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<title>linux-toradex.git/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c, branch v7.0-rc5</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T04:03:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T04:03:00+00:00</published>
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This converts some of the visually simpler cases that have been split
over multiple lines.  I only did the ones that are easy to verify the
resulting diff by having just that final GFP_KERNEL argument on the next
line.

Somebody should probably do a proper coccinelle script for this, but for
me the trivial script actually resulted in an assertion failure in the
middle of the script.  I probably had made it a bit _too_ trivial.

So after fighting that far a while I decided to just do some of the
syntactically simpler cases with variations of the previous 'sed'
scripts.

The more syntactically complex multi-line cases would mostly really want
whitespace cleanup anyway.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This converts some of the visually simpler cases that have been split
over multiple lines.  I only did the ones that are easy to verify the
resulting diff by having just that final GFP_KERNEL argument on the next
line.

Somebody should probably do a proper coccinelle script for this, but for
me the trivial script actually resulted in an assertion failure in the
middle of the script.  I probably had made it a bit _too_ trivial.

So after fighting that far a while I decided to just do some of the
syntactically simpler cases with variations of the previous 'sed'
scripts.

The more syntactically complex multi-line cases would mostly really want
whitespace cleanup anyway.

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 'trace-v6.19-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2025-12-06T21:49:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-06T21:49:40+00:00</published>
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Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:

 - Fix accounting of stop_count in file release

   On opening the trace file, if "pause-on-trace" option is set, it will
   increment the stop_count. On file release, it checks if stop_count is
   set, and if so it decrements it. Since this code was originally
   written, the stop_count can be incremented by other use cases. This
   makes just checking the stop_count not enough to know if it should be
   decremented.

   Add a new iterator flag called "PAUSE" and have it set if the open
   disables tracing and only decrement the stop_count if that flag is
   set on close.

 - Remove length field in trace_seq_printf() of print_synth_event()

   When printing the synthetic event that has a static length array
   field, the vsprintf() of the trace_seq_printf() triggered a
   "(efault)" in the output. That's because the print_fmt replaced the
   "%.*s" with "%s" causing the arguments to be off.

 - Fix a bunch of typos

* tag 'trace-v6.19-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: Fix typo in trace_seq.c
  tracing: Fix typo in trace_probe.c
  tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace_osnoise.c
  tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace_events_user.c
  tracing: Fix typo in trace_events_trigger.c
  tracing: Fix typo in trace_events_hist.c
  tracing: Fix typo in trace_events_filter.c
  tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace_events.c
  tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace.c
  tracing: Fix typo in ring_buffer_benchmark.c
  tracing: Fix multiple typos in ring_buffer.c
  tracing: Fix typo in fprobe.c
  tracing: Fix typo in fpgraph.c
  tracing: Fix fixed array of synthetic event
  tracing: Fix enabling of tracing on file release
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Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:

 - Fix accounting of stop_count in file release

   On opening the trace file, if "pause-on-trace" option is set, it will
   increment the stop_count. On file release, it checks if stop_count is
   set, and if so it decrements it. Since this code was originally
   written, the stop_count can be incremented by other use cases. This
   makes just checking the stop_count not enough to know if it should be
   decremented.

   Add a new iterator flag called "PAUSE" and have it set if the open
   disables tracing and only decrement the stop_count if that flag is
   set on close.

 - Remove length field in trace_seq_printf() of print_synth_event()

   When printing the synthetic event that has a static length array
   field, the vsprintf() of the trace_seq_printf() triggered a
   "(efault)" in the output. That's because the print_fmt replaced the
   "%.*s" with "%s" causing the arguments to be off.

 - Fix a bunch of typos

* tag 'trace-v6.19-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: Fix typo in trace_seq.c
  tracing: Fix typo in trace_probe.c
  tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace_osnoise.c
  tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace_events_user.c
  tracing: Fix typo in trace_events_trigger.c
  tracing: Fix typo in trace_events_hist.c
  tracing: Fix typo in trace_events_filter.c
  tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace_events.c
  tracing: Fix multiple typos in trace.c
  tracing: Fix typo in ring_buffer_benchmark.c
  tracing: Fix multiple typos in ring_buffer.c
  tracing: Fix typo in fprobe.c
  tracing: Fix typo in fpgraph.c
  tracing: Fix fixed array of synthetic event
  tracing: Fix enabling of tracing on file release
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Fix typo in trace_probe.c</title>
<updated>2025-12-05T20:43:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Maurice Hieronymus</name>
<email>mhi@mailbox.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-11-21T22:18:34+00:00</published>
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Fix typo "separater" to "separator".

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121221835.28032-14-mhi@mailbox.org
Signed-off-by: Maurice Hieronymus &lt;mhi@mailbox.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<pre>
Fix typo "separater" to "separator".

