[PATCH v10 0/5] ring-buffer: Making persistent ring buffers robust

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 05:38:22 EST


Hi,

Here is the 10th version of improvement patches for making persistent
ring buffers robust to failures.
The previous version is here:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/177319273059.130641.10882692460536780093.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

In this version, I added a new patch to skip invalid page in rewinding
process[4/5], add entry_bytes check in the test [5/5] and do not
compile test code when CONFIG_RING_BUFFER_PERSISTENT_SELFTEST=n[5/5].

Thank you,

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) (5):
ring-buffer: Fix to update per-subbuf entries of persistent ring buffer
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: 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 | 15 ++
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 226 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
kernel/trace/trace.c | 4 +
26 files changed, 233 insertions(+), 56 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@xxxxxxxxxx>