* [for-linus][PATCH 0/3] tracing: More fixes for 7.0
@ 2026-03-07 15:12 Steven Rostedt
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From: Steven Rostedt @ 2026-03-07 15:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu, Mark Rutland, Mathieu Desnoyers, Andrew Morton
tracing fixes for 7.0:
- Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in trace_data_alloc()
On the error path in trace_data_alloc(), it can call trigger_data_free()
with a NULL pointer. This use to be a kfree() but was changed to
trigger_data_free() to clean up any partial initialization. The issue is
that trigger_data_free() does not expect a NULL pointer. Have
trigger_data_free() return safely on NULL pointer.
- Fix multiple events on the command line and bootconfig
If multiple events are enabled on the command line separately and not
grouped, only the last event gets enabled. That is:
trace_event=sched_switch trace_event=sched_waking
Will only enable sched_waking where as:
trace_event=sched_switch,sched_waking
Will enable both.
The bootconfig makes it even worse as the second way is the more common
method.
The issue is that a temporary buffer is used to store the events to enable
later in boot. Each time the cmdline callback is called, it overwrites
what was previously there.
Have the callback append the next value (delimited by a comma) if the
temporary buffer already has content.
- Fix command line trace_buffer_size if >= 2G
The logic to allocate the trace buffer uses "int" for the size parameter
in the command line code causing overflow issues if more that 2G is
specified.
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git
trace/fixes
Head SHA1: d008ba8be8984760e36d7dcd4adbd5a41a645708
Andrei-Alexandru Tachici (1):
tracing: Fix enabling multiple events on the kernel command line and bootconfig
Calvin Owens (1):
tracing: Fix trace_buf_size= cmdline parameter with sizes >= 2G
Guenter Roeck (1):
tracing: Add NULL pointer check to trigger_data_free()
----
kernel/trace/trace.c | 6 +++---
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 6 +++++-
kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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* [for-linus][PATCH 1/3] tracing: Add NULL pointer check to trigger_data_free()
2026-03-07 15:12 [for-linus][PATCH 0/3] tracing: More fixes for 7.0 Steven Rostedt
@ 2026-03-07 15:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-03-07 15:12 ` [for-linus][PATCH 2/3] tracing: Fix enabling multiple events on the kernel command line and bootconfig Steven Rostedt
2026-03-07 15:12 ` [for-linus][PATCH 3/3] tracing: Fix trace_buf_size= cmdline parameter with sizes >= 2G Steven Rostedt
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From: Steven Rostedt @ 2026-03-07 15:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu, Mark Rutland, Mathieu Desnoyers, Andrew Morton,
Miaoqian Lin, Guenter Roeck
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
If trigger_data_alloc() fails and returns NULL, event_hist_trigger_parse()
jumps to the out_free error path. While kfree() safely handles a NULL
pointer, trigger_data_free() does not. This causes a NULL pointer
dereference in trigger_data_free() when evaluating
data->cmd_ops->set_filter.
Fix the problem by adding a NULL pointer check to trigger_data_free().
The problem was found by an experimental code review agent based on
gemini-3.1-pro while reviewing backports into v6.18.y.
Cc: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260305193339.2810953-1-linux@roeck-us.net
Fixes: 0550069cc25f ("tracing: Properly process error handling in event_hist_trigger_parse()")
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index fecbd679d432..d5230b759a2d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ static int trigger_kthread_fn(void *ignore)
void trigger_data_free(struct event_trigger_data *data)
{
+ if (!data)
+ return;
+
if (data->cmd_ops->set_filter)
data->cmd_ops->set_filter(NULL, data, NULL);
--
2.51.0
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* [for-linus][PATCH 2/3] tracing: Fix enabling multiple events on the kernel command line and bootconfig
2026-03-07 15:12 [for-linus][PATCH 0/3] tracing: More fixes for 7.0 Steven Rostedt
2026-03-07 15:12 ` [for-linus][PATCH 1/3] tracing: Add NULL pointer check to trigger_data_free() Steven Rostedt
@ 2026-03-07 15:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-03-07 15:12 ` [for-linus][PATCH 3/3] tracing: Fix trace_buf_size= cmdline parameter with sizes >= 2G Steven Rostedt
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From: Steven Rostedt @ 2026-03-07 15:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu, Mark Rutland, Mathieu Desnoyers, Andrew Morton,
stable, Andrei-Alexandru Tachici
From: Andrei-Alexandru Tachici <andrei-alexandru.tachici@oss.qualcomm.com>
Multiple events can be enabled on the kernel command line via a comma
separator. But if the are specified one at a time, then only the last
event is enabled. This is because the event names are saved in a temporary
buffer, and each call by the init cmdline code will reset that buffer.
