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<title>tracing/kprobe: Make trace_kprobe's module callback called after jump_label update</title>
<updated>2025-01-02T09:32:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-11T00:10:55+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit d685d55dfc86b1a4bdcec77c3c1f8a83f181264e ]

Make sure the trace_kprobe's module notifer callback function is called
after jump_label's callback is called. Since the trace_kprobe's callback
eventually checks jump_label address during registering new kprobe on
the loading module, jump_label must be updated before this registration
happens.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/173387585556.995044.3157941002975446119.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: 614243181050 ("tracing/kprobes: Support module init function probing")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit d685d55dfc86b1a4bdcec77c3c1f8a83f181264e ]

Make sure the trace_kprobe's module notifer callback function is called
after jump_label's callback is called. Since the trace_kprobe's callback
eventually checks jump_label address during registering new kprobe on
the loading module, jump_label must be updated before this registration
happens.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/173387585556.995044.3157941002975446119.stgit@devnote2/

Fixes: 614243181050 ("tracing/kprobes: Support module init function probing")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing/kprobes: Skip symbol counting logic for module symbols in create_local_trace_kprobe()</title>
<updated>2024-12-19T17:11:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nikolay Kuratov</name>
<email>kniv@yandex-team.ru</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-16T11:19:23+00:00</published>
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commit b022f0c7e404 ("tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols")
avoids checking number_of_same_symbols() for module symbol in
__trace_kprobe_create(), but create_local_trace_kprobe() should avoid this
check too. Doing this check leads to ENOENT for module_name:symbol_name
constructions passed over perf_event_open.

No bug in newer kernels as it was fixed more generally by
commit 9d8616034f16 ("tracing/kprobes: Add symbol counting check when module loads")

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240705161030.b3ddb33a8167013b9b1da202@kernel.org
Fixes: b022f0c7e404 ("tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols")
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Kuratov &lt;kniv@yandex-team.ru&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit b022f0c7e404 ("tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols")
avoids checking number_of_same_symbols() for module symbol in
__trace_kprobe_create(), but create_local_trace_kprobe() should avoid this
check too. Doing this check leads to ENOENT for module_name:symbol_name
constructions passed over perf_event_open.

No bug in newer kernels as it was fixed more generally by
commit 9d8616034f16 ("tracing/kprobes: Add symbol counting check when module loads")

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240705161030.b3ddb33a8167013b9b1da202@kernel.org
Fixes: b022f0c7e404 ("tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols")
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Kuratov &lt;kniv@yandex-team.ru&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/probes: Fix MAX_TRACE_ARGS limit handling</title>
<updated>2024-11-01T00:58:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mikel Rychliski</name>
<email>mikel@mikelr.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-30T20:26:54+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 73f35080477e893aa6f4c8d388352b871b288fbc ]

When creating a trace_probe we would set nr_args prior to truncating the
arguments to MAX_TRACE_ARGS. However, we would only initialize arguments
up to the limit.

This caused invalid memory access when attempting to set up probes with
more than 128 fetchargs.

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
  PGD 0 P4D 0
  Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
  CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1769 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7+ #8
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-1.fc39 04/01/2014
  RIP: 0010:__set_print_fmt+0x134/0x330

Resolve the issue by applying the MAX_TRACE_ARGS limit earlier. Return
an error when there are too many arguments instead of silently
truncating.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240930202656.292869-1-mikel@mikelr.com/

Fixes: 035ba76014c0 ("tracing/probes: cleanup: Set trace_probe::nr_args at trace_probe_init")
Signed-off-by: Mikel Rychliski &lt;mikel@mikelr.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 73f35080477e893aa6f4c8d388352b871b288fbc ]

When creating a trace_probe we would set nr_args prior to truncating the
arguments to MAX_TRACE_ARGS. However, we would only initialize arguments
up to the limit.

This caused invalid memory access when attempting to set up probes with
more than 128 fetchargs.

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
  PGD 0 P4D 0
  Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
  CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1769 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7+ #8
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-1.fc39 04/01/2014
  RIP: 0010:__set_print_fmt+0x134/0x330

Resolve the issue by applying the MAX_TRACE_ARGS limit earlier. Return
an error when there are too many arguments instead of silently
truncating.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240930202656.292869-1-mikel@mikelr.com/

Fixes: 035ba76014c0 ("tracing/probes: cleanup: Set trace_probe::nr_args at trace_probe_init")
Signed-off-by: Mikel Rychliski &lt;mikel@mikelr.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/probes: Support $argN in return probe (kprobe and fprobe)</title>
<updated>2024-11-01T00:58:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-04T03:40:55+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 25f00e40ce7953db197af3a59233711d154c9d80 ]

Support accessing $argN in the return probe events. This will help users to
record entry data in function return (exit) event for simplfing the function
entry/exit information in one event, and record the result values (e.g.
allocated object/initialized object) at function exit.

