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Re: [PATCH v15 05/12] tracing/wprobe: Add wprobe (watchpoint probe) trace event support

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-09-14 05:25:15
Also in: linux-perf-users, sashiko-reviews

On Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:15:03 +0000
sashiko-bot@kernel.org wrote:
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Low] The `readme_msg` in `trace.c` instructs users to write to `wprobe_events`, but this file is never created.
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commit 5c44f59e0b2737617a0b5934e625357ecffcc63d
Author: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [off-list ref]

tracing/wprobe: Add wprobe (watchpoint probe) trace event support

This commit introduces hardware-breakpoint-based dynamic trace event support
(wprobe). It creates dynamic events on data read/write accesses using
hardware breakpoints and logs the access context and fetchargs.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/59637b96946653393a7ad3c7de094094796b39c2.1785067572.git.wangjinchao600@gmail.com/ (local)
quoted
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index a946e0183fd1e..40c3e1543f6e3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4294,8 +4294,12 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"  uprobe_events\t\t- Create/append/remove/show the userspace dynamic events\n"
 	"\t\t\t  Write into this file to define/undefine new trace events.\n"
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_WPROBE_EVENTS
+	"  wprobe_events\t\t- Create/append/remove/show the hardware breakpoint dynamic events\n"
+	"\t\t\t  Write into this file to define/undefine new trace events.\n"
[Severity: Low]
Does this advertise a non-existent interface file to the user?

The readme_msg instructs users to write to wprobe_events, but it appears
this file is never created by this patch.
Ah, indeed. this is for dynamic_events interface.

Thanks,
quoted
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS) || defined(CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS) || \
-    defined(CONFIG_FPROBE_EVENTS)
+	defined(CONFIG_FPROBE_EVENTS) || defined(CONFIG_WPROBE_EVENTS)
 	"\t  accepts: event-definitions (one definition per line)\n"
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/178875277830.93794.14247844688761142429.stgit@devnote2?part=5

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [off-list ref]
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