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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/trace/debugging.rst2
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace.c10
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index fb8752b42ec8..71861643ef14 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -7241,6 +7241,8 @@
This is just one of many ways that can clear memory. Make sure your system
keeps the content of memory across reboots before relying on this option.
+ NB: Both the mapped address and size must be page aligned for the architecture.
+
See also Documentation/trace/debugging.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/debugging.rst b/Documentation/trace/debugging.rst
index 54fb16239d70..d54bc500af80 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/debugging.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/debugging.rst
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ kernel, so only the same kernel is guaranteed to work if the mapping is
preserved. Switching to a different kernel version may find a different
layout and mark the buffer as invalid.
+NB: Both the mapped address and size must be page aligned for the architecture.
+
Using trace_printk() in the boot instance
-----------------------------------------
By default, the content of trace_printk() goes into the top level tracing
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 14c38fcd6f9e..96129985e81c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -10774,6 +10774,16 @@ __init static void enable_instances(void)
}
if (start) {
+ /* Start and size must be page aligned */
+ if (start & ~PAGE_MASK) {
+ pr_warn("Tracing: mapping start addr %pa is not page aligned\n", &start);
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (size & ~PAGE_MASK) {
+ pr_warn("Tracing: mapping size %pa is not page aligned\n", &size);
+ continue;
+ }
+
addr = map_pages(start, size);
if (addr) {
pr_info("Tracing: mapped boot instance %s at physical memory %pa of size 0x%lx\n",