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ring-buffer: Fix ring_buffer_read_page() copying only one event per page
authorDavid Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:55:38 +0000 (18:55 +0100)
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Tue, 7 Jul 2026 14:38:03 +0000 (10:38 -0400)
commitaf05b4e06279bbe34f8044b1e82f0725b5da91b7
treed504f21b779c3a67111ed0026319a1a79cec1fa1
parenta20b08de862c2983eac183b7560ad678acb58608
ring-buffer: Fix ring_buffer_read_page() copying only one event per page

Commit 8928e4a3be34 ("ring-buffer: Show persistent buffer dropped events
in trace_pipe file") split the "commit" variable in
ring_buffer_read_page() into "commit" (raw) and "size" (masked page
size), but the inner copy loop's terminator was changed to compare rpos
against "event_size" instead of "size".

rpos is the cumulative read offset within the page; event_size is the
length of the single event just copied. The loop thus breaks after the
first event, so only one event is copied per call. This regresses the
per-event memcpy path (partial reads, the active commit page, and
mapped/remote buffers) used by splice/trace_pipe_raw and mmap consumers
into a one-event-at-a-time read.

Compare rpos against the page size as the original code did.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260616175538.111628-1-devnexen@gmail.com
Fixes: 8928e4a3be34 ("ring-buffer: Show persistent buffer dropped events in trace_pipe file")
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c