ring-buffer: Introducing ring-buffer mapping functions
In preparation for allowing the user-space to map a ring-buffer, add a set of mapping functions: ring_buffer_{map,unmap}() And controls on the ring-buffer: ring_buffer_map_get_reader() /* swap reader and head */ Mapping the ring-buffer also involves: A unique ID for each subbuf of the ring-buffer, currently they are only identified through their in-kernel VA. A meta-page, where are stored ring-buffer statistics and a description for the current reader The linear mapping exposes the meta-page, and each subbuf of the ring-buffer, ordered following their unique ID, assigned during the first mapping. Once mapped, no subbuf can get in or out of the ring-buffer: the buffer size will remain unmodified and the splice enabling functions will in reality simply memcpy the data instead of swapping subbufs. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240510140435.3550353-3-vdonnefort@google.com CC: <linux-mm@kvack.org> Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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