Hi Steve,
On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:58:12 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:36:25 -0500
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:52:52 +0900
> > Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Basically OK to me.
> > > Could you use probe_kernel_read() in this context, since probe_mem_read() is a
> > > wrapper function for template code.
> > >
> > > With that change,
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This already hit Linus's tree. I was able to reproduce the crash, so I
> > streamlined it. I should have still pushed more for your ack first.
> > Sorry about that.
>
> Oh, never mind. That seems urgent issue for kprobe event.
> Thank you very much for fixing it!
>
> > For some reason, I thought the change was in the generic probe code,
> > and accepted the probe_mem_read(). Anyway, did you want to send a patch
> > to change it to probe_kernel_read(), for the merge window?
>
> No problem.
Oops, I mean No, not yet. but it is a simple and cosmetic patch like below.
Feel free to merge it to ftrace/core.
---------
tracing/kprobes: Use probe_kernel_read instead of probe_mem_read
From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Use probe_kernel_read() instead of probe_mem_read() because
probe_mem_read() is a kind of wrapper for switching memory
read function between uprobes and kprobes.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 9eaf07f99212..99592c27465e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ fetch_store_strlen(unsigned long addr)
u8 c;
do {
- ret = probe_mem_read(&c, (u8 *)addr + len, 1);
+ ret = probe_kernel_read(&c, (u8 *)addr + len, 1);
len++;
} while (c && ret == 0 && len < MAX_STRING_SIZE);
--
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
