From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: mhiramat@kernel.org,rostedt@goodmis.org,sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tracing/probes: Fix anon_stack check for unnamed bitfields in" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:45:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026090811-undergo-kabob-4eb4@gregkh> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x f36d94a20ca185bcadef3a10b980cd2cfd72d53a
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090811-undergo-kabob-4eb4@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' 'HEAD^..'
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From f36d94a20ca185bcadef3a10b980cd2cfd72d53a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 23:21:37 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] tracing/probes: Fix anon_stack check for unnamed bitfields in
btf_find_struct_member
btf_find_struct_member() traverses into nested anonymous structures
and unions by pushing members with !member->name_off onto anon_stack.
However, it does not consider the unnamed bitfields (e.g. `int : 5`
or `unsigned int : 0`) which also have member->name_off == 0.
If such an unnamed bitfield is pushed to anon_stack, the
btf_find_struct_member() return an error even if there are other
valid entries in anon_stack.
To fix this, only push unnamed struct/union members to anon_stack.
Also move the btf_type_is_struct() check to the entry of this function
because now it is sure only struct/union are pushed to anon_stack.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/178827249775.123716.7813217688423513612.stgit@devnote2/
Fixes: 302db0f5b3d8 ("tracing/probes: Add a function to search a member of a struct/union")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260830143859.D56991F00A3D@smtp.kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_btf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_btf.c
index 00172f301f25..d3ba356d5503 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_btf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_btf.c
@@ -74,24 +74,24 @@ const struct btf_member *btf_find_struct_member(struct btf *btf,
{
struct btf_anon_stack *anon_stack;
const struct btf_member *member;
+ const struct btf_type *mtype;
u32 tid, cur_offset = 0;
const char *name;
int i, top = 0;
+ if (!btf_type_is_struct(type))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
anon_stack = kzalloc_objs(*anon_stack, BTF_ANON_STACK_MAX);
if (!anon_stack)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
retry:
- if (!btf_type_is_struct(type)) {
- member = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- goto out;
- }
-
for_each_member(i, type, member) {
if (!member->name_off) {
/* Anonymous union/struct: push it for later use */
- if (btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, member->type, &tid) &&
+ mtype = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, member->type, &tid);
+ if (mtype && btf_type_is_struct(mtype) &&
top < BTF_ANON_STACK_MAX) {
anon_stack[top].tid = tid;
anon_stack[top++].offset =
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2026-09-10 11:40 ` [PATCH 6.12.y] tracing/probes: Fix anon_stack check for unnamed bitfields in btf_find_struct_member Sasha Levin
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