On Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:23:02 -0400
Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
> 
> There currently isn't a max limit an event probe can be. One could make an
> event greater than PAGE_SIZE, which makes the event useless because if
> it's bigger than the max event that can be recorded into the ring buffer,
> then it will never be recorded.
> 
> A event probe should never need to be greater than 3K, so make that the
> max size. As long as the max is less than the max that can be recorded
> onto the ring buffer, it should be fine.

This looks good to me.

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

Thanks!

> 
> Cc: [email protected]
> Fixes: 93ccae7a22274 ("tracing/kprobes: Support basic types on dynamic 
> events")
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_probe.c | 6 ++++++
>  kernel/trace/trace_probe.h | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> index e1c73065dae5..e0d3a0da26af 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> @@ -1523,6 +1523,12 @@ static int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg_body(const char 
> *argv, ssize_t *size,
>       parg->offset = *size;
>       *size += parg->type->size * (parg->count ?: 1);
>  
> +     if (*size > MAX_PROBE_EVENT_SIZE) {
> +             ret = -E2BIG;
> +             trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset, EVENT_TOO_BIG);
> +             goto fail;
> +     }
> +
>       if (parg->count) {
>               len = strlen(parg->type->fmttype) + 6;
>               parg->fmt = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> index 9fc56c937130..262d8707a3df 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
>  #define MAX_BTF_ARGS_LEN     128
>  #define MAX_DENTRY_ARGS_LEN  256
>  #define MAX_STRING_SIZE              PATH_MAX
> +#define MAX_PROBE_EVENT_SIZE 3072
>  
>  /* Reserved field names */
>  #define FIELD_STRING_IP              "__probe_ip"
> @@ -561,7 +562,8 @@ extern int traceprobe_define_arg_fields(struct 
> trace_event_call *event_call,
>       C(BAD_TYPE4STR,         "This type does not fit for string."),\
>       C(NEED_STRING_TYPE,     "$comm and immediate-string only accepts string 
> type"),\
>       C(TOO_MANY_ARGS,        "Too many arguments are specified"),    \
> -     C(TOO_MANY_EARGS,       "Too many entry arguments specified"),
> +     C(TOO_MANY_EARGS,       "Too many entry arguments specified"),  \
> +     C(EVENT_TOO_BIG,        "Event too big (too many fields?)"),
>  
>  #undef C
>  #define C(a, b)              TP_ERR_##a
> -- 
> 2.53.0
> 


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

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