On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 12:11:33 +0000 YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 'cnt' should be used to calculate ring buffer size rather than data->cnt I just found this patch in my inbox (was traveling at the time. But now I have patchwork attached to my INBOX so patches like these shouldn't be missed anymore!) Yes, you are correct, this should be fixed. But as it is just for a startup test, I'll queue it for the next merge window. Thanks and sorry for the delay. -- Steve > > Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c > index 65bd461..53538c3 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c > +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c > @@ -4924,7 +4924,7 @@ static __init int rb_write_something(struct > rb_test_data *data, bool nested) cnt = data->cnt + (nested ? 27 : 0); > > /* Multiply cnt by ~e, to make some unique increment */ > - size = (data->cnt * 68 / 25) % (sizeof(rb_string) - 1); > + size = (cnt * 68 / 25) % (sizeof(rb_string) - 1); > > len = size + sizeof(struct rb_item); > > >