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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: [RFC PATCH 3/7] tracing/probes: Support field specifier option for typecast
Date: Mon,  8 Jun 2026 23:24:46 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <178092868655.163648.6822850065797972881.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <178092865666.163648.10457567771536160909.stgit@devnote2>

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

Add a field specifier option for the typecast. This works like
container_of() macro.

    (STRUCT[,FIELD[.FIELD2...]])VAR

This is equivalent to :

    container_of(VAR, struct STRUCT, FIELD[.FIELD2...])

For example:

 echo "f tick_nohz_handler next_tick=(tick_sched,sched_timer)timer->next_tick" >> dynamic_events

This will trace tick_nohz_handler() with its tick_sched::next_tick which
is converted from @timer by contianer_of(tick, struct tick_sched, sched_timer).
So, if you enabkle both fprobes:tick_nohz_handler__entry and
timer:hrtimer_expire_entry events, we will see something like:


          <idle>-0       [002] d.h1.  3778.087272: hrtimer_expire_entry: hrtimer=00000000d63db328 f
unction=tick_nohz_handler now=3777450051040
          <idle>-0       [002] d.h1.  3778.087281: tick_nohz_handler__entry: (tick_nohz_handler+0x4
/0x140) next_tick=3777450000000


Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/trace/eprobetrace.rst |    5 +
 Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst |    8 +-
 Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst |    8 +-
 kernel/trace/trace.c                |    4 -
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.c          |  169 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.h          |    4 +
 6 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/eprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/eprobetrace.rst
index cd0b4aa7f896..680e0af43d5d 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/eprobetrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/eprobetrace.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ Synopsis of eprobe_events
   (STRUCT)FIELD->MEMBER[->MEMBER] : If BTF is supported, typecast FIELD to
                   a pointer to STRUCT and then derference the pointer defined by
                   ->MEMBER. Note that when this is used, the FIELD name does not
-                  need to be prefixed with a '$'.
+                  need to be prefixed with a '$'. ASGN can be specified optionally.
+		  If ASGN is specified, FIELD will be cast to the same offset
+		  position as the ASGN member, rather than to the beginning of
+		  the STRUCT.
   (STRUCT)(FETCHARG)->MEMBER[->MEMBER] : typecast can nest, so the above can
 		  also be used with another FETCHARG instead of FIELD.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst
index 6b8bb27bb62d..290a9e6f7491 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/fprobetrace.rst
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ Synopsis of fprobe-events
                   (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types
                   (x8/x16/x32/x64), "char", "string", "ustring", "symbol", "symstr"
                   and bitfield are supported.
-  (STRUCT)FIELD->MEMBER[->MEMBER] : If BTF is supported, typecast FIELD to
+  (STRUCT[,ASGN])FIELD->MEMBER[->MEMBER] : If BTF is supported, typecast FIELD to
                   a pointer to STRUCT and then derference the pointer defined by
-                  ->MEMBER.
-  (STRUCT)(FETCHARG)->MEMBER[->MEMBER] : typecast can nest, so the above can
+                  ->MEMBER. ASGN can be specified optionally. If ASGN is specified,
+		  FIELD will be cast to the same offset position as the ASGN member,
+		  rather than to the beginning of the STRUCT.
+  (STRUCT[,ASGN])(FETCHARG)->MEMBER[->MEMBER] : typecast can nest, so the above can
                  also be used with another FETCHARG instead of FIELD.
 
   (\*1) This is available only when BTF is enabled.
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
index c4382765d5b2..a62707e6a9f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
@@ -61,11 +61,13 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
 		  (x8/x16/x32/x64), VFS layer common type(%pd/%pD), "char",
                   "string", "ustring", "symbol", "symstr" and bitfield are
                   supported.
-  (STRUCT)FIELD->MEMBER[->MEMBER] : If BTF is supported, typecast FIELD to
+  (STRUCT[,ASGN])FIELD->MEMBER[->MEMBER] : If BTF is supported, typecast FIELD to
                   a pointer to STRUCT and then derference the pointer defined by
                   ->MEMBER. Note that this is available only when the probe is
-		   on function entry.
-  (STRUCT)(FETCHARG)->MEMBER[->MEMBER] : typecast can nest, so the above can
+		   on function entry. ASGN can be specified optionally. If ASGN
+		   is specified, FIELD will be cast to the same offset position
+		   as the ASGN member, rather than to the beginning of the STRUCT.
+  (STRUCT[,ASGN])(FETCHARG)->MEMBER[->MEMBER] : typecast can nest, so the above can
                  also be used with another FETCHARG instead of FIELD.
 
