Re: [PATCH] ftrace: fix task's invalid comm of <...> when big pid

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Mar 28 2018 - 11:35:31 EST


On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:32:27 +0800
Wang Yu <yuwang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> when pid is bigger than PID_MAX_DEFAULT, the comm of task
> is <...>, it is better use pid_max to compare
>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Yu <yuwang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> mode change 100644 => 100755 kernel/trace/trace.c
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> old mode 100644
> new mode 100755
> index 20a2300..0d4bc7a
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ static void __trace_find_cmdline(int pid, char comm[])
> return;
> }
>
> - if (pid > PID_MAX_DEFAULT) {
> + if (pid > pid_max) {

Thanks! this probably should go to stable.

-- Steve

> strcpy(comm, "<...>");
> return;
> }