Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | [PATCH 5.19 1152/1157] tracing: Use a copy of the va_list for __assign_vstr() | Date | Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:08:28 +0200 |
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From: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
commit 3a2dcbaf4d31023106975d6ae75b6df080c454cb upstream.
If an instance of tracing enables the same trace event as another instance, or the top level instance, or even perf, then the va_list passed into some tracepoints can be used more than once.
As va_list can only be traversed once, this can cause issues:
# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/instances/qla2xxx/trace cat-56106 [012] ..... 2419873.470098: ql_dbg_log: qla2xxx [0000:05:00.0]-1054:14: Entered (null). cat-56106 [012] ..... 2419873.470101: ql_dbg_log: qla2xxx [0000:05:00.0]-1000:14: Entered ×+<96>²Ü<98>^H. cat-56106 [012] ..... 2419873.470102: ql_dbg_log: qla2xxx [0000:05:00.0]-1006:14: Prepare to issue mbox cmd=0xde589000.
# cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace cat-56106 [012] ..... 2419873.470097: ql_dbg_log: qla2xxx [0000:05:00.0]-1054:14: Entered qla2x00_get_firmware_state. cat-56106 [012] ..... 2419873.470100: ql_dbg_log: qla2xxx [0000:05:00.0]-1000:14: Entered qla2x00_mailbox_command. cat-56106 [012] ..... 2419873.470102: ql_dbg_log: qla2xxx [0000:05:00.0]-1006:14: Prepare to issue mbox cmd=0x69.
The instance version is corrupted because the top level instance iterated the va_list first.
Use va_copy() in the __assign_vstr() macro to make sure that each trace event for each use case gets a fresh va_list.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/259d53a5-958e-6508-4e45-74dba2821242@marvell.com/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220719182004.21daa83e@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: 0563231f93c6d ("tracing/events: Add __vstring() and __assign_vstr() helper macros") Reported-by: Arun Easi <aeasi@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> --- include/trace/stages/stage6_event_callback.h | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/include/trace/stages/stage6_event_callback.h +++ b/include/trace/stages/stage6_event_callback.h @@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ #undef __assign_vstr #define __assign_vstr(dst, fmt, va) \ - vsnprintf(__get_str(dst), TRACE_EVENT_STR_MAX, fmt, *(va)) + do { \ + va_list __cp_va; \ + va_copy(__cp_va, *(va)); \ + vsnprintf(__get_str(dst), TRACE_EVENT_STR_MAX, fmt, __cp_va); \ + va_end(__cp_va); \ + } while (0) #undef __bitmask #define __bitmask(item, nr_bits) __dynamic_array(unsigned long, item, -1)
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