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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 v8 01/10] tracing/probes: Make the $ prefix mandatory for comm access
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:41:37 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <178231209724.732967.12049805699091810641.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <178231208703.732967.1160700962651040729.stgit@devnote2>

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

Since $comm or $COMM are not event field but special fetcharg
variables to access current->comm, It should not be accessed
without '$' prefix even with typecast.

Fixes: 69efd863a785 ("tracing/eprobes: Allow use of BTF names to dereference pointers")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
 Changes in v8:
  - Newly added.
---
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.c |   12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index c10bbb0df7b9..0da7c0b53ba7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -342,10 +342,6 @@ static int parse_trace_event(char *arg, struct fetch_insn *code,
 	ret = parse_trace_event_arg(arg, code, ctx);
 	if (!ret)
 		return 0;
-	if (strcmp(arg, "comm") == 0 || strcmp(arg, "COMM") == 0) {
-		code->op = FETCH_OP_COMM;
-		return 0;
-	}
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
@@ -1065,8 +1061,14 @@ static int parse_probe_vars(char *orig_arg, const struct fetch_type *t,
 	int len;
 
 	if (ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_TEVENT) {
-		if (parse_trace_event(arg, code, ctx) < 0)
+		if (parse_trace_event(arg, code, ctx) < 0) {
+			/* 'comm' should be checked after field parsing. */
+			if (strcmp(arg, "comm") == 0 || strcmp(arg, "COMM") == 0) {
+				code->op = FETCH_OP_COMM;
+				return 0;
+			}
 			goto inval;
+		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-24 14:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-24 14:41 [PATCH v8 00/10] tracing/probes: Add more typecast features Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-24 14:41 ` Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [this message]
2026-06-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v8 02/10] tracing/probes: Allow eprobe to use variable without $ prefix Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v8 03/10] tracing/probes: Support dumping fetcharg program for debugging dynamic events Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-24 14:42 ` [PATCH v8 04/10] tracing/probes: Support typecast for various probe events Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-24 14:42 ` [PATCH v8 05/10] tracing/probes: Support nested typecast Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-24 14:42 ` [PATCH v8 06/10] tracing/probes: Type casting always involves nested calls Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-24 14:42 ` [PATCH v8 07/10] tracing/probes: Support field specifier option for typecast Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-24 14:42 ` [PATCH v8 08/10] tracing/probes: Add $current variable support Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-24 14:42 ` [PATCH v8 09/10] tracing/probes: Add this_cpu_read() and this_cpu_ptr() dereference method to fetcharg Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-06-24 14:43 ` [PATCH v8 10/10] tracing/probes: Add a new testcase for BTF typecasts Masami Hiramatsu (Google)

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