linux/kernel/trace/trace.h, branch v6.15

Merge tag 'trace-ringbuffer-v6.15-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace

2025-04-03T23:09:29Z

Pull ring-buffer updates from Steven Rostedt: "Persistent buffer cleanups and simplifications. It was mistaken that the physical memory returned from "reserve_mem" had to be vmap()'d to get to it from a virtual address. But reserve_mem already maps the memory to the virtual address of the kernel so a simple phys_to_virt() can be used to get to the virtual address from the physical memory returned by "reserve_mem". With this new found knowledge, the code can be cleaned up and simplified. - Enforce that the persistent memory is page aligned As the buffers using the persistent memory are all going to be mapped via pages, make sure that the memory given to the tracing infrastructure is page aligned. If it is not, it will print a warning and fail to map the buffer. - Use phys_to_virt() to get the virtual address from reserve_mem Instead of calling vmap() on the physical memory returned from "reserve_mem", use phys_to_virt() instead. As the memory returned by "memmap" or any other means where a physical address is given to the tracing infrastructure, it still needs to be vmap(). Since this memory can never be returned back to the buddy allocator nor should it ever be memmory mapped to user space, flag this buffer and up the ref count. The ref count will keep it from ever being freed, and the flag will prevent it from ever being memory mapped to user space. - Use vmap_page_range() for memmap virtual address mapping For the memmap buffer, instead of allocating an array of struct pages, assigning them to the contiguous phsycial memory and then passing that to vmap(), use vmap_page_range() instead - Replace flush_dcache_folio() with flush_kernel_vmap_range() Instead of calling virt_to_folio() and passing that to flush_dcache_folio(), just call flush_kernel_vmap_range() directly. This also fixes a bug where if a subbuffer was bigger than PAGE_SIZE only the PAGE_SIZE portion would be flushed" * tag 'trace-ringbuffer-v6.15-3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: ring-buffer: Use flush_kernel_vmap_range() over flush_dcache_folio() tracing: Use vmap_page_range() to map memmap ring buffer tracing: Have reserve_mem use phys_to_virt() and separate from memmap buffer tracing: Enforce the persistent ring buffer to be page aligned

Merge tag 'printk-for-6.15-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux

2025-04-02T17:05:55Z

Pull more printk updates from Petr Mladek: - Silence warnings about candidates for ‘gnu_print’ format attribute * tag 'printk-for-6.15-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux: vsnprintf: Silence false positive GCC warning for va_format() vsnprintf: Drop unused const char fmt * in va_format() vsnprintf: Mark binary printing functions with __printf() attribute tracing: Mark binary printing functions with __printf() attribute seq_file: Mark binary printing functions with __printf() attribute seq_buf: Mark binary printing functions with __printf() attribute

tracing: Have reserve_mem use phys_to_virt() and separate from memmap buffer

2025-04-02T15:02:26Z

The reserve_mem kernel command line option may pass back a physical address, but the memory is still part of the normal memory just like using memblock_alloc() would be. This means that the physical memory returned by the reserve_mem command line option can be converted directly to virtual memory by simply using phys_to_virt(). When freeing the buffer there's no need to call vunmap() anymore as the memory allocated by reserve_mem is freed by the call to reserve_mem_release_by_name(). Because the persistent ring buffer can also be allocated via the memmap option, which *is* different than normal memory as it cannot be added back to the buddy system, it must be treated differently. It still needs to be virtually mapped to have access to it. It also can not be freed nor can it ever be memory mapped to user space. Create a new trace_array flag called TRACE_ARRAY_FL_MEMMAP which gets set if the buffer is created by the memmap option, and this will prevent the buffer from being memory mapped by user space. Also increment the ref count for memmap'ed buffers so that they can never be freed. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z-wFszhJ_9o4dc8O@kernel.org/ Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Vincent Donnefort Cc: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Jann Horn Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250402144953.583750106@goodmis.org Suggested-by: Mike Rapoport Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

Merge tag 'trace-ringbuffer-v6.15-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace

