From: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>,
kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] selftests/ftrace: refactor eprobes test to fix argument checks
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 21:46:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260804194705.760893-1-martin@kaiser.cx> (raw)
The add/remove eprobe test installs an eprobe for the openat syscall and
runs ls. It checks the filenames that were opened by ls against a
whitelist and a blacklist.
Commit 206b25c09080 ("tracing: eprobe: read the complete FILTER_PTR_STRING
pointer") fixed access to some string fields in eprobes. This triggers
test failures as the blacklist does not allow relative paths for the
openat parameters.
What makes this test unstable is the fact that the openat calls vary a
lot between different systems.
Refactor the test to make it more robust. "cd <directory>" will issue a
chdir syscall with the target directory as parameter. Set an eprobe on
the sys_enter_chdir event and filter for the exact directory name. Allow
(fault) as fallback.
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202607151010.b68428e1-lkp@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
---
.../ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_eprobe.tc | 16 +++++-----------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_eprobe.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_eprobe.tc
index c300eb020262..e2322693d0c3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_eprobe.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_eprobe.tc
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
#!/bin/sh
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
# description: Generic dynamic event - add/remove eprobe events
-# requires: dynamic_events events/syscalls/sys_enter_openat "<attached-group>.<attached-event> [<args>]":README
+# requires: dynamic_events events/syscalls/sys_enter_chdir "<attached-group>.<attached-event> [<args>]":README
echo 0 > events/enable
clear_dynamic_events
SYSTEM="syscalls"
-EVENT="sys_enter_openat"
+EVENT="sys_enter_chdir"
FIELD="filename"
-EPROBE="eprobe_open"
+EPROBE="eprobe_chdir"
OPTIONS="file=+0(\$filename):ustring"
echo "e:$EPROBE $SYSTEM/$EVENT $OPTIONS" >> dynamic_events
@@ -18,20 +18,14 @@ grep -q "$EPROBE" dynamic_events
test -d events/eprobes/$EPROBE
echo 1 > events/eprobes/$EPROBE/enable
-ls
+cd /sys/kernel/tracing
echo 0 > events/eprobes/$EPROBE/enable
-content=`grep '^ *ls-' trace | grep 'file='`
-nocontent=`grep '^ *ls-' trace | grep 'file=' | grep -v -e '"/' -e '"."' -e '(fault)' ` || true
-
+content=`grep -e 'file="/sys/kernel/tracing"\|(fault)' trace`
if [ -z "$content" ]; then
exit_fail
fi
-if [ ! -z "$nocontent" ]; then
- exit_fail
-fi
-
echo "-:$EPROBE" >> dynamic_events
! grep -q "$EPROBE" dynamic_events
--
2.43.7
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 20:12 UTC|newest]
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2026-08-04 19:46 Martin Kaiser [this message]
2026-08-04 23:14 ` [PATCH] selftests/ftrace: refactor eprobes test to fix argument checks Masami Hiramatsu
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