Merge tag 'trace-v6.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace

Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:

 - Allow kernel trace instance creation to specify what events are
   created

   Inside the kernel, a subsystem may create a tracing instance that it
   can use to send events to user space. This sub-system may not care
   about the thousands of events that exist in eventfs. Allow the
   sub-system to specify what sub-systems of events it cares about, and
   only those events are exposed to this instance.

 - Allow the ring buffer to be broken up into bigger sub-buffers than
   just the architecture page size.

   A new tracefs file called "buffer_subbuf_size_kb" is created. The
   user can now specify a minimum size the sub-buffer may be in
   kilobytes. Note, that the implementation currently make the
   sub-buffer size a power of 2 pages (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...) but the user
   only writes in kilobyte size, and the sub-buffer will be updated to
   the next size that it will can accommodate it. If the user writes in
   10, it will change the size to be 4 pages on x86 (16K), as that is
   the next available size that can hold 10K pages.

 - Update the debug output when a corrupt time is detected in the ring
   buffer. If the ring buffer detects inconsistent timestamps, there's a
   debug config options that will dump the contents of the meta data of
   the sub-buffer that is used for debugging. Add some more information
   to this dump that helps with debugging.

 - Add more timestamp debugging checks (only triggers when the config is
   enabled)

 - Increase the trace_seq iterator to 2 page sizes.

 - Allow strings written into tracefs_marker to be larger. Up to just
   under 2 page sizes (based on what trace_seq can hold).

 - Increase the trace_maker_raw write to be as big as a sub-buffer can
   hold.

 - Remove 32 bit time stamp logic, now that the rb_time_cmpxchg() has
   been removed.

 - More selftests were added.

 - Some code clean ups as well.

* tag 'trace-v6.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: (29 commits)
  ring-buffer: Remove stale comment from ring_buffer_size()
  tracing histograms: Simplify parse_actions() function
  tracing/selftests: Remove exec permissions from trace_marker.tc test
  ring-buffer: Use subbuf_order for buffer page masking
  tracing: Update subbuffer with kilobytes not page order
  ringbuffer/selftest: Add basic selftest to test changing subbuf order
  ring-buffer: Add documentation on the buffer_subbuf_order file
  ring-buffer: Just update the subbuffers when changing their allocation order
  ring-buffer: Keep the same size when updating the order
  tracing: Stop the tracing while changing the ring buffer subbuf size
  tracing: Update snapshot order along with main buffer order
  ring-buffer: Make sure the spare sub buffer used for reads has same size
  ring-buffer: Do no swap cpu buffers if order is different
  ring-buffer: Clear pages on error in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() failure
  ring-buffer: Read and write to ring buffers with custom sub buffer size
  ring-buffer: Set new size of the ring buffer sub page
  ring-buffer: Add interface for configuring trace sub buffer size
  ring-buffer: Page size per ring buffer
  ring-buffer: Have ring_buffer_print_page_header() be able to access ring_buffer_iter
  ring-buffer: Check if absolute timestamp goes backwards
  ...

Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst

@@ -218,6 +218,27 @@ of ftrace. Here is a list of some of the key files:
 
 	This displays the total combined size of all the trace buffers.
 
+  buffer_subbuf_size_kb:
+
+	This sets or displays the sub buffer size. The ring buffer is broken up
+	into several same size "sub buffers". An event can not be bigger than
+	the size of the sub buffer. Normally, the sub buffer is the size of the
+	architecture's page (4K on x86). The sub buffer also contains meta data
+	at the start which also limits the size of an event.  That means when
+	the sub buffer is a page size, no event can be larger than the page
+	size minus the sub buffer meta data.
+
+	Note, the buffer_subbuf_size_kb is a way for the user to specify the
+	minimum size of the subbuffer. The kernel may make it bigger due to the
+	implementation details, or simply fail the operation if the kernel can
+	not handle the request.
+
+	Changing the sub buffer size allows for events to be larger than the
+	page size.
+
+	Note: When changing the sub-buffer size, tracing is stopped and any
+	data in the ring buffer and the snapshot buffer will be discarded.
+
   free_buffer:
 
