commit 184210154b9aa570099183f6c062ac4eb11190b7
author Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Thu Dec 10 22:54:27 2009 -0500
committer Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Thu Dec 10 22:54:27 2009 -0500
tree 8951abcbd66eb5e198e340013b87138c2ff8d7fa
parent d954fbf0ff6b5fdfb32350e85a2f15d3db976506

ring-buffer: Use sync sched protection on ring buffer resizing

There was a comment in the ring buffer code that says the calling
layers should prevent tracing or reading of the ring buffer while
resizing. I have discovered that the tracers do not honor this
arrangement.

This patch moves the disabling and synchronizing the ring buffer to
a higher layer during resizing. This guarantees that no writes
are occurring while the resize takes place.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index a1ca495..0d64c51 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1193,9 +1193,6 @@
 	struct list_head *p;
 	unsigned i;
 
-	atomic_inc(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled);
-	synchronize_sched();
-
 	spin_lock_irq(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock);
 	rb_head_page_deactivate(cpu_buffer);
 
@@ -1214,9 +1211,6 @@
 	spin_unlock_irq(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock);
 
 	rb_check_pages(cpu_buffer);
-
-	atomic_dec(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled);
-
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1227,9 +1221,6 @@
 	struct list_head *p;
 	unsigned i;
 
-	atomic_inc(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled);
-	synchronize_sched();
-
 	spin_lock_irq(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock);
 	rb_head_page_deactivate(cpu_buffer);
 
@@ -1245,8 +1236,6 @@
 	spin_unlock_irq(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock);
 
 	rb_check_pages(cpu_buffer);
-
-	atomic_dec(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1254,11 +1243,6 @@
  * @buffer: the buffer to resize.
  * @size: the new size.
  *
- * The tracer is responsible for making sure that the buffer is
- * not being used while changing the size.
- * Note: We may be able to change the above requirement by using
- *  RCU synchronizations.
- *
  * Minimum size is 2 * BUF_PAGE_SIZE.
  *
  * Returns -1 on failure.
@@ -1290,6 +1274,11 @@
 	if (size == buffer_size)
 		return size;
 
+	atomic_inc(&buffer->record_disabled);
+
+	/* Make sure all writers are done with this buffer. */
+	synchronize_sched();
+
 	mutex_lock(&buffer->mutex);
 	get_online_cpus();
 
@@ -1352,6 +1341,8 @@
 	put_online_cpus();
 	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
 
+	atomic_dec(&buffer->record_disabled);
+
 	return size;
 
  free_pages:
@@ -1361,6 +1352,7 @@
 	}
 	put_online_cpus();
 	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
+	atomic_dec(&buffer->record_disabled);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/*
@@ -1370,6 +1362,7 @@
  out_fail:
 	put_online_cpus();
 	mutex_unlock(&buffer->mutex);
+	atomic_dec(&buffer->record_disabled);
 	return -1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_resize);