[RFC PATCH v2 01/20] tracing/filters: Dynamically allocate filter_pred.regex

From: Valentin Schneider
Date: Thu Jul 20 2023 - 12:33:28 EST


Every predicate allocation includes a MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL (256) char array
in the regex field, even if the predicate function does not use the field.

A later commit will introduce a dynamically allocated cpumask to struct
filter_pred, which will require a dedicated freeing function. Bite the
bullet and make filter_pred.regex dynamically allocated.

While at it, reorder the fields of filter_pred to fill in the byte
holes. The struct now fits on a single cacheline.

No change in behaviour intended.

The kfree()'s were patched via Coccinelle:
@@
struct filter_pred *pred;
@@

-kfree(pred);
+free_predicate(pred);

Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 1dad64267878c..91fc9990107f1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ enum filter_pred_fn {
};

struct filter_pred {
- enum filter_pred_fn fn_num;
- u64 val;
- u64 val2;
- struct regex regex;
+ struct regex *regex;
unsigned short *ops;
struct ftrace_event_field *field;
- int offset;
+ u64 val;
+ u64 val2;
+ enum filter_pred_fn fn_num;
+ int offset;
int not;
- int op;
+ int op;
};

/*
@@ -186,6 +186,14 @@ enum {
PROCESS_OR = 4,
};

+static void free_predicate(struct filter_pred *pred)
+{
+ if (pred) {
+ kfree(pred->regex);
+ kfree(pred);
+ }
+}
+
/*
* Without going into a formal proof, this explains the method that is used in
* parsing the logical expressions.
@@ -623,7 +631,7 @@ predicate_parse(const char *str, int nr_parens, int nr_preds,
kfree(inverts);
if (prog_stack) {
for (i = 0; prog_stack[i].pred; i++)
- kfree(prog_stack[i].pred);
+ free_predicate(prog_stack[i].pred);
kfree(prog_stack);
}
return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -750,7 +758,7 @@ static int filter_pred_string(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
char *addr = (char *)(event + pred->offset);
int cmp, match;

- cmp = pred->regex.match(addr, &pred->regex, pred->regex.field_len);
+ cmp = pred->regex->match(addr, pred->regex, pred->regex->field_len);

match = cmp ^ pred->not;

@@ -763,7 +771,7 @@ static __always_inline int filter_pchar(struct filter_pred *pred, char *str)
int len;

len = strlen(str) + 1; /* including tailing '\0' */
- cmp = pred->regex.match(str, &pred->regex, len);
+ cmp = pred->regex->match(str, pred->regex, len);

match = cmp ^ pred->not;

@@ -813,7 +821,7 @@ static int filter_pred_strloc(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
char *addr = (char *)(event + str_loc);
int cmp, match;

- cmp = pred->regex.match(addr, &pred->regex, str_len);
+ cmp = pred->regex->match(addr, pred->regex, str_len);

match = cmp ^ pred->not;

@@ -836,7 +844,7 @@ static int filter_pred_strrelloc(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
char *addr = (char *)(&item[1]) + str_loc;
int cmp, match;

- cmp = pred->regex.match(addr, &pred->regex, str_len);
+ cmp = pred->regex->match(addr, pred->regex, str_len);

match = cmp ^ pred->not;

@@ -874,7 +882,7 @@ static int filter_pred_comm(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
{
int cmp;

- cmp = pred->regex.match(current->comm, &pred->regex,
+ cmp = pred->regex->match(current->comm, pred->regex,
TASK_COMM_LEN);
return cmp ^ pred->not;
}
@@ -1004,7 +1012,7 @@ enum regex_type filter_parse_regex(char *buff, int len, char **search, int *not)

static void filter_build_regex(struct filter_pred *pred)
{
- struct regex *r = &pred->regex;
+ struct regex *r = pred->regex;
char *search;
enum regex_type type = MATCH_FULL;

@@ -1169,7 +1177,7 @@ static void free_prog(struct event_filter *filter)
return;

for (i = 0; prog[i].pred; i++)
- kfree(prog[i].pred);
+ free_predicate(prog[i].pred);
kfree(prog);
}

@@ -1553,9 +1561,12 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
goto err_free;
}

- pred->regex.len = len;
- strncpy(pred->regex.pattern, str + s, len);
- pred->regex.pattern[len] = 0;
+ pred->regex = kzalloc(sizeof(*pred->regex), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!pred->regex)
+ goto err_mem;
+ pred->regex->len = len;
+ strncpy(pred->regex->pattern, str + s, len);
+ pred->regex->pattern[len] = 0;

/* This is either a string, or an integer */
} else if (str[i] == '\'' || str[i] == '"') {
@@ -1597,9 +1608,12 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
goto err_free;
}

- pred->regex.len = len;
- strncpy(pred->regex.pattern, str + s, len);
- pred->regex.pattern[len] = 0;
+ pred->regex = kzalloc(sizeof(*pred->regex), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!pred->regex)
+ goto err_mem;
+ pred->regex->len = len;
+ strncpy(pred->regex->pattern, str + s, len);
+ pred->regex->pattern[len] = 0;

filter_build_regex(pred);

@@ -1608,7 +1622,7 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,

} else if (field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING) {
pred->fn_num = FILTER_PRED_FN_STRING;
- pred->regex.field_len = field->size;
+ pred->regex->field_len = field->size;

} else if (field->filter_type == FILTER_DYN_STRING) {
pred->fn_num = FILTER_PRED_FN_STRLOC;
@@ -1691,10 +1705,10 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
return i;

err_free:
- kfree(pred);
+ free_predicate(pred);
return -EINVAL;
err_mem:
- kfree(pred);
+ free_predicate(pred);
return -ENOMEM;
}

@@ -2287,8 +2301,8 @@ static int ftrace_function_set_filter_pred(struct filter_pred *pred,
return ret;

return __ftrace_function_set_filter(pred->op == OP_EQ,
- pred->regex.pattern,
- pred->regex.len,
+ pred->regex->pattern,
+ pred->regex->len,
data);
}

--
2.31.1