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>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index dc5ae4e96aee..96d2140b471e 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 
+#include <uapi/linux/trace_mmap.h>
+
 struct trace_buffer;
 struct ring_buffer_iter;
 
@@ -223,4 +225,8 @@ int trace_rb_cpu_prepare(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node);
 #define trace_rb_cpu_prepare	NULL
 #endif
 
+int ring_buffer_map(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
+		    struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+int ring_buffer_unmap(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
+int ring_buffer_map_get_reader(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 #endif /* _LINUX_RING_BUFFER_H */