linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3.5/5] trace/kprobes: Add back warning about offset in return probes

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Date:   Wed, 1 Mar 2017 20:46:59 +0530
From:   "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3.5/5] trace/kprobes: Add back warning about offset in
 return probes

On 2017/02/27 11:52AM, Steven Rostedt (VMware) wrote:
> Let's not remove the warning about offsets and return probes when the
> offset is invalid.

Good point!

Thanks, Steve!

> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Acked-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> index 3f4f788..f626235 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> @@ -695,6 +695,11 @@ static int create_trace_kprobe(int argc, char **argv)
>  			pr_info("Failed to parse symbol.\n");
>  			return ret;
>  		}
> +		if (offset && is_return &&
> +		    !arch_function_offset_within_entry(offset)) {
> +			pr_info("Given offset is not valid for return probe.\n");
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		}
>  	}
>  	argc -= 2; argv += 2;
> 
>