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From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/8] tracing/probes: Support dumping fetcharg program for debugging dynamic events
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:17:13 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <178196863297.560995.16891637449659873905.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <178196862271.560995.5255615288323003663.stgit@devnote2>

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

For debugging probe events, it is helpful to verify the compiled
fetch instructions for each probe argument. This introduces a new
kernel config CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS_DUMP_FETCHARG to decode the
instruction sequence of each argument and display it under a
commented line starting with '#' immediately following the dynamic
event definition (such as in dynamic_events, kprobe_events,
uprobe_events, etc.).

For example:
/sys/kernel/tracing # cat dynamic_events
p:kprobes/p_vfs_read_0 vfs_read arg1=+0(file):ustring arg2=%ax:x16
#  arg1: ARG(0) -> ST_USTRING(offset=0,size=4) -> END
#  arg2: REG(80) -> ST_RAW(size=2) -> END

Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
 Changes in v6:
   - Newly added.
---
 kernel/trace/Kconfig        |   11 +++++
 kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c |    2 +
 kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c |    2 +
 kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c |    2 +
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.c  |   90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.h  |   77 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c |    3 +
 7 files changed, 157 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index e130da35808f..ed83fbfb4b7c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -779,6 +779,17 @@ config PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS
 	  kernel function entry or a tracepoint.
 	  This is available only if BTF (BPF Type Format) support is enabled.
 
+config PROBE_EVENTS_DUMP_FETCHARG
+	depends on PROBE_EVENTS
+	bool "Dump of dynamic probe event fetch-arguments"
+	default n
+	help
+	  This shows the dump of fetch-arguments of dynamic probe events
+	  alongside their event definitions in the dynamic_events file
+	  as comment lines. This is useful to debug the probe events.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config KPROBE_EVENTS
 	depends on KPROBES
 	depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
index b66d6196338d..fdb4ce993cad 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ static int eprobe_dyn_event_show(struct seq_file *m, struct dyn_event *ev)
 		seq_printf(m, " %s=%s", ep->tp.args[i].name, ep->tp.args[i].comm);
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 
+	trace_probe_dump_args(m, &ep->tp);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
index 4d1abbf66229..536781cd4c47 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
@@ -1449,6 +1449,8 @@ static int trace_fprobe_show(struct seq_file *m, struct dyn_event *ev)
 		seq_printf(m, " %s=%s", tf->tp.args[i].name, tf->tp.args[i].comm);
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 
+	trace_probe_dump_args(m, &tf->tp);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index a8420e6abb56..cfa807d8e760 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1320,6 +1320,8 @@ static int trace_kprobe_show(struct seq_file *m, struct dyn_event *ev)
 		seq_printf(m, " %s=%s", tk->tp.args[i].name, tk->tp.args[i].comm);
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 
+	trace_probe_dump_args(m, &tk->tp);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 98532c503d02..9d174cd1fb1c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -2393,3 +2393,93 @@ int trace_probe_print_args(struct trace_seq *s, struct probe_arg *args, int nr_a
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS_DUMP_FETCHARG
+
+struct fetch_op_decode {
+	const char *name;
+	void (*decode)(struct seq_file *m, struct fetch_insn *insn);
+};
+
+static const struct fetch_op_decode fetch_op_decode[];
+
+static void fetcharg_decode_none(struct seq_file *m, struct fetch_insn *insn)
+{
+	seq_puts(m, fetch_op_decode[insn->op].name);
+}
+
+static void fetcharg_decode_param(struct seq_file *m, struct fetch_insn *insn)
+{
+	seq_printf(m, "%s(%u)", fetch_op_decode[insn->op].name, insn->param);
+}
+
+static void fetcharg_decode_imm(struct seq_file *m, struct fetch_insn *insn)
+{
+	seq_printf(m, "%s(0x%lx)", fetch_op_decode[insn->op].name, insn->immediate);
+}
+
+static void fetcharg_decode_ptr(struct seq_file *m, struct fetch_insn *insn)
+{
+	seq_printf(m, "%s(%p)", fetch_op_decode[insn->op].name, insn->data);
+}
+
+static void fetcharg_decode_symbol(struct seq_file *m, struct fetch_insn *insn)
+{
+	seq_printf(m, "%s(%s)", fetch_op_decode[insn->op].name, (char *)insn->data);
+}
+
+static void fetcharg_decode_offset(struct seq_file *m, struct fetch_insn *insn)
+{
+	seq_printf(m, "%s(offset=%d)", fetch_op_decode[insn->op].name, insn->offset);
+}
+
+static void fetcharg_decode_store(struct seq_file *m, struct fetch_insn *insn)
+{
+	if (insn->op == FETCH_OP_ST_RAW)
+		seq_printf(m, "%s(size=%u)", fetch_op_decode[insn->op].name, insn->size);
+	else
+		seq_printf(m, "%s(offset=%d,size=%u)", fetch_op_decode[insn->op].name, insn->offset, insn->size);
+}
+
+static void fetcharg_decode_bf(struct seq_file *m, struct fetch_insn *insn)
+{
+	seq_printf(m, "%s(basesize=%u,lshift=%u,rshift=%u)",
+		   fetch_op_decode[insn->op].name, insn->basesize, insn->lshift, insn->rshift);
+}
+
+#define FETCH_OP(opname, decode_fn) \
+	[FETCH_OP_##opname] = { .name = #opname, .decode = fetcharg_decode_##decode_fn },
+
+static const struct fetch_op_decode fetch_op_decode[] = {
+	FETCH_OP_LIST
+};
+#undef FETCH_OP
+
+static void trace_probe_dump_arg(struct seq_file *m, struct probe_arg *parg)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	seq_printf(m, "#  %s: ", parg->name);
+	for (i = 0; i < FETCH_INSN_MAX; i++) {
+		struct fetch_insn *insn = parg->code + i;
+
+		if (insn->op >= ARRAY_SIZE(fetch_op_decode) || !fetch_op_decode[insn->op].decode)
+			seq_printf(m, "unknown(%d)", insn->op);
+		else
+			fetch_op_decode[insn->op].decode(m, insn);
+
+		if (insn->op == FETCH_OP_END)
+			break;
+		seq_puts(m, " -> ");
+	}
+	seq_putc(m, '\n');
+}
+
+void trace_probe_dump_args(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_probe *tp)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < tp->nr_args; i++)
+		trace_probe_dump_arg(m, &tp->args[i]);
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS_DUMP_FETCHARG */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index 0f09f7aaf93f..b428ef42b229 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -83,38 +83,47 @@ static nokprobe_inline u32 update_data_loc(u32 loc, int consumed)
 /* Printing function type */
 typedef int (*print_type_func_t)(struct trace_seq *, void *, void *);
 
