Re: [syzbot] [trace?] WARNING in tracing_buffers_mmap_close (3)

[Qing Wang]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 at 00:52, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK, so the issue is that the ring buffer was mapped, then the process that
> mapped it forked duplicating the mappings. And then on exit (or unmap),
> the first one to unmap the buffer will cause the ring buffer to think it
> was fully unmapped causing the next one to unmap to trigger the error.
> 
> 
> > + */
> > +void ring_buffer_map_user_mapped_inc(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
> 
> Let's call this ring_buffer_map_dup() to be consistent with ring_buffer_map().
> 
> inc would expect a dec, but dup() is more of what it is doing.
> 
> > +{
> > +	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
> > +
> > +	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
> > +		return;
> 
> I wonder if this fails we should warn. As it should never be called unless
> it was successfully mapped.
> 
> > +
> > +	cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
> > +
> > +	guard(mutex)(&cpu_buffer->mapping_lock);
> > +
> > +	if (cpu_buffer->user_mapped)
> > +		__rb_inc_dec_mapped(cpu_buffer, true);
> 
> Probably should also warn if user_mapped is not set. Again, this should not
> ever not be mapped if we get here.
> 
> -- Steve

Thanks for your suggestion. I sent a patch [0] and looking forward to your review.
 [0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260227025842.1085206-1-wangqing7171@xxxxxxxxx/

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Best regards,
Qing