This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
tracing: Free error logs of tracing instances
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
tracing-free-error-logs-of-tracing-instances.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 3357c6e429643231e60447b52ffbb7ac895aca22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 19:45:04 -0400
Subject: tracing: Free error logs of tracing instances
From: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 3357c6e429643231e60447b52ffbb7ac895aca22 upstream.
When a tracing instance is removed, the error messages that hold errors
that occurred in the instance needs to be freed. The following reports a
memory leak:
# cd /sys/kernel/tracing
# mkdir instances/foo
# echo 'hist:keys=x' > instances/foo/events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
# cat instances/foo/error_log
[ 117.404795] hist:sched:sched_switch: error: Couldn't find field
Command: hist:keys=x
^
# rmdir instances/foo
Then check for memory leaks:
# echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810d8ec700 (size 192):
comm "bash", pid 869, jiffies 4294950577 (age 215.752s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
60 dd 68 61 81 88 ff ff 60 dd 68 61 81 88 ff ff `.ha....`.ha....
a0 30 8c 83 ff ff ff ff 26 00 0a 00 00 00 00 00 .0......&.......
backtrace:
[<00000000dae26536>] kmalloc_trace+0x2a/0xa0
[<00000000b2938940>] tracing_log_err+0x277/0x2e0
[<000000004a0e1b07>] parse_atom+0x966/0xb40
[<0000000023b24337>] parse_expr+0x5f3/0xdb0
[<00000000594ad074>] event_hist_trigger_parse+0x27f8/0x3560
[<00000000293a9645>] trigger_process_regex+0x135/0x1a0
[<000000005c22b4f2>] event_trigger_write+0x87/0xf0
[<000000002cadc509>] vfs_write+0x162/0x670
[<0000000059c3b9be>] ksys_write+0xca/0x170
[<00000000f1cddc00>] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0xc0
[<00000000868ac68c>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
unreferenced object 0xffff888170c35a00 (size 32):
comm "bash", pid 869, jiffies 4294950577 (age 215.752s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
0a 20 20 43 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 3a 20 68 69 73 74 . Command: hist
3a 6b 65 79 73 3d 78 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 :keys=x.........
backtrace:
[<000000006a747de5>] __kmalloc+0x4d/0x160
[<000000000039df5f>] tracing_log_err+0x29b/0x2e0
[<000000004a0e1b07>] parse_atom+0x966/0xb40
[<0000000023b24337>] parse_expr+0x5f3/0xdb0
[<00000000594ad074>] event_hist_trigger_parse+0x27f8/0x3560
[<00000000293a9645>] trigger_process_regex+0x135/0x1a0
[<000000005c22b4f2>] event_trigger_write+0x87/0xf0
[<000000002cadc509>] vfs_write+0x162/0x670
[<0000000059c3b9be>] ksys_write+0xca/0x170
[<00000000f1cddc00>] do_syscall_64+0x3e/0xc0
[<00000000868ac68c>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
The problem is that the error log needs to be freed when the instance is
removed.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/76134d9f-a5ba-6a0d-37b3-28310b4a1e91@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230404194504.5790b95f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 2f754e771b1a6 ("tracing: Have the error logs show up in the proper instances")
Reported-by: Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Mirsad Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -8542,6 +8542,7 @@ static int __remove_instance(struct trac
ftrace_destroy_function_files(tr);
tracefs_remove_recursive(tr->dir);
free_trace_buffers(tr);
+ clear_tracing_err_log(tr);
for (i = 0; i < tr->nr_topts; i++) {
kfree(tr->topts[i].topts);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.4/tracing-free-error-logs-of-tracing-instances.patch
queue-5.4/ftrace-mark-get_lock_parent_ip-__always_inline.patch