2025-03-31T20:37:22Z

Pull ring-buffer updates from Steven Rostedt: - Restructure the persistent memory to have a "scratch" area Instead of hard coding the KASLR offset in the persistent memory by the ring buffer, push that work up to the callers of the persistent memory as they are the ones that need this information. The offsets and such is not important to the ring buffer logic and it should not be part of that. A scratch pad is now created when the caller allocates a ring buffer from persistent memory by stating how much memory it needs to save. - Allow where modules are loaded to be saved in the new scratch pad Save the addresses of modules when they are loaded into the persistent memory scratch pad. - A new module_for_each_mod() helper function was created With the acknowledgement of the module maintainers a new module helper function was created to iterate over all the currently loaded modules. This has a callback to be called for each module. This is needed for when tracing is started in the persistent buffer and the currently loaded modules need to be saved in the scratch area. - Expose the last boot information where the kernel and modules were loaded The last_boot_info file is updated to print out the addresses of where the kernel "_text" location was loaded from a previous boot, as well as where the modules are loaded. If the buffer is recording the current boot, it only prints "# Current" so that it does not expose the KASLR offset of the currently running kernel. - Allow the persistent ring buffer to be released (freed) To have this in production environments, where the kernel command line can not be changed easily, the ring buffer needs to be freed when it is not going to be used. The memory for the buffer will always be allocated at boot up, but if the system isn't going to enable tracing, the memory needs to be freed. Allow it to be freed and added back to the kernel memory pool. - Allow stack traces to print the function names in the persistent buffer Now that the modules are saved in the persistent ring buffer, if the same modules are loaded, the printing of the function names will examine the saved modules. If the module is found in the scratch area and is also loaded, then it will do the offset shift and use kallsyms to display the function name. If the address is not found, it simply displays the address from the previous boot in hex. * tag 'trace-ringbuffer-v6.15-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: tracing: Use _text and the kernel offset in last_boot_info tracing: Show last module text symbols in the stacktrace ring-buffer: Remove the unused variable bmeta tracing: Skip update_last_data() if cleared and remove active check for save_mod() tracing: Initialize scratch_size to zero to prevent UB tracing: Fix a compilation error without CONFIG_MODULES tracing: Freeable reserved ring buffer mm/memblock: Add reserved memory release function tracing: Update modules to persistent instances when loaded tracing: Show module names and addresses of last boot tracing: Have persistent trace instances save module addresses module: Add module_for_each_mod() function tracing: Have persistent trace instances save KASLR offset ring-buffer: Add ring_buffer_meta_scratch() ring-buffer: Add buffer meta data for persistent ring buffer ring-buffer: Use kaslr address instead of text delta ring-buffer: Fix bytes_dropped calculation issue

tracing: Show last module text symbols in the stacktrace

2025-03-28T12:39:56Z

Since the previous boot trace buffer can include module text address in the stacktrace. As same as the kernel text address, convert the module text address using the module address information. Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/174282689201.356346.17647540360450727687.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Freeable reserved ring buffer

2025-03-28T12:39:28Z

Make the ring buffer on reserved memory to be freeable. This allows us to free the trace instance on the reserved memory without changing cmdline and rebooting. Even if we can not change the kernel cmdline for security reason, we can release the reserved memory for the ring buffer as free (available) memory. For example, boot kernel with reserved memory; "reserve_mem=20M:2M:trace trace_instance=boot_mapped^traceoff@trace" ~ # free total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 1995548 50544 1927568 14964 17436 1911480 Swap: 0 0 0 ~ # rmdir /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/boot_mapped/ [ 23.704023] Freeing reserve_mem:trace memory: 20476K ~ # free total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 2016024 41844 1956740 14968 17440 1940572 Swap: 0 0 0 Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Mike Rapoport Link: https://lore.kernel.org/173989134814.230693.18199312930337815629.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Update modules to persistent instances when loaded

2025-03-28T12:39:27Z

When a module is loaded and a persistent buffer is actively tracing, add it to the list of modules in the persistent memory. Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Andrew Morton Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250305164609.469844721@goodmis.org Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Have persistent trace instances save KASLR offset

2025-03-28T12:39:27Z

There's no reason to save the KASLR offset for the ring buffer itself. That is used by the tracer. Now that the tracer has a way to save data in the persistent memory of the ring buffer, have the tracing infrastructure take care of the saving of the KASLR offset. Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Andrew Morton Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250305164608.792722274@goodmis.org Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

ring-buffer: Use kaslr address instead of text delta

2025-03-28T12:39:26Z

Instead of saving off the text and data pointers and using them to compare with the current boot's text and data pointers, just save off the KASLR offset. Then that can be used to figure out how to read the previous boots buffer. The last_boot_info will now show this offset, but only if it is for a previous boot: ~# cat instances/boot_mapped/last_boot_info 39000000 [kernel] ~# echo function > instances/boot_mapped/current_tracer ~# cat instances/boot_mapped/last_boot_info # Current If the KASLR offset saved is for the current boot, the last_boot_info will show the value of "current". Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Andrew Morton Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250305164608.274956504@goodmis.org Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Mark binary printing functions with __printf() attribute

2025-03-28T12:37:11Z

Binary printing functions are using printf() type of format, and compiler is not happy about them as is: kernel/trace/trace.c:3292:9: error: function ‘trace_vbprintk’ might be a candidate for ‘gnu_printf’ format attribute [-Werror=suggest-attribute=format] kernel/trace/trace_seq.c:182:9: error: function ‘trace_seq_bprintf’ might be a candidate for ‘gnu_printf’ format attribute [-Werror=suggest-attribute=format] Fix the compilation errors by adding __printf() attribute. While at it, move existing __printf() attributes from the implementations to the declarations. IT also fixes incorrect attribute parameters that are used for trace_array_printk(). Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250321144822.324050-4-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek