Hi,
Here is the 14th version of improvement patches for making persistent
ring buffers robust to failures.
The previous version is here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/177440549083.1529621.15486836623498328967.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com/
This version adds a patch to reset RB_MISSED_* flags when validating
persistent ring buffer [4/5] and renames selftest config to
CONFIG_RING_BUFFER_PERSISTENT_INJECT, clears meta->nr_invalid/entry_bytes
after testing and adds test commands in config comment.[5/5]
I heard the first 3 patches are already under tested, but it is
not pushed yet. So I left those in this version.
Thank you,
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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) (5):
ring-buffer: Flush and stop persistent ring buffer on panic
ring-buffer: Skip invalid sub-buffers when validating persistent ring buffer
ring-buffer: Skip invalid sub-buffers when rewinding persistent ring buffer
ring-buffer: Reset RB_MISSED_* flags on persistent ring buffer
ring-buffer: Add persistent ring buffer selftest
arch/alpha/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/arc/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/arm/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/arm64/include/asm/ring_buffer.h | 10 +
arch/csky/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/hexagon/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/loongarch/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/m68k/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/microblaze/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/nios2/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/parisc/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/riscv/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/s390/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/sh/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/sparc/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/um/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
arch/xtensa/include/asm/Kbuild | 1
include/asm-generic/ring_buffer.h | 13 ++
include/linux/ring_buffer.h | 1
kernel/trace/Kconfig | 31 ++++
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 240 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
kernel/trace/trace.c | 4 +
26 files changed, 260 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/ring_buffer.h
create mode 100644 include/asm-generic/ring_buffer.h
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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>