[PATCH 1/7] ring-buffer: fix timestamp in partial ring_buffer_page_read

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>

If a partial ring_buffer_page_read happens, then some of the
incremental timestamps may be lost. This patch writes the
recent timestamp into the page that is passed back to the caller.

A partial ring_buffer_page_read is where the full page would not
be written back to the user, and instead, just part of the page
is copied to the user. A full page would be a page swap with the
ring buffer and the timestamps would be correct.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index f2a163d..f747364 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2461,6 +2461,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int commit;
 	unsigned int read;
+	u64 save_timestamp;
 	int ret = -1;
 
 	/*
@@ -2515,6 +2516,9 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 		if (len < size)
 			goto out;
 
+		/* save the current timestamp, since the user will need it */
+		save_timestamp = cpu_buffer->read_stamp;
+
 		/* Need to copy one event at a time */
 		do {
 			memcpy(bpage->data + pos, rpage->data + rpos, size);
@@ -2531,7 +2535,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 
 		/* update bpage */
 		local_set(&bpage->commit, pos);
-		bpage->time_stamp = rpage->time_stamp;
+		bpage->time_stamp = save_timestamp;
 
 		/* we copied everything to the beginning */
 		read = 0;
-- 
1.6.1.3

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