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<title>linux-toradex.git/kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c, branch v7.0-rc6</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T01:06:51+00:00</published>
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This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This is the exact same thing as the 'alloc_obj()' version, only much
smaller because there are a lot fewer users of the *alloc_flex()
interface.

As with alloc_obj() version, this was done entirely with mindless brute
force, using the same script, except using 'flex' in the pattern rather
than 'objs*'.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'probes-v6.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2025-12-05T18:55:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-05T18:55:47+00:00</published>
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Pull probes updates from Masami Hiramatsu:
 "fprobe performance enhancement using rhltable:
   - use rhltable for fprobe_ip_table. The fprobe IP table has been
     converted to use an rhltable for improved performance when dealing
     with a large number of probed functions
   - Fix a suspicious RCU usage warning of the above change in the
     fprobe entry handler
   - Remove an unused local variable of the above change
   - Fix to initialize fprobe_ip_table in core_initcall()

  Performance optimization of fprobe by ftrace:
   - Use ftrace instead of fgraph for entry only probes. This avoids the
     unneeded overhead of fgraph stack setup
   - Also update fprobe selftest for entry-only probe
   - fprobe: Use ftrace only if CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS or
     WITH_REGS is defined

  Cleanup probe event subsystems:
   - Allocate traceprobe_parse_context per probe instead of each probe
     argument parsing. This reduce memory allocation/free of temporary
     working memory
   - Cleanup code using __free()
   - Replace strcpy() with memcpy() in __trace_probe_log_err()"

* tag 'probes-v6.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: fprobe: use ftrace if CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
  lib/test_fprobe: add testcase for mixed fprobe
  tracing: fprobe: optimization for entry only case
  tracing: fprobe: Fix to init fprobe_ip_table earlier
  tracing: fprobe: Remove unused local variable
  tracing: probes: Replace strcpy() with memcpy() in __trace_probe_log_err()
  tracing: fprobe: fix suspicious rcu usage in fprobe_entry
  tracing: uprobe: eprobes: Allocate traceprobe_parse_context per probe
  tracing: uprobes: Cleanup __trace_uprobe_create() with __free()
  tracing: eprobe: Cleanup eprobe event using __free()
  tracing: probes: Use __free() for trace_probe_log
  tracing: fprobe: use rhltable for fprobe_ip_table
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Pull probes updates from Masami Hiramatsu:
 "fprobe performance enhancement using rhltable:
   - use rhltable for fprobe_ip_table. The fprobe IP table has been
     converted to use an rhltable for improved performance when dealing
     with a large number of probed functions
   - Fix a suspicious RCU usage warning of the above change in the
     fprobe entry handler
   - Remove an unused local variable of the above change
   - Fix to initialize fprobe_ip_table in core_initcall()

  Performance optimization of fprobe by ftrace:
   - Use ftrace instead of fgraph for entry only probes. This avoids the
     unneeded overhead of fgraph stack setup
   - Also update fprobe selftest for entry-only probe
   - fprobe: Use ftrace only if CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS or
     WITH_REGS is defined

  Cleanup probe event subsystems:
   - Allocate traceprobe_parse_context per probe instead of each probe
     argument parsing. This reduce memory allocation/free of temporary
     working memory
   - Cleanup code using __free()
   - Replace strcpy() with memcpy() in __trace_probe_log_err()"

* tag 'probes-v6.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: fprobe: use ftrace if CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
  lib/test_fprobe: add testcase for mixed fprobe
  tracing: fprobe: optimization for entry only case
  tracing: fprobe: Fix to init fprobe_ip_table earlier
  tracing: fprobe: Remove unused local variable
  tracing: probes: Replace strcpy() with memcpy() in __trace_probe_log_err()
  tracing: fprobe: fix suspicious rcu usage in fprobe_entry
  tracing: uprobe: eprobes: Allocate traceprobe_parse_context per probe
  tracing: uprobes: Cleanup __trace_uprobe_create() with __free()
  tracing: eprobe: Cleanup eprobe event using __free()
  tracing: probes: Use __free() for trace_probe_log
  tracing: fprobe: use rhltable for fprobe_ip_table
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Merge struct event_trigger_ops into struct event_command</title>
<updated>2025-11-26T20:13:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-25T20:08:59+00:00</published>
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Now that there's pretty much a one to one mapping between the struct
event_trigger_ops and struct event_command, there's no reason to have two
different structures. Merge the function pointers of event_trigger_ops
into event_command.

There's one exception in trace_events_hist.c for the
event_hist_trigger_named_ops. This has special logic for the init and free
function pointers for "named histograms". In this case, allocate the
cmd_ops of the event_trigger_data and set it to the proper init and free
functions, which are used to initialize and free the event_trigger_data
respectively. Have the free function and the init function (on failure)
free the cmd_ops of the data element.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251125200932.446322765@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Now that there's pretty much a one to one mapping between the struct
event_trigger_ops and struct event_command, there's no reason to have two
different structures. Merge the function pointers of event_trigger_ops
into event_command.

