linux-kernel - [PATCH] tracing/syscalls: fix perf syscall tracing when syscall

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Message-Id: <1345137254-7377-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:14:14 +0100
From:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
	Wade Farnsworth <wade_farnsworth@...tor.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tracing/syscalls: fix perf syscall tracing when syscall_nr == -1

syscall_get_nr can return -1 in the case that the task is not executing
a system call.

This patch fixes perf_syscall_{enter,exit} to check that the syscall
number is valid before using it as an index into a bitmap.

Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc: Wade Farnsworth <wade_farnsworth@...tor.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 96fc733..4bc7d92 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ static void perf_syscall_enter(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long id)
 	int size;
 
 	syscall_nr = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
+	if (syscall_nr < 0)
+		return;
 	if (!test_bit(syscall_nr, enabled_perf_enter_syscalls))
 		return;
 
@@ -580,6 +582,8 @@ static void perf_syscall_exit(void *ignore, struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
 	int size;
 
 	syscall_nr = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
+	if (syscall_nr < 0)
+		return;
 	if (!test_bit(syscall_nr, enabled_perf_exit_syscalls))
 		return;
 
-- 
1.7.4.1

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