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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 6f0b42ceeb00..448d5f528764 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -4034,7 +4034,6 @@ rb_iter_peek(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter, u64 *ts) struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer; struct ring_buffer_event *event; int nr_loops = 0; - bool failed = false; if (ts) *ts = 0; @@ -4056,19 +4055,14 @@ rb_iter_peek(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter, u64 *ts) return NULL; /* - * We repeat when a time extend is encountered or we hit - * the end of the page. Since the time extend is always attached - * to a data event, we should never loop more than three times. - * Once for going to next page, once on time extend, and - * finally once to get the event. - * We should never hit the following condition more than thrice, - * unless the buffer is very small, and there's a writer - * that is causing the reader to fail getting an event. + * As the writer can mess with what the iterator is trying + * to read, just give up if we fail to get an event after + * three tries. The iterator is not as reliable when reading + * the ring buffer with an active write as the consumer is. + * Do not warn if the three failures is reached. */ - if (++nr_loops > 3) { - RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, !failed); + if (++nr_loops > 3) return NULL; - } if (rb_per_cpu_empty(cpu_buffer)) return NULL; @@ -4079,10 +4073,8 @@ rb_iter_peek(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter, u64 *ts) } event = rb_iter_head_event(iter); - if (!event) { - failed = true; + if (!event) goto again; - } switch (event->type_len) { case RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING: |