The ftrace blktrace path allocates buffers and writes trace events but
was using the wrong recording function. After
commit 4d8bc7bd4f ("blktrace: move ftrace blk_io_tracer to blk_io_trace2"),
the ftrace interface was moved to use blk_io_trace2 format, but
__blk_add_trace() still called record_blktrace_event() which writes in
blk_io_trace (v1) format.
This causes critical data corruption:
- blk_io_trace (v1) has 32-bit 'action' field at offset 28
- blk_io_trace2 (v2) has 32-bit 'pid' at offset 28 and 64-bit 'action'
at offset 32
- When record_blktrace_event() writes to a v2 buffer:
* Writing pid (offset 32 in v1) corrupts the v2 action field
* Writing action (offset 28 in v1) corrupts the v2 pid field
* The 64-bit action is truncated to 32-bit via lower_32_bits()
Fix by:
1. Adding version switch to select correct format (v1 vs v2)
2. Calling appropriate recording function based on version
3. Defaulting to v2 for ftrace (as intended by commit 4d8bc7bd4f)
4. Adding WARN_ONCE for unexpected version values
Without this patch :-
linux-block (for-next) # sh reproduce_blktrace_bug.sh
dd-14242 [033] d..1. 3903.022308: Unknown action 36a2
dd-14242 [033] d..1. 3903.022333: Unknown action 36a2
dd-14242 [033] d..1. 3903.022365: Unknown action 36a2
dd-14242 [033] d..1. 3903.022366: Unknown action 36a2
dd-14242 [033] d..1. 3903.022369: Unknown action 36a2
The action field is corrupted because:
- ftrace allocated blk_io_trace2 buffer (64 bytes)
- But called record_blktrace_event() (writes v1, 48 bytes)
- Field offsets don't match, causing corruption
The hex value shown 0x30e3 is actually a PID, not an action code!
linux-block (for-next) #
linux-block (for-next) #
linux-block (for-next) # sh reproduce_blktrace_bug.sh
Trace output looks correct:
dd-2420 [019] d..1. 59.641742: 251,0 Q RS 0 + 8 [dd]
dd-2420 [019] d..1. 59.641775: 251,0 G RS 0 + 8 [dd]
dd-2420 [019] d..1. 59.641784: 251,0 P N [dd]
dd-2420 [019] d..1. 59.641785: 251,0 U N [dd] 1
dd-2420 [019] d..1. 59.641788: 251,0 D RS 0 + 8 [dd]
Fixes: 4d8bc7bd4f ("blktrace: move ftrace blk_io_tracer to blk_io_trace2")
Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <ckulkarnilinux@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
The WARN_ON_ONCE introduced in
commit f9ee38bbf7 ("blktrace: add block trace commands for zone operations")
triggers kernel warnings when zone operations are traced with blktrace
version 1. This can spam the kernel log during normal operation with
zoned block devices when userspace is using the legacy blktrace
protocol.
Currently blktrace implementation drops newly added REQ_OP_ZONE_XXX
when blktrace userspce version is set to 1.
Remove the WARN_ON_ONCE and quietly filter these events. Add a
rate-limited debug message to help diagnose potential issues without
flooding the kernel log. The debug message can be enabled via dynamic
debug when needed for troubleshooting.
This approach is more appropriate as encountering zone operations with
blktrace v1 is an expected condition that should be handled gracefully
rather than warned about, since users may be running older blktrace
userspace tools that only support version 1 of the protocol.