+#define FETCH_OP_LIST							\
+	/* Stage 1 (load) ops */					\
+	FETCH_OP(NOP, none)		/* NOP */			\
+	FETCH_OP(REG, param)		/* Register: .param = offset */	\
+	FETCH_OP(STACK, param)		/* Stack: .param = index */	\
+	FETCH_OP(STACKP, none)		/* Stack pointer */		\
+	FETCH_OP(RETVAL, none)		/* Return value */		\
+	FETCH_OP(IMM, imm)		/* Immediate: .immediate */	\
+	FETCH_OP(COMM, none)		/* Current comm */		\
+	FETCH_OP(ARG, param)		/* Argument: .param = index */	\
+	FETCH_OP(FOFFS, imm)		/* File offset: .immediate */	\
+	FETCH_OP(DATA, ptr)		/* Allocated data: .data */	\
+	FETCH_OP(EDATA, offset)		/* Entry data: .offset */	\
+	FETCH_OP(TP_ARG, param)		/* Tracepoint argument: .data */\
+	/* Stage 2 (dereference) ops */					\
+	FETCH_OP(DEREF, offset)		/* Dereference: .offset */	\
+	FETCH_OP(UDEREF, offset)	/* User-space dereference: .offset */\
+	/* Stage 3 (store) ops */					\
+	FETCH_OP(ST_RAW, store)		/* Raw value: .size */		\
+	FETCH_OP(ST_MEM, store)		/* Memory: .offset, .size */	\
+	FETCH_OP(ST_UMEM, store)	/* User memory: .offset, .size */\
+	FETCH_OP(ST_STRING, store)	/* String: .offset, .size */	\
+	FETCH_OP(ST_USTRING, store)	/* User string: .offset, .size */\
+	FETCH_OP(ST_SYMSTR, store)	/* Symbol name: .offset, .size */\
+	FETCH_OP(ST_EDATA, offset)	/* Entry data: .offset */	\
+	/* Stage 4 (modify) op */					\
+	FETCH_OP(MOD_BF, bf)		/* Bitfield: .basesize, .lshift, .rshift*/\
+	/* Stage 5 (loop) op */						\
+	FETCH_OP(LP_ARRAY, param)	/* Loop array: .param = count */\
+	/* End */							\
+	FETCH_OP(END, none)						\
+	/* Unresolved Symbol holder */					\
+	FETCH_OP(NOP_SYMBOL, symbol)	/* Non loaded symbol: .data = symbol name */
+
+#define FETCH_OP(opname, decode_fn) FETCH_OP_##opname,
 enum fetch_op {
-	FETCH_OP_NOP = 0,
-	// Stage 1 (load) ops
-	FETCH_OP_REG,		/* Register : .param = offset */
-	FETCH_OP_STACK,		/* Stack : .param = index */
-	FETCH_OP_STACKP,	/* Stack pointer */
-	FETCH_OP_RETVAL,	/* Return value */
-	FETCH_OP_IMM,		/* Immediate : .immediate */
-	FETCH_OP_COMM,		/* Current comm */
-	FETCH_OP_ARG,		/* Function argument : .param */
-	FETCH_OP_FOFFS,		/* File offset: .immediate */
-	FETCH_OP_DATA,		/* Allocated data: .data */
-	FETCH_OP_EDATA,		/* Entry data: .offset */
-	// Stage 2 (dereference) op
-	FETCH_OP_DEREF,		/* Dereference: .offset */
-	FETCH_OP_UDEREF,	/* User-space Dereference: .offset */
-	// Stage 3 (store) ops
-	FETCH_OP_ST_RAW,	/* Raw: .size */
-	FETCH_OP_ST_MEM,	/* Mem: .offset, .size */
-	FETCH_OP_ST_UMEM,	/* Mem: .offset, .size */
-	FETCH_OP_ST_STRING,	/* String: .offset, .size */
-	FETCH_OP_ST_USTRING,	/* User String: .offset, .size */
-	FETCH_OP_ST_SYMSTR,	/* Kernel Symbol String: .offset, .size */
-	FETCH_OP_ST_EDATA,	/* Store Entry Data: .offset */
-	// Stage 4 (modify) op
-	FETCH_OP_MOD_BF,	/* Bitfield: .basesize, .lshift, .rshift */
-	// Stage 5 (loop) op
-	FETCH_OP_LP_ARRAY,	/* Array: .param = loop count */
-	FETCH_OP_TP_ARG,	/* Trace Point argument */
-	FETCH_OP_END,
-	FETCH_NOP_SYMBOL,	/* Unresolved Symbol holder */
+	FETCH_OP_LIST
 };
+#undef FETCH_OP
+
+#define FETCH_NOP_SYMBOL FETCH_OP_NOP_SYMBOL
 
