[PATCH v4 10/18] ring-buffer: Use panic-friendly locking in ring_buffer_iter interface

Vincent Donnefort <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:03:25 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-trace-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In preparation for allowing trace_remote to dump the buffer on panic,
make the non-consuming iterator functions panic-friendly.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <[email protected]>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 9cb72694bfda..239041704e4d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -5602,6 +5602,9 @@ static void rb_iter_reset(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
 	}
 }
 
+static inline bool rb_reader_lock(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer);
+static inline void rb_reader_unlock(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, bool locked);
+
 /**
  * ring_buffer_iter_reset - reset an iterator
  * @iter: The iterator to reset
@@ -5613,15 +5616,18 @@ void ring_buffer_iter_reset(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool dolock;
 
 	if (!iter)
 		return;
 
 	cpu_buffer = iter->cpu_buffer;
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	dolock = rb_reader_lock(cpu_buffer);
 	rb_iter_reset(iter);
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+	rb_reader_unlock(cpu_buffer, dolock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_iter_reset);
 
@@ -6299,11 +6305,14 @@ ring_buffer_iter_peek(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter, u64 *ts)
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = iter->cpu_buffer;
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool dolock;
 
  again:
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	dolock = rb_reader_lock(cpu_buffer);
 	event = rb_iter_peek(iter, ts);
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+	rb_reader_unlock(cpu_buffer, dolock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 	if (event && event->type_len == RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING)
 		goto again;
@@ -6441,12 +6450,15 @@ void ring_buffer_iter_advance(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = iter->cpu_buffer;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool dolock;
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	dolock = rb_reader_lock(cpu_buffer);
 	iter->missed_events = 0;
 	rb_advance_iter(iter);
 
-	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+	rb_reader_unlock(cpu_buffer, dolock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_iter_advance);
 
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