 	If a process is performing tracing, and the ring buffer	should be

drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c

@@ -2889,7 +2889,7 @@ static void qla2x00_iocb_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 static void
 qla_trace_init(void)
 {
-	qla_trc_array = trace_array_get_by_name("qla2xxx");
+	qla_trc_array = trace_array_get_by_name("qla2xxx", NULL);
 	if (!qla_trc_array) {
 		ql_log(ql_log_fatal, NULL, 0x0001,
 		       "Unable to create qla2xxx trace instance, instance logging will be disabled.\n");

include/linux/ring_buffer.h

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ int ring_buffer_iter_empty(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter);
 bool ring_buffer_iter_dropped(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter);
 
 unsigned long ring_buffer_size(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
+unsigned long ring_buffer_max_event_size(struct trace_buffer *buffer);
 
 void ring_buffer_reset_cpu(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 void ring_buffer_reset_online_cpus(struct trace_buffer *buffer);
@@ -191,15 +192,24 @@ bool ring_buffer_time_stamp_abs(struct trace_buffer *buffer);
 size_t ring_buffer_nr_pages(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 size_t ring_buffer_nr_dirty_pages(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 
-void *ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
-void ring_buffer_free_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu, void *data);
-int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, void **data_page,
+struct buffer_data_read_page;
+struct buffer_data_read_page *
+ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
+void ring_buffer_free_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
+				struct buffer_data_read_page *page);
+int ring_buffer_read_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
+			  struct buffer_data_read_page *data_page,
 			  size_t len, int cpu, int full);
+void *ring_buffer_read_page_data(struct buffer_data_read_page *page);
 
 struct trace_seq;
 
 int ring_buffer_print_entry_header(struct trace_seq *s);
-int ring_buffer_print_page_header(struct trace_seq *s);
+int ring_buffer_print_page_header(struct trace_buffer *buffer, struct trace_seq *s);
+
+int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_get(struct trace_buffer *buffer);
+int ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int order);
+int ring_buffer_subbuf_size_get(struct trace_buffer *buffer);
 
 enum ring_buffer_flags {
 	RB_FL_OVERWRITE		= 1 << 0,

include/linux/trace.h

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int trace_array_printk(struct trace_array *tr, unsigned long ip,
 		       const char *fmt, ...);
 int trace_array_init_printk(struct trace_array *tr);
 void trace_array_put(struct trace_array *tr);
-struct trace_array *trace_array_get_by_name(const char *name);
+struct trace_array *trace_array_get_by_name(const char *name, const char *systems);
 int trace_array_destroy(struct trace_array *tr);
 
 /* For osnoise tracer */
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static inline int trace_array_init_printk(struct trace_array *tr)
 static inline void trace_array_put(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 }
-static inline struct trace_array *trace_array_get_by_name(const char *name)
+static inline struct trace_array *trace_array_get_by_name(const char *name, const char *systems)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }

include/linux/trace_seq.h

@@ -8,11 +8,14 @@
 
 /*
  * Trace sequences are used to allow a function to call several other functions
- * to create a string of data to use (up to a max of PAGE_SIZE).
+ * to create a string of data to use.
  */
 
+#define TRACE_SEQ_BUFFER_SIZE	(PAGE_SIZE * 2 - \
+	(sizeof(struct seq_buf) + sizeof(size_t) + sizeof(int)))
+
 struct trace_seq {
-	char			buffer[PAGE_SIZE];
+	char			buffer[TRACE_SEQ_BUFFER_SIZE];
 	struct seq_buf		seq;
 	size_t			readpos;
 	int			full;
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ struct trace_seq {
 static inline void
 trace_seq_init(struct trace_seq *s)
 {
-	seq_buf_init(&s->seq, s->buffer, PAGE_SIZE);
+	seq_buf_init(&s->seq, s->buffer, TRACE_SEQ_BUFFER_SIZE);
 	s->full = 0;
 	s->readpos = 0;
 }

kernel/trace/ring_buffer_benchmark.c

@@ -104,10 +104,11 @@ static enum event_status read_event(int cpu)
 
 static enum event_status read_page(int cpu)
 {
+	struct buffer_data_read_page *bpage;
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 	struct rb_page *rpage;
 	unsigned long commit;
-	void *bpage;
+	int page_size;
 	int *entry;
 	int ret;
 	int inc;
@@ -117,14 +118,15 @@ static enum event_status read_page(int cpu)
 	if (IS_ERR(bpage))
 		return EVENT_DROPPED;
 
-	ret = ring_buffer_read_page(buffer, &bpage, PAGE_SIZE, cpu, 1);
+	page_size = ring_buffer_subbuf_size_get(buffer);
+	ret = ring_buffer_read_page(buffer, bpage, page_size, cpu, 1);
 	if (ret >= 0) {
-		rpage = bpage;
+		rpage = ring_buffer_read_page_data(bpage);
 		/* The commit may have missed event flags set, clear them */
 		commit = local_read(&rpage->commit) & 0xfffff;
 		for (i = 0; i < commit && !test_error ; i += inc) {
 
