Fix: deny overwrite mode and num subbuf less than 2

[lttng-tools.git] / src / bin / lttng-sessiond / cmd.c

diff --git a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
index 03fb8a88151ec53dee835d968f376dfd3458bd2b..8ee641d8e07726b7826572fb19a745cef76514f1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
+++ b/src/bin/lttng-sessiond/cmd.c
@@ -931,6 +931,16 @@ int cmd_enable_channel(struct ltt_session *session,
                attr->attr.switch_timer_interval = 0;
        }
 
+       /*
+        * The ringbuffer (both in user space and kernel) behave badly in overwrite
+        * mode and with less than 2 subbuf so block it right away and send back an
+        * invalid attribute error.
+        */
+       if (attr->attr.overwrite && attr->attr.num_subbuf < 2) {
+               ret = LTTNG_ERR_INVALID;
+               goto error;
+       }
+
        switch (domain->type) {
        case LTTNG_DOMAIN_KERNEL:
        {