linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] tracing/kprobe: Fix handling of C-unlike argument names

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Date:	Thu,  9 Sep 2010 14:06:45 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] tracing/kprobe: Fix handling of C-unlike argument names

From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>

Check the argument name whether it is invalid (not C-like symbol name). This
makes event format simple.

Reported-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
LKML-Reference: <20100827113912.22882.62313.stgit@...236.sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c |   20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index a39251e..544301d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ static int kprobe_dispatcher(struct kprobe *kp, struct pt_regs *regs);
 static int kretprobe_dispatcher(struct kretprobe_instance *ri,
 				struct pt_regs *regs);
 
-/* Check the name is good for event/group */
-static int check_event_name(const char *name)
+/* Check the name is good for event/group/fields */
+static int is_good_name(const char *name)
 {
 	if (!isalpha(*name) && *name != '_')
 		return 0;
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static struct trace_probe *alloc_trace_probe(const char *group,
 	else
 		tp->rp.kp.pre_handler = kprobe_dispatcher;
 
-	if (!event || !check_event_name(event)) {
+	if (!event || !is_good_name(event)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static struct trace_probe *alloc_trace_probe(const char *group,
 	if (!tp->call.name)
 		goto error;
 
-	if (!group || !check_event_name(group)) {
+	if (!group || !is_good_name(group)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static int create_trace_probe(int argc, char **argv)
 	int i, ret = 0;
 	int is_return = 0, is_delete = 0;
 	char *symbol = NULL, *event = NULL, *group = NULL;
-	char *arg, *tmp;
+	char *arg;
 	unsigned long offset = 0;
 	void *addr = NULL;
 	char buf[MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN];
@@ -1012,9 +1012,13 @@ static int create_trace_probe(int argc, char **argv)
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto error;
 		}
-		tmp = strchr(tp->args[i].name, ':');
-		if (tmp)
-			*tmp = '_';	/* convert : to _ */
+
+		if (!is_good_name(tp->args[i].name)) {
+			pr_info("Invalid argument[%d] name: %s\n",
+				i, tp->args[i].name);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto error;
+		}
 
 		if (conflict_field_name(tp->args[i].name, tp->args, i)) {
 			pr_info("Argument[%d] name '%s' conflicts with "
-- 
1.6.2.5

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