From: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@redhat.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Tomas Glozar <tglozar@redhat.com>,
Wander Lairson Costa <wander@redhat.com>,
Ivan Pravdin <ipravdin.official@gmail.com>,
Crystal Wood <crwood@redhat.com>,
Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@redhat.com>,
John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>,
Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list:Real-time Linux
Analysis (RTLA) tools),
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list:Real-time Linux Analysis
(RTLA) tools),
bpf@vger.kernel.org (open list:BPF
[MISC]:Keyword:(?:\b|_)bpf(?:\b|_))
Subject: [PATCH v2 10/18] rtla: Replace magic number with MAX_PATH
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 08:49:46 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260106133655.249887-11-wander@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260106133655.249887-1-wander@redhat.com>
The trace functions use a buffer to manipulate strings that will be
written to tracefs files. These buffers are defined with a magic number
of 1024, which is a common source of vulnerabilities.
Replace the magic number 1024 with the MAX_PATH macro to make the code
safer and more readable. While at it, replace other instances of the
magic number with ARRAY_SIZE() when the buffer is locally defined.
Signed-off-by: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@redhat.com>
---
tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c | 4 ++--
tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.c | 4 ++--
tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
index f2ec2da7b6d3a..68927d799dde5 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ char *osnoise_get_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context)
int osnoise_set_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context, char *cpus)
{
char *orig_cpus = osnoise_get_cpus(context);
- char buffer[1024];
+ char buffer[MAX_PATH];
int retval;
if (!orig_cpus)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int osnoise_set_cpus(struct osnoise_context *context, char *cpus)
if (!context->curr_cpus)
return -1;
- snprintf(buffer, 1024, "%s\n", cpus);
+ snprintf(buffer, ARRAY_SIZE(buffer), "%s\n", cpus);
debug_msg("setting cpus to %s from %s", cpus, context->orig_cpus);
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.c
index ce68e39d25fde..efe2f72686486 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_u.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
static int timerlat_u_main(int cpu, struct timerlat_u_params *params)
{
struct sched_param sp = { .sched_priority = 95 };
- char buffer[1024];
+ char buffer[MAX_PATH];
int timerlat_fd;
cpu_set_t set;
int retval;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static int timerlat_u_main(int cpu, struct timerlat_u_params *params)
/* add should continue with a signal handler */
while (true) {
- retval = read(timerlat_fd, buffer, 1024);
+ retval = read(timerlat_fd, buffer, ARRAY_SIZE(buffer));
if (retval < 0)
break;
}
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
index 45328c5121f79..0a81a2e4667ef 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/trace.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ void trace_event_add_trigger(struct trace_events *event, char *trigger)
static void trace_event_disable_filter(struct trace_instance *instance,
struct trace_events *tevent)
{
- char filter[1024];
+ char filter[MAX_PATH];
int retval;
if (!tevent->filter)
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static void trace_event_disable_filter(struct trace_instance *instance,
debug_msg("Disabling %s:%s filter %s\n", tevent->system,
tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->filter);
- snprintf(filter, 1024, "!%s\n", tevent->filter);
+ snprintf(filter, ARRAY_SIZE(filter), "!%s\n", tevent->filter);
retval = tracefs_event_file_write(instance->inst, tevent->system,
tevent->event, "filter", filter);
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static void trace_event_save_hist(struct trace_instance *instance,
{
int retval, index, out_fd;
mode_t mode = 0644;
- char path[1024];
+ char path[MAX_PATH];
char *hist;
if (!tevent)
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static void trace_event_save_hist(struct trace_instance *instance,
if (retval)
return;
- snprintf(path, 1024, "%s_%s_hist.txt", tevent->system, tevent->event);
+ snprintf(path, ARRAY_SIZE(path), "%s_%s_hist.txt", tevent->system, tevent->event);
printf(" Saving event %s:%s hist to %s\n", tevent->system, tevent->event, path);
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static void trace_event_save_hist(struct trace_instance *instance,
static void trace_event_disable_trigger(struct trace_instance *instance,
struct trace_events *tevent)
{
- char trigger[1024];
+ char trigger[MAX_PATH];
int retval;
if (!tevent->trigger)
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ static void trace_event_disable_trigger(struct trace_instance *instance,
trace_event_save_hist(instance, tevent);
- snprintf(trigger, 1024, "!%s\n", tevent->trigger);
+ snprintf(trigger, ARRAY_SIZE(trigger), "!%s\n", tevent->trigger);
retval = tracefs_event_file_write(instance->inst, tevent->system,
tevent->event, "trigger", trigger);
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ void trace_events_disable(struct trace_instance *instance,
static int trace_event_enable_filter(struct trace_instance *instance,
struct trace_events *tevent)
{
- char filter[1024];
+ char filter[MAX_PATH];
int retval;
if (!tevent->filter)
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static int trace_event_enable_filter(struct trace_instance *instance,
return 1;
}
- snprintf(filter, 1024, "%s\n", tevent->filter);
+ snprintf(filter, ARRAY_SIZE(filter), "%s\n", tevent->filter);
debug_msg("Enabling %s:%s filter %s\n", tevent->system,
tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->filter);
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static int trace_event_enable_filter(struct trace_instance *instance,
static int trace_event_enable_trigger(struct trace_instance *instance,
struct trace_events *tevent)
{
- char trigger[1024];
+ char trigger[MAX_PATH];
int retval;
if (!tevent->trigger)
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ static int trace_event_enable_trigger(struct trace_instance *instance,
return 1;
}
- snprintf(trigger, 1024, "%s\n", tevent->trigger);
+ snprintf(trigger, ARRAY_SIZE(trigger), "%s\n", tevent->trigger);
debug_msg("Enabling %s:%s trigger %s\n", tevent->system,
tevent->event ? : "*", tevent->trigger);
--
2.52.0
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Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-06 11:49 [PATCH v2 00/18] rtla: Code quality and robustness improvements Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 01/18] rtla: Exit on memory allocation failures during initialization Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 02/18] rtla: Use strdup() to simplify code Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 03/18] rtla: Introduce for_each_action() helper Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 04/18] rtla: Replace atoi() with a robust strtoi() Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-12 12:27 ` Costa Shulyupin
2026-01-12 12:39 ` Tomas Glozar
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 05/18] rtla: Simplify argument parsing Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 06/18] rtla: Use strncmp_static() in more places Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 07/18] rtla: Introduce common_restart() helper Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-07 12:03 ` Tomas Glozar
2026-01-07 12:43 ` Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-07 13:47 ` Tomas Glozar
2026-01-07 13:50 ` Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 08/18] rtla: Use standard exit codes for result enum Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 09/18] rtla: Remove redundant memset after calloc Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` Wander Lairson Costa [this message]
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 11/18] rtla: Remove unused headers Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 12/18] rtla: Fix NULL pointer dereference in actions_parse Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 13/18] rtla: Fix buffer size for strncpy in timerlat_aa Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 16:03 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-07 13:20 ` Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 14/18] rtla: Add generated output files to gitignore Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 15/18] rtla: Make stop_tracing variable volatile Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 16:05 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-06 17:47 ` Crystal Wood
2026-01-07 13:24 ` Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-07 16:31 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 16/18] rtla: Ensure null termination after read operations in utils.c Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 17/18] rtla: Fix parse_cpu_set() return value documentation Wander Lairson Costa
2026-01-06 11:49 ` [PATCH v2 18/18] rtla: Simplify code by caching string lengths Wander Lairson Costa
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