[PATCH v15 08/12] selftests: tracing: Add syntax testcase for wprobe

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Date
2026-09-07 03:47:54
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From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

Add "wprobe_syntax_errors.tc" testcase for testing syntax errors
of the watch probe events.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
Changes in v14:
 - Update comment for invalid offset syntax check to BAD_PROBE_ADDR.
 - Add testcase for invalid address 0 error check (BAD_ACCESS_ADDR).
Changes in v12:
 - Add NO_ARG_BODY error case.
Changes in v11:
 - Add WPROBE_NO_MAXACT syntax error case.
---
 .../test.d/dynevent/wprobes_syntax_errors.tc       |   23 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/wprobes_syntax_errors.tc
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/wprobes_syntax_errors.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/wprobes_syntax_errors.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0df58fe7aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/wprobes_syntax_errors.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: Watch probe event parser error log check
+# requires: dynamic_events "w[:[<group>/][<event>]] [r|w|rw]@<addr>[:<len>]":README
+
+check_error() { # command-with-error-pos-by-^
+    ftrace_errlog_check 'wprobe' "$1" 'dynamic_events'
+}
+
+check_error '^w'			# NO_ARG_BODY
+check_error 'w^10 w@jiffies'		# WPROBE_NO_MAXACT
+check_error 'w ^symbol'			# BAD_ACCESS_FMT
+check_error 'w ^a@symbol'		# BAD_ACCESS_TYPE
+check_error 'w w@^symbol'		# BAD_ACCESS_ADDR
+check_error 'w w@^0:4'			# BAD_ACCESS_ADDR
+check_error 'w w@jiffies^+offset'	# BAD_PROBE_ADDR
+check_error 'w w@jiffies:^100'		# BAD_ACCESS_LEN
+check_error 'w w@jiffies ^$arg1'	# BAD_VAR
+check_error 'w w@jiffies ^$retval'	# BAD_VAR
+check_error 'w w@jiffies ^$stack'	# BAD_VAR
+check_error 'w w@jiffies ^%ax'		# BAD_VAR
+
+exit 0
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