With this patch :-
linux-block (for-next) # git log -1
commit c8966006a0971d2b4bf94c0426eb7e4407c6853f (HEAD -> for-next)
Author: Chaitanya Kulkarni <ckulkarnilinux@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Oct 27 19:26:53 2025 -0700
blktrace: use debug print to report dropped events
linux-block (for-next) # cdblktests
blktests (master) # ./check blktrace
blktrace/001 (blktrace zone management command tracing) [passed]
runtime 3.805s ... 3.889s
blktests (master) # dmesg -c
blktests (master) # echo "file kernel/trace/blktrace.c +p" > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
blktests (master) # ./check blktrace
blktrace/001 (blktrace zone management command tracing) [passed]
runtime 3.889s ... 3.881s
blktests (master) # dmesg -c
[ 77.826237] blktrace: blktrace v1 cannot trace zone operation 0x1000190001
[ 77.826260] blktrace: blktrace v1 cannot trace zone operation 0x1000190004
[ 77.826282] blktrace: blktrace v1 cannot trace zone operation 0x1001490007
[ 77.826288] blktrace: blktrace v1 cannot trace zone operation 0x1001890008
[ 77.826343] blktrace: blktrace v1 cannot trace zone operation 0x1000190001
[ 77.826347] blktrace: blktrace v1 cannot trace zone operation 0x1000190004
[ 77.826350] blktrace: blktrace v1 cannot trace zone operation 0x1001490007
[ 77.826354] blktrace: blktrace v1 cannot trace zone operation 0x1001890008
[ 77.826373] blktrace: blktrace v1 cannot trace zone operation 0x1000190001
[ 77.826377] blktrace: blktrace v1 cannot trace zone operation 0x1000190004
blktests (master) # echo "file kernel/trace/blktrace.c -p" > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
blktests (master) # ./check blktrace
blktrace/001 (blktrace zone management command tracing) [passed]
runtime 3.881s ... 3.824s
blktests (master) # dmesg -c
blktests (master) #
Reported-by: syzbot+153e64c0aa875d7e4c37@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: f9ee38bbf7 ("blktrace: add block trace commands for zone operations")
Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <ckulkarnilinux@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Trace zone write plugging operations on block devices.
As tracing of zoned block commands needs the upper 32bit of the widened
64bit action, only add traces to blktrace if user-space has requested
version 2 of the blktrace protocol.
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Expose ZONE APPEND completions as a block trace completion action to
blktrace.
As tracing of zoned block commands needs the upper 32bit of the widened
64bit action, only add traces to blktrace if user-space has requested
version 2 of the blktrace protocol.
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Add block trace commands for zone operations. These commands can only be
handled with version 2 of the blktrace protocol. For version 1, warn if a
command that does not fit into the 16 bits reserved for the command in
this version is passed in.
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Differentiate between blk_io_trace and blk_io_trace2 when relaying to
user-space depending on which version has been requested by the blktrace
utility.
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Add definitions for the extended version of the blktrace protocol using a
wider action type to be able to record new actions in the kernel.
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Pass struct blk_user_trace_setup2 to blktrace_setup_finalize(). This
prepares for the incoming extension of the blktrace protocol with a 64bit
act_mask.
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Add definitions for a version 2 of the blk_user_trace_setup ioctl. This
new ioctl will enable a different struct layout of the binary data passed
to user-space when using a new version of the blktrace utility requesting
the new struct layout.
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Split do_blk_trace_setup into two functions, this is done to prepare for
an incoming new BLKTRACESETUP2 ioctl(2) which can receive extended
parameters from user-space.
Also move the size verification logic to the callers in preparation for
using a new internal structure later.
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Change the internal use of the action in blktrace to 64bit. Although for
now only the lower 32bits will be used.
With the upcoming version 2 of the blktrace user-space protocol the upper
32bit will also be utilized.
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Untangle the if/else sequence setting the trace action in
__blk_add_trace() and turn it into a switch statement for better
extensibility.
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Split out the code relaying a blktrace event to user-space using relayfs.
This enables adding a second version supporting a new version of the
protocol.
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Factor out the recording of a blktrace event into its own function,
deduplicating the code.
This also enables recording different versions of the blktrace protocol
later on.
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
De-duplicate the calculation of the trace length instead of doing the
calculation twice, once for calling trace_buffer_lock_reserve() and once
for calling relay_reserve().
