From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
x86@kernel.org
Cc: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v13 00/12] tracing: wprobe: x86: Add wprobe for watchpoint
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:22:19 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178739053919.1520941.17662338993878200834.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
Hi,
Here is the 13th version of the series for adding new wprobe (watch probe)
which provides memory access tracing event. Moreover, this can be used
via event trigger. Thus it can trace memory access on dynamically
allocated objects too.
The previous version is here:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/178611679753.237811.10190793347982785419.stgit@devnote2/
This version adds RCU protection for kprobe_blacklist, fixes trigger
reference counting and error paths, eliminates race conditions in selftests,
and addresses review comments. See below for more details.
Changes in v13:
- kprobes: Protect kprobe_blacklist with RCU to allow safe lockless
traversals from atomic/NMI sections.
- tracing/wprobe: Use %pS to format symbol and offset in trace_wprobe_show().
- tracing/wprobe: Align WPROBE_DEFAULT_CLEAR_ADDRESS to 8 bytes using a
dedicated u64 variable.
- tracing/wprobe: Remove manual trigger count decrement to rely on core
event_trigger_count().
- tracing/wprobe: Check for field tokens before field parsing in clear_wprobe
to avoid spurious error logs on numeric counts and avoid masking syntax
errors.
- tracing/wprobe: Fix trigger reference count leak and error cleanup paths
in wprobe_trigger_cmd_parse().
- x86/hw_breakpoints: Add compiler barrier() before checking cpu_dr7_seq.
- HWBP: Add comments to modify_local_hw_breakpoint_addr() clarifying
the early bp->attr.bp_addr update behavior during the NMI race window.
- selftests/ftrace: Look up target functions dynamically in
trigger-wprobe-syntax-errors.tc.
- selftests/ftrace: Disable set_wprobe trigger before verifying clear_wprobe
in trigger-wprobe.tc to prevent sample_timer_cb race conditions.
- Documentation/trace: Add [:COUNT] to trigger syntax synopsis.
Public branch
-------------
I will push this branch as topic/wprobe-v2 to my tree so that it
can be easily tested.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mhiramat/linux.git/log/?h=topic/wprobe-v2
This is based on linux-trace tree's linux-trace/for-next.
Usage
-----
The basic usage of this wprobe is similar to other probes;
w:[GRP/][EVENT] [r|w|rw]@<ADDRESS|SYMBOL[+|-OFFS]>[:LEN] [FETCHARGS]
This defines a new wprobe event. For example, to trace jiffies update,
you can do;
echo 'w:my_jiffies w@jiffies:8 value=+0($addr)' >> dynamic_events
echo 1 > events/wprobes/my_jiffies/enable
Moreover, this can be combined with event trigger to trace the memory
access on slab objects. The trigger syntax is;
set_wprobe:WPROBE_EVENT:FIELD[+|-OFFSET][:COUNT] [if FILTER]
clear_wprobe:WPROBE_EVENT[:FIELD[+|-OFFSET][:COUNT]] [if FILTER]
set_wprobe sets WPROBE_EVENT's watch address on FIELD[+|-OFFSET].
clear_wprobe clears WPROBE_EVENT's watch address if it is set to
FIELD[+|-OFFSET]. If FIELD is omitted, forcibly clear the watch address
when trigger event is hit.
For example, trace the first 8 byte of the dentry data structure passed
to do_truncate() until it is deleted by dentry_kill().
(Note: all tracefs setup uses '>>' so that it does not kick do_truncate())
# echo 'w:watch rw@0:8 address=$addr value=+0($addr)' > dynamic_events
# echo 'f:truncate do_truncate dentry=$arg2' >> dynamic_events
# echo 'set_wprobe:watch:dentry' >> events/fprobes/truncate/trigger
# echo 'f:dentry_kill dentry_kill dentry=$arg1' >> dynamic_events
# echo 'clear_wprobe:watch:dentry' >> events/fprobes/dentry_kill/trigger
# echo 1 >> events/fprobes/truncate/enable
# echo 1 >> events/fprobes/dentry_kill/enable
# echo aaa > /tmp/hoge
# echo bbb > /tmp/hoge
# echo ccc > /tmp/hoge
# rm /tmp/hoge
Then, the trace data will show;
# tracer: nop
#
# entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 32/32 #P:8
#
# _-----=> irqs-off/BH-disabled
# / _----=> need-resched
# | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
# || / _--=> preempt-depth
# ||| / _-=> migrate-disable
# |||| / delay
# TASK-PID CPU# ||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
# | | | ||||| | |
sh-107 [004] ...1. 9.990418: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff888004ad6618
sh-107 [004] ...1. 9.990914: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff888004b3de78
sh-107 [004] ...1. 9.993175: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff8880049ddd40
sh-107 [004] ..... 9.995198: truncate: (do_truncate+0x4/0x120) dentry=0xffff8880048083a8
sh-107 [004] ...1. 9.995389: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff8880049db998
sh-107 [004] ..Zff 9.997503: watch: (lookup_fast+0xaa/0x150) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
sh-107 [004] ..Zff 9.997509: watch: (path_openat+0x211/0xda0) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
sh-107 [004] ..Zff 9.997514: watch: (path_openat+0xa56/0xda0) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
sh-107 [004] ..Zff 9.997518: watch: (path_openat+0xae2/0xda0) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
sh-107 [004] ..... 9.997521: truncate: (do_truncate+0x4/0x120) dentry=0xffff8880048083a8
sh-107 [004] ...1. 9.997582: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff888004808270
sh-107 [004] ...1. 9.999365: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff8880049db728
sh-107 [004] ...1. 9.999388: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff888004b1c000
rm-113 [005] ..Zff 10.000965: watch: (lookup_fast+0xaa/0x150) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
rm-113 [005] ..Zff 10.000971: watch: (path_lookupat+0x97/0x1e0) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
rm-113 [005] ..Zff 10.000984: watch: (lookup_fast+0xaa/0x150) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
rm-113 [005] ..Zff 10.000988: watch: (path_lookupat+0x97/0x1e0) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
rm-113 [005] ..Zff 10.001010: watch: (lookup_one_qstr_excl+0x28/0x140) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
rm-113 [005] ..Zff 10.001014: watch: (lookup_one_qstr_excl+0xd1/0x140) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
