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tracing/remotes: Catch nr_page_va overflow in ring_buffer_desc sizing
authorVincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:39:36 +0000 (20:39 +0100)
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:06:43 +0000 (13:06 -0400)
commitd059d8bf2c9b5d563d15e7552d73e17d7535013a
treea958db6ff48b5c897c2da0c2801844e27e135781
parent442ffa742daa65a0e8fe003abe9fbe472366e4de
tracing/remotes: Catch nr_page_va overflow in ring_buffer_desc sizing

The number of pages per remote ring buffer is capped by
ring_buffer_desc::nr_page_va (32 bits). A buffer_size large enough to
overflow that field would silently allocate a descriptor smaller than
what was asked for.

Return SIZE_MAX from trace_buffer_desc_size() on nr_page_va overflow.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260911193937.602202-3-vdonnefort@google.com
Fixes: 2e67fabd8b77 ("ring-buffer: Introduce ring-buffer remotes")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
include/linux/ring_buffer.h
kernel/trace/trace_remote.c