[GIT PULL] probes: Updates for v7.1
From: Google
Date: Thu Apr 16 2026 - 21:06:57 EST
Hi Linus,
Probes updates for v7.1
- fprobe: do not zero out unused fgraph_data. This removes unneeded
memset of fgraph_data in fprobe entry handler.
Please pull the latest probes-v7.1 tree, which can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.git
probes-v7.1
Tag SHA1: bf593fe216d8bf264b53e0235145363623bc92f0
Head SHA1: e0a384434ae1bdfb03954c46c464e3dbd3223ad6
Martin Kaiser (1):
tracing: fprobe: do not zero out unused fgraph_data
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kernel/trace/fprobe.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
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commit e0a384434ae1bdfb03954c46c464e3dbd3223ad6
Author: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Mar 25 00:47:01 2026 +0900
tracing: fprobe: do not zero out unused fgraph_data
If fprobe_entry does not fill the allocated fgraph_data completely, the
unused part does not have to be zeroed.
fgraph_data is a short-lived part of the shadow stack. The preceding
length field allows locating the end regardless of the content.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260324084804.375764-1-martin@xxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
index dcadf1d23b8a..56d145017902 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
@@ -450,8 +450,6 @@ static int fprobe_fgraph_entry(struct ftrace_graph_ent *trace, struct fgraph_ops
used += FPROBE_HEADER_SIZE_IN_LONG + size_words;
}
}
- if (used < reserved_words)
- memset(fgraph_data + used, 0, reserved_words - used);
/* If any exit_handler is set, data must be used. */
return used != 0;
--
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>