[PATCH v6 4/6] alloc_tag: add accuracy based filtering to ioctl
From: Abhishek Bapat
Date: Thu Jun 18 2026 - 13:38:33 EST
Extend the allocinfo filtering mechanism to allow users to filter tags
based on their accuracy.
Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bapat <abhishekbapat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Hao Ge <hao.ge@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h | 4 ++++
lib/alloc_tag.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h b/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
index 0de5fc180790..270f693b1822 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/alloc_tag.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ struct allocinfo_tag {
char function[ALLOCINFO_STR_SIZE];
char filename[ALLOCINFO_STR_SIZE];
__u64 lineno;
+ /* filter criteria only; see allocinfo_counter.accurate for actual accuracy */
+ __u64 inaccurate;
};
/* The alignment ensures 32-bit compatible interfaces are not broken */
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ enum {
ALLOCINFO_FILTER_FUNCTION,
ALLOCINFO_FILTER_FILENAME,
ALLOCINFO_FILTER_LINENO,
+ ALLOCINFO_FILTER_INACCURATE,
ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MIN_SIZE,
ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MAX_SIZE,
__ALLOCINFO_FILTER_LAST = ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MAX_SIZE
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ enum {
#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_FUNCTION (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_FUNCTION)
#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_FILENAME (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_FILENAME)
#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_LINENO (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_LINENO)
+#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_INACCURATE (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_INACCURATE)
#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_MIN_SIZE (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MIN_SIZE)
#define ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_MAX_SIZE (1 << ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MAX_SIZE)
diff --git a/lib/alloc_tag.c b/lib/alloc_tag.c
index ad33d63ef7b4..32ac0674d8bf 100644
--- a/lib/alloc_tag.c
+++ b/lib/alloc_tag.c
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ static bool matches_filter(struct codetag *ct, struct allocinfo_filter *filter,
struct alloc_tag_counters *counters,
bool *fetched_counters)
{
+ bool inaccurate;
+
if (!filter || !filter->mask)
return true;
@@ -274,6 +276,12 @@ static bool matches_filter(struct codetag *ct, struct allocinfo_filter *filter,
ct->lineno != filter->fields.lineno)
return false;
+ if (filter->mask & ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_INACCURATE) {
+ inaccurate = !!(ct->flags & CODETAG_FLAG_INACCURATE);
+ if (inaccurate != !!(filter->fields.inaccurate))
+ return false;
+ }
+
if (filter->mask & (ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_MIN_SIZE | ALLOCINFO_FILTER_MASK_MAX_SIZE)) {
if (!*fetched_counters) {
*counters = allocinfo_prefetch_counters(ct);
--
2.55.0.rc0.786.g65d90a0328-goog