[PATCH v7 0/3] ring-buffer: Fixes for subbuf resizing and persistent buffers

From: Vincent Donnefort

Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 09:56:02 EST


This series addresses multiple issues discovered with the dynamic ring
buffer resizing.

Changelog:

v7:

- Match the "static" rb limit with bpage::id bitwidth
- Cover another 32-bit truncation in rb_range_buffer (Sashiko)
- Fix uninitialized spare_size (Sashiko)

v6 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260814154823.755406-1-vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx/):

- New prototype for ring_buffer_alloc_read_page() (Steven)
- ring_buffer_read_page() to return -EAGAIN (Steven)
- Keep nr_pages "unsigned long" (Steven)
- Repase on ring-buffer/next (Drop most of the patches)

v5 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260813131152.3589632-1-vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx/):

- Reset info->spare_read only when data is in the ring-buffer (Sashiko)
- Use `unsigned long` for subbuf_size declaration to avoid 32-bit
truncation. (Sashiko)
- Make cpu_buffer::free_page a buffer_read_data_page
- Update kerneldoc for ring_buffer_alloc_read_page()

v4 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260812153311.2328812-1-vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx/):

- Add rb_subbuf_start() helper (Steven)
- kerneldoc additions
- Fix races in trace_pipe_raw readers
- Use rb_subbuf_capacity() in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set()
- use rb_page_capacity() in ring_buffer_map_get_reader (Sashiko)
- Fix 32-bit overflow in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() (Sashiko)
- Hold cpu_buffer::lock when modifying cpu_buffer->free_page in
ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set (Sashiko)

v3 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260810125633.3344684-1-vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx/):

- Drop first 3 patches (Rebased on 7.2-rc7)
- Add a patch to align "nr_pages" to unsigned int
- Add a patch to remove useless trace_buffer::cpus
- Add unsigned long cast for rb_subbuf_size()
- subbuf_order fix for rb_free_cpu_buffer() (Sashiko)
- Use __always_inline just like the other accessors for the hot-path.

v2 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260806211306.3704194-1-vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx/):

- Prevent resizing of the persistent ring buffer
- Add missing bpage::order init
- Rework subbuf_size/subbuf_order (Sashiko)
- Remove ring_buffer_per_cpu::mapped
- Dynamically calculate trace_buffer::max_data_size

v1 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260805153225.2096152-1-vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx/)

Vincent Donnefort (3):
tracing: Fix subbuf resize races with trace_pipe_raw readers
ring-buffer: Cap static ring buffer nr_pages
ring-buffer: Prevent truncation of nr_pages / nr_subbufs

include/linux/ring_buffer.h | 5 +-
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 182 ++++++++++++++++++---------
kernel/trace/ring_buffer_benchmark.c | 6 +-
kernel/trace/trace.c | 101 +++++++--------
kernel/trace/trace.h | 9 +-
5 files changed, 181 insertions(+), 122 deletions(-)


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