On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 11:25:49AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > I was doing a bit of an audit on trace events and found this: > > # cat /debug/tracing/events/i915/intel_disable_plane/format > name: intel_disable_plane > ID: 1358 > format: > field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0; size:2; signed:0; > field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2; size:1; signed:0; > field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3; size:1; signed:0; > field:int common_pid; offset:4; size:4; signed:1; > > field:enum pipe pipe; offset:8; size:4; signed:1; > field:const char * name; offset:16; size:8; signed:0; > field:u32 frame; offset:24; size:4; signed:0; > field:u32 scanline; offset:28; size:4; signed:0; > > print fmt: "pipe %c, plane %s, frame=%u, scanline=%u", ((REC->pipe) + 'A'), REC->name, REC->frame, REC->scanline > > > Same goes for intel_update_plane. > > > The problem here is: > > field:const char * name; offset:16; size:8; signed:0; > > print fmt: "pipe %c, plane %s, frame=%u, scanline=%u", ((REC->pipe) + 'A'), REC->name, REC->frame, REC->scanline > > > Where the TRACE_EVENT() macro has: > > TP_fast_assign( > __entry->pipe = crtc->pipe; > __entry->name = plane->name; > __entry->frame = crtc->base.dev->driver->get_vblank_counter(crtc->base.dev, > crtc->pipe); > __entry->scanline = intel_get_crtc_scanline(crtc); > ), > > TP_printk("pipe %c, plane %s, frame=%u, scanline=%u", > pipe_name(__entry->pipe), __entry->name, > __entry->frame, __entry->scanline) > > > The issue here is that you record a pointer address to "plane->name" > and then sometime in the distant future access that same address. > There's usually no guarantee that the contents at that address will > exist when the buffer is read. The only way those can disappear is if the device goes away. But I have no problem going with your patch. Want to provide a proper commit message for it? > > The proper way to record strings, is to record the string into the ring > buffer itself, and not rely on it existing hours or days later. > > I recommend the following patch: > > -- Steve > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h > index 12893304c8f8..d41d914a16ca 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_trace.h > @@ -298,16 +298,16 @@ TRACE_EVENT(intel_update_plane, > > TP_STRUCT__entry( > __field(enum pipe, pipe) > - __field(const char *, name) > __field(u32, frame) > __field(u32, scanline) > __array(int, src, 4) > __array(int, dst, 4) > + __string(name, plane->name) > ), > > TP_fast_assign( > + __assign_str(name, plane->name); > __entry->pipe = crtc->pipe; > - __entry->name = plane->name; > __entry->frame = crtc->base.dev->driver->get_vblank_counter(crtc->base.dev, > crtc->pipe); > __entry->scanline = intel_get_crtc_scanline(crtc); > @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(intel_update_plane, > ), > > TP_printk("pipe %c, plane %s, frame=%u, scanline=%u, " DRM_RECT_FP_FMT " -> " DRM_RECT_FMT, > - pipe_name(__entry->pipe), __entry->name, > + pipe_name(__entry->pipe), __get_str(name), > __entry->frame, __entry->scanline, > DRM_RECT_FP_ARG((const struct drm_rect *)__entry->src), > DRM_RECT_ARG((const struct drm_rect *)__entry->dst)) > @@ -328,21 +328,21 @@ TRACE_EVENT(intel_disable_plane, > > TP_STRUCT__entry( > __field(enum pipe, pipe) > - __field(const char *, name) > __field(u32, frame) > __field(u32, scanline) > + __string(name, plane->name) > ), > > TP_fast_assign( > + __assign_str(name, plane->name); > __entry->pipe = crtc->pipe; > - __entry->name = plane->name; > __entry->frame = crtc->base.dev->driver->get_vblank_counter(crtc->base.dev, > crtc->pipe); > __entry->scanline = intel_get_crtc_scanline(crtc); > ), > > TP_printk("pipe %c, plane %s, frame=%u, scanline=%u", > - pipe_name(__entry->pipe), __entry->name, > + pipe_name(__entry->pipe), __get_str(name), > __entry->frame, __entry->scanline) > ); > -- Ville Syrjälä Intel _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel