From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D0BA199FBA; Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:24:14 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769660655; cv=none; b=WVHsq/aTQjH7HnSGksKBelCHvR6iYm7WBGoQt+COADVDkwbH4qjp3XD9Uxit0l/f1TzhvhyTd84LPZyRYPS4/dmqTOjwZa6VeBJ4q3daTMEtufzb/B95sSn4/x4sQgXfTOhL10aykJyIH2na+BZlqZ1uUj9HyeUtq5tnQB6tkP8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769660655; c=relaxed/simple; bh=t9xnxpQK9RLSI5mJrEEcX/s/HlA2IQ0v/xE6C33zm04=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-Id:In-Reply-To:References: Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=LW6jHpbYKZOu+QURM3bAZuj9swtliOIZOHvwL/JJBopY65XE/AQN02Qx4jXQISPYpeldaj3JKKQGElZmbKF6z+zbShDJagljEQS/1fJ0n3aBcVZ5+dvBoWMgxyAZ/4u0eD9FYsPpCmxqIAyQjKna0bGtRh9VieK+Yw5WO/VcyDs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=D2uXLMWn; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="D2uXLMWn" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 972ABC116D0; Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:24:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1769660654; bh=t9xnxpQK9RLSI5mJrEEcX/s/HlA2IQ0v/xE6C33zm04=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=D2uXLMWnmVVYhhfIvx5vzJnnoEp7BhFv5nqLOWrcsn/1dy3tw73eFHNNFlseDJVnf CQsAJC2e0f9LpaAXH/F2P0drZfTwvQqKE9F/GuHMNTwJbLSlppSqHpmChCmHQk+L/S GsUvTugytATMcnpSl5nEZJi6ulWD6cUVpGFpk+iK4PV4ncHKYoc4HhS8L9WO61/oxW YC7cifwRfRIYKEKWda4pmwcqnZuViHFR2XAfwf8ME/pP8gvXHd/O6wmSo/U9ckImKn bIuzwD2RzisLaek4ivaZKkHNfVI9whSkSjHRRxpGfCuuZApSgBQQsUtnacfr8k40bC rYsPOoch7BA1Q== Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:24:12 +0900 From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) To: "Seokwoo Chung (Ryan)" Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org, corbet@lwn.net, shuah@kernel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 v5 2/3] tracing/fprobe: Support comma-separated symbols and :entry/:exit Message-Id: <20260129132412.babdf9a72e72f0d8b6273510@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20260118011815.56516-3-seokwoo.chung130@gmail.com> References: <20260118011815.56516-1-seokwoo.chung130@gmail.com> <20260118011815.56516-3-seokwoo.chung130@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.8.0beta1 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 20:18:14 -0500 "Seokwoo Chung (Ryan)" wrote: > - Update DEFINE_FREE to use standard __free() > - Extend fprobe to support multiple symbols per event. Add parsing logic for > lists, ! exclusions, and explicit suffixes. Update tracefs/README to reflect > the new syntax > > Signed-off-by: Seokwoo Chung (Ryan) > --- > kernel/trace/trace.c | 3 +- > kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c | 209 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- > 2 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c > index baec63134ab6..10cdcc7b194e 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c > @@ -5578,7 +5578,8 @@ static const char readme_msg[] = > "\t r[maxactive][:[/][]] []\n" > #endif > #ifdef CONFIG_FPROBE_EVENTS > - "\t f[:[/][]] [%return] []\n" > + "\t f[:[/][]] [:entry|:exit] []\n" > + "\t (single symbols still accept %return)\n" > "\t t[:[/][]] []\n" > #endif > #ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c > index 262c0556e4af..5a2a41eea603 100644 > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c > @@ -187,11 +187,14 @@ DEFINE_FREE(tuser_put, struct tracepoint_user *, > */ > struct trace_fprobe { > struct dyn_event devent; > + char *filter; > struct fprobe fp; > + bool list_mode; > + char *nofilter; > const char *symbol; > + struct trace_probe tp; > bool tprobe; > struct tracepoint_user *tuser; > - struct trace_probe tp; > }; > > static bool is_trace_fprobe(struct dyn_event *ev) > @@ -559,6 +562,8 @@ static void free_trace_fprobe(struct trace_fprobe *tf) > trace_probe_cleanup(&tf->tp); > if (tf->tuser) > tracepoint_user_put(tf->tuser); > + kfree(tf->filter); > + kfree(tf->nofilter); > kfree(tf->symbol); > kfree(tf); > } > @@ -838,7 +843,12 @@ static int __register_trace_fprobe(struct trace_fprobe *tf) > if (trace_fprobe_is_tracepoint(tf)) > return __regsiter_tracepoint_fprobe(tf); > > - /* TODO: handle filter, nofilter or symbol list */ > + /* Registration path: > + * - list_mode: pass filter/nofilter > + * - single: pass symbol