[PATCH v2 2/2] tracing: add per-CPU memory usage statistics in tracefs

From: Xiang Gao

Date: Fri Sep 11 2026 - 12:09:53 EST


Provide a per-CPU view of the tracing ring-buffer memory usage under
trace_stats/per_cpu/cpuN/memory_usage_kb, using the same format as the
aggregate file. Each file reports only the buffers belonging to that CPU
across the global trace array and all tracing instances.

Signed-off-by: Xiang Gao <gaoxiang17@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst | 3 +++
kernel/trace/trace.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
index ff9d604dd1b8..694c9ed8f241 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
buffers: ...
snapshot_buffers: ...

+ The same file is provided under trace_stats/per_cpu/cpuN/, reporting
+ only the buffers belonging to that CPU.
+
buffer_subbuf_size_kb:

This sets or displays the sub buffer size. The ring buffer is broken up
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index b343e03a6cf8..ea05077af4a0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5815,6 +5815,31 @@ static int trace_mem_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
}
DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(trace_mem);

+static struct trace_mem_stats trace_buffers_memory_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+ struct trace_mem_stats stats = {};
+ struct trace_array *tr;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&trace_types_lock);
+
+ list_for_each_entry(tr, &ftrace_trace_arrays, list)
+ trace_array_buffer_memory(tr, cpu, &stats.buffers,
+ &stats.snapshot);
+
+ return stats;
+}
+
+static int trace_mem_per_cpu_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+{
+ struct trace_mem_stats stats = trace_buffers_memory_cpu((long)m->private);
+
+ seq_printf(m, "buffers: %lu\n", stats.buffers >> 10);
+ seq_printf(m, "snapshot_buffers: %lu\n", stats.snapshot >> 10);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(trace_mem_per_cpu);
+
#define LAST_BOOT_HEADER ((void *)1)

static void *l_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
@@ -9236,7 +9261,9 @@ static struct notifier_block trace_module_nb = {

static __init void init_trace_stats_tracefs(void)
{
- struct dentry *stats_dir;
+ struct dentry *stats_dir, *per_cpu_dir, *cpu_dir;
+ char cpu_dir_name[30];
+ int cpu;

stats_dir = tracefs_create_dir("trace_stats", NULL);
if (!stats_dir)
@@ -9244,6 +9271,23 @@ static __init void init_trace_stats_tracefs(void)

trace_create_file("memory_usage_kb", TRACE_MODE_READ, stats_dir,
NULL, &trace_mem_fops);
+
+ per_cpu_dir = tracefs_create_dir("per_cpu", stats_dir);
+ if (!per_cpu_dir)
+ return;
+
+ for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
+ snprintf(cpu_dir_name, 30, "cpu%d", cpu);
+ cpu_dir = tracefs_create_dir(cpu_dir_name, per_cpu_dir);
+ if (!cpu_dir) {
+ pr_warn("Could not create tracefs '%s' entry\n",
+ cpu_dir_name);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ trace_create_file("memory_usage_kb", TRACE_MODE_READ, cpu_dir,
+ (void *)(long)cpu, &trace_mem_per_cpu_fops);
+ }
}

static __init void tracer_init_tracefs_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
--
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