-			if (i >= (PAGE_SIZE - offsetof(struct rb_page, data))) {
+			if (i >= (page_size - offsetof(struct rb_page, data))) {
 				TEST_ERROR();
 				break;
 			}

kernel/trace/trace.h

@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ struct trace_array {
 	unsigned char		trace_flags_index[TRACE_FLAGS_MAX_SIZE];
 	unsigned int		flags;
 	raw_spinlock_t		start_lock;
+	const char		*system_names;
 	struct list_head	err_log;
 	struct dentry		*dir;
 	struct dentry		*options;
@@ -615,6 +616,7 @@ void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus(void);
 void tracing_reset_all_online_cpus_unlocked(void);
 int tracing_open_generic(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 int tracing_open_generic_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
+int tracing_release_generic_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 int tracing_open_file_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 int tracing_release_file_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 int tracing_single_release_file_tr(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);

kernel/trace/trace_boot.c

@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ trace_boot_init_instances(struct xbc_node *node)
 		if (!p || *p == '\0')
 			continue;
 
-		tr = trace_array_get_by_name(p);
+		tr = trace_array_get_by_name(p, NULL);
 		if (!tr) {
 			pr_err("Failed to get trace instance %s\n", p);
 			continue;

kernel/trace/trace_events.c

@@ -1893,9 +1893,9 @@ subsystem_filter_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 }
 
 static ssize_t
-show_header(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+show_header_page_file(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int (*func)(struct trace_seq *s) = filp->private_data;
+	struct trace_array *tr = filp->private_data;
 	struct trace_seq *s;
 	int r;
 
@@ -1908,7 +1908,31 @@ show_header(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 
 	trace_seq_init(s);
 
-	func(s);
+	ring_buffer_print_page_header(tr->array_buffer.buffer, s);
+	r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos,
+				    s->buffer, trace_seq_used(s));
+
+	kfree(s);
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+show_header_event_file(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct trace_seq *s;
+	int r;
+
+	if (*ppos)
+		return 0;
+
+	s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!s)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	trace_seq_init(s);
+
+	ring_buffer_print_entry_header(s);
 	r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos,
 				    s->buffer, trace_seq_used(s));
 
@@ -2165,10 +2189,18 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_tr_enable_fops = {
 	.release = subsystem_release,
 };
 
-static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_header_fops = {
-	.open = tracing_open_generic,
-	.read = show_header,
+static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_header_page_fops = {
+	.open = tracing_open_generic_tr,
+	.read = show_header_page_file,
+	.llseek = default_llseek,
+	.release = tracing_release_generic_tr,
+};
+
+static const struct file_operations ftrace_show_header_event_fops = {
+	.open = tracing_open_generic_tr,
+	.read = show_header_event_file,
 	.llseek = default_llseek,
+	.release = tracing_release_generic_tr,
 };
 
 static int
@@ -2896,6 +2928,27 @@ void trace_event_eval_update(struct trace_eval_map **map, int len)
 	up_write(&trace_event_sem);
 }
 
+static bool event_in_systems(struct trace_event_call *call,
+			     const char *systems)
+{
+	const char *system;
+	const char *p;
+
+	if (!systems)
+		return true;
+
+	system = call->class->system;
+	p = strstr(systems, system);
+	if (!p)
+		return false;
+
+	if (p != systems && !isspace(*(p - 1)) && *(p - 1) != ',')
+		return false;
+
+	p += strlen(system);
+	return !*p || isspace(*p) || *p == ',';
+}
+
 static struct trace_event_file *
 trace_create_new_event(struct trace_event_call *call,
 		       struct trace_array *tr)
@@ -2905,9 +2958,12 @@ trace_create_new_event(struct trace_event_call *call,
 	struct trace_event_file *file;
 	unsigned int first;
 
+	if (!event_in_systems(call, tr->system_names))
+		return NULL;
+
 	file = kmem_cache_alloc(file_cachep, GFP_TRACE);
 	if (!file)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	pid_list = rcu_dereference_protected(tr->filtered_pids,
 					     lockdep_is_held(&event_mutex));
@@ -2972,8 +3028,17 @@ __trace_add_new_event(struct trace_event_call *call, struct trace_array *tr)
 	struct trace_event_file *file;
 
 	file = trace_create_new_event(call, tr);
+	/*
+	 * trace_create_new_event() returns ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) if failed
+	 * allocation, or NULL if the event is not part of the tr->system_names.
+	 * When the event is not part of the tr->system_names, return zero, not
+	 * an error.
+	 */
 	if (!file)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return 0;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(file))
+		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
 	if (eventdir_initialized)
 		return event_create_dir(tr->event_dir, file);
@@ -3012,8 +3077,17 @@ __trace_early_add_new_event(struct trace_event_call *call,
 	int ret;
 