only (legacy) > + */ > + if (tf->list_mode) > + return register_fprobe(&tf->fp, tf->filter, tf->nofilter); > return register_fprobe(&tf->fp, tf->symbol, NULL); > } > > @@ -1154,60 +1164,119 @@ static struct notifier_block tprobe_event_module_nb = { > }; > #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */ > > -static int parse_symbol_and_return(int argc, const char *argv[], > - char **symbol, bool *is_return, > - bool is_tracepoint) > +static bool has_wildcard(const char *s) > { > - char *tmp = strchr(argv[1], '%'); > - int i; > + return s && (strchr(s, '*') || strchr(s, '?')); > +} > > - if (tmp) { > - int len = tmp - argv[1]; > +static int parse_fprobe_spec(const char *in, bool is_tracepoint, > + char **base, bool *is_return, bool *list_mode, > + char **filter, char **nofilter) > +{ > + char *work __free(kfree) = NULL; > + char *b __free(kfree) = NULL; > + char *f __free(kfree) = NULL; > + char *nf __free(kfree) = NULL; > + bool legacy_ret = false; > + bool list = false; > + const char *p; > + int ret = 0; > > - if (!is_tracepoint && !strcmp(tmp, "%return")) { > - *is_return = true; > - } else { > - trace_probe_log_err(len, BAD_ADDR_SUFFIX); > - return -EINVAL; > - } > - *symbol = kmemdup_nul(argv[1], len, GFP_KERNEL); > - } else > - *symbol = kstrdup(argv[1], GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!*symbol) > - return -ENOMEM; > + if (!in || !base || !is_return || !list_mode || !filter || !nofilter) > + return -EINVAL; > > - if (*is_return) > - return 0; > + *base = NULL; *filter = NULL; *nofilter = NULL; > + *is_return = false; *list_mode = false; > > if (is_tracepoint) { > - tmp = *symbol; > - while (*tmp && (isalnum(*tmp) || *tmp == '_')) > - tmp++; > - if (*tmp) { > - /* find a wrong character. */ > - trace_probe_log_err(tmp - *symbol, BAD_TP_NAME); > - kfree(*symbol); > - *symbol = NULL; > + if (strchr(in, ',') || strchr(in, ':')) > return -EINVAL; > - } > + if (strstr(in, "%return")) > + return -EINVAL; These checks look redundant. because below ensures there is no ',', '/' and '%'. > + for (p = in; *p; p++) > + if (!isalnum(*p) && *p != '_') > + return -EINVAL; Please report parse error via trace_probe_log_err() function so that user can check what was wrong via tracefs/error_log file. E.g. trace_probe_log_err(p - in, BAD_TP_NAME); > + b = kstrdup(in, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!b) > + return -ENOMEM; Note: ENOMEM does not need to report via error_log. > + *base = no_free_ptr(b); > + return 0; > } > > - /* If there is $retval, this should be a return fprobe. */ > - for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) { > - tmp = strstr(argv[i], "$retval"); > - if (tmp && !isalnum(tmp[7]) && tmp[7] != '_') { > - if (is_tracepoint) { > - trace_probe_log_set_index(i); > - trace_probe_log_err(tmp - argv[i], RETVAL_ON_PROBE); > - kfree(*symbol); > - *symbol = NULL; > + work = kstrdup(in, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!work) > + return -ENOMEM; > + > + p = strstr(work, "%return"); > + if (p && p[7] == '\0') { > + *is_return = true; > + legacy_ret = true; > + *(char *)p = '\0'; > + } else { > + /* > + * If "symbol:entry" or "symbol:exit" is given, it is new > + * style probe. > + */ > + p = strrchr(work, ':'); > + if (p) { > + if (!strcmp(p, ":exit")) { > + *is_return = true; > + *(char *)p = '\0'; > + } else if (!strcmp(p, ":entry")) { > + *(char *)p = '\0'; > + } else { > return -EINVAL; > } > - *is_return = true; > - break; > } > } > - return 0; > + > + list = !!strchr(work, ','); > + > + if (list && legacy_ret) { > + return -EINVAL; > + } You don't need braces for the above block. > + > + if (legacy_ret) > + *is_return = true; > + > + b = kstrdup(work, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!b) > + return -ENOMEM; > + > + if (list) { Could you make this block as an independent function? > + char *tmp = b, *tok; > + size_t fsz, nfsz; > + > + fsz = nfsz = strlen(b) + 1; > + > + f = kzalloc(fsz, GFP_KERNEL); > + nf = kzalloc(nfsz, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!f || !nf) > + return -ENOMEM; > + > + while ((tok = strsep(&tmp, ",")) != NULL) { > + char *dst; > + bool neg = (*tok == '!'); > + > + if (*tok == '\0') { > + trace_probe_log_err(tmp - b - 1, BAD_TP_NAME); > + return -EINVAL; You missed close brace '}' here. And that makes