ring-buffer: Don't reset persistent ring-buffer meta saved addresses
The text and data address is saved in the meta data so that it can be used to know the delta of the text and data addresses of the last boot compared to the text and data addresses of the current boot. The delta is used to convert function pointer entries in the ring buffer to something that can be used by kallsyms (note this only works for built-in functions). But the saved addresses get reset on boot up. If the buffer is not used and there's another reboot, then the saved text and data addresses will be of the last boot and not that of the boot that created the content in the ring buffer. To get an idea of the issue: # trace-cmd start -B boot_mapped -p function # reboot # trace-cmd show -B boot_mapped | tail <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983243: native_apic_msr_write <-native_kick_ap <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983244: __pfx_native_apic_msr_eoi <-native_kick_ap <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983244: reserve_irq_vector_locked <-native_kick_ap <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983262: branch_emulate_op <-native_kick_ap <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983262: __ia32_sys_ia32_pread64 <-native_kick_ap <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983263: native_kick_ap <-__smpboot_create_thread <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983263: store_cache_disable <-native_kick_ap <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983279: acpi_power_off_prepare <-native_kick_ap <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983280: __pfx_acpi_ns_delete_node <-acpi_suspend_enter <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983280: __pfx_acpi_os_release_lock <-acpi_suspend_enter # reboot # trace-cmd show -B boot_mapped |tail <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983243: 0xffffffffa9669220 <-0xffffffffa965f3db <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983244: 0xffffffffa96690f0 <-0xffffffffa965f3db <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983244: 0xffffffffa9663fa0 <-0xffffffffa965f3db <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983262: 0xffffffffa9672e80 <-0xffffffffa965f3e0 <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983262: 0xffffffffa962b940 <-0xffffffffa965f3ec <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983263: 0xffffffffa965f540 <-0xffffffffa96e1362 <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983263: 0xffffffffa963c940 <-0xffffffffa965f55b <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983279: 0xffffffffa9ee30c0 <-0xffffffffa965f59b <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983280: 0xffffffffa9f16c10 <-0xffffffffa9ee3157 <...>-1 [000] d..1. 461.983280: 0xffffffffa9ee02e0 <-0xffffffffa9ee3157 By not updating the saved text and data addresses in the meta data at every boot up and only updating them when the buffer is reset, it allows multiple boots to see the same data. Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Cc: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240815113629.0dc90af8@rorschach.local.homeSigned-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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