[for-next][PATCH 2/8] ring-buffer: Add magic and struct size to boot up meta data

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Aug 27 2024 - 05:27:40 EST


From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Add a magic number as well as save the struct size of the ring_buffer_meta
structure in the meta data to also use as validation. Updating the magic
number could be used to force a invalidation between kernel versions, and
saving the structure size is also a good method to make sure the content
is what is expected.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240815115032.0c197b32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index b16f301b8a93..c3a5e6cbb940 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@

static void update_pages_handler(struct work_struct *work);

+#define RING_BUFFER_META_MAGIC 0xBADFEED
+
struct ring_buffer_meta {
+ int magic;
+ int struct_size;
unsigned long text_addr;
unsigned long data_addr;
unsigned long first_buffer;
@@ -1627,6 +1631,13 @@ static bool rb_meta_valid(struct ring_buffer_meta *meta, int cpu,
unsigned long buffers_end;
int i;

+ /* Check the meta magic and meta struct size */
+ if (meta->magic != RING_BUFFER_META_MAGIC ||
+ meta->struct_size != sizeof(*meta)) {
+ pr_info("Ring buffer boot meta[%d] mismatch of magic or struct size\n", cpu);
+ return false;
+ }
+
/* The subbuffer's size and number of subbuffers must match */
if (meta->subbuf_size != subbuf_size ||
meta->nr_subbufs != nr_pages + 1) {
@@ -1858,6 +1869,9 @@ static void rb_range_meta_init(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int nr_pages)

memset(meta, 0, next_meta - (void *)meta);

+ meta->magic = RING_BUFFER_META_MAGIC;
+ meta->struct_size = sizeof(*meta);
+
meta->nr_subbufs = nr_pages + 1;
meta->subbuf_size = PAGE_SIZE;

--
2.43.0