linux/kernel/trace
Linus Torvalds 9ecfb2f728 ring-buffer: Updates for v7.2:
- Do not invalidate entire buffer for invalid sub-buffers
 
   For the persistent ring buffer, if one sub-buffer is found to be invalid,
   it invalidates the entire per CPU ring buffer. This can lose a lot of
   valuable data if there's some corruption with the writes to the buffer not
   syncing properly on a hard crash. Instead, if a sub-buffer is found to be
   invalid, simply zero it out and mark it for "missed events".
 
   When the persistent ring buffer is read and a sub-buffer that was cleared
   due to being invalid on boot up is discovered, the output will show
   "[LOST EVENTS]" to let the user know that events were missing at that
   location. Displaying the events from valid buffers can still be useful.
 
 - Add a test to be able to test corrupted sub-buffers
 
   If a persistent ring buffer is created as "ptraingtest" and the new config
   that adds the test is enabled, when a panic happens, the kernel will
   randomly corrupt one of the per CPU ring buffers. On boot up, the
   sub-buffers with the corruption should be cleared and flagged. When
   reading this buffer, the missed events should should [LOST EVENTS].
 
 - Add commit number in the sub-buffer meta debug info
 
   The commit is used to know the content of a meta page. Add it to the
   buffer_meta file that is shown for each per CPU buffer.
 
 - Clean up the persistent ring buffer validation code
 
   Add some helper functions and make variable names more consistent.
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Merge tag 'trace-ring-buffer-v7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace

Pull ring-buffer updates from Steven Rostedt

 - Do not invalidate entire buffer for invalid sub-buffers

   For the persistent ring buffer, if one sub-buffer is found to be
   invalid, it invalidates the entire per CPU ring buffer. This can lose
   a lot of valuable data if there's some corruption with the writes to
   the buffer not syncing properly on a hard crash. Instead, if a
   sub-buffer is found to be invalid, simply zero it out and mark it for
   "missed events".

   When the persistent ring buffer is read and a sub-buffer that was
   cleared due to being invalid on boot up is discovered, the output
   will show "[LOST EVENTS]" to let the user know that events were
   missing at that location. Displaying the events from valid buffers
   can still be useful.

 - Add a test to be able to test corrupted sub-buffers

   If a persistent ring buffer is created as "ptraingtest" and the new
   config that adds the test is enabled, when a panic happens, the
   kernel will randomly corrupt one of the per CPU ring buffers. On boot
   up, the sub-buffers with the corruption should be cleared and
   flagged. When reading this buffer, the missed events should should
   [LOST EVENTS].

 - Add commit number in the sub-buffer meta debug info

   The commit is used to know the content of a meta page. Add it to the
   buffer_meta file that is shown for each per CPU buffer.

 - Clean up the persistent ring buffer validation code

   Add some helper functions and make variable names more consistent.

