Re: [PATCH v2] tracing: precise log info for kretprobe addr err

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Jan 20 2021 - 11:22:54 EST



You forgot to include Masami on Cc again. Masami maintains kprobes. Please
include him on any updates, as he needs to review them, and give his
acknowledgment before acceptance.

I need to update MAINTAINERS files to include trace_kprobe under KPROBES.
And I also don't see any UPROBES section there. That needs to be done as
well.

On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:56:44 +0800
Jianlin Lv <Jianlin.Lv@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> When trying to create kretprobe with the wrong function symbol in tracefs;
> The error is triggered in the register_trace_kprobe() and recorded as
> FAIL_REG_PROBE issue,
>
> Example:
> $ cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
> $ echo 'r:myprobe ERROR_SYMBOL_XXX ret=%x0' >> kprobe_events
> bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> $ cat error_log
> [142797.347877] trace_kprobe: error: Failed to register probe event
> Command: r:myprobe ERROR_SYMBOL_XXX ret=%x0
> ^
>
> This error can be detected in the parameter parsing stage, the effect of
> applying this patch is as follows:
>
> $ echo 'r:myprobe ERROR_SYMBOL_XXX ret=%x0' >> kprobe_events
> bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> $ cat error_log
> [415.89]trace_kprobe: error: Retprobe address must be an function entry
> Command: r:myprobe ERROR_SYMBOL_XXX ret=%x0
> ^
>
> Signed-off-by: Jianlin Lv <Jianlin.Lv@xxxxxxx>
>
> v2:add !strchr(symbol, ':') to check really bad symbol or not.

Also, the "changes since" section should be below the "---" so that they
don't get pulled into the commit.

Thanks!

-- Steve


> ---
> kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> index e6fba1798771..bce63d5ecaec 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int trace_kprobe_create(int argc, const char *argv[])
> flags |= TPARG_FL_RETURN;
> if (kprobe_on_func_entry(NULL, symbol, offset))
> flags |= TPARG_FL_FENTRY;
> - if (offset && is_return && !(flags & TPARG_FL_FENTRY)) {
> + if (!strchr(symbol, ':') && is_return && !(flags & TPARG_FL_FENTRY)) {
> trace_probe_log_err(0, BAD_RETPROBE);
> goto parse_error;
> }