Server experiencing warning logs "perf buffer not large enough"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Server experiencing warning logs "perf buffer not large enough"
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[   59.699984] perf buffer not large enough
[   59.699994] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 4394 at kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c:399 perf_trace_buf_alloc+0x7f/0x90
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[   59.700056] Call Trace:
[   59.700063]  kprobe_perf_func+0xb3/0x260
[   59.700067]  ? do_execveat_common.isra.37+0x1/0x8c0
[   59.700068]  ? do_execveat_common.isra.37+0x5/0x8c0
[   59.700072]  kprobe_ftrace_handler+0x90/0xf0
[   59.700076]  ftrace_ops_assist_func+0x6e/0xe0
[   59.700078]  0xffffffffc07220c8
[   59.700080]  ? do_execveat_common.isra.37+0x1/0x8c0
[   59.700082]  do_execveat_common.isra.37+0x5/0x8c0
[   59.700083]  __x64_sys_execve+0x32/0x40
[   59.700087]  do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
[   59.700090]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca
[   59.700091] RIP: 0033:0x7f0db3ee405b

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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