linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 1/2] ksym_tracer:Fix line-wrapping after removal of ksym tracer entry

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:06:07 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	"K.Prasad" <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/2] ksym_tracer:Fix line-wrapping after removal of
	ksym tracer entry

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 04:35:04AM +0530, K.Prasad wrote:
> Removal of a ksym entry results in missing information and an early return with
> TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE code (minus the line return). This patch modifies the
> output function to unconditionally add a line return irrespective of the
> return code. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c |   27 +++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt.orig/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c
> +++ linux-2.6-tip.hbkpt/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c
> @@ -391,29 +391,32 @@ static enum print_line_t ksym_trace_outp
>  
>  	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "%-15s %-5d %-3d %-20s ", field->p_name,
>  				entry->pid, iter->cpu, field->ksym_name);
> -	if (!ret)
> -		return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
> +	if (!ret) {
> +		ret = TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
> +		goto err_ret;
> +	}
>  
> +	ret = TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
>  	switch (field->ksym_hbp->info.type) {
>  	case HW_BREAKPOINT_WRITE:
> -		ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " W  ");
> +		if (!trace_seq_printf(s, " W  "))
> +			goto err_ret;
>  		break;
>  	case HW_BREAKPOINT_RW:
> -		ret = trace_seq_printf(s, " RW ");
> +		if (!trace_seq_printf(s, " RW  "))
> +			goto err_ret;
>  		break;
>  	default:
> -		return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
> +		goto err_ret;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (!ret)
> -		return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
> -
>  	sprint_symbol(str, field->ip);
>  	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "%-20s\n", str);
> -	if (!ret)
> -		return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
> -
> -	return TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED;
> +	if (ret)
> +		return TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED;
> +err_ret:
> +	trace_seq_printf(s, "\n");
> +	return ret;


As told in my email just before, TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE
won't print a truncated line or a partial line. Instead, it
will be ignored and entirely retried later.
Then your newline will be ignored.

..unless we have a bug in trace.c

I'm not sure what it the origin of the concatenated printed entries
Ingo has reported.

Did you reproduce it and then this patch fixed it?



>  }
>  
>  struct tracer ksym_tracer __read_mostly =
> 

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/