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From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Qitao Xu <qitao.xu@bytedance.com>,
	"Cong Wang ." <cong.wang@bytedance.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] net: use %px to print skb address in trace_netif_receive_skb
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2021 11:59:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM_iQpUaZg9rGz_e0+UcnaT5-iLK5G5LUeViTnpcZHWzWS5g_Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210709.011625.1604833283174788576.davem@davemloft.net>

On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 1:16 AM David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu,  8 Jul 2021 22:17:08 -0700
>
> > From: Qitao Xu <qitao.xu@bytedance.com>
> >
> > The print format of skb adress in tracepoint class net_dev_template
> > is changed to %px from %p, because we want to use skb address
> > as a quick way to identify a packet.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Cong Wang <cong.wang@bytedance.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Qitao Xu <qitao.xu@bytedance.com>
>
> Aren't we not supposed to leak kernel addresses to userspace?

Right, but trace ring buffer is only accessible to privileged users,
so leaking it to root is not a problem.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-09 18:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-09  5:17 [Patch net-next] net: use %px to print skb address in trace_netif_receive_skb Cong Wang
2021-07-09  5:17 ` [Patch net-next] net_sched: use %px to print skb address in trace_qdisc_dequeue() Cong Wang
2021-07-09  5:17 ` [Patch net-next] net_sched: introduce tracepoint trace_qdisc_enqueue() Cong Wang
2021-07-09  8:16 ` [Patch net-next] net: use %px to print skb address in trace_netif_receive_skb David Miller
2021-07-09 18:59   ` Cong Wang [this message]
2021-07-09 19:18     ` David Miller

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