[PATCH v3 1/2] tracing/boot: Add support for eprobe, fprobe, and tprobe events
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 17:46:11 EST
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Boot-time tracing currently supports kprobe-events and synthetic-events
under per-event configuration options.
Extend boot-time tracing to support newly added dynamic probe types:
- event probes (eprobe) under the "eprobes" event group
- function probes (fprobe) under the "fprobes" event group
- tracepoint probes (tprobe) under the "tracepoints" or "tprobes"
event group
To support this cleanly, update dyn_event_create() in trace_dynevent.c
so that passing NULL as the type parameter delegates to
create_dyn_event(), allowing generic creation of any registered
dynamic event type from a raw command string.
Update Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst accordingly to describe
the new per-event bootconfig options.
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.6-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Changes in v3:
- Check return values of strscpy() and snprintf() in trace_boot_add_probe_event()
to prevent silent buffer truncation when constructing probe event strings.
Changes in v2:
- Fix raw command detection logic for eprobes, fprobes, and tprobes
by requiring ':' or isspace() after type prefix.
- Consolidate duplicate loop logic into trace_boot_add_probe_event()
helper function.
---
Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst | 18 +++++-
kernel/trace/trace_boot.c | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c | 5 ++
3 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst b/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst
index 651f3a2c01de..2c3c1fedb92c 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/boottime-trace.rst
@@ -121,9 +121,21 @@ ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.synthetic.EVENT.fields = FIELD[, FIELD2[...]]
Defines new synthetic event with FIELDs. Each field should be
"type varname".
-Note that kprobe and synthetic event definitions can be written under
-instance node, but those are also visible from other instances. So please
-take care for event name conflict.
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.eprobes.EVENT.probes = PROBE[, PROBE2[...]]
+ Defines new event probe based on PROBEs. This option is available only
+ for the event which group name is "eprobes".
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.fprobes.EVENT.probes = PROBE[, PROBE2[...]]
+ Defines new fprobe event based on PROBEs. This option is available only
+ for the event which group name is "fprobes".
+
+ftrace.[instance.INSTANCE.]event.tracepoints.EVENT.probes = PROBE[, PROBE2[...]]
+ Defines new tracepoint probe based on PROBEs. This option is available only
+ for the event which group name is "tracepoints" or "tprobes".
+
+Note that dynamic event definitions can be written under instance node, but
+those are also visible from other instances. So please take care for event
+name conflict.
Ftrace Histogram Options
------------------------
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c b/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
index 2ca2541c8a58..5da0a8bbb110 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/trace_events.h>
#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace_dynevent.h"
#define MAX_BUF_LEN 256
@@ -172,6 +173,93 @@ trace_boot_add_synth_event(struct xbc_node *node, const char *event)
}
#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_EPROBE_EVENTS) || defined(CONFIG_FPROBE_EVENTS)
+static int __init
+trace_boot_add_probe_event(struct xbc_node *node, const char *group,
+ const char *event, char type, const char *type_name)
+{
+ struct xbc_node *anode;
+ char buf[MAX_BUF_LEN];
+ const char *val;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ xbc_node_for_each_array_value(node, "probes", anode, val) {
+ if (val[0] == type && (val[1] == ':' || isspace(val[1]))) {
+ ret = strscpy(buf, val, MAX_BUF_LEN);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ pr_err("%s command is too long: %s\n", type_name, val);
+ break;
+ }
+ } else {
+ ret = snprintf(buf, MAX_BUF_LEN, "%c:%s/%s %s", type, group, event, val);
+ if (ret >= MAX_BUF_LEN || ret < 0) {
+ pr_err("%s command is too long: %c:%s/%s %s\n",
+ type_name, type, group, event, val);
+ ret = -E2BIG;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ ret = dyn_event_create(buf, NULL);
+ if (ret) {
+ pr_err("Failed to add %s: %s\n", type_name, buf);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EPROBE_EVENTS
+static inline int __init
+trace_boot_add_eprobe_event(struct xbc_node *node, const char *group,
+ const char *event)
+{
+ return trace_boot_add_probe_event(node, group, event, 'e', "eprobe");
+}
+#else
+static inline int __init
+trace_boot_add_eprobe_event(struct xbc_node *node, const char *group,
+ const char *event)
+{
+ pr_err("Event probe is not supported.\n");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FPROBE_EVENTS
+static inline int __init
+trace_boot_add_fprobe_event(struct xbc_node *node, const char *group,
+ const char *event)
+{
+ return trace_boot_add_probe_event(node, group, event, 'f', "fprobe");
+}
+
+static inline int __init
+trace_boot_add_tprobe_event(struct xbc_node *node, const char *group,
+ const char *event)
+{
+ return trace_boot_add_probe_event(node, group, event, 't', "tprobe");
+}
+#else
+static inline int __init
+trace_boot_add_fprobe_event(struct xbc_node *node, const char *group,
+ const char *event)
+{
+ pr_err("Fprobe event is not supported.\n");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline int __init
+trace_boot_add_tprobe_event(struct xbc_node *node, const char *group,
+ const char *event)
+{
+ pr_err("Tracepoint probe is not supported.\n");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS
static int __init __printf(3, 4)
append_printf(char **bufp, char *end, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -477,6 +565,15 @@ trace_boot_init_one_event(struct trace_array *tr, struct xbc_node *gnode,
if (!strcmp(group, "synthetic"))
if (trace_boot_add_synth_event(enode, event) < 0)
return;
+ if (!strcmp(group, "eprobes"))
+ if (trace_boot_add_eprobe_event(enode, group, event) < 0)
+ return;
+ if (!strcmp(group, "fprobes"))
+ if (trace_boot_add_fprobe_event(enode, group, event) < 0)
+ return;
+ if (!strcmp(group, "tracepoints") || !strcmp(group, "tprobes"))
+ if (trace_boot_add_tprobe_event(enode, group, event) < 0)
+ return;
mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
file = find_event_file(tr, group, event);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c b/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
index c4dfbc293bae..6f2e39b797e5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ int dyn_event_release(const char *raw_command, struct dyn_event_operations *type
return ret;
}
+static int create_dyn_event(const char *raw_command);
+
/*
* Locked version of event creation. The event creation must be protected by
* dyn_event_ops_mutex because of protecting trace_probe_log.
@@ -124,6 +126,9 @@ int dyn_event_create(const char *raw_command, struct dyn_event_operations *type)
{
int ret;
+ if (!type)
+ return create_dyn_event(raw_command);
+
mutex_lock(&dyn_event_ops_mutex);
ret = type->create(raw_command);
mutex_unlock(&dyn_event_ops_mutex);