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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] trace: Fix incorrect number of pages used for trace metadata



On 30/09/16 15:46, George Dunlap wrote:
On 29/09/16 14:53, Igor Druzhinin wrote:
As long as t_info_first_offset is calculated in uint32_t offsets we need to
multiply it by sizeof(uint32_t) in order to get the right number of pages
for trace metadata. Not doing that makes it impossible to read the trace
buffer correctly from userspace for some corner cases.

Signed-off-by: Igor Druzhinin <igor.druzhinin@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hmm, looks like we actually want to revert this c/s fbf96e6, "xentrace:
correct formula to calculate t_info_pages".  But that one was presumably
written (and Acked by me) because the variable name there,
t_info_first_offset, is confusing.

The other mistake in fbf96e6 is that before t_info_words was actually
denominated in words; but after it's denominated in bytes (which is
again confusing).

What about something like the attached instead?  This should fix your
problem while making the code clearer.

 -George



Reviewed-by: Igor Druzhinin <igor.druzhinin@xxxxxxxxxx>

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