linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 10/21] tracing: probeevent: Return consumed bytes of dynamic area

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Message-Id: <20180403234153.7bd44567305ca11cead0e35b@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 3 Apr 2018 23:41:53 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        linux-trace-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        shuah@...nel.org, Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 10/21] tracing: probeevent: Return consumed bytes of
 dynamic area

On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 16:02:07 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 21:44:52 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > -static nokprobe_inline void
> > -fetch_store_string(unsigned long addr, void *dest)
> > +static nokprobe_inline int
> > +fetch_store_string(unsigned long addr, void *dest, void *base)
> >  {
> > -	int maxlen = get_rloc_len(*(u32 *)dest);
> > -	u8 *dst = get_rloc_data(dest);
> > +	int maxlen = get_loc_len(*(u32 *)dest);
> > +	u8 *dst = get_loc_data(dest, base);
> >  	long ret;
> >  
> >  	if (!maxlen)
> > -		return;
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Try to get string again, since the string can be changed while
> > @@ -854,19 +851,19 @@ fetch_store_string(unsigned long addr, void *dest)
> >  
> >  	if (ret < 0) {	/* Failed to fetch string */
> >  		dst[0] = '\0';
> > -		*(u32 *)dest = make_data_rloc(0, get_rloc_offs(*(u32 *)dest));
> > -	} else {
> > -		*(u32 *)dest = make_data_rloc(ret, get_rloc_offs(*(u32 *)dest));
> > +		ret = 0;
> 
> Why do you return 0 here and not the error value? You return -ENOMEM
> above if maxlen is zero.

Good catch! it should clear dst[0] and return 0 even if no buffer remains...
OK, I'll fix it.

Thank you!

> 
> -- Steve
> 
> >  	}
> > +	*(u32 *)dest = make_data_loc(ret, (void *)dst - base);
> > +	return ret;
> >  }


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>