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[for-linus,05/12] ring-buffer: Update write stamp with the correct ts

Message ID 20201201160005.780999537@goodmis.org
State Accepted
Commit 55ea4cf403800af2ce6b125bc3d853117e0c0456
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Series None | expand

Commit Message

Steven Rostedt Dec. 1, 2020, 3:58 p.m. UTC 
From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

The write stamp, used to calculate deltas between events, was updated with
the stale "ts" value in the "info" structure, and not with the updated "ts"
variable. This caused the deltas between events to be inaccurate, and when
crossing into a new sub buffer, had time go backwards.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201124223917.795844-1-elavila@google.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a389d86f7fd09 ("ring-buffer: Have nested events still record running time stamp")
Reported-by: "J. Avila" <elavila@google.com>
Tested-by: Daniel Mentz <danielmentz@google.com>
Tested-by: Will McVicker <willmcvicker@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index dc83b3fa9fe7..bccaf88d3706 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -3291,7 +3291,7 @@  __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 			/* Nothing came after this event between C and E */
 			info->delta = ts - info->after;
 			(void)rb_time_cmpxchg(&cpu_buffer->write_stamp,
-					      info->after, info->ts);
+					      info->after, ts);
 			info->ts = ts;
 		} else {
 			/*