linux.git/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c, branch v7.2

tracing/mmiotrace: Add NULL check for mmio_trace_array in logging functions

2026-07-29T18:27:55+00:00

mmio_trace_rw() and mmio_trace_mapping() retrieve mmio_trace_array into
tr and pass it to __trace_mmiotrace_rw() and __trace_mmiotrace_map().
If these functions are invoked while mmio_trace_array is NULL (e.g. before
initialization or after disabled), accessing tr->array_buffer.buffer will
result in a NULL pointer dereference crash.

Fix this by adding an explicit NULL check for tr at the beginning of
__trace_mmiotrace_rw() and __trace_mmiotrace_map().

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178524300062.56416.8362487250709962380.stgit@devnote2
Fixes: f984b51e0779 ("ftrace: add mmiotrace plugin")
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.6-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing/mmiotrace: Reset dropped_count in mmio_reset_data()

2026-07-29T18:27:55+00:00

mmio_reset_data() is called during tracer initialization, reset, and
start. While it resets overrun_detected and prev_overruns, it neglects
to reset dropped_count. Consequently, dropped event counts from prior
tracing sessions persist in dropped_count and corrupt overrun reports
in subsequent runs.

Fix this by explicitly calling atomic_set(&dropped_count, 0) in
mmio_reset_data().

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178524299122.56416.16277704230639425172.stgit@devnote2
Fixes: 173ed24ee2d6 ("mmiotrace: count events lost due to not recording")
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.6-flash
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Fix mmiotrace possible NULL dereferencing of hiter->dev

2026-07-24T17:43:09+00:00

If the mmio_pipe_open() fails to find a PCI device, the hiter->dev
will be assigned to NULL. The mmiotrace read() function dereferences the
hiter->dev if hiter exists.

Change the test of the read to not only check hiter being NULL, but also
the hiter->dev before dereferencing it.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721211143.36dbd559@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: f984b51e0779 ("ftrace: add mmiotrace plugin")
Reported-by: Sashiko 
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260715143604.14481-1-gaikwad.dcg%40gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Fix resource leak on mmiotrace trace_pipe close

2026-07-23T16:30:07+00:00

The mmiotrace tracer was added May 12th 2008. At that time, resources
created in pipe_open() could not be freed because there was not
pipe_close function pointer of the tracer. The pipe_close function pointer
was added in December 7th, 2009, but the mmiotrace tracer was not updated.

mmio_pipe_open() allocates a header_iter and takes a pci_dev reference
when trace_pipe is opened. mmio_close() frees them, but it was only
wired to the tracer's .close callback.

tracing_release_pipe() invokes .pipe_close, not .close, when the
trace_pipe file is released. As a result, closing trace_pipe with the
mmiotrace tracer active leaked the header_iter allocation and left a
stale pci_dev reference.

Set .pipe_close to mmio_close, matching how function_graph wires both
callbacks to the same handler.

Note, if the trace_pipe is read to completion, it will clean up the
resources, but if one were to run:

  # head -n 1 /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe
 VERSION 20070824

Over and over again, it would trigger a massive leak.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: c521efd1700a8 ("tracing: Add pipe_close interface)
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715143604.14481-1-gaikwad.dcg@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: deepakraog 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

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

tracing/mmiotrace: Remove reference to unused per CPU data pointer

2025-05-08T13:36:09+00:00

The mmiotracer referenced the per CPU array_buffer->data descriptor but
never actually used it. Remove the references to it.

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Mark Rutland 
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers 
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250505212234.696945463@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Remove TRACE_EVENT_FL_FILTERED logic

2024-10-08T19:24:49+00:00

After commit dcb0b5575d24 ("tracing: Remove TRACE_EVENT_FL_USE_CALL_FILTER
 logic"), no one's going to set the TRACE_EVENT_FL_FILTERED or change the
call->filter, so remove related logic.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240911010026.2302849-1-zhengyejian@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google)

tracing: Remove definition of DEBUG in trace_mmiotrace.c

2021-02-02T22:02:07+00:00

Defining DEBUG should only be done in development.
So remove DEBUG.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210115153348.131791-1-trix@redhat.com

Signed-off-by: Tom Rix 
Reviewed-by: Karol Herbst 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing: Merge irqflags + preempt counter.

2021-02-02T22:02:06+00:00

The state of the interrupts (irqflags) and the preemption counter are
both passed down to tracing_generic_entry_update(). Only one bit of
irqflags is actually required: The on/off state. The complete 32bit
of the preemption counter isn't needed. Just whether of the upper bits
(softirq, hardirq and NMI) are set and the preemption depth is needed.

The irqflags and the preemption counter could be evaluated early and the
information stored in an integer `trace_ctx'.
tracing_generic_entry_update() would use the upper bits as the
TRACE_FLAG_* and the lower 8bit as the disabled-preemption depth
(considering that one must be substracted from the counter in one
special cases).

The actual preemption value is not used except for the tracing record.
The `irqflags' variable is mostly used only for the tracing record. An
exception here is for instance wakeup_tracer_call() or
probe_wakeup_sched_switch() which explicilty disable interrupts and use
that `irqflags' to save (and restore) the IRQ state and to record the
state.

Struct trace_event_buffer has also the `pc' and flags' members which can
be replaced with `trace_ctx' since their actual value is not used
outside of trace recording.

This will reduce tracing_generic_entry_update() to simply assign values
to struct trace_entry. The evaluation of the TRACE_FLAG_* bits is moved
to _tracing_gen_ctx_flags() which replaces preempt_count() and
local_save_flags() invocations.

As an example, ftrace_syscall_enter() may invoke:
- trace_buffer_lock_reserve() -> … -> tracing_generic_entry_update()
- event_trigger_unlock_commit()
  -> ftrace_trace_stack() -> … -> tracing_generic_entry_update()
  -> ftrace_trace_userstack() -> … -> tracing_generic_entry_update()

In this case the TRACE_FLAG_* bits were evaluated three times. By using
the `trace_ctx' they are evaluated once and assigned three times.

A build with all tracers enabled on x86-64 with and without the patch:

    text     data      bss      dec      hex    filename
21970669 17084168  7639260 46694097  2c87ed1 vmlinux.old
21970293 17084168  7639260 46693721  2c87d59 vmlinux.new

text shrank by 379 bytes, data remained constant.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210125194511.3924915-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)