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:
"Significant patch series in this pull request:
- "squashfs: Remove page->mapping references" (Matthew Wilcox) gets
us closer to being able to remove page->mapping
- "relayfs: misc changes" (Jason Xing) does some maintenance and
minor feature addition work in relayfs
- "kdump: crashkernel reservation from CMA" (Jiri Bohac) switches
us from static preallocation of the kdump crashkernel's working
memory over to dynamic allocation. So the difficulty of a-priori
estimation of the second kernel's needs is removed and the first
kernel obtains extra memory
- "generalize panic_print's dump function to be used by other
kernel parts" (Feng Tang) implements some consolidation and
rationalization of the various ways in which a failing kernel
splats information at the operator
* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2025-08-03-12-47' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (80 commits)
tools/getdelays: add backward compatibility for taskstats version
kho: add test for kexec handover
delaytop: enhance error logging and add PSI feature description
samples: Kconfig: fix spelling mistake "instancess" -> "instances"
fat: fix too many log in fat_chain_add()
scripts/spelling.txt: add notifer||notifier to spelling.txt
xen/xenbus: fix typo "notifer"
net: mvneta: fix typo "notifer"
drm/xe: fix typo "notifer"
cxl: mce: fix typo "notifer"
KVM: x86: fix typo "notifer"
MAINTAINERS: add maintainers for delaytop
ucount: use atomic_long_try_cmpxchg() in atomic_long_inc_below()
ucount: fix atomic_long_inc_below() argument type
kexec: enable CMA based contiguous allocation
stackdepot: make max number of pools boot-time configurable
lib/xxhash: remove unused functions
init/Kconfig: restore CONFIG_BROKEN help text
lib/raid6: update recov_rvv.c zero page usage
docs: update docs after introducing delaytop
...
Patch series "relayfs: misc changes", v5.
The series mostly focuses on the error counters which helps every user
debug their own kernel module.
This patch (of 5):
prev_padding represents the unused space of certain subbuffer. If the
content of a call of relay_write() exceeds the limit of the remainder of
this subbuffer, it will skip storing in the rest space and record the
start point as buf->prev_padding in relay_switch_subbuf(). Since the buf
is a per-cpu big buffer, the point of prev_padding as a global value for
the whole buffer instead of a single subbuffer (whose padding info is
stored in buf->padding[]) seems meaningless from the real use cases, so we
don't bother to record it any more.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250612061201.34272-1-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250612061201.34272-2-kerneljasonxing@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Filesystems like XFS can implement atomic write I/O using either
REQ_ATOMIC flag set in the bio or via CoW operation. It will be useful
if we have a flag in trace events to distinguish between the two. This
patch adds char 'U' (Untorn writes) to rwbs field of the trace events
if REQ_ATOMIC flag is set in the bio.
<W/ REQ_ATOMIC>
=================
xfs_io-4238 [009] ..... 4148.126843: block_rq_issue: 259,0 WFSU 16384 () 768 + 32 none,0,0 [xfs_io]
<idle>-0 [009] d.h1. 4148.129864: block_rq_complete: 259,0 WFSU () 768 + 32 none,0,0 [0]
<W/O REQ_ATOMIC>
===============
xfs_io-4237 [010] ..... 4143.325616: block_rq_issue: 259,0 WS 16384 () 768 + 32 none,0,0 [xfs_io]
<idle>-0 [010] d.H1. 4143.329138: block_rq_complete: 259,0 WS () 768 + 32 none,0,0 [0]
Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/44317cb2ec4588f6a2c1501a96684e6a1196e8ba.1747921498.git.ritesh.list@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
bdev_get_queue() never returns NULL. Several commits [1][2] have been made
before to remove such superfluous checks, but some still remained.
For places where bdev_get_queue() is called solely for NULL checks, it is
removed entirely.
[1] commit ec9fd2a13d ("blk-lib: don't check bdev_get_queue() NULL check")
[2] commit fea127b36c ("block: remove superfluous check for request queue in bdev_is_zoned()")
Signed-off-by: Juhyung Park <qkrwngud825@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@samsung.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230203024029.48260-1-qkrwngud825@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
When the blk_classic option is enabled, non-blktrace events must be
filtered out. Otherwise, events of other types are output in the blktrace
classic format, which is unexpected.
