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authorSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2022-07-19 18:20:04 -0400
committerSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2022-07-30 13:56:09 -0400
commit3a2dcbaf4d31023106975d6ae75b6df080c454cb (patch)
tree5cd6d1d7bf7f28243a85df29d9825ab9c12c95b6 /include/trace
parent9abc291812d784bd4a26c01af4ebdbf9f2dbf0bb (diff)
downloadlinux-3a2dcbaf4d31023106975d6ae75b6df080c454cb.tar.gz
tracing: Use a copy of the va_list for __assign_vstr()
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/trace')
-rw-r--r--include/trace/stages/stage6_event_callback.h7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/trace/stages/stage6_event_callback.h b/include/trace/stages/stage6_event_callback.h
index 0f51f6b3ab70..3c554a585320 100644
--- 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)