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121221835.28032-14-mhi@mailbox.org
Signed-off-by: Maurice Hieronymus &lt;mhi@mailbox.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: probes: Replace strcpy() with memcpy() in __trace_probe_log_err()</title>
<updated>2025-10-31T16:10:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thorsten Blum</name>
<email>thorsten.blum@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-25T00:56:49+00:00</published>
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strcpy() is deprecated; use memcpy() instead.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250820214717.778243-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum &lt;thorsten.blum@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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strcpy() is deprecated; use memcpy() instead.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250820214717.778243-3-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum &lt;thorsten.blum@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</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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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'probes-v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2025-07-30T22:38:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-30T22:38:01+00:00</published>
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Pull probes updates from Masami Hiramatsu:
 "Stack usage reduction for probe events:
   - Allocate string buffers from the heap for uprobe, eprobe, kprobe,
     and fprobe events to avoid stack overflow
   - Allocate traceprobe_parse_context from the heap to prevent
     potential stack overflow
   - Fix a typo in the above commit

  New features for eprobe and tprobe events:
   - Add support for arrays in eprobes
   - Support multiple tprobes on the same tracepoint

  Improve efficiency:
   - Register fprobe-events only when it is enabled to reduce overhead
   - Register tracepoints for tprobe events only when enabled to resolve
     a lock dependency

  Code Cleanup:
   - Add kerneldoc for traceprobe_parse_event_name() and
     __get_insn_slot()
   - Sort #include alphabetically in the probes code
   - Remove the unused 'mod' field from the tprobe-event
   - Clean up the entry-arg storing code in probe-events

  Selftest update
   - Enable fprobe events before checking enable_functions in selftests"

* tag 'probes-v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: trace_fprobe: Fix typo of the semicolon
  tracing: Have eprobes handle arrays
  tracing: probes: Add a kerneldoc for traceprobe_parse_event_name()
  tracing: uprobe-event: Allocate string buffers from heap
  tracing: eprobe-event: Allocate string buffers from heap
  tracing: kprobe-event: Allocate string buffers from heap
  tracing: fprobe-event: Allocate string buffers from heap
  tracing: probe: Allocate traceprobe_parse_context from heap
  tracing: probes: Sort #include alphabetically
  kprobes: Add missing kerneldoc for __get_insn_slot
  tracing: tprobe-events: Register tracepoint when enable tprobe event
  selftests: tracing: Enable fprobe events before checking enable_functions
  tracing: fprobe-events: Register fprobe-events only when it is enabled
  tracing: tprobe-events: Support multiple tprobes on the same tracepoint
  tracing: tprobe-events: Remove mod field from tprobe-event
  tracing: probe-events: Cleanup entry-arg storing code
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Pull probes updates from Masami Hiramatsu:
 "Stack usage reduction for probe events:
   - Allocate string buffers from the heap for uprobe, eprobe, kprobe,
     and fprobe events to avoid stack overflow
   - Allocate traceprobe_parse_context from the heap to prevent
     potential stack overflow
   - Fix a typo in the above commit

  New features for eprobe and tprobe events:
   - Add support for arrays in eprobes
   - Support multiple tprobes on the same tracepoint

  Improve efficiency:
   - Register fprobe-events only when it is enabled to reduce overhead
   - Register tracepoints for tprobe events only when enabled to resolve
     a lock dependency

  Code Cleanup:
   - Add kerneldoc for traceprobe_parse_event_name() and
     __get_insn_slot()
   - Sort #include alphabetically in the probes code
   - Remove the unused 'mod' field from the tprobe-event
   - Clean up the entry-arg storing code in probe-events

  Selftest update
   - Enable fprobe events before checking enable_functions in selftests"

* tag 'probes-v6.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
  tracing: trace_fprobe: Fix typo of the semicolon
  tracing: Have eprobes handle arrays
  tracing: probes: Add a kerneldoc for traceprobe_parse_event_name()
  tracing: uprobe-event: Allocate string buffers from heap
  tracing: eprobe-event: Allocate string buffers from heap
  tracing: kprobe-event: Allocate string buffers from heap
  tracing: fprobe-event: Allocate string buffers from heap
  tracing: probe: Allocate traceprobe_parse_context from heap
  tracing: probes: Sort #include alphabetically
  kprobes: Add missing kerneldoc for __get_insn_slot
  tracing: tprobe-events: Register tracepoint when enable tprobe event
  selftests: tracing: Enable fprobe events before checking enable_functions
  tracing: fprobe-events: Register fprobe-events only when it is enabled
  tracing: tprobe-events: Support multiple tprobes on the same tracepoint
  tracing: tprobe-events: Remove mod field from tprobe-event
  tracing: probe-events: Cleanup entry-arg storing code
</pre>
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<entry>
<title>tracing: probes: Add a kerneldoc for traceprobe_parse_event_name()</title>
<updated>2025-07-23T15:22:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-23T01:31:45+00:00</published>
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Since traceprobe_parse_event_name() is a bit complicated, add a
kerneldoc for explaining the behavior.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175323430565.57270.2602609519355112748.stgit@devnote2/

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Since traceprobe_parse_event_name() is a bit complicated, add a
kerneldoc for explaining the behavior.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175323430565.57270.2602609519355112748.stgit@devnote2/

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: probes: Sort #include alphabetically</title>
<updated>2025-07-23T15:21:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-23T01:30:47+00:00</published>
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Sort the #include directives in trace_probe* files alphabetically for
easier maintenance and avoid double includes.
This also groups headers as linux-generic, asm-generic, and local
headers.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175323424678.57270.11975372127870059007.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;</content>
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Sort the #include directives in trace_probe* files alphabetically for
easier maintenance and avoid double includes.
This also groups headers as linux-generic, asm-generic, and local
headers.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/175323424678.57270.11975372127870059007.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;</pre>
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