rm-113 [005] ..Zff 10.001018: watch: (may_delete_dentry+0x1c/0x200) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
rm-113 [005] ..Zff 10.001021: watch: (may_delete_dentry+0x195/0x200) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
rm-113 [005] ..Zff 10.001031: watch: (vfs_unlink+0x5e/0x260) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
rm-113 [005] d.Z.. 10.001067: watch: (d_make_discardable+0x1b/0x40) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x8200080
rm-113 [005] d.Z.. 10.001071: watch: (d_make_discardable+0x29/0x40) address=0xffff8880048083a8 value=0x200080
rm-113 [005] ...1. 10.001072: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff8880048083a8
rm-113 [005] ...1. 10.001218: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff8880048083a8
sh-107 [004] ...1. 10.001416: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff8880049db110
sh-107 [004] ...1. 10.001444: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff8880049db248
sh-107 [004] ...1. 10.001500: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff888004ad6618
sh-107 [004] ...1. 10.002067: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff888004b41e78
sh-107 [004] ...1. 10.904920: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff888004b41e78
sh-107 [004] ...1. 10.905129: dentry_kill: (dentry_kill+0x0/0x2c0) dentry=0xffff888004ad6618
Thank you,
---
base-commit: 54f133c6178d06b169dceae18cc92c4945933b8c
Jinchao Wang (2):
x86/hw_breakpoints: Make DR7 updates NMI safe
x86/hw_breakpoints: Add arch_modify_local_hw_breakpoint_addr() API
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) (10):
kprobes: Protect kprobe_blacklist with RCU
HWBP: Add modify_local_hw_breakpoint_addr() API
tracing/wprobe: Add wprobe (watchpoint probe) trace event support
x86: hw_breakpoint: Add a kconfig to clarify when a breakpoint fires
selftests: tracing: Add a basic testcase for wprobe
selftests: tracing: Add syntax testcase for wprobe
tracing/wprobe: Add set_wprobe and clear_wprobe event triggers
selftests: ftrace: Add wprobe trigger testcase
tracing/wprobe: Support BTF typecast in fetchargs
tracing/wprobe: Support BTF struct offset resolution in set_wprobe trigger
Documentation/trace/index.rst | 1
Documentation/trace/wprobetrace.rst | 185 +++
arch/Kconfig | 18
arch/x86/Kconfig | 2
arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h | 37 -
arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h | 2
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c | 20
arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 139 +-
arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c | 7
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 10
include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h | 6
include/linux/kprobes.h | 1
include/linux/trace_events.h | 3
kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c | 48 +
kernel/kprobes.c | 14
kernel/trace/Kconfig | 24
kernel/trace/Makefile | 1
kernel/trace/trace.c | 9
kernel/trace/trace.h | 6
kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 2
kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 36 -
kernel/trace/trace_probe.h | 22
kernel/trace/trace_wprobe.c | 1440 ++++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config | 3
.../ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_wprobe.tc | 63 +
.../test.d/dynevent/wprobes_syntax_errors.tc | 22
.../test.d/trigger/trigger-wprobe-btf-offset.tc | 74 +
.../test.d/trigger/trigger-wprobe-btf-typecast.tc | 72 +
.../test.d/trigger/trigger-wprobe-syntax-errors.tc | 37 +
.../ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-wprobe.tc | 87 +
30 files changed, 2309 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/trace/wprobetrace.rst
create mode 100644 kernel/trace/trace_wprobe.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/add_remove_wprobe.tc
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/dynevent/wprobes_syntax_errors.tc
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-wprobe-btf-offset.tc
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-wprobe-btf-typecast.tc
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-wprobe-syntax-errors.tc
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-wprobe.tc
--
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-22 9:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-22 9:22 Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [this message]
2026-08-22 9:22 ` [PATCH v13 01/12] kprobes: Protect kprobe_blacklist with RCU Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:22 ` [PATCH v13 02/12] x86/hw_breakpoints: Make DR7 updates NMI safe Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:22 ` [PATCH v13 03/12] x86/hw_breakpoints: Add arch_modify_local_hw_breakpoint_addr() API Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:33 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:23 ` [PATCH v13 04/12] HWBP: Add modify_local_hw_breakpoint_addr() API Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:33 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:24 ` [PATCH v13 05/12] tracing/wprobe: Add wprobe (watchpoint probe) trace event support Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:49 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:24 ` [PATCH v13 06/12] x86: hw_breakpoint: Add a kconfig to clarify when a breakpoint fires Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:24 ` [PATCH v13 07/12] selftests: tracing: Add a basic testcase for wprobe Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:24 ` [PATCH v13 08/12] selftests: tracing: Add syntax " Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:24 ` [PATCH v13 09/12] tracing/wprobe: Add set_wprobe and clear_wprobe event triggers Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:25 ` [PATCH v13 10/12] selftests: ftrace: Add wprobe trigger testcase Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:39 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:25 ` [PATCH v13 11/12] tracing/wprobe: Support BTF typecast in fetchargs Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:40 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-22 9:25 ` [PATCH v13 12/12] tracing/wprobe: Support BTF struct offset resolution in set_wprobe trigger Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-08-22 9:51 ` sashiko-bot
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