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Message-ID: <CAL26m8LojQppYpQGhbZsAw7Qt1BrphBo=k+fcSZVdCctdzxF_Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:16:20 -0700
From:	Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@...gle.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Laurent Chavey <chavey@...gle.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Fix array size mismatch in format string

Hi Steven,

Any chance you can take a look at this patch?


Thanks

Vaibhav


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Vaibhav Nagarnaik
<vnagarnaik@...gle.com> wrote:
> In event format strings, the array size is reported in two locations.
> One in array subscript and then via the "size:" attribute. The values
> reported there have a mismatch.
>
> For e.g., in sched:sched_switch the prev_comm and next_comm character
> arrays have subscript values as [32] where as the actual field size is
> 16.
>
> name: sched_switch
> ID: 301
> format:
>         field:unsigned short common_type;       offset:0;       size:2; signed:0;
>         field:unsigned char common_flags;       offset:2;       size:1; signed:0;
>         field:unsigned char common_preempt_count;       offset:3;       size:1;signed:0;
>         field:int common_pid;   offset:4;       size:4; signed:1;
>
>         field:char prev_comm[32];       offset:8;       size:16;        signed:1;
>         field:pid_t prev_pid;   offset:24;      size:4; signed:1;
>         field:int prev_prio;    offset:28;      size:4; signed:1;
>         field:long prev_state;  offset:32;      size:8; signed:1;
>         field:char next_comm[32];       offset:40;      size:16;        signed:1;
>         field:pid_t next_pid;   offset:56;      size:4; signed:1;
>         field:int next_prio;    offset:60;      size:4; signed:1;
>
> After bisection, the following commit was blamed:
> 92edca0 tracing: Use direct field, type and system names
>
> This commit removes the duplication of strings for field->name and
> field->type assuming that all the strings passed in
> __trace_define_field() are immutable. This is not true for arrays, where
> the type string is created in event_storage variable and field->type for
> all array fields points to event_storage.
>
> Use __stringify() to create a string constant for the type string.
>
> Also, get rid of event_storage and event_storage_mutex that are not
> needed anymore.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@...gle.com>
> ---
> * Fix warning from previous version about mixed declarations.
>
>  include/linux/ftrace_event.h | 4 ----
>  include/trace/ftrace.h       | 7 ++-----
>  kernel/trace/trace_events.c  | 6 ------
>  kernel/trace/trace_export.c  | 7 ++-----
>  4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
> index 4e4cc28..4cdb3a1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
> @@ -495,10 +495,6 @@ enum {
>         FILTER_TRACE_FN,
>  };
>
> -#define EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE 128
> -extern struct mutex event_storage_mutex;
> -extern char event_storage[EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE];
> -
>  extern int trace_event_raw_init(struct ftrace_event_call *call);
>  extern int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, const char *type,
>                               const char *name, int offset, int size,
> diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
> index 1a8b28d..1ee19a2 100644
> --- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
> +++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
> @@ -310,15 +310,12 @@ static struct trace_event_functions ftrace_event_type_funcs_##call = {    \
>  #undef __array
>  #define __array(type, item, len)                                       \
>         do {                                                            \
> -               mutex_lock(&event_storage_mutex);                       \
> +               char *type_str = #type"["__stringify(len)"]";           \
>                 BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL);                 \
> -               snprintf(event_storage, sizeof(event_storage),          \
> -                        "%s[%d]", #type, len);                         \
> -               ret = trace_define_field(event_call, event_storage, #item, \
> +               ret = trace_define_field(event_call, type_str, #item,   \
>                                  offsetof(typeof(field), item),         \
>                                  sizeof(field.item),                    \
>                                  is_signed_type(type), FILTER_OTHER);   \
> -               mutex_unlock(&event_storage_mutex);                     \
>                 if (ret)                                                \
>                         return ret;                                     \
>         } while (0);
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> index e71ffd4..22826c7 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> @@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
>
>  DEFINE_MUTEX(event_mutex);
>
> -DEFINE_MUTEX(event_storage_mutex);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(event_storage_mutex);
> -
> -char event_storage[EVENT_STORAGE_SIZE];
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(event_storage);
> -
>  LIST_HEAD(ftrace_events);
>  static LIST_HEAD(ftrace_common_fields);
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
> index 7c3e3e7..ee0a509 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
> @@ -95,15 +95,12 @@ static void __always_unused ____ftrace_check_##name(void)           \
>  #undef __array
>  #define __array(type, item, len)                                       \
>         do {                                                            \
> +               char *type_str = #type"["__stringify(len)"]";           \
>                 BUILD_BUG_ON(len > MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL);                 \
> -               mutex_lock(&event_storage_mutex);                       \
> -               snprintf(event_storage, sizeof(event_storage),          \
> -                        "%s[%d]", #type, len);                         \
> -               ret = trace_define_field(event_call, event_storage, #item, \
> +               ret = trace_define_field(event_call, type_str, #item,   \
>                                  offsetof(typeof(field), item),         \
>                                  sizeof(field.item),                    \
>                                  is_signed_type(type), filter_type);    \
> -               mutex_unlock(&event_storage_mutex);                     \
>                 if (ret)                                                \
>                         return ret;                                     \
>         } while (0);
> --
> 1.9.0.rc1.175.g0b1dcb5
>
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