[PATCH v18 1/8] ring-buffer: Do not double count the reader_page

Masami Hiramatsu (Google) mhiramat at kernel.org
Thu Apr 23 23:52:10 PDT 2026


From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat at kernel.org>

Since the cpu_buffer->reader_page is updated if there are unwound
pages. After that update, we should skip the page if it is the
original reader_page, because the original reader_page is already
checked.

Fixes: ca296d32ece3 ("tracing: ring_buffer: Rewind persistent ring buffer on reboot")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat at kernel.org>
---
 Changes in v18:
  - Newly added.
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c |   13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index cef49f8871d2..5326924615a4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ static int rb_validate_buffer(struct buffer_data_page *dpage, int cpu)
 static void rb_meta_validate_events(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_cpu_meta *meta = cpu_buffer->ring_meta;
-	struct buffer_page *head_page, *orig_head;
+	struct buffer_page *head_page, *orig_head, *orig_reader;
 	unsigned long entry_bytes = 0;
 	unsigned long entries = 0;
 	int ret;
@@ -1895,16 +1895,17 @@ static void rb_meta_validate_events(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 		return;
 
 	orig_head = head_page = cpu_buffer->head_page;
+	orig_reader = cpu_buffer->reader_page;
 
 	/* Do the reader page first */
-	ret = rb_validate_buffer(cpu_buffer->reader_page->page, cpu_buffer->cpu);
+	ret = rb_validate_buffer(orig_reader->page, cpu_buffer->cpu);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		pr_info("Ring buffer reader page is invalid\n");
 		goto invalid;
 	}
 	entries += ret;
-	entry_bytes += local_read(&cpu_buffer->reader_page->page->commit);
-	local_set(&cpu_buffer->reader_page->entries, ret);
+	entry_bytes += local_read(&orig_reader->page->commit);
+	local_set(&orig_reader->entries, ret);
 
 	ts = head_page->page->time_stamp;
 
@@ -2007,8 +2008,8 @@ static void rb_meta_validate_events(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 	/* Iterate until finding the commit page */
 	for (i = 0; i < meta->nr_subbufs + 1; i++, rb_inc_page(&head_page)) {
 
-		/* Reader page has already been done */
-		if (head_page == cpu_buffer->reader_page)
+		/* The original reader page has already been checked/counted. */
+		if (head_page == orig_reader)
 			continue;
 
 		ret = rb_validate_buffer(head_page->page, cpu_buffer->cpu);




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