From: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] tracing: Report every TP_printk double dereference
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 22:52:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260806215256.1680267-1-devnexen@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806174110.11fcd317@gandalf.local.home>
WARN_ONCE() splats once per call site, so only the first offending event
registered is ever reported. The tree currently has six:
ice_{rx,tx}_dim_template, two hfi1 txq events, mtu3_ep and edma_log_io.
Whichever registers first hides the rest, and each has to be found again
on the next boot.
Add a pr_warn() next to the WARN_ONCE() so every offender is listed, the
same way test_event_printk() already pairs WARN_ON_ONCE() with pr_warn()
for unsafe %p* dereferences. The WARN_ONCE() stays so the condition still
fails tests and panics under panic_on_warn.
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@gmail.com>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index a8590d2394e3..ce902482ec7c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ static void test_double_dereference(const char *str, int len,
ptr += 5;
for (; ptr < end; ptr++) {
if (ptr[0] == '-' && ptr[1] == '>') {
+ pr_warn("TRACE EVENT ERROR: Event %s has double dereference in TP_printk: %.*s\n",
+ trace_event_name(call), len, str);
WARN_ONCE(1, "Event %s has double dereference in TP_printk: %.*s\n",
trace_event_name(call), len, str);
return;
--
2.55.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 21:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 5:07 [PATCH] tracing: Report TP_printk double dereference with pr_warn() David Carlier
2026-08-06 21:41 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-08-06 21:52 ` David Carlier [this message]
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