[for-next][PATCH 11/15] tracing: Disable trace_printk buffer on warning too

From: Steven Rostedt

Date: Tue Jan 27 2026 - 10:14:25 EST


From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

When /proc/sys/kernel/traceoff_on_warning is set to 1, the top level
tracing buffer is disabled when a warning happens. This is very useful
when debugging and want the tracing buffer to stop taking new data when a
warning triggers keeping the events that lead up to the warning from being
overwritten.

Now that there is also a persistent ring buffer and an option to have
trace_printk go to that buffer, the same holds true for that buffer. A
warning could happen just before a crash but still write enough events to
lose the events that lead up to the first warning that was the reason for
the crash.

When /proc/sys/kernel/traceoff_on_warning is set to 1 and a warning is
triggered, not only disable the top level tracing buffer, but also disable
the buffer that trace_printk()s are written to.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260121093858.5c5d7e7b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 870205cba31e..396d59202438 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1666,9 +1666,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_off);
void disable_trace_on_warning(void)
{
if (__disable_trace_on_warning) {
+ struct trace_array *tr = READ_ONCE(printk_trace);
+
trace_array_printk_buf(global_trace.array_buffer.buffer, _THIS_IP_,
"Disabling tracing due to warning\n");
tracing_off();
+
+ /* Disable trace_printk() buffer too */
+ if (tr != &global_trace) {
+ trace_array_printk_buf(tr->array_buffer.buffer, _THIS_IP_,
+ "Disabling tracing due to warning\n");
+ tracer_tracing_off(tr);
+ }
}
}

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