For example, if we have a function `int init_foo(struct foo *obj, int param)`
sometimes we want to check how `obj` is initialized. In such case, we can
define a new return event like below;

 # echo 'r init_foo retval=$retval param=$arg2 field1=+0($arg1)' &gt;&gt; kprobe_events

Thus it records the function parameter `param` and its result `obj-&gt;field1`
(the dereference will be done in the function exit timing) value at once.

This also support fprobe, BTF args and'$arg*'. So if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
is enabled, we can trace both function parameters and the return value
by following command.

 # echo 'f target_function%return $arg* $retval' &gt;&gt; dynamic_events

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170952365552.229804.224112990211602895.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 373b9338c972 ("uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 25f00e40ce7953db197af3a59233711d154c9d80 ]

Support accessing $argN in the return probe events. This will help users to
record entry data in function return (exit) event for simplfing the function
entry/exit information in one event, and record the result values (e.g.
allocated object/initialized object) at function exit.

For example, if we have a function `int init_foo(struct foo *obj, int param)`
sometimes we want to check how `obj` is initialized. In such case, we can
define a new return event like below;

 # echo 'r init_foo retval=$retval param=$arg2 field1=+0($arg1)' &gt;&gt; kprobe_events

Thus it records the function parameter `param` and its result `obj-&gt;field1`
(the dereference will be done in the function exit timing) value at once.

This also support fprobe, BTF args and'$arg*'. So if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
is enabled, we can trace both function parameters and the return value
by following command.

 # echo 'f target_function%return $arg* $retval' &gt;&gt; dynamic_events

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170952365552.229804.224112990211602895.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 373b9338c972 ("uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/probes: cleanup: Set trace_probe::nr_args at trace_probe_init</title>
<updated>2024-11-01T00:58:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu (Google)</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-04T03:40:36+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 035ba76014c096316fa809a46ce0a1b9af1cde0d ]

Instead of incrementing the trace_probe::nr_args, init it at
trace_probe_init(). Without this change, there is no way to get the number
of trace_probe arguments while parsing it.
This is a cleanup, so the behavior is not changed.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170952363585.229804.13060759900346411951.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 373b9338c972 ("uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 035ba76014c096316fa809a46ce0a1b9af1cde0d ]

Instead of incrementing the trace_probe::nr_args, init it at
trace_probe_init(). Without this change, there is no way to get the number
of trace_probe arguments while parsing it.
This is a cleanup, so the behavior is not changed.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/170952363585.229804.13060759900346411951.stgit@devnote2/

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Stable-dep-of: 373b9338c972 ("uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>bpf: Add missed value to kprobe perf link info</title>
<updated>2024-11-01T00:58:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiri Olsa</name>
<email>jolsa@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-09-20T21:31:39+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 3acf8ace68230e9558cf916847f1cc9f208abdf1 ]

Add missed value to kprobe attached through perf link info to
hold the stats of missed kprobe handler execution.

The kprobe's missed counter gets incremented when kprobe handler
is not executed due to another kprobe running on the same cpu.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230920213145.1941596-4-jolsa@kernel.org
Stable-dep-of: 4deecdd29cf2 ("bpf: fix unpopulated name_len field in perf_event link info")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 3acf8ace68230e9558cf916847f1cc9f208abdf1 ]

Add missed value to kprobe attached through perf link info to
hold the stats of missed kprobe handler execution.

The kprobe's missed counter gets incremented when kprobe handler
is not executed due to another kprobe running on the same cpu.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230920213145.1941596-4-jolsa@kernel.org
Stable-dep-of: 4deecdd29cf2 ("bpf: fix unpopulated name_len field in perf_event link info")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/kprobes: Fix the order of argument descriptions</title>
<updated>2023-11-20T10:59:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yujie Liu</name>
<email>yujie.liu@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-31T04:13:05+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit f032c53bea6d2057c14553832d846be2f151cfb2 ]

The order of descriptions should be consistent with the argument list of
the function, so "kretprobe" should be the second one.

int __kprobe_event_gen_cmd_start(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, bool kretprobe,
                                 const char *name, const char *loc, ...)

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231031041305.3363712-1-yujie.liu@intel.com/

Fixes: 2a588dd1d5d6 ("tracing: Add kprobe event command generation functions")
Suggested-by: Mukesh Ojha &lt;quic_mojha@quicinc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yujie Liu &lt;yujie.liu@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha &lt;quic_mojha@quicinc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit f032c53bea6d2057c14553832d846be2f151cfb2 ]

The order of descriptions should be consistent with the argument list of
the function, so "kretprobe" should be the second one.

int __kprobe_event_gen_cmd_start(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, bool kretprobe,
                                 const char *name, const char *loc, ...)

