Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] tracing/fprobe: Support comma-separated symbols and :entry/:exit
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: 2026-01-20 20:50:29
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:13:38 -0500 "Seokwoo Chung (Ryan)" [off-list ref] wrote: Missing change log. The subject is the "what" the patch is doing, the change log needs the "why".
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Signed-off-by: Seokwoo Chung (Ryan) <redacted> --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 4 +-- kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------- kernel/trace/trace_probe.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 10cdcc7b194e..73b59d47dfe7 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c@@ -5578,8 +5578,8 @@ static const char readme_msg[] = "\t r[maxactive][:[<group>/][<event>]] <place> [<args>]\n" #endif #ifdef CONFIG_FPROBE_EVENTS - "\t f[:[<group>/][<event>]] <func-name>[:entry|:exit] [<args>]\n" - "\t (single symbols still accept %return)\n" + "\t f[:[<group>/][<event>]] <func-name>[%return] [<args>]\n" + "\t f[:[<group>/][<event>]] <func-list>[:entry|:exit] [<args>]\n" "\t t[:[<group>/][<event>]] <tracepoint> [<args>]\n" #endif #ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERSdiff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c index 5a2a41eea603..1663c341ddb4 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c@@ -187,16 +187,23 @@ DEFINE_FREE(tuser_put, struct tracepoint_user *, */ struct trace_fprobe { struct dyn_event devent; - char *filter; + struct fprobe fp; - bool list_mode; - char *nofilter; const char *symbol; - struct trace_probe tp; + char *filter; + char *nofilter; + bool tprobe; struct tracepoint_user *tuser; + + struct trace_probe tp;
Why is this being updated? Nothing in the change log says why?
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}; +static inline bool trace_fprobe_has_list(const struct trace_fprobe *tf) +{ + return tf->filter || tf->nofilter; +} + static bool is_trace_fprobe(struct dyn_event *ev) { return ev->ops == &trace_fprobe_ops;@@ -847,7 +854,7 @@ static int __register_trace_fprobe(struct trace_fprobe *tf) * - list_mode: pass filter/nofilter * - single: pass symbol only (legacy) */ - if (tf->list_mode) + if (trace_fprobe_has_list(tf)) return register_fprobe(&tf->fp, tf->filter, tf->nofilter); return register_fprobe(&tf->fp, tf->symbol, NULL); }@@ -1188,11 +1195,18 @@ static int parse_fprobe_spec(const char *in, bool is_tracepoint, *base = NULL; *filter = NULL; *nofilter = NULL; *is_return = false; *list_mode = false; - if (is_tracepoint) { + if (is_tracepoint) + { if (strchr(in, ',') || strchr(in, ':')) + { + trace_probe_log_err(0, BAD_TP_NAME); return -EINVAL; + } if (strstr(in, "%return")) + { + trace_probe_log_err(p - in, BAD_TP_NAME); return -EINVAL; + } for (p = in; *p; p++) if (!isalnum(*p) && *p != '_') return -EINVAL;@@ -1225,6 +1239,7 @@ static int parse_fprobe_spec(const char *in, bool is_tracepoint, } else if (!strcmp(p, ":entry")) { *(char *)p = '\0'; } else { + trace_probe_log_err(p - work, BAD_LIST_SUFFIX); return -EINVAL; } }@@ -1233,6 +1248,7 @@ static int parse_fprobe_spec(const char *in, bool is_tracepoint, list = !!strchr(work, ','); if (list && legacy_ret) { + trace_probe_log_err(p - work, BAD_LEGACY_RET); return -EINVAL; }@@ -1245,12 +1261,9 @@ static int parse_fprobe_spec(const char *in, bool is_tracepoint, if (list) { char *tmp = b, *tok; - size_t fsz, nfsz; - fsz = nfsz = strlen(b) + 1; - - f = kzalloc(fsz, GFP_KERNEL); - nf = kzalloc(nfsz, GFP_KERNEL); + f = kzalloc(strlen(b) + 1, GFP_KERNEL); + nf = kzalloc(strlen(b) + 1, GFP_KERNEL); if (!f || !nf) return -ENOMEM;@@ -1261,6 +1274,7 @@ static int parse_fprobe_spec(const char *in, bool is_tracepoint, if (*tok == '\0') { trace_probe_log_err(tmp - b - 1, BAD_TP_NAME); return -EINVAL; + } if (neg) tok++;@@ -1455,17 +1469,8 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, const char *argv[], /* carry list parsing result into tf */ if (!is_tracepoint) { - tf->list_mode = list_mode; - if (parsed_filter) { - tf->filter = kstrdup(parsed_filter, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!tf->filter) - return -ENOMEM; - } - if (parsed_nofilter) { - tf->nofilter = kstrdup(parsed_nofilter, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!tf->nofilter) - return -ENOMEM; - } + tf->filter = no_free_ptr(parsed_filter); + tf->nofilter = no_free_ptr(parsed_nofilter); } /* parse arguments */diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h index 9fc56c937130..b8b0544eb7cd 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h@@ -494,9 +494,11 @@ extern int traceprobe_define_arg_fields(struct trace_event_call *event_call, C(BAD_PROBE_ADDR, "Invalid probed address or symbol"), \ C(NON_UNIQ_SYMBOL, "The symbol is not unique"), \ C(BAD_RETPROBE, "Retprobe address must be an function entry"), \ + C(BAD_LEGACY_RET, "Legacy %return not allowed with list"), \ C(NO_TRACEPOINT, "Tracepoint is not found"), \ C(BAD_TP_NAME, "Invalid character in tracepoint name"),\ C(BAD_ADDR_SUFFIX, "Invalid probed address suffix"), \ + C(BAD_LIST_SUFFIX, "Bad list suffix"), \ C(NO_GROUP_NAME, "Group name is not specified"), \ C(GROUP_TOO_LONG, "Group name is too long"), \ C(BAD_GROUP_NAME, "Group name must follow the same rules as C identifiers"), \
This definitely needs discussion on why this is needed. -- Steve