linux-kernel - [for-linus][PATCH 02/15] tracing: Change STR_VAR_MAX

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Date:   Tue, 06 Oct 2020 10:34:48 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
        Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 02/15] tracing: Change STR_VAR_MAX_LEN

From: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>

32 is too small for this value, and anyway it makes more sense to use
MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL, as this is also the value used for variable-length
__strings.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/6adfd1668ac1fd8670bd58206944a762061a5559.1601848695.git.zanussi@kernel.org

Tested-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 2 ++
 kernel/trace/trace_synth.h       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 1b2ef6490229..3b22e2122d1a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -1398,6 +1398,8 @@ static int hist_trigger_elt_data_alloc(struct tracing_map_elt *elt)
 
 	n_str = hist_data->n_field_var_str + hist_data->n_save_var_str;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(STR_VAR_LEN_MAX & (sizeof(u64) - 1));
+
 	size = STR_VAR_LEN_MAX;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n_str; i++) {
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_synth.h b/kernel/trace/trace_synth.h
index ac35c45207c4..5166705d1556 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_synth.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_synth.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #define SYNTH_SYSTEM		"synthetic"
 #define SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX	32
 
-#define STR_VAR_LEN_MAX		32 /* must be multiple of sizeof(u64) */
+#define STR_VAR_LEN_MAX		MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL /* must be multiple of sizeof(u64) */
 
 struct synth_field {
 	char *type;
-- 
2.28.0