tracing/selftests: Add test to test max subbuf size with trace_marker

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 2f8d59834c00..cbfcdd882590 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5595,6 +5595,7 @@  static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"       delta:   Delta difference against a buffer-wide timestamp\n"
 	"    absolute:   Absolute (standalone) timestamp\n"
 	"\n  trace_marker\t\t- Writes into this file writes into the kernel buffer\n"
+	"\n           May be broken into multiple events based on sub-buffer size.\n"
 	"\n  trace_marker_raw\t\t- Writes into this file writes binary data into the kernel buffer\n"
 	"  tracing_cpumask\t- Limit which CPUs to trace\n"
 	"  instances\t\t- Make sub-buffers with: mkdir instances/foo\n"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/trace_marker.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/trace_marker.tc
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..bcb2dc6b8a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/trace_marker.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ 
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: Change the ringbuffer sub-buffer size
+# requires: trace_marker
+# flags: instance
+
+get_buffer_data_size() {
+	sed -ne 's/^.*data.*size:\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_page
+}
+
+get_buffer_data_offset() {
+	sed -ne 's/^.*data.*offset:\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_page
+}
+
+get_event_header_size() {
+	type_len=`sed -ne 's/^.*type_len.*:[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_event`
+	time_len=`sed -ne 's/^.*time_delta.*:[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_event`
+	array_len=`sed -ne 's/^.*array.*:[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_event`
+	total_bits=$((type_len+time_len+array_len))
+	total_bits=$((total_bits+7))
+	echo $((total_bits/8))
+}
+
+get_print_event_buf_offset() {
+	sed -ne 's/^.*buf.*offset:\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/ftrace/print/format
+}
+
+event_header_size=`get_event_header_size`
+print_header_size=`get_print_event_buf_offset`
+
+# Find the README
+README=""
+if [ -f README ]; then
+	README="README"
+# instance?
+elif [ -f ../../README ]; then
+	README="../../README"
+fi
+
+testone=0
+if [ ! -z "$README" ]; then
+	if grep -q  "May be broken into multiple events based on sub-buffer size" $README; then
+		testone=1
+	fi
+fi
+
+data_offset=`get_buffer_data_offset`
+
+marker_meta=$((event_header_size+print_header_size))
+
+make_str() {
+        cnt=$1
+	# subtract two for \n\0 as marker adds these
+	cnt=$((cnt-2))
+	printf -- 'X%.0s' $(seq $cnt)
+}
+
+write_buffer() {
+	size=$1
+
+	str=`make_str $size`
+
+	# clear the buffer
+	echo > trace
+
+	# write the string into the marker
+	echo -n $str > trace_marker
+
+	echo $str
+}
+
+test_buffer() {
+
+	size=`get_buffer_data_size`
+	oneline_size=$((size-marker_meta))
+	echo size = $size
+	echo meta size = $marker_meta
+
+	if [ $testone -eq 1 ]; then
+		echo oneline size = $oneline_size
+
+		str=`write_buffer $oneline_size`
+
+		# Should be in one single event
+		new_str=`awk ' /tracing_mark_write:/ { sub(/^.*tracing_mark_write: */,"");printf "%s", $0; exit}' trace`
+
+		if [ "$new_str" != "$str" ]; then
+			exit fail;
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# Now add a little more the meta data overhead will overflow
+
+	str=`write_buffer $size`
+
+	# Make sure the line was broken
+	new_str=`awk ' /tracing_mark_write:/ { sub(/^.*tracing_mark_write: /,"");printf "%s", $0; exit}' trace`
+
+	if [ "$new_str" = "$str" ]; then
+		exit fail;
+	fi
+
+	# Make sure the entire line can be found
+	new_str=`awk ' /tracing_mark_write:/ { sub(/^.*tracing_mark_write: */,"");printf "%s", $0; }' trace`
+
+	if [ "$new_str" != "$str" ]; then
+		exit fail;
+	fi
+}
+
+test_buffer
+