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Steven Rostedt (Google) 14d552ab31 tracing: Have type enum modifications copy the strings 
commit 795301d3c2 upstream.

When an enum is used in the visible parts of a trace event that is
exported to user space, the user space applications like perf and
trace-cmd do not have a way to know what the value of the enum is. To
solve this, at boot up (or module load) the printk formats are modified to
replace the enum with their numeric value in the string output.

Array fields of the event are defined by [<nr-elements>] in the type
portion of the format file so that the user space parsers can correctly
parse the array into the appropriate size chunks. But in some trace
events, an enum is used in defining the size of the array, which once
again breaks the parsing of user space tooling.

This was solved the same way as the print formats were, but it modified
the type strings of the trace event. This caused crashes in some
architectures because, as supposed to the print string, is a const string
value. This was not detected on x86, as it appears that const strings are
still writable (at least in boot up), but other architectures this is not
the case, and writing to a const string will cause a kernel fault.

To fix this, use kstrdup() to copy the type before modifying it. If the
trace event is for the core kernel there's no need to free it because the
string will be in use for the life of the machine being on line. For
modules, create a link list to store all the strings being allocated for
modules and when the module is removed, free them.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/yt9dr1706b4i.fsf@linux.ibm.com/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220318153432.3984b871@gandalf.local.home

Tested-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
Fixes: b3bc8547d3 ("tracing: Have TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM affect trace event types as well")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-04-08 14:24:13 +02:00
arch arm64: mm: Drop 'const' from conditional arm64_dma_phys_limit definition 2022-04-08 14:24:13 +02:00
block block: Fix the maximum minor value is blk_alloc_ext_minor() 2022-04-08 14:24:11 +02:00
certs certs: Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules 2021-08-23 19:55:42 +03:00
crypto crypto: xts - Add softdep on ecb 2022-04-08 14:23:55 +02:00
Documentation Reinstate some of "swiotlb: rework "fix info leak with DMA_FROM_DEVICE"" 2022-04-08 14:24:13 +02:00
drivers staging: mt7621-dts: fix pinctrl-0 items to be size-1 items on ethernet 2022-04-08 14:24:13 +02:00
fs proc: bootconfig: Add null pointer check 2022-04-08 14:24:12 +02:00
include Reinstate some of "swiotlb: rework "fix info leak with DMA_FROM_DEVICE"" 2022-04-08 14:24:13 +02:00
init init: make unknown command line param message clearer 2021-11-18 19:17:11 +01:00
ipc ipc/sem: do not sleep with a spin lock held 2022-02-08 18:34:03 +01:00
kernel tracing: Have type enum modifications copy the strings 2022-04-08 14:24:13 +02:00
lib XArray: Update the LRU list in xas_split() 2022-04-08 14:24:09 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES/dual/CC-BY-4.0: Git rid of "smart quotes" 2021-07-15 06:31:24 -06:00
mm mm/kmemleak: reset tag when compare object pointer 2022-04-08 14:22:56 +02:00
net can: isotp: restore accidentally removed MSG_PEEK feature 2022-04-08 14:24:12 +02:00
samples samples/bpf, xdpsock: Fix race when running for fix duration of time 2022-04-08 14:23:40 +02:00
scripts modpost: restore the warning message for missing symbol versions 2022-04-08 14:24:10 +02:00
security Fix incorrect type in assignment of ipv6 port for audit 2022-04-08 14:23:55 +02:00
sound ASoC: soc-compress: Change the check for codec_dai 2022-04-08 14:24:13 +02:00
tools selftests: test_vxlan_under_vrf: Fix broken test case 2022-04-08 14:23:52 +02:00
usr usr/include/Makefile: add linux/nfc.h to the compile-test coverage 2022-02-01 17:27:15 +01:00
virt KVM: Prevent module exit until all VMs are freed 2022-04-08 14:24:07 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2021-05-12 23:32:39 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Move Daniel Drake to credits 2021-09-21 08:34:58 +03:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: adjust file entry for of_net.c after movement 2022-03-08 19:12:53 +01:00
Makefile Linux 5.15.32 2022-03-28 09:58:46 +02:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.