the build failure. Can you fix it and run all tests under tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ with your change? Thank you, > + > + if (neg) > + tok++; > + dst = neg ? nf : f; > + if (dst[0] != '\0') > + strcat(dst, ","); > + strcat(dst, tok); > + } > + *list_mode = true; > + } > + > + *base = no_free_ptr(b); > + *filter = no_free_ptr(f); > + *nofilter = no_free_ptr(nf); > + > + return ret; > } > > static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, const char *argv[], > @@ -1241,6 +1310,8 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, const char *argv[], > const char *event = NULL, *group = FPROBE_EVENT_SYSTEM; > struct module *mod __free(module_put) = NULL; > const char **new_argv __free(kfree) = NULL; > + char *parsed_nofilter __free(kfree) = NULL; > + char *parsed_filter __free(kfree) = NULL; > char *symbol __free(kfree) = NULL; > char *ebuf __free(kfree) = NULL; > char *gbuf __free(kfree) = NULL; > @@ -1249,6 +1320,7 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, const char *argv[], > char *dbuf __free(kfree) = NULL; > int i, new_argc = 0, ret = 0; > bool is_tracepoint = false; > + bool list_mode = false; > bool is_return = false; > > if ((argv[0][0] != 'f' && argv[0][0] != 't') || argc < 2) > @@ -1270,11 +1342,26 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, const char *argv[], > > trace_probe_log_set_index(1); > > - /* a symbol(or tracepoint) must be specified */ > - ret = parse_symbol_and_return(argc, argv, &symbol, &is_return, is_tracepoint); > + /* Parse spec early (single vs list, suffix, base symbol) */ > + ret = parse_fprobe_spec(argv[1], is_tracepoint, &symbol, &is_return, > + &list_mode, &parsed_filter, &parsed_nofilter); > if (ret < 0) > return -EINVAL; > > + for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) { > + char *tmp = strstr(argv[i], "$retval"); > + > + if (tmp && !isalnum(tmp[7]) && tmp[7] != '_') { > + if (is_tracepoint) { > + trace_probe_log_set_index(i); > + trace_probe_log_err(tmp - argv[i], RETVAL_ON_PROBE); > + return -EINVAL; > + } > + is_return = true; > + break; > + } > + } > + > trace_probe_log_set_index(0); > if (event) { > gbuf = kmalloc(MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); > @@ -1287,6 +1374,15 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, const char *argv[], > } > > if (!event) { > + /* > + * Event name rules: > + * - For list/wildcard: require explicit [GROUP/]EVENT > + * - For single literal: autogenerate symbol__entry/symbol__exit > + */ > + if (list_mode || has_wildcard(symbol)) { > + trace_probe_log_err(0, NO_GROUP_NAME); > + return -EINVAL; > + } > ebuf = kmalloc(MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!ebuf) > return -ENOMEM; > @@ -1322,7 +1418,8 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, const char *argv[], > NULL, NULL, NULL, sbuf); > } > } > - if (!ctx->funcname) > + > + if (!list_mode && !has_wildcard(symbol) && !is_tracepoint) > ctx->funcname = symbol; > > abuf = kmalloc(MAX_BTF_ARGS_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); > @@ -1356,6 +1453,21 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, const char *argv[], > return ret; > } > > + /* carry list parsing result into tf */ > + if (!is_tracepoint) { > + tf->list_mode = list_mode; > + if (parsed_filter) { > + tf->filter = kstrdup(parsed_filter, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!tf->filter) > + return -ENOMEM; > + } > + if (parsed_nofilter) { > + tf->nofilter = kstrdup(parsed_nofilter, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!tf->nofilter) > + return -ENOMEM; > + } > + } > + > /* parse arguments */ > for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) { > trace_probe_log_set_index(i + 2); > @@ -1442,8 +1554,9 @@ static int trace_fprobe_show(struct seq_file *m, struct dyn_event *ev) > seq_printf(m, ":%s/%s", trace_probe_group_name(&tf->tp), > trace_probe_name(&tf->tp)); > > - seq_printf(m, " %s%s", trace_fprobe_symbol(tf), > - trace_fprobe_is_return(tf) ? "%return" : ""); > + seq_printf(m, " %s", trace_fprobe_symbol(tf)); > + if (!trace_fprobe_is_tracepoint(tf) && trace_fprobe_is_return(tf)) > + seq_puts(m, ":exit"); > > for (i = 0; i < tf->tp.nr_args; i++) > seq_printf(m, " %s=%s", tf->tp.args[i].name, tf->tp.args[i].comm); > -- > 2.43.0 > -- Masami Hiramatsu (Google)