There's one exception in trace_events_hist.c for the
event_hist_trigger_named_ops. This has special logic for the init and free
function pointers for "named histograms". In this case, allocate the
cmd_ops of the event_trigger_data and set it to the proper init and free
functions, which are used to initialize and free the event_trigger_data
respectively. Have the free function and the init function (on failure)
free the cmd_ops of the data element.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251125200932.446322765@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Remove get_trigger_ops() and add count_func() from trigger ops</title>
<updated>2025-11-26T20:13:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-25T20:08:58+00:00</published>
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The struct event_command has a callback function called get_trigger_ops().
This callback returns the "trigger_ops" to use for the trigger. These ops
define the trigger function, how to init the trigger, how to print the
trigger and how to free it.

The only reason there's a callback function to get these ops is because
some triggers have two types of operations. One is an "always on"
operation, and the other is a "count down" operation. If a user passes in
a parameter to say how many times the trigger should execute. For example:

  echo stacktrace:5 &gt; events/kmem/kmem_cache_alloc/trigger

It will trigger the stacktrace for the first 5 times the kmem_cache_alloc
event is hit.

Instead of having two different trigger_ops since the only difference
between them is the tigger itself (the print, init and free functions are
all the same), just use a single ops that the event_command points to and
add a function field to the trigger_ops to have a count_func.

When a trigger is added to an event, if there's a count attached to it and
the trigger ops has the count_func field, the data allocated to represent
this trigger will have a new flag set called COUNT.

Then when the trigger executes, it will check if the COUNT data flag is
set, and if so, it will call the ops count_func(). If that returns false,
it returns without executing the trigger.

This removes the need for duplicate event_trigger_ops structures.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251125200932.274566147@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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The struct event_command has a callback function called get_trigger_ops().
This callback returns the "trigger_ops" to use for the trigger. These ops
define the trigger function, how to init the trigger, how to print the
trigger and how to free it.

The only reason there's a callback function to get these ops is because
some triggers have two types of operations. One is an "always on"
operation, and the other is a "count down" operation. If a user passes in
a parameter to say how many times the trigger should execute. For example:

  echo stacktrace:5 &gt; events/kmem/kmem_cache_alloc/trigger

It will trigger the stacktrace for the first 5 times the kmem_cache_alloc
event is hit.

Instead of having two different trigger_ops since the only difference
between them is the tigger itself (the print, init and free functions are
all the same), just use a single ops that the event_command points to and
add a function field to the trigger_ops to have a count_func.

When a trigger is added to an event, if there's a count attached to it and
the trigger ops has the count_func field, the data allocated to represent
this trigger will have a new flag set called COUNT.

Then when the trigger executes, it will check if the COUNT data flag is
set, and if so, it will call the ops count_func(). If that returns false,
it returns without executing the trigger.

This removes the need for duplicate event_trigger_ops structures.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251125200932.274566147@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: uprobe: eprobes: Allocate traceprobe_parse_context per probe</title>
<updated>2025-10-31T16:10:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-25T00:56:48+00:00</published>
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Since traceprobe_parse_context is reusable among a probe arguments,
it is more efficient to allocate it outside of the loop for parsing
probe argument as kprobe and fprobe events do.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175509541393.193596.16330324746701582114.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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Since traceprobe_parse_context is reusable among a probe arguments,
it is more efficient to allocate it outside of the loop for parsing
probe argument as kprobe and fprobe events do.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175509541393.193596.16330324746701582114.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: eprobe: Cleanup eprobe event using __free()</title>
<updated>2025-10-31T16:10:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-25T00:56:47+00:00</published>
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Use __free(trace_event_probe_cleanup) to remove unneeded gotos and
cleanup the last part of trace_eprobe_parse_filter().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175509539571.193596.4674012182718751429.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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Use __free(trace_event_probe_cleanup) to remove unneeded gotos and
cleanup the last part of trace_eprobe_parse_filter().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175509539571.193596.4674012182718751429.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: probes: Use __free() for trace_probe_log</title>
<updated>2025-10-31T16:10:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-25T00:56:47+00:00</published>
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Use __free() for trace_probe_log_clear() to cleanup error log interface.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175509538609.193596.16646724647358218778.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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Use __free() for trace_probe_log_clear() to cleanup error log interface.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175509538609.193596.16646724647358218778.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Have eprobes handle arrays</title>
<updated>2025-07-24T13:57:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-23T16:42:02+00:00</published>
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eprobes are dynamic events that can read other events using their fields
to create new events. Currently it doesn't work with arrays. When the new
event field is attached to the old event field, it looks at the size of
the field to determine what type of field the new field should be. For 1
byte fields it's a char, for 2 bytes, it's a short and for 4 bytes it's an
integer. For all other sizes it just defaults to "long". This also reads
the contents of the field for such cases.

