Add "symbol" type to probeevent, which is an alias of u32 or u64
(depends on BITS_PER_LONG). This shows the result value in
symbol+offset style. This type is only available with kprobe
events.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add symbol type to README file.
---
Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt | 3 +++
kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +-
kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 8 ++++++++
kernel/trace/trace_probe.h | 12 +++++++++---
4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
index 1a3a3d6bc2a8..d49381f2e411 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ respectively. 'x' prefix implies it is unsigned. Traced arguments are shown
in decimal ('s' and 'u') or hexadecimal ('x'). Without type casting, 'x32'
or 'x64' is used depends on the architecture (e.g. x86-32 uses x32, and
x86-64 uses x64).
+
String type is a special type, which fetches a "null-terminated" string from
kernel space. This means it will fail and store NULL if the string container
has been paged out.
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ offset, and container-size (usually 32). The syntax is;
b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size>
+Symbol type('symbol') is an alias of u32 or u64 type (depends on BITS_PER_LONG)
+which shows given pointer in "symbol+offset" style.
For $comm, the default type is "string"; any other type is invalid.
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 20a2300ae4e8..8f08811d15b8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4609,7 +4609,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
"\t args: <name>=fetcharg[:type]\n"
"\t fetcharg: %<register>, @<address>, @<symbol>[+|-<offset>],\n"
"\t $stack<index>, $stack, $retval, $comm\n"
- "\t type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, string,\n"
+ "\t type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, string, symbol,\n"
"\t b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size>\n"
#endif
" events/\t\t- Directory containing all trace event subsystems:\n"
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 8d43f377143d..f41a2989130c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16, u16, "0x%x")
DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32, u32, "0x%x")
DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64, u64, "0x%Lx")
+int PRINT_TYPE_FUNC_NAME(symbol)(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, void *ent)
+{
+ trace_seq_printf(s, "%pS", (void *)*(unsigned long *)data);
+ return !trace_seq_has_overflowed(s);
+}
+const char PRINT_TYPE_FMT_NAME(symbol)[] = "%pS";
+
/* Print type function for string type */
int PRINT_TYPE_FUNC_NAME(string)(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, void *ent)
{
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ static const struct fetch_type probe_fetch_types[] = {
ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x16, u16, u16, 0),
ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x32, u32, u32, 0),
ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x64, u64, u64, 0),
+ ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(symbol, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, 0),
ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_END
};
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index 3bc43c1ce628..ef477bd8468a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32);
DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64);
DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(string);
+DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(symbol);
/* Default (unsigned long) fetch type */
#define __DEFAULT_FETCH_TYPE(t) x##t
@@ -164,6 +165,10 @@ DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(string);
#define DEFAULT_FETCH_TYPE _DEFAULT_FETCH_TYPE(BITS_PER_LONG)
#define DEFAULT_FETCH_TYPE_STR __stringify(DEFAULT_FETCH_TYPE)
+#define __ADDR_FETCH_TYPE(t) u##t
+#define _ADDR_FETCH_TYPE(t) __ADDR_FETCH_TYPE(t)
+#define ADDR_FETCH_TYPE _ADDR_FETCH_TYPE(BITS_PER_LONG)
+
#define __ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE(_name, ptype, ftype, _size, sign, _fmttype) \
{.name = _name, \
.size = _size, \
@@ -172,13 +177,14 @@ DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(string);
.fmt = PRINT_TYPE_FMT_NAME(ptype), \
.fmttype = _fmttype, \
}
-
+#define _ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE(_name, ptype, ftype, _size, sign, _fmttype) \
+ __ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE(_name, ptype, ftype, _size, sign, #_fmttype)
#define ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE(ptype, ftype, sign) \
- __ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE(#ptype, ptype, ftype, sizeof(ftype), sign, #ptype)
+ _ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE(#ptype, ptype, ftype, sizeof(ftype), sign, ptype)
/* If ptype is an alias of atype, use this macro (show atype in format) */
#define ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(ptype, atype, ftype, sign) \
- __ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE(#ptype, ptype, ftype, sizeof(ftype), sign, #atype)
+ _ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE(#ptype, ptype, ftype, sizeof(ftype), sign, atype)
#define ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_END {}
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