 	file = trace_create_new_event(call, tr);
+	/*
+	 * trace_create_new_event() returns ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) if failed
+	 * allocation, or NULL if the event is not part of the tr->system_names.
+	 * When the event is not part of the tr->system_names, return zero, not
+	 * an error.
+	 */
 	if (!file)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return 0;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(file))
+		return PTR_ERR(file);
 
 	ret = event_define_fields(call);
 	if (ret)
@@ -3752,17 +3826,16 @@ static int events_callback(const char *name, umode_t *mode, void **data,
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(name, "header_page") == 0)
-		*data = ring_buffer_print_page_header;
-
-	else if (strcmp(name, "header_event") == 0)
-		*data = ring_buffer_print_entry_header;
+	if (strcmp(name, "header_page") == 0) {
+		*mode = TRACE_MODE_READ;
+		*fops = &ftrace_show_header_page_fops;
 
-	else
+	} else if (strcmp(name, "header_event") == 0) {
+		*mode = TRACE_MODE_READ;
+		*fops = &ftrace_show_header_event_fops;
+	} else
 		return 0;
 
-	*mode = TRACE_MODE_READ;
-	*fops = &ftrace_show_header_fops;
 	return 1;
 }
 

kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c

@@ -4805,36 +4805,35 @@ static int parse_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 	int len;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->attrs->n_actions; i++) {
+		enum handler_id hid = 0;
+		char *action_str;
+
 		str = hist_data->attrs->action_str[i];
 
-		if ((len = str_has_prefix(str, "onmatch("))) {
-			char *action_str = str + len;
+		if ((len = str_has_prefix(str, "onmatch(")))
+			hid = HANDLER_ONMATCH;
+		else if ((len = str_has_prefix(str, "onmax(")))
+			hid = HANDLER_ONMAX;
+		else if ((len = str_has_prefix(str, "onchange(")))
+			hid = HANDLER_ONCHANGE;
 
-			data = onmatch_parse(tr, action_str);
-			if (IS_ERR(data)) {
-				ret = PTR_ERR(data);
-				break;
-			}
-		} else if ((len = str_has_prefix(str, "onmax("))) {
-			char *action_str = str + len;
+		action_str = str + len;
 
-			data = track_data_parse(hist_data, action_str,
-						HANDLER_ONMAX);
-			if (IS_ERR(data)) {
-				ret = PTR_ERR(data);
-				break;
-			}
-		} else if ((len = str_has_prefix(str, "onchange("))) {
-			char *action_str = str + len;
+		switch (hid) {
+		case HANDLER_ONMATCH:
+			data = onmatch_parse(tr, action_str);
+			break;
+		case HANDLER_ONMAX:
+		case HANDLER_ONCHANGE:
+			data = track_data_parse(hist_data, action_str, hid);
+			break;
+		default:
+			data = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+			break;
+		}
 
-			data = track_data_parse(hist_data, action_str,
-						HANDLER_ONCHANGE);
-			if (IS_ERR(data)) {
-				ret = PTR_ERR(data);
-				break;
-			}
-		} else {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+		if (IS_ERR(data)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(data);
 			break;
 		}
 

kernel/trace/trace_seq.c

@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
  * trace_seq_init() more than once to reset the trace_seq to start
  * from scratch.
  * 
- * The buffer size is currently PAGE_SIZE, although it may become dynamic
- * in the future.
- *
  * A write to the buffer will either succeed or fail. That is, unlike
  * sprintf() there will not be a partial write (well it may write into
  * the buffer but it wont update the pointers). This allows users to

samples/ftrace/sample-trace-array.c

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int __init sample_trace_array_init(void)
 	 * NOTE: This function increments the reference counter
 	 * associated with the trace array - "tr".
 	 */
-	tr = trace_array_get_by_name("sample-instance");
+	tr = trace_array_get_by_name("sample-instance", "sched,timer,kprobes");
 
 	if (!tr)
 		return -1;

tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/ringbuffer_subbuf_size.tc

+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: Change the ringbuffer sub-buffer size
+# requires: buffer_subbuf_size_kb
+# flags: instance
+
+get_buffer_data_size() {
+	sed -ne 's/^.*data.*size:\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_page
+}
+
+get_buffer_data_offset() {
+	sed -ne 's/^.*data.*offset:\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_page
+}
+
+get_event_header_size() {
+	type_len=`sed -ne 's/^.*type_len.*:[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_event`
+	time_len=`sed -ne 's/^.*time_delta.*:[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_event`
+	array_len=`sed -ne 's/^.*array.*:[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_event`
+	total_bits=$((type_len+time_len+array_len))
+	total_bits=$((total_bits+7))
+	echo $((total_bits/8))
+}
+
+get_print_event_buf_offset() {
+	sed -ne 's/^.*buf.*offset:\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/ftrace/print/format
+}
+
+event_header_size=`get_event_header_size`
+print_header_size=`get_print_event_buf_offset`
+
+data_offset=`get_buffer_data_offset`
+
+marker_meta=$((event_header_size+print_header_size))
+
+make_str() {
+        cnt=$1
+	printf -- 'X%.0s' $(seq $cnt)
+}
+
+write_buffer() {
+	size=$1
+
+	str=`make_str $size`
+
+	# clear the buffer
+	echo > trace
+
+	# write the string into the marker
+	echo $str > trace_marker
+
+	echo $str
+}
+
+test_buffer() {
+	size_kb=$1
+	page_size=$((size_kb*1024))
+
+	size=`get_buffer_data_size`
+
+	# the size must be greater than or equal to page_size - data_offset
+	page_size=$((page_size-data_offset))
+	if [ $size -lt $page_size ]; then
+		exit fail
+	fi
+
+	# Now add a little more the meta data overhead will overflow
+
+	str=`write_buffer $size`
+
+	# Make sure the line was broken
+	new_str=`awk ' /tracing_mark_write:/ { sub(/^.*tracing_mark_write: /,"");printf "%s", $0; exit}' trace`
+
+	if [ "$new_str" = "$str" ]; then
+		exit fail;
+	fi
+
+	# Make sure the entire line can be found
+	new_str=`awk ' /tracing_mark_write:/ { sub(/^.*tracing_mark_write: /,"");printf "%s", $0; }' trace`
+
+	if [ "$new_str" != "$str" ]; then
+		exit fail;
+	fi
+}
+
+ORIG=`cat buffer_subbuf_size_kb`
+
+# Could test bigger sizes than 32K, but then creating the string
+# to write into the ring buffer takes too long
+for a in 4 8 16 32 ; do
+	echo $a > buffer_subbuf_size_kb
+	test_buffer $a
+done
+
+echo $ORIG > buffer_subbuf_size_kb
+

tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/trace_marker.tc

+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: Basic tests on writing to trace_marker
+# requires: trace_marker
+# flags: instance
+
+get_buffer_data_size() {
+	sed -ne 's/^.*data.*size:\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_page
+}
+
+get_buffer_data_offset() {
+	sed -ne 's/^.*data.*offset:\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_page
+}
+
+get_event_header_size() {
+	type_len=`sed -ne 's/^.*type_len.*:[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_event`
+	time_len=`sed -ne 's/^.*time_delta.*:[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_event`
+	array_len=`sed -ne 's/^.*array.*:[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/header_event`
+	total_bits=$((type_len+time_len+array_len))
+	total_bits=$((total_bits+7))
+	echo $((total_bits/8))
+}
+
+get_print_event_buf_offset() {
+	sed -ne 's/^.*buf.*offset:\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' events/ftrace/print/format
+}
+
+event_header_size=`get_event_header_size`
+print_header_size=`get_print_event_buf_offset`
+
+data_offset=`get_buffer_data_offset`
+
+marker_meta=$((event_header_size+print_header_size))
+
+make_str() {
+        cnt=$1
+	# subtract two for \n\0 as marker adds these
+	cnt=$((cnt-2))
+	printf -- 'X%.0s' $(seq $cnt)
+}
+
+write_buffer() {
+	size=$1
+
+	str=`make_str $size`
+
+	# clear the buffer
+	echo > trace
+
+	# write the string into the marker
+	echo -n $str > trace_marker
+
+	echo $str
+}
+
+test_buffer() {
+
+	size=`get_buffer_data_size`
+	oneline_size=$((size-marker_meta))
+	echo size = $size
+	echo meta size = $marker_meta
+
+	# Now add a little more the meta data overhead will overflow
+
+	str=`write_buffer $size`
+
+	# Make sure the line was broken
+	new_str=`awk ' /tracing_mark_write:/ { sub(/^.*tracing_mark_write: /,"");printf "%s", $0; exit}' trace`
+
+	if [ "$new_str" = "$str" ]; then
+		exit fail;
+	fi
+
+	# Make sure the entire line can be found
+	new_str=`awk ' /tracing_mark_write:/ { sub(/^.*tracing_mark_write: /,"");printf "%s", $0; }' trace`
+
+	if [ "$new_str" != "$str" ]; then
+		exit fail;
+	fi
+}
+
+test_buffer