane state while
- * this is true.
- */
- if (atomic_read(&cpu_buffer->resize_disabled)) {
- err = -EBUSY;
- goto out_err_unlock;
- }
-
cpu_buffer->nr_pages_to_update = nr_pages -
cpu_buffer->nr_pages;

@@ -7471,13 +7473,9 @@ int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order)

old_capacity = rb_subbuf_capacity(buffer);

- /* The mmap fast path reads subbuf_order without buffer->mutex. */
- for_each_buffer_cpu(buffer, cpu) {
- if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
- continue;
- if (atomic_read(&buffer->buffers[cpu]->resize_disabled))
- return -EBUSY;
- }
+ /* Check it is resizable before we touch subbuf_order */
+ if (rb_resize_disabled(buffer, RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS))
+ return -EBUSY;

atomic_inc(&buffer->record_disabled);

@@ -7494,11 +7492,6 @@ int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order)

cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];

- if (atomic_read(&cpu_buffer->resize_disabled)) {
- err = -EBUSY;
- goto error;
- }
-
/* Update the number of pages to match the new size */
nr_pages = rb_calculate_nr_pages(buffer,
old_capacity * buffer->buffers[cpu]->nr_pages);
--
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