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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 43cc47d7faaf..a6da2d765c78 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -3030,23 +3030,20 @@ rb_try_to_discard(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, local_read(&bpage->write) & ~RB_WRITE_MASK; unsigned long event_length = rb_event_length(event); + /* + * For the before_stamp to be different than the write_stamp + * to make sure that the next event adds an absolute + * value and does not rely on the saved write stamp, which + * is now going to be bogus. + */ + rb_time_set(&cpu_buffer->before_stamp, 0); + /* Something came in, can't discard */ if (!rb_time_cmpxchg(&cpu_buffer->write_stamp, write_stamp, write_stamp - delta)) return false; /* - * It's possible that the event time delta is zero - * (has the same time stamp as the previous event) - * in which case write_stamp and before_stamp could - * be the same. In such a case, force before_stamp - * to be different than write_stamp. It doesn't - * matter what it is, as long as its different. - */ - if (!delta) - rb_time_set(&cpu_buffer->before_stamp, 0); - - /* * If an event were to come in now, it would see that the * write_stamp and the before_stamp are different, and assume * that this event just added itself before updating |