* tag 'trace-ring-buffer-v7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  ring-buffer: Better comment the use of RB_MISSED_EVENTS
  ring-buffer: Show persistent buffer dropped events in trace_pipe file
  ring-buffer: Show persistent buffer dropped events in trace file
  ring-buffer: Have dropped subbuffers be persistent across reboots
  ring-buffer: Cleanup buffer_data_page related code
  ring-buffer: Cleanup persistent ring buffer validation
  ring-buffer: Show commit numbers in buffer_meta file
  ring-buffer: Add persistent ring buffer invalid-page inject test
  ring-buffer: Skip invalid sub-buffers when rewinding persistent ring buffer
  ring-buffer: Skip invalid sub-buffers when validating persistent ring buffer
2026-06-18 21:23:22 -07:00
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rv rv: Use 0 to check preemption enabled in opid 2026-06-03 12:33:25 +02:00
blktrace.c block-7.0-20260305 2026-03-06 08:36:18 -08:00
bpf_trace.c bpf: Add support to specify uprobe_multi target via file descriptor 2026-06-14 17:24:25 -07:00
bpf_trace.h
error_report-traces.c
fgraph.c fgraph: Do not call handlers direct when not using ftrace_ops 2026-02-19 15:21:22 -05:00
fprobe.c fprobe: Fix unregister_fprobe() to wait for RCU grace period 2026-05-11 19:04:46 +09:00
ftrace_internal.h
ftrace.c ftrace: Add add_ftrace_hash_entry function 2026-06-07 10:03:00 -07:00
Kconfig ring-buffer: Add persistent ring buffer invalid-page inject test 2026-05-28 22:40:51 -04:00
kprobe_event_gen_test.c
Makefile tracing: Updates for v7.2: 2026-06-18 20:53:00 -07:00
pid_list.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
pid_list.h trace/pid_list: optimize pid_list->lock contention 2025-11-13 15:15:54 -05:00
power-traces.c PM: cpufreq: powernv/tracing: Move powernv_throttle trace event 2025-07-21 16:40:56 -04:00
preemptirq_delay_test.c kernel: trace: preemptirq_delay_test: use offstack cpu mask 2025-07-08 18:17:38 -04:00
remote_test_events.h tracing: Add a trace remote module for testing 2026-03-09 12:33:55 -04:00
remote_test.c tracing: Fix desc in error path for the trace remote test module 2026-05-16 16:11:04 -04:00
rethook.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
ring_buffer_benchmark.c tracing: Fix typo in ring_buffer_benchmark.c 2025-12-05 15:43:40 -05:00
ring_buffer.c ring-buffer: Updates for v7.2: 2026-06-18 21:23:22 -07:00
rpm-traces.c
simple_ring_buffer.c tracing: Fix unload_page for simple_ring_buffer init rollback 2026-05-21 08:26:22 -04:00
synth_event_gen_test.c
trace_benchmark.c
trace_benchmark.h
trace_boot.c tracing: Make the backup instance non-reusable 2026-04-02 13:20:38 -04:00
trace_branch.c tracing/branch: Use pr_warn() instead of printk(KERN_WARNING) 2026-05-21 18:03:08 -04:00
trace_btf.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_btf.h
trace_clock.c tracing: Use atomic64_inc_return() in trace_clock_counter() 2024-10-09 19:59:49 -04:00
trace_dynevent.c tracing: Report wrong dynamic event command 2025-11-10 19:26:14 -05:00
trace_dynevent.h tracing: probes: Fix a possible race in trace_probe_log APIs 2025-05-13 22:23:34 +09:00
trace_entries.h tracing: Fix ftrace event field alignments 2026-02-05 09:47:11 -05:00
trace_eprobe.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_event_perf.c perf/ftrace: Fix WARNING in __unregister_ftrace_function 2026-05-29 11:27:40 -04:00
trace_events_filter_test.h
trace_events_filter.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_events_hist.c tracing: Turn hist_elt_data field_var_str into a flexible array 2026-05-29 11:20:47 -04:00
trace_events_inject.c tracing: Have format file honor EVENT_FILE_FL_FREED 2024-08-07 18:12:46 -04:00
trace_events_synth.c tracing: Allow perf to read synthetic events 2026-05-21 18:03:07 -04:00
trace_events_trigger.c tracing: Drain deferred trigger frees if kthread creation fails 2026-03-28 08:32:44 -04:00
trace_events_user.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_events.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
trace_export.c tracing: Fix ftrace event field alignments 2026-02-05 09:47:11 -05:00
trace_fprobe.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_functions_graph.c fgraph: Fix thresh_return nosleeptime double-adjust 2026-03-03 22:11:20 -05:00
trace_functions.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_hwlat.c tracing: Fix false sharing in hwlat get_sample() 2026-02-10 03:36:39 -05:00
trace_irqsoff.c tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_kdb.c tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_kprobe_selftest.c
trace_kprobe_selftest.h
trace_kprobe.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
trace_mmiotrace.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_nop.c
trace_osnoise.c tracing/osnoise: Array printk init and cleanup 2026-05-29 10:40:27 -04:00
trace_output.c tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
trace_output.h tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_pid.c tracing: Move pid filtering into trace_pid.c 2026-02-08 21:01:13 -05:00
trace_preemptirq.c tracing: Fix archs that still call tracepoints without RCU watching 2024-12-05 09:28:58 -05:00
trace_printk.c tracing: move __printf() attribute on __ftrace_vbprintk() 2026-03-23 20:16:45 -04:00
trace_probe_kernel.h
trace_probe_tmpl.h tracing/fprobe: Enable fprobe events with CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS 2024-12-26 10:50:04 -05:00
trace_probe.c tracing/eprobes: Allow use of BTF names to dereference pointers 2026-06-02 23:36:22 +09:00
trace_probe.h tracing/eprobes: Allow use of BTF names to dereference pointers 2026-06-02 23:36:22 +09:00
trace_recursion_record.c tracing: Switch trace_recursion_record.c code over to use guard() 2026-05-21 18:03:07 -04:00
trace_remote.c tracing: Remove redundant IS_ERR() check in trace_pipe_open() 2026-05-21 18:03:06 -04:00
trace_sched_switch.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_sched_wakeup.c tracing: Allow tracer to add more than 32 options 2025-11-04 21:44:00 +09:00
trace_selftest_dynamic.c
trace_selftest.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_seq.c tracing: Add bitmask-list option for human-readable bitmask display 2026-01-26 17:00:50 -05:00
trace_snapshot.c tracing: Remove duplicate latency_fsnotify() stub 2026-03-31 14:58:39 -04:00
trace_stack.c tracing updates for v6.16: 2025-05-29 21:04:36 -07:00
trace_stat.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
trace_stat.h
trace_synth.h
trace_syscalls.c bpf: Add sleepable support for classic tracepoint programs 2026-04-22 22:44:29 +02:00
trace_uprobe.c tracing: Replace BUG_ON with lockdep_assert_held in uprobe_buffer functions 2026-06-01 23:35:21 +09:00
trace.c ring-buffer: Updates for v7.2: 2026-06-18 21:23:22 -07:00
trace.h tracing updates for v7.1: 2026-04-17 09:43:12 -07:00
tracing_map.c tracing: Simplify pages allocation for tracing_map logic 2026-05-21 18:12:10 -04:00
tracing_map.h tracing: Simplify pages allocation for tracing_map logic 2026-05-21 18:12:10 -04:00
undefsyms_base.c tracing: Make undefsyms_base.c a first-class citizen 2026-04-22 11:24:41 -04:00