linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] io_uring: Add to traces the req pointer when available

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Date:   Tue, 25 May 2021 16:28:20 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Olivier Langlois <olivier@...llion01.com>,
        Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, io-uring@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] io_uring: Add to traces the req pointer when available

On 5/25/21 3:48 PM, Olivier Langlois wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-05-25 at 17:26 -0400, Olivier Langlois wrote:
>> but the pointers should be hashed by trace.
>>
>> That would be nice if someone more knowledgeable about the tracing
>> system could jump in and comment about the hash-ptr option and tell
>> when it is applied and when it is not...
> 
> My concern about hashing pointers directly in the io_uring code
> directly. It is that by doing so will make it impossible for a
> sufficiently priviledged user to get the raw pointer values without
> reverting back the pointer hashing stuff.
> 
> that would not be the right way to address the security concern if the
> tracing subsystem already hash them by default and is configurable to
> display raw pointers if desired.
> 
> My issue is that I haven't been able to see hashed pointers output from
> trace.

Just a quick guess, but does it rely on using %p to print the pointers?

-- 
Jens Axboe