[PATCH -tip 2/3] kprobe-tracer: Check new event/group name

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Wed Dec 16 2009 - 17:20:46 EST


Check new event/group name is same syntax as c symbol. In other
words, checking the name is as like as other tracepoint events.
This can prevent user to create an event with useless name (e.g.
foo|bar, foo*bar).

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: K.Prasad <prasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 7ecab06..167c189 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -282,6 +282,17 @@ static int kprobe_dispatcher(struct kprobe *kp, struct pt_regs *regs);
static int kretprobe_dispatcher(struct kretprobe_instance *ri,
struct pt_regs *regs);

+/* Check the name is good for event/group */
+static int good_event_name(const char *name)
+{
+ if (!isalpha(*name) && *name != '_')
+ return 0;
+ while (*++name != '\0')
+ if (!isalpha(*name) && !isdigit(*name) && *name != '_')
+ return 0;
+ return 1;
+}
+
/*
* Allocate new trace_probe and initialize it (including kprobes).
*/
@@ -293,10 +304,11 @@ static struct trace_probe *alloc_trace_probe(const char *group,
int nargs, int is_return)
{
struct trace_probe *tp;
+ int ret = -ENOMEM;

tp = kzalloc(SIZEOF_TRACE_PROBE(nargs), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tp)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);

if (symbol) {
tp->symbol = kstrdup(symbol, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -312,14 +324,20 @@ static struct trace_probe *alloc_trace_probe(const char *group,
else
tp->rp.kp.pre_handler = kprobe_dispatcher;

- if (!event)
+ if (!event || !good_event_name(event)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
goto error;
+ }
+
tp->call.name = kstrdup(event, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tp->call.name)
goto error;

- if (!group)
+ if (!group || !good_event_name(group)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
goto error;
+ }
+
tp->call.system = kstrdup(group, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tp->call.system)
goto error;
@@ -330,7 +348,7 @@ error:
kfree(tp->call.name);
kfree(tp->symbol);
kfree(tp);
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
}

static void free_probe_arg(struct probe_arg *arg)
@@ -695,10 +713,10 @@ static int create_trace_probe(int argc, char **argv)
if (!event) {
/* Make a new event name */
if (symbol)
- snprintf(buf, MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, "%c@%s%+ld",
+ snprintf(buf, MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, "%c_%s_%ld",
is_return ? 'r' : 'p', symbol, offset);
else
- snprintf(buf, MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, "%c@0x%p",
+ snprintf(buf, MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, "%c_0x%p",
is_return ? 'r' : 'p', addr);
event = buf;
}


--
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx
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