   (\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0). Note, this argument access
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 4f70318918c2..0e36af853199 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4325,8 +4325,8 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API
 	"\t           $stack<index>, $stack, $retval, $comm, $arg<N>,\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS
-	"\t           [(structname)]<argname>[->field[->field|.field...]],\n"
-	"\t           [(structname)](fetcharg)->field[->field|.field...],\n"
+	"\t           [(structname[,field])]<argname>[->field[->field|.field...]],\n"
+	"\t           [(structname[,field])](fetcharg)->field[->field|.field...],\n"
 #endif
 #else
 	"\t           $stack<index>, $stack, $retval, $comm,\n"
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index ddd9b1b63a17..ff0b619e9a90 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -574,6 +574,65 @@ static int split_next_field(char *varname, char **next_field,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* Inner loop for solving dot operator ('.'). Return bit-offset of the given field */
+static int get_bitoffset_of_field(char **pfieldname, const struct btf_type **ptype,
+				  struct traceprobe_parse_context *ctx)
+{
+	const struct btf_type *type = *ptype;
+	const struct btf_member *field;
+	struct btf *btf = ctx_btf(ctx);
+	char *fieldname = *pfieldname;
+	int bitoffs = 0;
+	u32 anon_offs;
+	char *next;
+	int is_ptr;
+	s32 tid;
+
+	do {
+		next = NULL;
+		is_ptr = split_next_field(fieldname, &next, ctx);
+		if (is_ptr < 0)
+			return is_ptr;
+
+		anon_offs = 0;
+		field = btf_find_struct_member(btf, type, fieldname,
+						&anon_offs);
+		if (IS_ERR(field)) {
+			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BTF_TID);
+			return PTR_ERR(field);
+		}
+		if (!field) {
+			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, NO_BTF_FIELD);
+			return -ENOENT;
+		}
+		/* Add anonymous structure/union offset */
+		bitoffs += anon_offs;
+
+		/* Accumulate the bit-offsets of the dot-connected fields */
+		if (btf_type_kflag(type)) {
+			bitoffs += BTF_MEMBER_BIT_OFFSET(field->offset);
+			ctx->last_bitsize = BTF_MEMBER_BITFIELD_SIZE(field->offset);
+		} else {
+			bitoffs += field->offset;
+			ctx->last_bitsize = 0;
+		}
+
+		type = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, field->type, &tid);
+		if (!type) {
+			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BTF_TID);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		if (next)
+			ctx->offset += next - fieldname;
+		fieldname = next;
+	} while (!is_ptr && fieldname);
+
+	*pfieldname = fieldname;
+	*ptype = type;
+
+	return bitoffs;
+}
 /*
  * Parse the field of data structure. The @type must be a pointer type
  * pointing the target data structure type.
@@ -583,16 +642,14 @@ static int parse_btf_field(char *fieldname, const struct btf_type *type,
 			   struct traceprobe_parse_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct fetch_insn *code = *pcode;
-	const struct btf_member *field;
-	u32 bitoffs, anon_offs;
-	bool is_struct = ctx->struct_btf != NULL;
 	struct btf *btf = ctx_btf(ctx);
-	char *next;
-	int is_ptr;
+	bool is_first_field = true;
+	int bitoffs;
 	s32 tid;
 
 	do {
-		if (!is_struct) {
+		/* For the first field of typecast, @type will be the target structure type. */
+		if (!(is_first_field && ctx->struct_btf)) {
 			/* Outer loop for solving arrow operator ('->') */
 			if (BTF_INFO_KIND(type->info) != BTF_KIND_PTR) {
 				trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, NO_PTR_STRCT);
@@ -606,60 +663,25 @@ static int parse_btf_field(char *fieldname, const struct btf_type *type,
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 		}
-		/* Only the first type can skip being a pointer */
-		is_struct = false;
-
-		bitoffs = 0;
-		do {
-			/* Inner loop for solving dot operator ('.') */
-			next = NULL;
-			is_ptr = split_next_field(fieldname, &next, ctx);
-			if (is_ptr < 0)
-				return is_ptr;
-
-			anon_offs = 0;
-			field = btf_find_struct_member(btf, type, fieldname,
-						       &anon_offs);
-			if (IS_ERR(field)) {
-				trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BTF_TID);
-				return PTR_ERR(field);
-			}
-			if (!field) {
-				trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, NO_BTF_FIELD);
-				return -ENOENT;
-			}
-			/* Add anonymous structure/union offset */
-			bitoffs += anon_offs;
-
-			/* Accumulate the bit-offsets of the dot-connected fields */
-			if (btf_type_kflag(type)) {
-				bitoffs += BTF_MEMBER_BIT_OFFSET(field->offset);
-				ctx->last_bitsize = BTF_MEMBER_BITFIELD_SIZE(field->offset);
-			} else {
-				bitoffs += field->offset;
-				ctx->last_bitsize = 0;
-			}
-
-			type = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, field->type, &tid);
-			if (!type) {
-				trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BTF_TID);
-				return -EINVAL;
-			}
-
-			ctx->offset += next - fieldname;
-			fieldname = next;
-		} while (!is_ptr && fieldname);
 
