[PATCH v6 2/2] ring-buffer: Improve nr_pages type
From: Vincent Donnefort
Date: Fri Aug 14 2026 - 11:49:06 EST
If ring_buffer_per_cpu::nr_pages is defined as unsigned long, it is
capped to 32-bits in a few places, limiting the operations possible on a
very large buffer.
Make sure nr_pages is never capped to 32-bits (that includes nr_subbufs)
and reject a value over 32-bits for the user-mapped, persistent buffer
and remote buffer cases where the limiting factor is the shared
meta-data member for the number of pages/subbufs.
While at it, make sure subbuf_size is 'unsigned int'.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index ec13779922ff..ec127e2ad052 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ static void rb_check_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
* This is used to help find the next per cpu subbuffer within a mapped range.
*/
static unsigned long
-rb_range_align_subbuf(unsigned long addr, int subbuf_size, int nr_subbufs)
+rb_range_align_subbuf(unsigned long addr, unsigned int subbuf_size, unsigned long nr_subbufs)
{
addr += sizeof(struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta) +
sizeof(int) * nr_subbufs;
@@ -1679,13 +1679,12 @@ rb_range_align_subbuf(unsigned long addr, int subbuf_size, int nr_subbufs)
/*
* Return the ring_buffer_meta for a given @cpu.
*/
-static void *rb_range_meta(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int nr_pages, int cpu)
+static void *rb_range_meta(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long nr_pages, int cpu)
{
- int subbuf_size = rb_subbuf_size(buffer);
+ unsigned int subbuf_size = rb_subbuf_size(buffer);
struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta;
struct ring_buffer_meta *bmeta;
- unsigned long ptr;
- int nr_subbufs;
+ unsigned long ptr, nr_subbufs;
bmeta = buffer->meta;
if (!bmeta)
@@ -1731,7 +1730,7 @@ static void *rb_range_meta(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int nr_pages, int cpu)
/* Return the start of subbufs given the meta pointer */
static void *rb_subbufs_from_meta(struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta)
{
- int subbuf_size = meta->subbuf_size;
+ unsigned int subbuf_size = meta->subbuf_size;
unsigned long ptr;
ptr = (unsigned long)meta;
@@ -1746,8 +1745,8 @@ static void *rb_subbufs_from_meta(struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta)
static void *rb_range_buffer(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, int idx)
{
struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta;
+ unsigned int subbuf_size;
unsigned long ptr;
- int subbuf_size;
meta = rb_range_meta(cpu_buffer->buffer, 0, cpu_buffer->cpu);
if (!meta)
@@ -1840,10 +1839,10 @@ static bool rb_meta_init(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int scratch_size)
* must be the same.
*/
static bool rb_cpu_meta_valid(struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta, int cpu,
- struct trace_buffer *buffer, int nr_pages,
+ struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long nr_pages,
unsigned long *subbuf_mask)
{
- int subbuf_size = PAGE_SIZE;
+ unsigned int subbuf_size = PAGE_SIZE;
unsigned long buffers_start;
unsigned long buffers_end;
int i;
@@ -2231,7 +2230,8 @@ static void rb_meta_validate_events(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
}
}
-static void rb_range_meta_init(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int nr_pages, int scratch_size)
+static void rb_range_meta_init(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
+ unsigned long nr_pages, int scratch_size)
{
struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta;
unsigned long *subbuf_mask;
@@ -2417,7 +2417,7 @@ static void *ring_buffer_desc_page(struct ring_buffer_desc *desc, unsigned int p
}
static int __rb_allocate_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
- long nr_pages, struct list_head *pages)
+ unsigned long nr_pages, struct list_head *pages)
{
struct trace_buffer *buffer = cpu_buffer->buffer;
struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta = NULL;
@@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@ static int rb_allocate_pages(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
}
static struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *
-rb_allocate_cpu_buffer(struct trace_buffer *buffer, long nr_pages, int cpu)
+rb_allocate_cpu_buffer(struct trace_buffer *buffer, unsigned long nr_pages, int cpu)
{
struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer __free(kfree) =
alloc_cpu_buffer(cpu);
@@ -2702,8 +2702,8 @@ static void rb_test_inject_invalid_pages(struct trace_buffer *buffer)
struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta;
struct buffer_data_page *dpage;
unsigned long entry_bytes = 0;
+ unsigned int subbuf_size;
unsigned long ptr;
- int subbuf_size;
int invalid = 0;
int cpu;
int i;
@@ -2773,8 +2773,8 @@ static struct trace_buffer *alloc_buffer(unsigned long size, unsigned flags,
struct ring_buffer_remote *remote)
{
struct trace_buffer *buffer __free(kfree) = NULL;
- long nr_pages;
- int subbuf_size;
+ unsigned int subbuf_size;
+ unsigned long nr_pages;
int bsize;
int cpu;
int ret;
@@ -2837,6 +2837,10 @@ static struct trace_buffer *alloc_buffer(unsigned long size, unsigned flags,
*/
nr_pages = (size - sizeof(struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta)) /
(subbuf_size + sizeof(int));
+
+ /* limited by ring_buffer_cpu_meta::nr_subbufs */
+ if (nr_pages > U32_MAX - 1)
+ goto fail_free_buffers;
/* Need at least two pages plus the reader page */
if (nr_pages < 3)
goto fail_free_buffers;
@@ -2869,6 +2873,10 @@ static struct trace_buffer *alloc_buffer(unsigned long size, unsigned flags,
/* The writer is remote. This ring-buffer is read-only */
atomic_inc(&buffer->record_disabled);
nr_pages = desc->nr_page_va - 1;
+
+ /* limited by ring_buffer_desc::nr_page_va */
+ if (nr_pages > U32_MAX - 1)
+ goto fail_free_buffers;
if (nr_pages < 2)
goto fail_free_buffers;
} else {
@@ -7421,8 +7429,8 @@ int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order)
struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
struct buffer_page *bpage, *tmp;
unsigned int old_capacity;
+ unsigned long nr_pages;
int old_order;
- int nr_pages;
int psize;
int err;
int cpu;
@@ -7604,7 +7612,7 @@ static void rb_setup_ids_meta_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
struct buffer_page **subbuf_ids)
{
struct trace_buffer_meta *meta = cpu_buffer->meta_page;
- unsigned int nr_subbufs = cpu_buffer->nr_pages + 1;
+ unsigned long nr_subbufs = cpu_buffer->nr_pages + 1;
struct buffer_page *first_subbuf, *subbuf;
int cnt = 0;
int id = 0;
@@ -7834,6 +7842,10 @@ int ring_buffer_map(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
/* prevent another thread from changing buffer/sub-buffer sizes */
guard(mutex)(&buffer->mutex);
+ /* limited by trace_buffer_meta::nr_subbufs */
+ if (cpu_buffer->nr_pages > U32_MAX - 1)
+ return -E2BIG;
+
err = rb_alloc_meta_page(cpu_buffer);
if (err)
return err;
--
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