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Message-ID: <20221011112232.1859993-1-zhengyejian1@huawei.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:22:32 +0000
From: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@...wei.com>
To: <joe@...ches.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <mingo@...hat.com>,
<rostedt@...dmis.org>, <zhengyejian1@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace: Fix char print issue in print_ip_ins()
On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 19:35:38 -0700, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2022-10-10 at 19:15 +0000, Zheng Yejian wrote:
> > When ftrace bug happened, following log shows every byte data in
> > problem ip address:
> > actual: ffffffe8:6b:ffffffd9:01:21
> >
> > However that seems a little confusing, and it is because format
> > '%x' being used to print signed chars in print_ip_ins().
> >
> > After this patch, the log is like:
> > actual: e8:6b:d9:01:21
> >
> > Fixes: 6c14133d2d3f ("ftrace: Do not blindly read the ip address in ftrace_bug()")
> > Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@...wei.com>
> > ---
> > kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> []
> > @@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ static int ftrace_hash_ipmodify_update(struct ftrace_ops *ops,
> >
> > static void print_ip_ins(const char *fmt, const unsigned char *p)
> > {
> > - char ins[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE];
> > + unsigned char ins[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE];
> > int i;
> >
> > if (copy_from_kernel_nofault(ins, p, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE)) {
>
> Perhaps nicer would be to change the for loop below this from
>
> for (i = 0; i < MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE; i++)
> printk(KERN_CONT "%s%02x", i ? ":" : "", ins[i]);
>
> to
>
> pr_cont("%*phC", MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE, ins);
It works, thanks for your suggestion. I'll send a new version patch.
-- Zheng Yejian
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