Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  ring-buffer: Do 8 byte alignment for 64 bit that can not handle 4 byte align

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 05a9f83b881..d1187ef20ca 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_is_on);
 #define RB_MAX_SMALL_DATA       (RB_ALIGNMENT * RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX)
 #define RB_EVNT_MIN_SIZE        8U      /* two 32bit words */
 
+#if !defined(CONFIG_64BIT) || defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
+# define RB_FORCE_8BYTE_ALIGNMENT       0
+# define RB_ARCH_ALIGNMENT              RB_ALIGNMENT
+#else
+# define RB_FORCE_8BYTE_ALIGNMENT       1
+# define RB_ARCH_ALIGNMENT              8U
+#endif
+
 /* define RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA for 'case RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA:' */
 #define RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA 0 ... RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX
 
@@ -1547,7 +1555,7 @@ rb_update_event(struct ring_buffer_event *event,
 
         case 0:
                 length -= RB_EVNT_HDR_SIZE;
-                if (length > RB_MAX_SMALL_DATA)
+                if (length > RB_MAX_SMALL_DATA || RB_FORCE_8BYTE_ALIGNMENT)
                         event->array[0] = length;
                 else
                         event->type_len = DIV_ROUND_UP(length, RB_ALIGNMENT);
@@ -1722,11 +1730,11 @@ static unsigned rb_calculate_event_length(unsigned length)
         if (!length)
                 length = 1;
 
-        if (length > RB_MAX_SMALL_DATA)
+        if (length > RB_MAX_SMALL_DATA || RB_FORCE_8BYTE_ALIGNMENT)
                 length += sizeof(event.array[0]);
 
         length += RB_EVNT_HDR_SIZE;
-        length = ALIGN(length, RB_ALIGNMENT);
+        length = ALIGN(length, RB_ARCH_ALIGNMENT);
 
         return length;
 }