tracing: Add a trace remote module for testing

Add a module to help testing the tracefs support for trace remotes. This
module:

  * Use simple_ring_buffer to write into a ring-buffer.
  * Declare a single "selftest" event that can be triggered from
    user-space.
  * Register a "test" trace remote.

This is intended to be used by trace remote selftests.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260309162516.2623589-15-vdonnefort@google.com
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

fs/tracefs/inode.c

@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ struct dentry *tracefs_create_file(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 	fsnotify_create(d_inode(dentry->d_parent), dentry);
 	return tracefs_end_creating(dentry);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracefs_create_file);
 
 static struct dentry *__create_dir(const char *name, struct dentry *parent,
 				   const struct inode_operations *ops)

kernel/trace/Kconfig

@@ -1287,4 +1287,12 @@ config TRACE_REMOTE
 config SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER
 	bool
 
+config TRACE_REMOTE_TEST
+	tristate "Test module for remote tracing"
+	select TRACE_REMOTE
+	select SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER
+	help
+	  This trace remote includes a ring-buffer writer implementation using
+	  "simple_ring_buffer". This is solely intending for testing.
+
 endif # FTRACE

kernel/trace/Makefile

@@ -130,4 +130,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RV) += rv/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_REMOTE) += trace_remote.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER) += simple_ring_buffer.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_REMOTE_TEST) += remote_test.o
+
 libftrace-y := ftrace.o

