On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 10:33:10 -0500
Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Hi Masami,
> 
> I noticed theses sitting in my patchwork and I said I was going to hold off
> to the next merge window, and these got pushed down in my stack :-/

Yeah, managing random topics is a hard task ;)

> 
> 
> On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 23:55:25 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Add tracefs/options/hash-ptr option to show hashed pointer
> > value by %p in event printk format string.
> > 
> > For the security reason, normal printk will show the hashed
> > pointer value (encrypted by random number) with %p to printk
> > buffer to hide the real address. But the tracefs/trace always
> > shows real address for debug. To bridge those outputs, add an
> > option to switch the output format. Ftrace users can use it
> > to find the hashed value corresponding to the real address
> > in trace log.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst |    6 ++++++
> >  kernel/trace/trace.c           |    3 +++
> >  kernel/trace/trace.h           |    1 +
> >  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
> > index 87cf5c010d5d..62c98e9bbdd9 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst
> > @@ -1159,6 +1159,12 @@ Here are the available options:
> >     This simulates the original behavior of the trace file.
> >     When the file is closed, tracing will be enabled again.
> >  
> > +  hash-ptr
> > +        When set, "%p" in the event printk format displays the
> > +        hashed pointer value instead of real address.
> > +        This will be useful if you want to find out which hashed
> > +        value is corresponding to the real value in trace log.
> > +
> 
> I'm thinking of making this the default. I'll add a patch to make it
> enabled by default "for security reasons", but still allow people to clear
> it this value.
> 
> Are you OK with that?

Yes, I agreed. It will be good for both security and debug reasons. :)

Thank you,

> 
> -- Steve
> 
> 
> 
> >    record-cmd
> >     When any event or tracer is enabled, a hook is enabled
> >     in the sched_switch trace point to fill comm cache
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > index 75395293d8df..b88cccf224cd 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > @@ -3543,6 +3543,9 @@ const char *trace_event_format(struct trace_iterator 
> > *iter, const char *fmt)
> >     if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!fmt))
> >             return fmt;
> >  
> > +   if (iter->tr->trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_HASH_PTR)
> > +           return fmt;
> > +
> >     p = fmt;
> >     new_fmt = q = iter->fmt;
> >     while (*p) {
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
> > index 524502d1f60a..c34187bd22a9 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
> > @@ -1347,6 +1347,7 @@ extern int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser 
> > *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
> >             C(MARKERS,              "markers"),             \
> >             C(EVENT_FORK,           "event-fork"),          \
> >             C(PAUSE_ON_TRACE,       "pause-on-trace"),      \
> > +           C(HASH_PTR,             "hash-ptr"),    /* Print hashed pointer 
> > */ \
> >             FUNCTION_FLAGS                                  \
> >             FGRAPH_FLAGS                                    \
> >             STACK_FLAGS                                     \
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>

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