 struct fetch_insn {
 	enum fetch_op op;
@@ -370,6 +379,14 @@ bool trace_probe_match_command_args(struct trace_probe *tp,
 int trace_probe_create(const char *raw_command, int (*createfn)(int, const char **));
 int trace_probe_print_args(struct trace_seq *s, struct probe_arg *args, int nr_args,
 		 u8 *data, void *field);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS_DUMP_FETCHARG
+void trace_probe_dump_args(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_probe *tp);
+#else
+static inline void trace_probe_dump_args(struct seq_file *m, struct trace_probe *tp)
+{
+	return;
+}
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
 int traceprobe_get_entry_data_size(struct trace_probe *tp);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index c274346853d1..b2e264a4b96c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -765,6 +765,9 @@ static int trace_uprobe_show(struct seq_file *m, struct dyn_event *ev)
 		seq_printf(m, " %s=%s", tu->tp.args[i].name, tu->tp.args[i].comm);
 
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
+
+	trace_probe_dump_args(m, &tu->tp);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-20 15:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-20 15:17 [PATCH v6 0/8] tracing/probes: Add more typecast features Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:17 ` Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [this message]
2026-06-20 15:17 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] tracing/probes: Support typecast for various probe events Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:17 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] tracing/probes: Support nested typecast Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:17 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] tracing/probes: Type casting always involves nested calls Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:17 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] tracing/probes: Support field specifier option for typecast Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:18 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] tracing/probes: Add $current variable support Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:18 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] tracing/probes: Add this_cpu_read() and this_cpu_ptr() dereference method to fetcharg Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:18 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] tracing/probes: Add a new testcase for BTF typecasts Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

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