linux/kernel
Wupeng Ma 6435ffd6c7 ring-buffer: Avoid softlockup in ring_buffer_resize() during memory free
When user resize all trace ring buffer through file 'buffer_size_kb',
then in ring_buffer_resize(), kernel allocates buffer pages for each
cpu in a loop.

If the kernel preemption model is PREEMPT_NONE and there are many cpus
and there are many buffer pages to be freed, it may not give up cpu
for a long time and finally cause a softlockup.

To avoid it, call cond_resched() after each cpu buffer free as Commit
f6bd2c9248 ("ring-buffer: Avoid softlockup in ring_buffer_resize()")
does.

Detailed call trace as follow:

  rcu: INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU
  rcu: 	24-....: (14837 ticks this GP) idle=521c/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=230597/230597 fqs=5329
  rcu: 	(t=15004 jiffies g=26003221 q=211022 ncpus=96)
  CPU: 24 UID: 0 PID: 11253 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Tainted: G            EL      6.18.2+ #278 NONE
  pc : arch_local_irq_restore+0x8/0x20
   arch_local_irq_restore+0x8/0x20 (P)
   free_frozen_page_commit+0x28c/0x3b0
   __free_frozen_pages+0x1c0/0x678
   ___free_pages+0xc0/0xe0
   free_pages+0x3c/0x50
   ring_buffer_resize.part.0+0x6a8/0x880
   ring_buffer_resize+0x3c/0x58
   __tracing_resize_ring_buffer.part.0+0x34/0xd8
   tracing_resize_ring_buffer+0x8c/0xd0
   tracing_entries_write+0x74/0xd8
   vfs_write+0xcc/0x288
   ksys_write+0x74/0x118
   __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x38

Cc: <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251228065008.2396573-1-mawupeng1@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Wupeng Ma <mawupeng1@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2026-01-07 14:52:22 -05:00
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