Re: [PATCH] tracing: Have eprobes handle arrays

[Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:52:32 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:42:02 -0400
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> 
> >  [
> >    Create an eprobe called "sys" and attach it to sys_enter.
> >    Read the id of the system call and the second argument
> >  ]
> >  # echo 'e:sys raw_syscalls.sys_enter nr=$id:u32 arg2+8($args):u64' >> /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events
> 
> The above has a typo. I originally had it as "filename=+8($args):u64"
> but decided to change it to "arg2" as its attached to the generic raw
> syscall. But in the process, I accidentally deleted the "=". So the
> above should be:
> 
>  # echo 'e:sys raw_syscalls.sys_enter nr=$id:u32 arg2=+8($args):u64' >> /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events

Yeah, it should be :)

> 
> 
> > 
> >  [
> >    Create a synthetic event "path" that will hold the address of the
> >    sys_openat filename. This is on a 64bit machine, so make it 64 bits
> >  ]
> >  # echo 's:path u64 file;' >> /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events
> > 
> >  [
> >    Add a histogram to the eprobe/sys which tiggers if the "nr" field is
> >    257 (sys_openat), and save the filename in the "file" variable.
> >  ]
> >  # echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:file=filename if nr == 257' > /sys/kernel/tracing/events/eprobes/sys/trigger
> 
> And I forgot to update this, as it's not "filename" any more, but
> "arg2". So this needs to be:
> 
>  # echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:file=arg2 if nr == 257' > /sys/kernel/tracing/events/eprobes/sys/trigger

OK, let me fix when I pick this.

The code looks good to me.

Thanks!

> 
> -- Steve


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