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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 830a2930dd91..95ca9338cb6c 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ static void rb_free_cpu_buffer(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer) kfree(cpu_buffer); } +/* + * Causes compile errors if the struct buffer_page gets bigger + * than the struct page. + */ +extern int ring_buffer_page_too_big(void); + /** * ring_buffer_alloc - allocate a new ring_buffer * @size: the size in bytes that is needed. @@ -305,6 +311,11 @@ struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags) int bsize; int cpu; + /* Paranoid! Optimizes out when all is well */ + if (sizeof(struct buffer_page) > sizeof(struct page)) + ring_buffer_page_too_big(); + + /* keep it in its own cache line */ buffer = kzalloc(ALIGN(sizeof(*buffer), cache_line_size()), GFP_KERNEL); |