kernel/trace/remote_test.c

@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 - Google LLC
+ * Author: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/simple_ring_buffer.h>
+#include <linux/trace_remote.h>
+#include <linux/tracefs.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define REMOTE_EVENT_INCLUDE_FILE kernel/trace/remote_test_events.h
+#include <trace/define_remote_events.h>
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct simple_rb_per_cpu *, simple_rbs);
+static struct trace_buffer_desc *remote_test_buffer_desc;
+
+/*
+ * The trace_remote lock already serializes accesses from the trace_remote_callbacks.
+ * However write_event can still race with load/unload.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(simple_rbs_lock);
+
+static int remote_test_load_simple_rb(int cpu, struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc)
+{
+	struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+	struct simple_buffer_page *bpages;
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+	cpu_buffer = kmalloc_obj(*cpu_buffer);
+	if (!cpu_buffer)
+		return ret;
+
+	bpages = kmalloc_objs(*bpages, rb_desc->nr_page_va);
+	if (!bpages)
+		goto err_free_cpu_buffer;
+
+	ret = simple_ring_buffer_init(cpu_buffer, bpages, rb_desc);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free_bpages;
+
+	scoped_guard(mutex, &simple_rbs_lock) {
+		WARN_ON(*per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu));
+		*per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu) = cpu_buffer;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_free_bpages:
+	kfree(bpages);
+
+err_free_cpu_buffer:
+	kfree(cpu_buffer);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void remote_test_unload_simple_rb(int cpu)
+{
+	struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = *per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu);
+	struct simple_buffer_page *bpages;
+
+	if (!cpu_buffer)
+		return;
+
+	guard(mutex)(&simple_rbs_lock);
+
+	bpages = cpu_buffer->bpages;
+	simple_ring_buffer_unload(cpu_buffer);
+	kfree(bpages);
+	kfree(cpu_buffer);
+	*per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu) = NULL;
+}
+
+static struct trace_buffer_desc *remote_test_load(unsigned long size, void *unused)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
+	struct trace_buffer_desc *desc;
+	size_t desc_size;
+	int cpu, ret;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(remote_test_buffer_desc))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	desc_size = trace_buffer_desc_size(size, num_possible_cpus());
+	if (desc_size == SIZE_MAX) {
+		ret = -E2BIG;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	desc = kmalloc(desc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!desc) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	ret = trace_remote_alloc_buffer(desc, desc_size, size, cpu_possible_mask);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free_desc;
+
+	for_each_ring_buffer_desc(rb_desc, cpu, desc) {
+		ret = remote_test_load_simple_rb(rb_desc->cpu, rb_desc);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_unload;
+	}
+
+	remote_test_buffer_desc = desc;
+
+	return remote_test_buffer_desc;
+
+err_unload:
+	for_each_ring_buffer_desc(rb_desc, cpu, remote_test_buffer_desc)
+		remote_test_unload_simple_rb(rb_desc->cpu);
+	trace_remote_free_buffer(remote_test_buffer_desc);
+
+err_free_desc:
+	kfree(desc);
+
+err:
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+
+static void remote_test_unload(struct trace_buffer_desc *desc, void *unused)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(desc != remote_test_buffer_desc))
+		return;
+
+	for_each_ring_buffer_desc(rb_desc, cpu, desc)
+		remote_test_unload_simple_rb(rb_desc->cpu);
+
+	remote_test_buffer_desc = NULL;
+	trace_remote_free_buffer(desc);
+	kfree(desc);
+}
+
+static int remote_test_enable_tracing(bool enable, void *unused)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (!remote_test_buffer_desc)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	for_each_ring_buffer_desc(rb_desc, cpu, remote_test_buffer_desc)
+		WARN_ON(simple_ring_buffer_enable_tracing(*per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, rb_desc->cpu),
+							  enable));
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int remote_test_swap_reader_page(unsigned int cpu, void *unused)
+{
+	struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+
+	if (cpu >= NR_CPUS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	cpu_buffer = *per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu);
+	if (!cpu_buffer)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return simple_ring_buffer_swap_reader_page(cpu_buffer);
+}
+
+static int remote_test_reset(unsigned int cpu, void *unused)
+{
+	struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+
+	if (cpu >= NR_CPUS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	cpu_buffer = *per_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs, cpu);
+	if (!cpu_buffer)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return simple_ring_buffer_reset(cpu_buffer);
+}
+
+static int remote_test_enable_event(unsigned short id, bool enable, void *unused)
+{
+	if (id != REMOTE_TEST_EVENT_ID)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Let's just use the struct remote_event enabled field that is turned on and off by
+	 * trace_remote. This is a bit racy but good enough for a simple test module.
+	 */
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+write_event_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	struct remote_event_format_selftest *evt_test;
+	struct simple_rb_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+	unsigned long val;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	guard(mutex)(&simple_rbs_lock);
+
+	if (!remote_event_selftest.enabled)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	guard(preempt)();
+
+	cpu_buffer = *this_cpu_ptr(&simple_rbs);
+	if (!cpu_buffer)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	evt_test = simple_ring_buffer_reserve(cpu_buffer,
+					      sizeof(struct remote_event_format_selftest),
+					      trace_clock_global());
+	if (!evt_test)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	evt_test->hdr.id = REMOTE_TEST_EVENT_ID;
+	evt_test->id = val;
+
+	simple_ring_buffer_commit(cpu_buffer);
+
+	return cnt;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations write_event_fops = {
+	.write	= write_event_write,
+};
+
+static int remote_test_init_tracefs(struct dentry *d, void *unused)
+{
+	return tracefs_create_file("write_event", 0200, d, NULL, &write_event_fops) ?
+		0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static struct trace_remote_callbacks trace_remote_callbacks = {
+	.init			= remote_test_init_tracefs,
+	.load_trace_buffer	= remote_test_load,
+	.unload_trace_buffer	= remote_test_unload,
+	.enable_tracing		= remote_test_enable_tracing,
+	.swap_reader_page	= remote_test_swap_reader_page,
+	.reset			= remote_test_reset,
+	.enable_event		= remote_test_enable_event,
+};
+
+static int __init remote_test_init(void)
+{
+	return trace_remote_register("test", &trace_remote_callbacks, NULL,
+				     &remote_event_selftest, 1);
+}
+
+module_init(remote_test_init);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Test module for the trace remote interface");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Vincent Donnefort");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

kernel/trace/remote_test_events.h

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#define REMOTE_TEST_EVENT_ID 1
+
+REMOTE_EVENT(selftest, REMOTE_TEST_EVENT_ID,
+	RE_STRUCT(
+		re_field(u64, id)
+	),
+	RE_PRINTK("id=%llu", __entry->id)
+);