[v2] tracing/probe: add a char type to print the character value of traced arguments
Commit Message
There are scenes that we want to show the character value of traced
arguments other than a decimal or hexadecimal or string value for debug
convinience. Add a new type named 'char' to do it.
For example:
echo 'p:myprobe xxxx +0($arg1):char' > kprobe_events
echo 'p:myprobe xxxx +0($arg1):char[2]' > kprobe_events
Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- fix build warnings reported by kernel test robot
- modify commit log
---
Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst | 3 ++-
kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 2 ++
kernel/trace/trace_probe.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Comments
On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 18:52:18 -0800
Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com> wrote:
> There are scenes that we want to show the character value of traced
> arguments other than a decimal or hexadecimal or string value for debug
> convinience. Add a new type named 'char' to do it.
>
> For example:
>
> echo 'p:myprobe xxxx +0($arg1):char' > kprobe_events
>
> echo 'p:myprobe xxxx +0($arg1):char[2]' > kprobe_events
This looks good to me. Thanks!
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
>
> Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - fix build warnings reported by kernel test robot
> - modify commit log
> ---
> Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst | 3 ++-
> kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 2 ++
> kernel/trace/trace_probe.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> index 4274cc6a2f94..007972a3c5c4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
> NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
> FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
> (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types
> - (x8/x16/x32/x64), "string", "ustring" and bitfield
> + (x8/x16/x32/x64), "char", "string", "ustring" and bitfield
> are supported.
>
> (\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0).
> @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ E.g. 'x16[4]' means an array of x16 (2bytes hex) with 4 elements.
> Note that the array can be applied to memory type fetchargs, you can not
> apply it to registers/stack-entries etc. (for example, '$stack1:x8[8]' is
> wrong, but '+8($stack):x8[8]' is OK.)
> +Char type can be used to show the character value of traced arguments.
> String type is a special type, which fetches a "null-terminated" string from
> kernel space. This means it will fail and store NULL if the string container
> has been paged out. "ustring" type is an alternative of string for user-space.
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> index 36dff277de46..a4abf7f6c295 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x8, u8, "0x%x")
> DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16, u16, "0x%x")
> DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32, u32, "0x%x")
> DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64, u64, "0x%Lx")
> +DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char, u8, "%c")
>
> int PRINT_TYPE_FUNC_NAME(symbol)(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, void *ent)
> {
> @@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ static const struct fetch_type probe_fetch_types[] = {
> ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x16, u16, u16, 0),
> ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x32, u32, u32, 0),
> ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x64, u64, u64, 0),
> + ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(char, u8, u8, 0),
> ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(symbol, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, 0),
>
> ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_END
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> index de38f1c03776..8c86aaa8b0c9 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> @@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16);
> DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32);
> DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64);
>
> +DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char);
> DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(string);
> DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(symbol);
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
(u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types
- (x8/x16/x32/x64), "string", "ustring" and bitfield
+ (x8/x16/x32/x64), "char", "string", "ustring" and bitfield
are supported.
(\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0).
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ E.g. 'x16[4]' means an array of x16 (2bytes hex) with 4 elements.
Note that the array can be applied to memory type fetchargs, you can not
apply it to registers/stack-entries etc. (for example, '$stack1:x8[8]' is
wrong, but '+8($stack):x8[8]' is OK.)
+Char type can be used to show the character value of traced arguments.
String type is a special type, which fetches a "null-terminated" string from
kernel space. This means it will fail and store NULL if the string container
has been paged out. "ustring" type is an alternative of string for user-space.
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x8, u8, "0x%x")
DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16, u16, "0x%x")
DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32, u32, "0x%x")
DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64, u64, "0x%Lx")
+DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char, u8, "%c")
int PRINT_TYPE_FUNC_NAME(symbol)(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, void *ent)
{
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ static const struct fetch_type probe_fetch_types[] = {
ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x16, u16, u16, 0),
ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x32, u32, u32, 0),
ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x64, u64, u64, 0),
+ ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(char, u8, u8, 0),
ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(symbol, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, 0),
ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_END
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16);
DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32);
DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64);
+DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char);
DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(string);
DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(symbol);