Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  tracing/documentation: Cover new frame pointer semantics
  tracing/documentation: Fix a typo in ftrace.txt
  ring-buffer: Check for end of page in iterator
  ring-buffer: Check if ring buffer iterator has stale data
  tracing: Prevent kernel oops with corrupted buffer

3 files changed, 27 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 6c22d8a2f289..60e2ce0181ee 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
 	bool
 	help
-	 An arch may pass in a unique value (frame pointer) to both the
-	 entering and exiting of a function. On exit, the value is compared
-	 and if it does not match, then it will panic the kernel.
+	  See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt
 
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
 	bool
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index edefe3b2801b..8c1b2d290718 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -464,6 +464,8 @@ struct ring_buffer_iter {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu	*cpu_buffer;
 	unsigned long			head;
 	struct buffer_page		*head_page;
+	struct buffer_page		*cache_reader_page;
+	unsigned long			cache_read;
 	u64				read_stamp;
 };
 
@@ -2716,6 +2718,8 @@ static void rb_iter_reset(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
 		iter->read_stamp = cpu_buffer->read_stamp;
 	else
 		iter->read_stamp = iter->head_page->page->time_stamp;
+	iter->cache_reader_page = cpu_buffer->reader_page;
+	iter->cache_read = cpu_buffer->read;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3060,13 +3064,22 @@ rb_iter_peek(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter, u64 *ts)
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 	int nr_loops = 0;
 
-	if (ring_buffer_iter_empty(iter))
-		return NULL;
-
 	cpu_buffer = iter->cpu_buffer;
 	buffer = cpu_buffer->buffer;
 
+	/*
+	 * Check if someone performed a consuming read to
+	 * the buffer. A consuming read invalidates the iterator
+	 * and we need to reset the iterator in this case.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(iter->cache_read != cpu_buffer->read ||
+		     iter->cache_reader_page != cpu_buffer->reader_page))
+		rb_iter_reset(iter);
+
  again:
+	if (ring_buffer_iter_empty(iter))
+		return NULL;
+
 	/*
 	 * We repeat when a timestamp is encountered.
 	 * We can get multiple timestamps by nested interrupts or also
@@ -3081,6 +3094,11 @@ rb_iter_peek(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter, u64 *ts)
 	if (rb_per_cpu_empty(cpu_buffer))
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (iter->head >= local_read(&iter->head_page->page->commit)) {
+		rb_inc_iter(iter);
+		goto again;
+	}
+
 	event = rb_iter_head_event(iter);
 
 	switch (event->type_len) {
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 0df1b0f2cb9e..eac6875cb990 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -951,6 +951,11 @@ void trace_find_cmdline(int pid, char comm[])
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pid < 0)) {
+		strcpy(comm, "<XXX>");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (pid > PID_MAX_DEFAULT) {
 		strcpy(comm, "<...>");
 		return;