linux.git/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c, branch v6.6.132

tracing/probes: Avoid using params uninitialized in parse_btf_arg()

2025-07-24T06:53:12+00:00

commit 1ed171a3afe81531b3ace96bd151a372dda3ee25 upstream.

After a recent change in clang to strengthen uninitialized warnings [1],
it points out that in one of the error paths in parse_btf_arg(), params
is used uninitialized:

  kernel/trace/trace_probe.c:660:19: warning: variable 'params' is uninitialized when used here [-Wuninitialized]
    660 |                         return PTR_ERR(params);
        |                                        ^~~~~~

Match many other NO_BTF_ENTRY error cases and return -ENOENT, clearing
up the warning.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250715-trace_probe-fix-const-uninit-warning-v1-1-98960f91dd04@kernel.org/

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Closes: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/2110
Fixes: d157d7694460 ("tracing/probes: Support BTF field access from $retval")
Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/2464313eef01c5b1edf0eccf57a32cdee01472c7 [1]
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tracing: probes: Fix a possible race in trace_probe_log APIs

2025-05-22T12:12:12+00:00

[ Upstream commit fd837de3c9cb1a162c69bc1fb1f438467fe7f2f5 ]

Since the shared trace_probe_log variable can be accessed and
modified via probe event create operation of kprobe_events,
uprobe_events, and dynamic_events, it should be protected.
In the dynamic_events, all operations are serialized by
`dyn_event_ops_mutex`. But kprobe_events and uprobe_events
interfaces are not serialized.

To solve this issue, introduces dyn_event_create(), which runs
create() operation under the mutex, for kprobe_events and
uprobe_events. This also uses lockdep to check the mutex is
held when using trace_probe_log* APIs.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/174684868120.551552.3068655787654268804.stgit@devnote2/

Reported-by: Paul Cacheux 
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250510074456.805a16872b591e2971a4d221@kernel.org/
Fixes: ab105a4fb894 ("tracing: Use tracing error_log with probe events")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing: probe-events: Add comments about entry data storing code

2025-04-25T08:45:20+00:00

[ Upstream commit bb9c6020f4c3a07a90dc36826cb5fbe83f09efd5 ]

Add comments about entry data storing code to __store_entry_arg() and
traceprobe_get_entry_data_size(). These are a bit complicated because of
building the entry data storing code and scanning it.

This just add comments, no behavior change.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/174061715004.501424.333819546601401102.stgit@devnote2/

Reported-by: Steven Rostedt 
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250226102223.586d7119@gandalf.local.home/
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing: probes: Fix to zero initialize a local variable

2024-11-01T00:58:34+00:00

commit 0add699ad068d26e5b1da9ff28b15461fc4005df upstream.

Fix to initialize 'val' local variable with zero.
Dan reported that Smatch static code checker reports an error that a local
'val' variable needs to be initialized. Actually, the 'val' is expected to
be initialized by FETCH_OP_ARG in the same loop, but it is not obvious. So
initialize it with zero.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/171092223833.237219.17304490075697026697.stgit@devnote2/

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter 
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b010488e-68aa-407c-add0-3e059254aaa0@moroto.mountain/
Fixes: 25f00e40ce79 ("tracing/probes: Support $argN in return probe (kprobe and fprobe)")
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tracing: Consider the NULL character when validating the event length

2024-11-01T00:58:28+00:00

[ Upstream commit 0b6e2e22cb23105fcb171ab92f0f7516c69c8471 ]

strlen() returns a string length excluding the null byte. If the string
length equals to the maximum buffer length, the buffer will have no
space for the NULL terminating character.

This commit checks this condition and returns failure for it.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241007144724.920954-1-leo.yan@arm.com/

Fixes: dec65d79fd26 ("tracing/probe: Check event name length correctly")
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan 
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing/probes: Support $argN in return probe (kprobe and fprobe)

2024-11-01T00:58:26+00:00

[ Upstream commit 25f00e40ce7953db197af3a59233711d154c9d80 ]

Support accessing $argN in the return probe events. This will help users to
record entry data in function return (exit) event for simplfing the function
entry/exit information in one event, and record the result values (e.g.
allocated object/initialized object) at function exit.

For example, if we have a function `int init_foo(struct foo *obj, int param)`
sometimes we want to check how `obj` is initialized. In such case, we can
define a new return event like below;

 # echo 'r init_foo retval=$retval param=$arg2 field1=+0($arg1)' >> kprobe_events

Thus it records the function parameter `param` and its result `obj->field1`
(the dereference will be done in the function exit timing) value at once.

This also support fprobe, BTF args and'$arg*'. So if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
is enabled, we can trace both function parameters and the return value
by following command.

 # echo 'f target_function%return $arg* $retval' >> dynamic_events

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170952365552.229804.224112990211602895.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Stable-dep-of: 373b9338c972 ("uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing/probes: cleanup: Set trace_probe::nr_args at trace_probe_init

2024-11-01T00:58:26+00:00

[ Upstream commit 035ba76014c096316fa809a46ce0a1b9af1cde0d ]

Instead of incrementing the trace_probe::nr_args, init it at
trace_probe_init(). Without this change, there is no way to get the number
of trace_probe arguments while parsing it.
This is a cleanup, so the behavior is not changed.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170952363585.229804.13060759900346411951.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Stable-dep-of: 373b9338c972 ("uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing/probes: fix error check in parse_btf_field()

2024-06-12T09:12:51+00:00

[ Upstream commit e569eb34970281438e2b48a3ef11c87459fcfbcb ]

btf_find_struct_member() might return NULL or an error via the
ERR_PTR() macro. However, its caller in parse_btf_field() only checks
for the NULL condition. Fix this by using IS_ERR() and returning the
error up the stack.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240527094351.15687-1-clopez@suse.de/

Fixes: c440adfbe3025 ("tracing/probes: Support BTF based data structure field access")
Signed-off-by: Carlos López 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tracing/probes: Fix to set arg size and fmt after setting type from BTF

2024-02-23T08:25:05+00:00

commit 9a571c1e275cedacd48c66a6bddd0c23f1dffdbf upstream.

Since the BTF type setting updates probe_arg::type, the type size
calculation and setting print-fmt should be done after that.
Without this fix, the argument size and print-fmt can be wrong.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170602218196.215583.6417859469540955777.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: b576e09701c7 ("tracing/probes: Support function parameters if BTF is available")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

tracing/probes: Fix to show a parse error for bad type for $comm

2024-02-23T08:25:05+00:00

commit 8c427cc2fa73684ea140999e121b7b6c1c717632 upstream.

Fix to show a parse error for bad type (non-string) for $comm/$COMM and
immediate-string. With this fix, error_log file shows appropriate error
message as below.

 /sys/kernel/tracing # echo 'p vfs_read $comm:u32' >> kprobe_events
sh: write error: Invalid argument
 /sys/kernel/tracing # echo 'p vfs_read \"hoge":u32' >> kprobe_events
sh: write error: Invalid argument
 /sys/kernel/tracing # cat error_log

[   30.144183] trace_kprobe: error: $comm and immediate-string only accepts string type
  Command: p vfs_read $comm:u32
                            ^
[   62.618500] trace_kprobe: error: $comm and immediate-string only accepts string type
  Command: p vfs_read \"hoge":u32
                              ^
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170602215411.215583.2238016352271091852.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: 3dd1f7f24f8c ("tracing: probeevent: Fix to make the type of $comm string")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman