[PATCH v2 06/18] tracing/remotes: Add dmesg tracefs file
From: Vincent Donnefort
Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 12:46:43 EST
When enabled, the dmesg tracefs file enables the redirection of all
events to dmesg. This is similar to tp_printk.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
index 2271d54eb3dd..19dfa355b7f3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
enum tri_type {
TRI_CONSUMING,
TRI_NONCONSUMING,
+ TRI_DMESG,
};
struct trace_remote_iterator {
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ struct trace_remote {
void *priv;
struct trace_buffer *trace_buffer;
struct trace_buffer_desc *trace_buffer_desc;
+ struct trace_remote_iterator *dmesg;
struct dentry *dentry;
struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_root;
struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_subdir;
@@ -394,10 +396,15 @@ static int __alloc_ring_buffer_iter(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter, int cpu)
return 0;
}
+static bool trace_remote_do_dmesg(struct trace_remote *remote);
+
static void trace_remote_do_poll(struct trace_remote *remote)
{
+ bool yield;
+
ring_buffer_poll_remote(remote->trace_buffer, RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS);
- schedule_delayed_work(&remote->poll_work, msecs_to_jiffies(remote->poll_ms));
+ yield = trace_remote_do_dmesg(remote);
+ schedule_delayed_work(&remote->poll_work, yield ? 0 : msecs_to_jiffies(remote->poll_ms));
}
static void __poll_remote(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -452,6 +459,14 @@ static struct trace_remote_iterator
trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
switch (type) {
+ case TRI_DMESG:
+ /* only one printk iter allowed */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(remote->dmesg)) {
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ break;
+ }
+ smp_store_release(&remote->dmesg, iter);
+ fallthrough;
case TRI_CONSUMING:
trace_remote_inc_poll(remote);
break;
@@ -486,6 +501,11 @@ static void trace_remote_iter_free(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter)
lockdep_assert_held(&remote->lock);
switch (iter->type) {
+ case TRI_DMESG:
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(remote->dmesg != iter);
+ smp_store_release(&remote->dmesg, NULL);
+ flush_delayed_work(&remote->poll_work);
+ fallthrough;
case TRI_CONSUMING:
trace_remote_dec_poll(remote);
break;
@@ -498,13 +518,24 @@ static void trace_remote_iter_free(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter)
trace_remote_put(remote);
}
+static bool trace_remote_iter_is_consuming(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter)
+{
+ switch (iter->type) {
+ case TRI_CONSUMING:
+ case TRI_DMESG:
+ return true;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
static void trace_remote_iter_read_start(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter)
{
struct trace_remote *remote = iter->remote;
int cpu = iter->cpu;
/* Acquire global reader lock */
- if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && iter->type == TRI_CONSUMING)
+ if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && trace_remote_iter_is_consuming(iter))
down_write(&remote->reader_lock);
else
down_read(&remote->reader_lock);
@@ -521,7 +552,7 @@ static void trace_remote_iter_read_start(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter)
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!remote->pcpu_reader_locks))
return;
- if (iter->type == TRI_CONSUMING)
+ if (trace_remote_iter_is_consuming(iter))
down_write(&remote->pcpu_reader_locks[cpu]);
else
down_read(&remote->pcpu_reader_locks[cpu]);
@@ -538,14 +569,14 @@ static void trace_remote_iter_read_finished(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter)
* No need for the remote lock here, iter holds a reference on
* remote->nr_readers
*/
- if (iter->type == TRI_CONSUMING)
+ if (trace_remote_iter_is_consuming(iter))
