This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled tracing: Ensure trace buffer is at least 4096 bytes large to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: tracing-ensure-trace-buffer-is-at-least-4096-bytes-l.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit d06a2175e74a57356a9e2a1cceeb0f5101dfe13f Author: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Feb 14 14:44:56 2022 +0100 tracing: Ensure trace buffer is at least 4096 bytes large [ Upstream commit 7acf3a127bb7c65ff39099afd78960e77b2ca5de ] Booting the kernel with 'trace_buf_size=1' give a warning at boot during the ftrace selftests: [ 0.892809] Running postponed tracer tests: [ 0.892893] Testing tracer function: [ 0.901899] Callback from call_rcu_tasks_trace() invoked. [ 0.983829] Callback from call_rcu_tasks_rude() invoked. [ 1.072003] .. bad ring buffer .. corrupted trace buffer .. [ 1.091944] Callback from call_rcu_tasks() invoked. [ 1.097695] PASSED [ 1.097701] Testing dynamic ftrace: .. filter failed count=0 ..FAILED! [ 1.353474] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1.353478] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at kernel/trace/trace.c:1951 run_tracer_selftest+0x13c/0x1b0 Therefore enforce a minimum of 4096 bytes to make the selftest pass. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220214134456.1751749-1-svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 1a89b2bf626a..56619766e910 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -1305,10 +1305,12 @@ static int __init set_buf_size(char *str) if (!str) return 0; buf_size = memparse(str, &str); - /* nr_entries can not be zero */ - if (buf_size == 0) - return 0; - trace_buf_size = buf_size; + /* + * nr_entries can not be zero and the startup + * tests require some buffer space. Therefore + * ensure we have at least 4096 bytes of buffer. + */ + trace_buf_size = max(4096UL, buf_size); return 1; } __setup("trace_buf_size=", set_buf_size);