From a7b1374333407f409cf8df7e623b12490f073c84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:02:39 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ring_buffer: add paranoid check for buffer page If for some strange reason the buffer_page gets bigger, or the page struct gets smaller, I want to know this ASAP. The best way is to not let the kernel compile. This patch adds code to test the size of the struct buffer_page against the page struct and will cause compile issues if the buffer_page ever gets bigger than the page struct. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 830a2930dd919..95ca9338cb6c0 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ static void rb_free_cpu_buffer(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) kfree(cpu_buffer); } +/* + * Causes compile errors if the struct buffer_page gets bigger + * than the struct page. + */ +extern int ring_buffer_page_too_big(void); + /** * ring_buffer_alloc - allocate a new ring_buffer * @size: the size in bytes that is needed. @@ -305,6 +311,11 @@ struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags) int bsize; int cpu; + /* Paranoid! Optimizes out when all is well */ + if (sizeof(struct buffer_page) > sizeof(struct page)) + ring_buffer_page_too_big(); + + /* keep it in its own cache line */ buffer = kzalloc(ALIGN(sizeof(*buffer), cache_line_size()), GFP_KERNEL); -- GitLab