[PATCH 02/12] tracing/probes: Enable newly appended probe when target event is enabled
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
Date: Sun Nov 08 2026 - 19:29:49 EST
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Unlike kprobe events, fprobe and uprobe events only register their
underlying probes when the trace event is enabled. When a new probe is
appended to an existing multiprobe fprobe or uprobe event that is
already enabled, the appended probe is linked into the event's probe
list without being registered.
As a result, the newly appended probe never fires until the event is
disabled and re-enabled. Moreover, disabling an fprobe event calls
unregister_fprobe() on the unregistered fprobe, and opening or closing a
perf event on an enabled uprobe event dereferences a NULL tu->uprobe in
uprobe_apply().
Register and enable the newly appended fprobe or uprobe immediately when
the target event is already enabled.
Fixes: 41af3cf587f4 ("tracing/uprobe: Add multi-probe per uprobe event support")
Fixes: 2db832ec9090 ("tracing: fprobe-events: Register fprobe-events only when it is enabled")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c | 14 +++++------
kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
index 77f2228d44ba..9ab0871a6461 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
@@ -933,7 +933,10 @@ static int append_trace_fprobe_event(struct trace_fprobe *tf, struct trace_fprob
if (ret)
return ret;
- ret = trace_fprobe_verify_target(tf);
+ if (trace_probe_is_enabled(&tf->tp))
+ ret = __register_trace_fprobe(tf);
+ else
+ ret = trace_fprobe_verify_target(tf);
if (ret)
trace_probe_unlink(&tf->tp);
else
@@ -1520,13 +1523,8 @@ static int disable_trace_fprobe(struct trace_event_call *call,
trace_probe_clear_flag(tp, TP_FLAG_PROFILE);
if (!trace_probe_is_enabled(tp)) {
- list_for_each_entry(tf, trace_probe_probe_list(tp), tp.list) {
- unregister_fprobe(&tf->fp);
- if (tf->tuser) {
- tracepoint_user_put(tf->tuser);
- tf->tuser = NULL;
- }
- }
+ list_for_each_entry(tf, trace_probe_probe_list(tp), tp.list)
+ __unregister_trace_fprobe(tf);
}
out:
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index 146da04b93a8..14ac52aebe34 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -447,6 +447,28 @@ static bool trace_uprobe_has_same_uprobe(struct trace_uprobe *orig,
return false;
}
+typedef bool (*filter_func_t)(struct uprobe_consumer *self, struct mm_struct *mm);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+static bool uprobe_perf_filter(struct uprobe_consumer *uc, struct mm_struct *mm);
+#else
+#define uprobe_perf_filter NULL
+#endif
+
+static int trace_uprobe_enable(struct trace_uprobe *tu, filter_func_t filter)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = d_real_inode(tu->path.dentry);
+ struct uprobe *uprobe;
+
+ tu->consumer.filter = filter;
+ uprobe = uprobe_register(inode, tu->offset, tu->ref_ctr_offset, &tu->consumer);
+ if (IS_ERR(uprobe))
+ return PTR_ERR(uprobe);
+
+ tu->uprobe = uprobe;
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int append_trace_uprobe(struct trace_uprobe *tu, struct trace_uprobe *to)
{
int ret;
@@ -466,10 +488,22 @@ static int append_trace_uprobe(struct trace_uprobe *tu, struct trace_uprobe *to)
/* Append to existing event */
ret = trace_probe_append(&tu->tp, &to->tp);
- if (!ret)
- dyn_event_add(&tu->devent, trace_probe_event_call(&tu->tp));
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
- return ret;
+ if (trace_probe_is_enabled(&tu->tp)) {
+ ret = trace_uprobe_enable(tu,
+ trace_probe_test_flag(&tu->tp, TP_FLAG_PROFILE) ?
+ uprobe_perf_filter : NULL);
+ if (ret) {
+ trace_probe_unlink(&tu->tp);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
+
+ dyn_event_add(&tu->devent, trace_probe_event_call(&tu->tp));
+
+ return 0;
}
/*
@@ -1105,22 +1139,6 @@ print_uprobe_event(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags, struct trace_event *e
return trace_handle_return(s);
}
-typedef bool (*filter_func_t)(struct uprobe_consumer *self, struct mm_struct *mm);
-
-static int trace_uprobe_enable(struct trace_uprobe *tu, filter_func_t filter)
-{
- struct inode *inode = d_real_inode(tu->path.dentry);
- struct uprobe *uprobe;
-
- tu->consumer.filter = filter;
- uprobe = uprobe_register(inode, tu->offset, tu->ref_ctr_offset, &tu->consumer);
- if (IS_ERR(uprobe))
- return PTR_ERR(uprobe);
-
- tu->uprobe = uprobe;
- return 0;
-}
-
static void __probe_event_disable(struct trace_probe *tp)
{
struct trace_uprobe *tu;