This also affects names in the boot config file, as it may call the
callback multiple times with an example of:
kernel.trace_event = ":mod:rproc_qcom_common", ":mod:qrtr", ":mod:qcom_aoss"
Change the cmdline callback function to append a comma and the next value
if the temporary buffer already has content.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302-trace-events-allow-multiple-modules-v1-1-ce4436e37fb8@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Andrei-Alexandru Tachici <andrei-alexandru.tachici@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index b7343fdfd7b0..249d1cba72c0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -4493,7 +4493,11 @@ static char bootup_event_buf[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
static __init int setup_trace_event(char *str)
{
- strscpy(bootup_event_buf, str, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+ if (bootup_event_buf[0] != '\0')
+ strlcat(bootup_event_buf, ",", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+
+ strlcat(bootup_event_buf, str, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+
trace_set_ring_buffer_expanded(NULL);
disable_tracing_selftest("running event tracing");
--
2.51.0
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* [for-linus][PATCH 3/3] tracing: Fix trace_buf_size= cmdline parameter with sizes >= 2G
2026-03-07 15:12 [for-linus][PATCH 0/3] tracing: More fixes for 7.0 Steven Rostedt
2026-03-07 15:12 ` [for-linus][PATCH 1/3] tracing: Add NULL pointer check to trigger_data_free() Steven Rostedt
2026-03-07 15:12 ` [for-linus][PATCH 2/3] tracing: Fix enabling multiple events on the kernel command line and bootconfig Steven Rostedt
@ 2026-03-07 15:12 ` Steven Rostedt
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From: Steven Rostedt @ 2026-03-07 15:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu, Mark Rutland, Mathieu Desnoyers, Andrew Morton,
stable, Calvin Owens
From: Calvin Owens <calvin@wbinvd.org>
Some of the sizing logic through tracer_alloc_buffers() uses int
internally, causing unexpected behavior if the user passes a value that
does not fit in an int (on my x86 machine, the result is uselessly tiny
buffers).
Fix by plumbing the parameter's real type (unsigned long) through to the
ring buffer allocation functions, which already use unsigned long.
It has always been possible to create larger ring buffers via the sysfs
interface: this only affects the cmdline parameter.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/bff42a4288aada08bdf74da3f5b67a2c28b761f8.1772852067.git.calvin@wbinvd.org
Fixes: 73c5162aa362 ("tracing: keep ring buffer to minimum size till used")
Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens <calvin@wbinvd.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 1e7c032a72d2..ebd996f8710e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -9350,7 +9350,7 @@ static void setup_trace_scratch(struct trace_array *tr,
}
static int
-allocate_trace_buffer(struct trace_array *tr, struct array_buffer *buf, int size)
+allocate_trace_buffer(struct trace_array *tr, struct array_buffer *buf, unsigned long size)
{
enum ring_buffer_flags rb_flags;
struct trace_scratch *tscratch;
@@ -9405,7 +9405,7 @@ static void free_trace_buffer(struct array_buffer *buf)
}
}
-static int allocate_trace_buffers(struct trace_array *tr, int size)
+static int allocate_trace_buffers(struct trace_array *tr, unsigned long size)
{
int ret;
@@ -10769,7 +10769,7 @@ __init static void enable_instances(void)
__init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
{
- int ring_buf_size;
+ unsigned long ring_buf_size;
int ret = -ENOMEM;
--
2.51.0
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