Re: [PATCH] coresight: etm3x: Fix buffer overwrite in cntr_val_show()

[Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 04:44:53PM +0800, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:

[...]

> I don't feel it is my place to say whether the etm3x driver should be
> removed entirely.

Sorry for confusion.  Your fix patch is welcome, this is useful no
matter if remove the ETMv3 driver or not.

> However, if we decide to keep it, I agree that aligning cntr_val_show
> with the cntr_val_store behavior (using cntr_idx) makes more sense.
> 
> Here is my plan for v2:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
> index 762109307b86..77578885e8f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm3x-sysfs.c
> @@ -717,26 +717,19 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(cntr_rld_event);
>  static ssize_t cntr_val_show(struct device *dev,
>  			     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>  {
> -	int i, ret = 0;
>  	u32 val;
>  	struct etm_drvdata *drvdata = dev_get_drvdata(dev->parent);
>  	struct etm_config *config = &drvdata->config;
>  
>  	if (!coresight_get_mode(drvdata->csdev)) {
>  		spin_lock(&drvdata->spinlock);
> -		for (i = 0; i < drvdata->nr_cntr; i++)
> -			ret += sprintf(buf, "counter %d: %x\n",
> -				       i, config->cntr_val[i]);
> +		val = config->cntr_val[config->cntr_idx];
>  		spin_unlock(&drvdata->spinlock);
> -		return ret;
> -	}
> -
> -	for (i = 0; i < drvdata->nr_cntr; i++) {
> -		val = etm_readl(drvdata, ETMCNTVRn(i));
> -		ret += sprintf(buf, "counter %d: %x\n", i, val);
> +		return sprintf(buf, "%x\n", val);
>  	}
>  
> -	return ret;
> +	val = etm_readl(drvdata, ETMCNTVRn(config->cntr_idx));

It is not right to read register at here (it cannot promise to read the
CPU (cp14) register on the target CPU).

Please refer to the same function in coresight-etm4x-sysfs.c. I think
we can do the same thing at here.

> +	return sprintf(buf, "%x\n", val);
>  }
>  
>  static ssize_t cntr_val_store(struct device *dev,
> 
> 
> Given the upcoming merge window, I plan to submit this v2 after -rc1
> is released.
> 
> Alternatively, if the consensus is to drop the driver, I am happy to
> submit a patch for that instead.

Please continue this patch.  Thanks a lot!

Leo