[PATCH RFC 4/7] tracing: Split the event string parsing logic into a dedicated function
From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Thu Aug 13 2026 - 10:08:49 EST
That new function can be tested with a KUnit test to prevent regressions
when adding new fields to the format.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index c75a7f5b55de..4ff3f9214894 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1411,23 +1411,18 @@ static int __ftrace_set_clr_event(struct trace_array *tr, const char *match,
return ret;
}
-int ftrace_set_clr_event(struct trace_array *tr, const char *_buf, int set)
+static void
+ftrace_parse_event_string(char *buf, char **match, char **sub, char **event, char **mod)
{
- char *event = NULL, *sub = NULL, *match, *mod;
-
- if (!tr)
- return -ENOENT;
-
- char *buf __free(kfree) = kstrdup(_buf, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!buf)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ *event = NULL;
+ *sub = NULL;
/* Modules events can be appended with :mod:<module> */
- mod = strstr(buf, ":mod:");
- if (mod) {
- *mod = '\0';
+ *mod = strstr(buf, ":mod:");
+ if (*mod) {
+ **mod = '\0';
/* move to the module name */
- mod += 5;
+ *mod += 5;
}
/*
@@ -1442,21 +1437,35 @@ int ftrace_set_clr_event(struct trace_array *tr, const char *_buf, int set)
* the name <name> or any event that matches <name>
*/
- match = strsep(&buf, ":");
+ *match = strsep(&buf, ":");
if (buf) {
- sub = match;
- event = buf;
- match = NULL;
-
- if (!strlen(sub) || strcmp(sub, "*") == 0)
- sub = NULL;
- if (!strlen(event) || strcmp(event, "*") == 0)
- event = NULL;
- } else if (mod) {
+ *sub = *match;
+ *event = buf;
+ *match = NULL;
+
+ if (!strlen(*sub) || strcmp(*sub, "*") == 0)
+ *sub = NULL;
+ if (!strlen(*event) || strcmp(*event, "*") == 0)
+ *event = NULL;
+ } else if (*mod) {
/* Allow wildcard for no length or star */
- if (!strlen(match) || strcmp(match, "*") == 0)
- match = NULL;
+ if (!strlen(*match) || strcmp(*match, "*") == 0)
+ *match = NULL;
}
+}
+
+int ftrace_set_clr_event(struct trace_array *tr, const char *_buf, int set)
+{
+ char *event, *sub, *match, *mod;
+
+ if (!tr)
+ return -ENOENT;
+
+ char *buf __free(kfree) = kstrdup(_buf, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ ftrace_parse_event_string(buf, &match, &sub, &event, &mod);
return __ftrace_set_clr_event(tr, match, sub, event, set, mod);
}
--
2.55.0