ring-buffer: Add persistent ring buffer invalid-page inject test

Add a self-corrupting test for the persistent ring buffer.

This will inject an erroneous value to some sub-buffer pages (where
the index is even or multiples of 5) in the persistent ring buffer
when the kernel panics, and checks whether the number of detected
invalid pages and the total entry_bytes are the same as the recorded
values after reboot.

This ensures that the kernel can correctly recover a partially
corrupted persistent ring buffer after a reboot or panic.

The test only runs on the persistent ring buffer whose name is
"ptracingtest". The user has to fill it with events before a
kernel panic.

To run the test, enable CONFIG_RING_BUFFER_PERSISTENT_INJECT
and add the following kernel cmdline:

 reserve_mem=20M:2M:trace trace_instance=ptracingtest^traceoff@trace
 panic=1

Run the following commands after the 1st boot:

 cd /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/ptracingtest
 echo 1 > tracing_on
 echo 1 > events/enable
 sleep 3
 echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger

After panic message, the kernel will reboot and run the verification
on the persistent ring buffer, e.g.

 Ring buffer meta [2] invalid buffer page detected
 Ring buffer meta [2] is from previous boot! (318 pages discarded)
 Ring buffer testing [2] invalid pages: PASSED (318/318)
 Ring buffer testing [2] entry_bytes: PASSED (1300476/1300476)

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260522171051.260140328@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index 994f52b34344..0670742b2d60 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ int ring_buffer_subbuf_size_get(struct trace_buffer *buffer);
 
 enum ring_buffer_flags {
 	RB_FL_OVERWRITE		= 1 << 0,
+	RB_FL_TESTING		= 1 << 1,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RING_BUFFER