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diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index bb6922a931b1..d03f4f44a823 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -838,6 +838,7 @@ rb_set_commit_to_write(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
* back to us). This allows us to do a simple loop to
* assign the commit to the tail.
*/
+ again:
while (cpu_buffer->commit_page != cpu_buffer->tail_page) {
cpu_buffer->commit_page->page->commit =
cpu_buffer->commit_page->write;
@@ -853,6 +854,17 @@ rb_set_commit_to_write(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
cpu_buffer->commit_page->write;
barrier();
}
+
+ /* again, keep gcc from optimizing */
+ barrier();
+
+ /*
+ * If an interrupt came in just after the first while loop
+ * and pushed the tail page forward, we will be left with
+ * a dangling commit that will never go forward.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(cpu_buffer->commit_page != cpu_buffer->tail_page))
+ goto again;
}
static void rb_reset_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
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