The problem can be triggered in the following ways:
# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/options/blk_classic
# echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/enable
# echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
Fixes: c71a896154 ("blktrace: add ftrace plugin")
Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221122040410.85113-1-yangjihong1@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
When test as follows:
step1: ioctl(sda, BLKTRACESETUP, &arg)
step2: ioctl(sda, BLKTRACESTART, NULL)
step3: ioctl(sda, BLKTRACETEARDOWN, NULL)
step4: ioctl(sda, BLKTRACESETUP, &arg)
Got issue as follows:
debugfs: File 'dropped' in directory 'sda' already present!
debugfs: File 'msg' in directory 'sda' already present!
debugfs: File 'trace0' in directory 'sda' already present!
And also find syzkaller report issue like "KASAN: use-after-free Read in relay_switch_subbuf"
"https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=13849f0d9b1b818b087341691be6cc3ac6a6bfb7"
If remove block trace without stop(BLKTRACESTOP) block trace, '__blk_trace_remove'
will just set 'q->blk_trace' with NULL. However, debugfs file isn't removed, so
will report file already present when call BLKTRACESETUP.
static int __blk_trace_remove(struct request_queue *q)
{
struct blk_trace *bt;
bt = rcu_replace_pointer(q->blk_trace, NULL,
lockdep_is_held(&q->debugfs_mutex));
if (!bt)
return -EINVAL;
if (bt->trace_state != Blktrace_running)
blk_trace_cleanup(q, bt);
return 0;
}
If do test as follows:
step1: ioctl(sda, BLKTRACESETUP, &arg)
step2: ioctl(sda, BLKTRACESTART, NULL)
step3: ioctl(sda, BLKTRACETEARDOWN, NULL)
step4: remove sda
There will remove debugfs directory which will remove recursively all file
under directory.
>> blk_release_queue
>> debugfs_remove_recursive(q->debugfs_dir)
So all files which created in 'do_blk_trace_setup' are removed, and
'dentry->d_inode' is NULL. But 'q->blk_trace' is still in 'running_trace_lock',
'trace_note_tsk' will traverse 'running_trace_lock' all nodes.
>>trace_note_tsk
>> trace_note
>> relay_reserve
>> relay_switch_subbuf
>> d_inode(buf->dentry)->i_size
To solve above issues, reference commit '5afedf670caf', call 'blk_trace_cleanup'
unconditionally in '__blk_trace_remove' and first stop block trace in
'blk_trace_cleanup'.
Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221019033602.752383-3-yebin@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Various places like I/O schedulers or the QOS infrastructure try to
register debugfs files on demans, which can race with creating and
removing the main queue debugfs directory. Use the existing
debugfs_mutex to serialize all debugfs operations that rely on
q->debugfs_dir or the directories hanging off it.
To make the teardown code a little simpler declare all debugfs dentry
pointers and not just the main one uncoditionally in blkdev.h.
Move debugfs_mutex next to the dentries that it protects and document
what it is used for.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220614074827.458955-3-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
All callers of bio_blkcg actually want the CSS, so replace it with an
interface that does return the CSS. This now allows to move
struct blkcg_gq to block/blk-cgroup.h instead of exposing it in a
public header.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220420042723.1010598-10-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Pass the cgroup_subsys_state instead of a the blkg so that blktrace
doesn't need to poke into blk-cgroup internals, and give the name a
blk prefix as the current name is way too generic for a public
interface.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220420042723.1010598-9-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
The running_trace_lock protects running_trace_list and is acquired
within the tracepoint which implies disabled preemption. The spinlock_t
typed lock can not be acquired with disabled preemption on PREEMPT_RT
because it becomes a sleeping lock.
The runtime of the tracepoint depends on the number of entries in
running_trace_list and has no limit. The blk-tracer is considered debug
code and higher latencies here are okay.
Make running_trace_lock a raw_spinlock_t.
Signed-off-by: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211220192827.38297-1-wander@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
We only need to call it to resolve the blk_status_t -> errno mapping for
tracing, so move the conversion into the tracepoints that are not called
at all when tracing isn't enabled.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
