[for-linus][PATCH 5/5] ring-buffer: Fix reader page read offset for remote buffers

From: Steven Rostedt

Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 20:01:10 EST


From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>

A page swapped in by __rb_get_reader_page_from_remote() retains its
stale read offset, causing subsequent reads to skip events or read
past valid data. Fix it.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729133609.4022734-1-vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: fbd1743ecba1 ("ring-buffer: Add non-consuming read for ring-buffer remotes")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Keir Fraser <keirf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Keir Fraser <keirf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 804ccae694d2..78d3875a47a5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -5783,6 +5783,7 @@ __rb_get_reader_page_from_remote(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)

cpu_buffer->head_page = new_head;
cpu_buffer->reader_page = new_reader;
+ cpu_buffer->reader_page->read = 0;
cpu_buffer->pages = &new_head->list;
cpu_buffer->read_stamp = new_reader->page->time_stamp;
cpu_buffer->lost_events = cpu_buffer->meta_page->reader.lost_events;
--
2.53.0