For arrays that are bigger than the size of long, return the value of the
address of the content itself. This will allow eprobes to read other
values in the array of the old event.

This is useful when raw_syscalls is enabled but the syscall events are
not. The syscall events are created from the raw_syscalls as they have an
array of "args" that holds the 6 long words passed to the syscall entry
point. To read the value of "filename" from sys_openat, the eprobe could
attach to the raw_syscall and read the second value.

It can then even be passed to a synthetic event and converted back to
another eprobe to get the value of "filename" after it has been read by
the kernel during the system call:

 [
   Create an eprobe called "sys" and attach it to sys_enter.
   Read the id of the system call and the second argument
 ]
 # echo 'e:sys raw_syscalls.sys_enter nr=$id:u32 arg2=+8($args):u64' &gt;&gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events

 [
   Create a synthetic event "path" that will hold the address of the
   sys_openat filename. This is on a 64bit machine, so make it 64 bits
 ]
 # echo 's:path u64 file;' &gt;&gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events

 [
   Add a histogram to the eprobe/sys which tiggers if the "nr" field is
   257 (sys_openat), and save the filename in the "file" variable.
 ]
 # echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:file=arg2 if nr == 257' &gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/events/eprobes/sys/trigger

 [
   Attach a histogram to sys_exit event that triggers the "path" synthetic
   event and records the "filename" that was passed from the sys eprobe.
 ]
 # echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:f=$file:onmatch(eprobes.sys).trace(path,$f)' &gt;&gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/events/raw_syscalls/sys_exit/trigger

 [
   Create another eprobe that dereferences the "file" field as a user
   space string and displays it.
 ]
 # echo 'e:open synthetic.path file=+0($file):ustring' &gt;&gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events

 # echo 1 &gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/events/eprobes/open/enable
 # cat trace_pipe
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.521912: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.521934: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522065: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522080: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522296: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522319: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522327: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522333: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522348: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522349: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522363: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522477: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522489: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522492: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522720: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522744: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522759: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522850: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250723124202.4f7475be@batman.local.home/

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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eprobes are dynamic events that can read other events using their fields
to create new events. Currently it doesn't work with arrays. When the new
event field is attached to the old event field, it looks at the size of
the field to determine what type of field the new field should be. For 1
byte fields it's a char, for 2 bytes, it's a short and for 4 bytes it's an
integer. For all other sizes it just defaults to "long". This also reads
the contents of the field for such cases.

For arrays that are bigger than the size of long, return the value of the
address of the content itself. This will allow eprobes to read other
values in the array of the old event.

This is useful when raw_syscalls is enabled but the syscall events are
not. The syscall events are created from the raw_syscalls as they have an
array of "args" that holds the 6 long words passed to the syscall entry
point. To read the value of "filename" from sys_openat, the eprobe could
attach to the raw_syscall and read the second value.

It can then even be passed to a synthetic event and converted back to
another eprobe to get the value of "filename" after it has been read by
the kernel during the system call:

 [
   Create an eprobe called "sys" and attach it to sys_enter.
   Read the id of the system call and the second argument
 ]
 # echo 'e:sys raw_syscalls.sys_enter nr=$id:u32 arg2=+8($args):u64' &gt;&gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events

 [
   Create a synthetic event "path" that will hold the address of the
   sys_openat filename. This is on a 64bit machine, so make it 64 bits
 ]
 # echo 's:path u64 file;' &gt;&gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events

 [
   Add a histogram to the eprobe/sys which tiggers if the "nr" field is
   257 (sys_openat), and save the filename in the "file" variable.
 ]
 # echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:file=arg2 if nr == 257' &gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/events/eprobes/sys/trigger

 [
   Attach a histogram to sys_exit event that triggers the "path" synthetic
   event and records the "filename" that was passed from the sys eprobe.
 ]
 # echo 'hist:keys=common_pid:f=$file:onmatch(eprobes.sys).trace(path,$f)' &gt;&gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/events/raw_syscalls/sys_exit/trigger

 [
   Create another eprobe that dereferences the "file" field as a user
   space string and displays it.
 ]
 # echo 'e:open synthetic.path file=+0($file):ustring' &gt;&gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events

 # echo 1 &gt; /sys/kernel/tracing/events/eprobes/open/enable
 # cat trace_pipe
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.521912: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.521934: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522065: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522080: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522296: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522319: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522327: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522333: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522348: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522349: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522363: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522477: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522489: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522492: open: (synthetic.path) file="/etc/ld.so.cache"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522720: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522744: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6"
            less-1143    [005] ...5.   799.522759: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6"
             cat-1142    [003] ...5.   799.522850: open: (synthetic.path) file="/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6"

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250723124202.4f7475be@batman.local.home/

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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