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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


      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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