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 4.9-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-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 2d6fa912993f32447487b5d6099bb71392515c58
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 12bee7043be6..90e0fd5621da 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1077,10 +1077,12 @@ 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);
