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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: [PATCH v6 4/8] tracing/probes: Type casting always involves nested calls
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:17:41 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <178196866091.560995.825215766156265728.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <178196862271.560995.5255615288323003663.stgit@devnote2>

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

This allows type casting to various fetchargs without parentheses
by recursively calling parse_probe_arg on the target when type
casting is used.

For example, this allows the following expressions:
 - (STRUCT)%REG->FIELD
 - (STRUCT)$stackN->FIELD
 - (STRUCT)@SYM->FIELD

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
 Changes in v6:
  - Newly added.
---
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.c |  101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.h |    1 
 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index cebfba580922..b413bbe8c3af 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -691,19 +691,6 @@ static int parse_btf_arg(char *varname,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	if (ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_TEVENT) {
-		ret = parse_trace_event(varname, code, ctx);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, BAD_ATTACH_ARG);
-			return ret;
-		}
-		/* TEVENT is only here via a typecast */
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->struct_btf == NULL))
-			return -EINVAL;
-		type = ctx->last_struct;
-		goto found_type;
-	}
-
 	if (ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_RETURN && !strcmp(varname, "$retval")) {
 		code->op = FETCH_OP_RETVAL;
 		/* Check whether the function return type is not void, even with typecast. */
@@ -867,7 +854,7 @@ static int handle_typecast(char *arg, struct fetch_insn **pcode,
 			   struct traceprobe_parse_context *ctx)
 {
 	int orig_offset = ctx->offset;
-	bool nested = false;
+	char *close;
 	char *tmp;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -878,6 +865,17 @@ static int handle_typecast(char *arg, struct fetch_insn **pcode,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Always consider the token after typecast as a nested call
+	 * For example: (STRUCT)VAR->FIELD and (STRUCT)(VAR)->FIELD are same.
+	 * VAR is solved in the nested call.
+	 */
+	ctx->nested_level++;
+	if (ctx->nested_level > TRACEPROBE_MAX_NESTED_LEVEL) {
+		trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, TOO_MANY_NESTED);
+		return -E2BIG;
+	}
+
 	tmp = strchr(arg, ')');
 	if (!tmp) {
 		trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset + strlen(arg),
@@ -886,11 +884,10 @@ static int handle_typecast(char *arg, struct fetch_insn **pcode,
 	}
 	*tmp++ = '\0';
 
-	/* Handle the nested structure like (STRUCT)(VAR->FIELD)->... */
+	ctx->offset += tmp - arg;
 	if (*tmp == '(') {
-		char *close = find_matched_close_paren(tmp);
+		close = find_matched_close_paren(tmp);
 
-		ctx->offset += tmp - arg;
 		if (!close) {
 			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, DEREF_OPEN_BRACE);
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -901,27 +898,57 @@ static int handle_typecast(char *arg, struct fetch_insn **pcode,
 					    TYPECAST_REQ_FIELD);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-
-		ctx->nested_level++;
-		if (ctx->nested_level > TRACEPROBE_MAX_NESTED_LEVEL) {
-			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, TOO_MANY_NESTED);
-			return -E2BIG;
+		/* Skip '(' */
+		ctx->offset += 1;
+		tmp++;
+	} else if (*tmp == '+' || *tmp == '-') {
+		/* Dereference can have another field access inside it. */
+		char *open = strchr(tmp + 1, '(');
+
+		if (!open) {
+			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset,
+					    DEREF_NEED_BRACE);
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		*close = '\0';
+		close = find_matched_close_paren(open);
+		if (!close) {
+			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset + strlen(tmp),
+					    DEREF_OPEN_BRACE);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		close++;
+		/* We expect a field access for typecast */
+		if (close[0] != '-' || close[1] != '>') {
+			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset + close - tmp + 1,
+					    TYPECAST_REQ_FIELD);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* Inner variable name */
+		close = strchr(tmp, '-');
+		if (!close || close[1] != '>') {
+			trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset + strlen(tmp),
+					    TYPECAST_REQ_FIELD);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+	*close = '\0';
 
-		ctx->offset += 1;	/* for the '(' */
-		/* We need to parse the nested one */
-		ret = parse_probe_arg(tmp + 1, find_fetch_type(NULL, ctx->flags),
-				pcode, end, ctx);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
-		ctx->nested_level--;
-		clear_struct_btf(ctx);
+	/* We need to parse the nested one */
+	ret = parse_probe_arg(tmp, find_fetch_type(NULL, ctx->flags),
+			      pcode, end, ctx);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	ctx->nested_level--;
+	clear_struct_btf(ctx);
 
-		tmp = close + 3;/* Skip "->" after closing parenthesis */
-		nested = true;
-	}
+	/* Let tmp point the field name. */
+	if (close[1] == '-')
+		tmp = close + 3; /* Skip "->" after closing parenthesis */
+	else
+		tmp = close + 2; /* Skip ">" after inner variable name */
 
+	/* resolve the typecast struct name */
 	ret = query_btf_struct(arg + 1, ctx);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		trace_probe_log_err(orig_offset + 1, NO_PTR_STRCT);
@@ -929,11 +956,7 @@ static int handle_typecast(char *arg, struct fetch_insn **pcode,
 	}
 
 	ctx->offset = orig_offset + tmp - arg;
-	/* If it is nested, tmp points to the field name. */
-	if (nested)
-		ret = parse_btf_field(tmp, ctx->last_struct, pcode, end, ctx);
-	else
-		ret = parse_btf_arg(tmp, pcode, end, ctx);
+	ret = parse_btf_field(tmp, ctx->last_struct, pcode, end, ctx);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index 1515b3dda5be..e66e0fcb91a3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ struct traceprobe_parse_context {
 	int nested_level;
 };
 
+/* Each typecast consumes nested level. So the max number of typecast is 3. */
 #define TRACEPROBE_MAX_NESTED_LEVEL 3
 
 extern int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg(struct trace_probe *tp, int i,


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-20 15:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-20 15:17 [PATCH v6 0/8] tracing/probes: Add more typecast features Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:17 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] tracing/probes: Support dumping fetcharg program for debugging dynamic events Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:17 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] tracing/probes: Support typecast for various probe events Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:17 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] tracing/probes: Support nested typecast Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:17 ` Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [this message]
2026-06-20 15:17 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] tracing/probes: Support field specifier option for typecast Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:18 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] tracing/probes: Add $current variable support Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:18 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] tracing/probes: Add this_cpu_read() and this_cpu_ptr() dereference method to fetcharg Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-20 15:18 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] tracing/probes: Add a new testcase for BTF typecasts Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

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