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ring-buffer: Update read stamp with first real commit on page
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Do not update the read stamp after swapping out the reader page from the
write buffer. If the reader page is swapped out of the buffer before an
event is written to it, then the read_stamp may get an out of date
timestamp, as the page timestamp is updated on the first commit to that
page.

rb_get_reader_page() only returns a page if it has an event on it, otherwise
it will return NULL. At that point, check if the page being returned has
events and has not been read yet. Then at that point update the read_stamp
to match the time stamp of the reader page.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.30+
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) committed Nov 24, 2015
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12 changes: 5 additions & 7 deletions kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
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Expand Up @@ -1887,12 +1887,6 @@ rb_event_index(struct ring_buffer_event *event)
return (addr & ~PAGE_MASK) - BUF_PAGE_HDR_SIZE;
}

static void rb_reset_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
{
cpu_buffer->read_stamp = cpu_buffer->reader_page->page->time_stamp;
cpu_buffer->reader_page->read = 0;
}

static void rb_inc_iter(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
{
struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = iter->cpu_buffer;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3626,7 +3620,7 @@ rb_get_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)

/* Finally update the reader page to the new head */
cpu_buffer->reader_page = reader;
rb_reset_reader_page(cpu_buffer);
cpu_buffer->reader_page->read = 0;

if (overwrite != cpu_buffer->last_overrun) {
cpu_buffer->lost_events = overwrite - cpu_buffer->last_overrun;
Expand All @@ -3636,6 +3630,10 @@ rb_get_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
goto again;

out:
/* Update the read_stamp on the first event */
if (reader && reader->read == 0)
cpu_buffer->read_stamp = reader->page->time_stamp;

arch_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
local_irq_restore(flags);

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