up_write(&remote->pcpu_reader_locks[cpu]);
else
up_read(&remote->pcpu_reader_locks[cpu]);
}
/* Release global reader lock */
- if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && iter->type == TRI_CONSUMING)
+ if (cpu == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS && trace_remote_iter_is_consuming(iter))
up_write(&remote->reader_lock);
else
up_read(&remote->reader_lock);
@@ -562,10 +593,9 @@ __peek_event(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter, int cpu, u64 *ts, unsigned long
struct ring_buffer_event *rb_evt;
struct ring_buffer_iter *rb_iter;
- switch (iter->type) {
- case TRI_CONSUMING:
+ if (trace_remote_iter_is_consuming(iter)) {
return ring_buffer_peek(iter->remote->trace_buffer, cpu, ts, lost_events);
- case TRI_NONCONSUMING:
+ } else {
rb_iter = __get_rb_iter(iter, cpu);
if (!rb_iter)
return NULL;
@@ -629,14 +659,10 @@ static void trace_remote_iter_move(struct trace_remote_iterator *iter)
{
struct trace_buffer *trace_buffer = iter->remote->trace_buffer;
- switch (iter->type) {
- case TRI_CONSUMING:
+ if (trace_remote_iter_is_consuming(iter))
ring_buffer_consume(trace_buffer, iter->evt_cpu, NULL, NULL);
- break;
- case TRI_NONCONSUMING:
+ else
ring_buffer_iter_advance(__get_rb_iter(iter, iter->evt_cpu));
- break;
- }
}
static struct remote_event *trace_remote_find_event(struct trace_remote *remote, unsigned short id);
@@ -882,6 +908,86 @@ static const struct file_operations trace_fops = {
.release = trace_release,
};
+static bool trace_remote_do_dmesg(struct trace_remote *remote)
+{
+ struct trace_remote_iterator *iter = smp_load_acquire(&remote->dmesg);
+ unsigned int max_events = 1000;
+
+ if (!iter)
+ return false;
+
+ trace_remote_iter_read_start(iter);
+
+ while (trace_remote_iter_read_event(iter)) {
+ trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
+
+ trace_remote_iter_print_event(iter);
+ if (!pr_emerg("%s", iter->seq.buffer))
+ break;
+
+ trace_remote_iter_move(iter);
+
+ if (!(--max_events))
+ break;
+ }
+
+ trace_remote_iter_read_finished(iter);
+
+ return !max_events;
+}
+
+static int trace_remote_enable_dmesg(struct trace_remote *remote, bool enable)
+{
+ struct trace_remote_iterator *iter = remote->dmesg;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&remote->lock);
+
+ if (enable == !!iter)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (enable) {
+ iter = trace_remote_iter(remote, RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS, TRI_DMESG);
+ if (IS_ERR(iter))
+ return PTR_ERR(iter);
+ } else {
+ trace_remote_iter_free(remote->dmesg);
+ /* trace_remote_iter_free has reset remote->dmesg */
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+dmesg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct seq_file *seq = filp->private_data;
+ struct trace_remote *remote = seq->private;
+ bool val;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = kstrtobool_from_user(ubuf, cnt, &val);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&remote->lock);
+
+ ret = trace_remote_enable_dmesg(remote, val);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return cnt;
+}
+
+static int dmesg_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
+{
+ struct trace_remote *remote = s->private;
+
+ seq_printf(s, "%d\n", !!remote->dmesg);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_TRACE_REMOTE_ATTRIBUTE(dmesg);
+
static int trace_remote_init_tracefs(const char *name, struct trace_remote *remote)
{
struct dentry *remote_d, *percpu_d, *d;
@@ -922,6 +1028,10 @@ static int trace_remote_init_tracefs(const char *name, struct trace_remote *remo
if (!d)
goto err;
+ d = trace_create_file("dmesg", TRACEFS_MODE_WRITE, remote_d, remote, &dmesg_fops);
+ if (!d)
+ goto err;
+
percpu_d = tracefs_create_dir("per_cpu", remote_d);
if (!percpu_d) {
pr_err("Failed to create tracefs dir "TRACEFS_DIR"%s/per_cpu/\n", name);
--
2.54.0.1032.g2f8565e1d1-goog