1 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index dc937e1baa91..484114d70743 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1516,6 +1516,8 @@ static void *s_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
         int i = (int)*pos;
         void *ent;
 
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(iter->leftover);
+
         (*pos)++;
 
         /* can't go backwards */
@@ -1614,8 +1616,16 @@ static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
                         ;
 
         } else {
-                l = *pos - 1;
-                p = s_next(m, p, &l);
+                /*
+                 * If we overflowed the seq_file before, then we want
+                 * to just reuse the trace_seq buffer again.
+                 */
+                if (iter->leftover)
+                        p = iter;
+                else {
+                        l = *pos - 1;
+                        p = s_next(m, p, &l);
+                }
         }
 
         trace_event_read_lock();
@@ -1923,6 +1933,7 @@ static enum print_line_t print_trace_line(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
         struct trace_iterator *iter = v;
+        int ret;
 
         if (iter->ent == NULL) {
                 if (iter->tr) {
@@ -1942,9 +1953,27 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
                         if (!(trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_VERBOSE))
                                 print_func_help_header(m);
                 }
+        } else if (iter->leftover) {
+                /*
+                 * If we filled the seq_file buffer earlier, we
+                 * want to just show it now.
+                 */
+                ret = trace_print_seq(m, &iter->seq);
+
+                /* ret should this time be zero, but you never know */
+                iter->leftover = ret;
+
         } else {
                 print_trace_line(iter);
-                trace_print_seq(m, &iter->seq);
+                ret = trace_print_seq(m, &iter->seq);
+                /*
+                 * If we overflow the seq_file buffer, then it will
+                 * ask us for this data again at start up.
+                 * Use that instead.
+                 *  ret is 0 if seq_file write succeeded.
+                 *        -1 otherwise.
+                 */
+                iter->leftover = ret;
         }
 
         return 0;