From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Takaya Saeki <takayas@google.com>,
Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Douglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 06/13] tracing: Display some syscall arrays as strings
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:52:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251021005233.251192796@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20251021005155.705735078@kernel.org
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Some of the system calls that read a fixed length of memory from the user
space address are not arrays but strings. Take a bit away from the nb_args
field in the syscall meta data to use as a flag to denote that the system
call's user_arg_size is being used as a string. The nb_args should never
be more than 6, so 7 bits is plenty to hold that number. When the
user_arg_is_str flag that, when set, will display the data array from the
user space address as a string and not an array.
This will allow the output to look like this:
sys_sethostname(name: 0x5584310eb2a0 "debian", len: 6)
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
include/trace/syscall.h | 4 +++-
kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/trace/syscall.h b/include/trace/syscall.h
index 9413c139da66..0dd7f2b33431 100644
--- a/include/trace/syscall.h
+++ b/include/trace/syscall.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
* @name: name of the syscall
* @syscall_nr: number of the syscall
* @nb_args: number of parameters it takes
+ * @user_arg_is_str: set if the arg for @user_arg_size is a string
* @user_arg_size: holds @arg that has size of the user space to read
* @user_mask: mask of @args that will read user space
* @types: list of types as strings
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@
struct syscall_metadata {
const char *name;
int syscall_nr;
- u8 nb_args;
+ u8 nb_args:7;
+ u8 user_arg_is_str:1;
s8 user_arg_size;
short user_mask;
const char **types;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 6b9eb5a8e156..5a318c1592b9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ print_syscall_enter(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
ptr = (void *)ent + (val & 0xffff);
len = val >> 16;
- if (entry->user_arg_size < 0) {
+ if (entry->user_arg_size < 0 || entry->user_arg_is_str) {
trace_seq_printf(s, " \"%.*s\"", len, ptr);
continue;
}
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ print_syscall_exit(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
static int __init
__set_enter_print_fmt(struct syscall_metadata *entry, char *buf, int len)
{
+ bool is_string = entry->user_arg_is_str;
int i;
int pos = 0;
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ __set_enter_print_fmt(struct syscall_metadata *entry, char *buf, int len)
continue;
/* Add the format for the user space string or array */
- if (entry->user_arg_size < 0)
+ if (entry->user_arg_size < 0 || is_string)
pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO, " \\\"%%s\\\"");
else
pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO, " (%%s)");
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ __set_enter_print_fmt(struct syscall_metadata *entry, char *buf, int len)
if (!(BIT(i) & entry->user_mask))
continue;
/* The user space data for arg has name __<arg>_val */
- if (entry->user_arg_size < 0) {
+ if (entry->user_arg_size < 0 || is_string) {
pos += snprintf(buf + pos, LEN_OR_ZERO, ", __get_str(__%s_val)",
entry->args[i]);
} else {
@@ -781,6 +782,21 @@ static void check_faultable_syscall(struct trace_event_call *call, int nr)
sys_data->user_mask = BIT(1);
sys_data->user_arg_size = 2;
break;
+ /* user arg 0 with size arg at 1 as string */
+ case __NR_setdomainname:
+ case __NR_sethostname:
+ sys_data->user_mask = BIT(0);
+ sys_data->user_arg_size = 1;
+ sys_data->user_arg_is_str = 1;
+ break;
+#if defined(__ARCH_WANT_TIME32_SYSCALLS) || __BITS_PER_LONG != 32
+ /* user arg 4 with size arg at 3 as string */
+ case __NR_kexec_file_load:
+ sys_data->user_mask = BIT(4);
+ sys_data->user_arg_size = 3;
+ sys_data->user_arg_is_str = 1;
+ break;
+#endif
/* user arg at position 0 */
case __NR_access:
case __NR_acct:
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-21 0:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-21 0:51 [PATCH v4 00/13] tracing: Show contents of syscall trace event user space fields Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:51 ` [PATCH v4 01/13] tracing: Make trace_user_fault_read() exposed to rest of tracing Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:51 ` [PATCH v4 02/13] tracing: Have syscall trace events read user space string Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:51 ` [PATCH v4 03/13] perf: tracing: Simplify perf_sysenter_enable/disable() with guards Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:51 ` [PATCH v4 04/13] perf: tracing: Have perf system calls read user space Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:52 ` [PATCH v4 05/13] tracing: Have system call events record user array data Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:52 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2025-10-21 0:52 ` [PATCH v4 07/13] tracing: Allow syscall trace events to read more than one user parameter Steven Rostedt
2025-10-24 4:36 ` kernel test robot
2025-10-24 20:16 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2025-10-21 0:52 ` [PATCH v4 08/13] tracing: Add a config and syscall_user_buf_size file to limit amount written Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:52 ` [PATCH v4 09/13] tracing: Show printable characters in syscall arrays Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:52 ` [PATCH v4 10/13] tracing: Add trace_seq_pop() and seq_buf_pop() Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:52 ` [PATCH v4 11/13] tracing: Add parsing of flags to the sys_enter_openat trace event Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:52 ` [PATCH v4 12/13] tracing: Check for printable characters when printing field dyn strings Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 0:52 ` [PATCH v4 13/13] tracing: Have persistent ring buffer print syscalls normally Steven Rostedt
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