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231031041305.3363712-1-yujie.liu@intel.com/

Fixes: 2a588dd1d5d6 ("tracing: Add kprobe event command generation functions")
Suggested-by: Mukesh Ojha &lt;quic_mojha@quicinc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yujie Liu &lt;yujie.liu@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha &lt;quic_mojha@quicinc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/kprobes: Fix symbol counting logic by looking at modules as well</title>
<updated>2023-10-28T00:50:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrii Nakryiko</name>
<email>andrii@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-27T23:31:26+00:00</published>
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Recent changes to count number of matching symbols when creating
a kprobe event failed to take into account kernel modules. As such, it
breaks kprobes on kernel module symbols, by assuming there is no match.

Fix this my calling module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol() in addition to
kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol() to perform a proper counting.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231027233126.2073148-1-andrii@kernel.org/

Cc: Francis Laniel &lt;flaniel@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Fixes: b022f0c7e404 ("tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Song Liu &lt;song@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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Recent changes to count number of matching symbols when creating
a kprobe event failed to take into account kernel modules. As such, it
breaks kprobes on kernel module symbols, by assuming there is no match.

Fix this my calling module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol() in addition to
kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol() to perform a proper counting.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231027233126.2073148-1-andrii@kernel.org/

Cc: Francis Laniel &lt;flaniel@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Fixes: b022f0c7e404 ("tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Song Liu &lt;song@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/kprobes: Fix the description of variable length arguments</title>
<updated>2023-10-27T13:20:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yujie Liu</name>
<email>yujie.liu@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-27T04:13:14+00:00</published>
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Fix the following kernel-doc warnings:

kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c:1029: warning: Excess function parameter 'args' description in '__kprobe_event_gen_cmd_start'
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c:1097: warning: Excess function parameter 'args' description in '__kprobe_event_add_fields'

Refer to the usage of variable length arguments elsewhere in the kernel
code, "@..." is the proper way to express it in the description.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231027041315.2613166-1-yujie.liu@intel.com/

Fixes: 2a588dd1d5d6 ("tracing: Add kprobe event command generation functions")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202310190437.paI6LYJF-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Yujie Liu &lt;yujie.liu@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha &lt;quic_mojha@quicinc.com&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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Fix the following kernel-doc warnings:

kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c:1029: warning: Excess function parameter 'args' description in '__kprobe_event_gen_cmd_start'
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c:1097: warning: Excess function parameter 'args' description in '__kprobe_event_add_fields'

Refer to the usage of variable length arguments elsewhere in the kernel
code, "@..." is the proper way to express it in the description.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231027041315.2613166-1-yujie.liu@intel.com/

Fixes: 2a588dd1d5d6 ("tracing: Add kprobe event command generation functions")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202310190437.paI6LYJF-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Yujie Liu &lt;yujie.liu@intel.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha &lt;quic_mojha@quicinc.com&gt;
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>tracing/kprobes: Return EADDRNOTAVAIL when func matches several symbols</title>
<updated>2023-10-20T13:10:41+00:00</updated>
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<name>Francis Laniel</name>
<email>flaniel@linux.microsoft.com</email>
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<published>2023-10-20T10:42:49+00:00</published>
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When a kprobe is attached to a function that's name is not unique (is
static and shares the name with other functions in the kernel), the
kprobe is attached to the first function it finds. This is a bug as the
function that it is attaching to is not necessarily the one that the
user wants to attach to.

Instead of blindly picking a function to attach to what is ambiguous,
error with EADDRNOTAVAIL to let the user know that this function is not
unique, and that the user must use another unique function with an
address offset to get to the function they want to attach to.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231020104250.9537-2-flaniel@linux.microsoft.com/

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 413d37d1eb69 ("tracing: Add kprobe-based event tracer")
Suggested-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Francis Laniel &lt;flaniel@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230819101105.b0c104ae4494a7d1f2eea742@kernel.org/
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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When a kprobe is attached to a function that's name is not unique (is
static and shares the name with other functions in the kernel), the
kprobe is attached to the first function it finds. This is a bug as the
function that it is attaching to is not necessarily the one that the
user wants to attach to.

Instead of blindly picking a function to attach to what is ambiguous,
error with EADDRNOTAVAIL to let the user know that this function is not
unique, and that the user must use another unique function with an
address offset to get to the function they want to attach to.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231020104250.9537-2-flaniel@linux.microsoft.com/

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 413d37d1eb69 ("tracing: Add kprobe-based event tracer")
Suggested-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Francis Laniel &lt;flaniel@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230819101105.b0c104ae4494a7d1f2eea742@kernel.org/
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
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