+		bitoffs = get_bitoffset_of_field(&fieldname, &type, ctx);
+		if (bitoffs < 0)
+			return bitoffs;
 		if (++code == end) {
 			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, TOO_MANY_OPS);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		code->op = FETCH_OP_DEREF;	/* TODO: user deref support */
+		if (is_first_field && ctx->struct_btf) {
+			/* The first field can be typecasted with field option. */
+			bitoffs -= ctx->prefix_bitoffs;
+		}
 		code->offset = bitoffs / 8;
 		*pcode = code;
 
 		ctx->last_bitoffs = bitoffs % 8;
 		ctx->last_type = type;
+		is_first_field = false;
 	} while (fieldname);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -700,8 +722,7 @@ static int parse_btf_arg(char *varname,
 		/* TEVENT is only here via a typecast */
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->struct_btf == NULL))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		type = ctx->last_struct;
-		goto found_type;
+		goto found;
 	}
 
 	if (ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_RETURN && !strcmp(varname, "$retval")) {
@@ -763,7 +784,6 @@ static int parse_btf_arg(char *varname,
 		type = ctx->last_struct;
 	else
 		type = btf_type_skip_modifiers(ctx->btf, tid, &tid);
-found_type:
 	if (!type) {
 		trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_BTF_TID);
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -832,6 +852,41 @@ static int query_btf_struct(const char *sname, struct traceprobe_parse_context *
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int parse_btf_casttype(char *casttype, struct traceprobe_parse_context *ctx)
+{
+	char *field;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Field option - evaluated later. */
+	field = strchr(casttype, ',');
+	if (field)
+		*field++ = '\0';
+
+	ret = query_btf_struct(casttype, ctx);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, NO_PTR_STRCT);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (field) {
+		struct btf_type *type = (struct btf_type *)ctx->last_struct;
+
+		ctx->offset += field - casttype;
+		ret = get_bitoffset_of_field(&field, &ctx->last_struct, ctx);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+		if (ret % 8) {
+			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, TYPECAST_NOT_ALIGNED);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		ctx->prefix_bitoffs = ret;
+		/* Restore the original struct type (overwritten by get_bitoffset_of_field) */
+		ctx->last_struct = type;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* Find the matching closing parenthesis for a given opening parenthesis. */
 static char *find_matched_close_paren(char *s)
 {
@@ -913,11 +968,10 @@ static int handle_typecast(char *arg, struct fetch_insn **pcode,
 		nested = true;
 	}
 
-	ret = query_btf_struct(arg + 1, ctx);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset + 1, NO_PTR_STRCT);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	ctx->offset = orig_offset + 1;	/* for the '(' */
+	ret = parse_btf_casttype(arg + 1, ctx);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	ctx->offset = orig_offset + tmp - arg;
 	/* If it is nested, tmp points to the field name. */
@@ -925,6 +979,7 @@ static int handle_typecast(char *arg, struct fetch_insn **pcode,
 		ret = parse_btf_field(tmp, ctx->last_struct, pcode, end, ctx);
 	else
 		ret = parse_btf_arg(tmp, pcode, end, ctx);
+	ctx->prefix_bitoffs = 0;
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index 8dcc65e4e1db..b1a54da3c761 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ struct traceprobe_parse_context {
 	unsigned int flags;
 	int offset;
 	int nested_level;
+	int prefix_bitoffs;	/* The bit offset of the prefix field of typecast */
 };
 
 #define TRACEPROBE_MAX_NESTED_LEVEL 3
@@ -571,7 +572,8 @@ extern int traceprobe_define_arg_fields(struct trace_event_call *event_call,
 	C(EVENT_TOO_BIG,	"Event too big (too many fields?)"),  \
 	C(TYPECAST_NOT_EVENT,	"Typecasts are only for eprobe fields"), \
 	C(TYPECAST_REQ_FIELD,	"Typecast requires a field access"),	\
-	C(TOO_MANY_NESTED,	"Too many nested typecasts/dereferences"),
+	C(TOO_MANY_NESTED,	"Too many nested typecasts/dereferences"), \
+	C(TYPECAST_NOT_ALIGNED,	"Typecast field option is not byte-aligned"),
 
 #undef C
 #define C(a, b)		TP_ERR_##a


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-08 14:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-08 14:24 [RFC PATCH 0/7] tracing/probes: Add more typecast features Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-08 14:24 ` [RFC PATCH 1/7] tracing/probes: Support typecast for various probe events Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-08 14:24 ` [RFC PATCH 2/7] tracing/probes: Support nested typecast Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-08 14:24 ` Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [this message]
2026-06-08 14:24 ` [RFC PATCH 4/7] tracing/probes: Add $current variable support Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-08 14:25 ` [RFC PATCH 5/7] tracing/probes: Add +CPU() and +PCPU() dereference method to fetcharg Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-08 14:25 ` [RFC PATCH 6/7] tracing/probes: Support reserved this_cpu_ptr() method Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-08 14:25 ` [RFC PATCH 7/7] tracing/probes: Add a new testcase for BTF typecasts Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

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