FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ring-buffer: Prevent resizing of persistent ring buffer" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 7c727dfce6be04dd009b29091a4a17d952dbfe03
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026081708-platonic-evade-02c3@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 7c727dfce6be04dd009b29091a4a17d952dbfe03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Donnefort <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 22:13:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ring-buffer: Prevent resizing of persistent ring buffer

Dynamically resizing a persistent ring buffer is not possible. Disable
the feature.

Cc: [email protected]
Fixes: be68d63a139b ("ring-buffer: Add ring_buffer_alloc_range()")
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 58dc8995a88d..09d502ef4c55 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2528,6 +2528,8 @@ rb_allocate_cpu_buffer(struct trace_buffer *buffer, long nr_pages, int cpu)
 		if (cpu_buffer->ring_meta->head_buffer)
 			rb_meta_buffer_update(cpu_buffer, bpage);
 		bpage->range = 1;
+
+		atomic_inc(&cpu_buffer->resize_disabled);
 	} else if (buffer->remote) {
 		struct ring_buffer_desc *desc = ring_buffer_desc(buffer->remote->desc, cpu);