On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 20:09:14 +0530
Naveen N Rao <[email protected]> wrote:

> Trying to probe update_sd_lb_stats() using perf results in the below
> message in the kernel log:
>   trace_kprobe: Could not probe notrace function _text
> 
> This is because 'perf probe' specifies the kprobe location as an offset
> from '_text':
>   $ sudo perf probe -D update_sd_lb_stats
>   p:probe/update_sd_lb_stats _text+1830728
> 
> However, the error message is misleading and doesn't help convey the
> actual notrace function that is being probed. Fix this by looking up the
> actual function name that is being probed. With this fix, we now get the
> below message in the kernel log:
>   trace_kprobe: Could not probe notrace function 
> update_sd_lb_stats.constprop.0
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naveen N Rao <[email protected]>
> ---
> v3: Remove tk parameter from within_notrace_func() as suggested by 
> Masami
> 
>  kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 11 ++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> index 3d7a180a8427..dc36c6ed6131 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
> @@ -449,9 +449,8 @@ static bool __within_notrace_func(unsigned long addr)
>       return !ftrace_location_range(addr, addr + size - 1);
>  }
>  
> -static bool within_notrace_func(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
> +static bool within_notrace_func(unsigned long addr)
>  {
> -     unsigned long addr = trace_kprobe_address(tk);
>       char symname[KSYM_NAME_LEN], *p;
>  
>       if (!__within_notrace_func(addr))
> @@ -471,12 +470,14 @@ static bool within_notrace_func(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
>       return true;
>  }
>  #else
> -#define within_notrace_func(tk)      (false)
> +#define within_notrace_func(addr)    (false)
>  #endif
>  
>  /* Internal register function - just handle k*probes and flags */
>  static int __register_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe *tk)
>  {
> +     unsigned long addr = trace_kprobe_address(tk);
> +     char symname[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
>       int i, ret;
>  
>       ret = security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_KPROBES);
> @@ -486,9 +487,9 @@ static int __register_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe 
> *tk)
>       if (trace_kprobe_is_registered(tk))
>               return -EINVAL;
>  
> -     if (within_notrace_func(tk)) {
> +     if (within_notrace_func(addr)) {
>               pr_warn("Could not probe notrace function %s\n",
> -                     trace_kprobe_symbol(tk));
> +                     lookup_symbol_name(addr, symname) ? 
> trace_kprobe_symbol(tk) : symname);

Can we just use %ps and (void *)trace_kprobe_address(tk) here?

That will be simpler.

Thank you,

>               return -EINVAL;
>       }
>  
> 
> base-commit: 4758560fa268cecfa1144f015aa9f2525d164b7e
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>

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