Re: [PATCH v6] tracing/eprobes: Allow use of BTF names to dereference pointers

[Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>]

On Thu, 21 May 2026 22:50:33 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org> wrote:

> +	if (ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_TEVENT) {
> +		int ret;
> +
> +		ret = parse_trace_event(varname, code, ctx);
> +		if (ret < 0)
> +			return ret;
> +
> +		if (ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_TYPECAST) {
> +			type = ctx->last_struct;
> +			goto found_type;
> +		}
> +		return 0;

Here is a bit complicated but a buggy case.

parse_btf_arg() is not used for eprobe arguments because those
requires '$' prefix. However, only if it has a typecast, this
parse_btf_arg() is called for eprobes.

Thus, we should report a kernel bug if !ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_TYPECAST
here. Something like this:

		if (WARN_ONCE(!(ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_TYPECAST)))
			return -EINVAL;
		type = ctx->last_struct;
		goto found_type;

Thanks,
-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>