tracing/filters: Support filtering for char * strings

Usually, char * entries are dangerous in traces because the string
can be released whereas a pointer to it can still wait to be read from
the ring buffer.

But sometimes we can assume it's safe, like in case of RO data
(eg: __file__ or __line__, used in bkl trace event). If these RO data
are in a module and so is the call to the trace event, then it's safe,
because the ring buffer will be flushed once this module get unloaded.

To allow char * to be treated as a string:

	TRACE_EVENT(...,

		TP_STRUCT__entry(
			__field_ext(const char *, name, FILTER_PTR_STRING)
			...
		)

		...
	);

The filtering will not dereference "char *" unless the developer
explicitly sets FILTER_PTR_STR in __field_ext.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <[email protected]>
LKML-Reference: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

Author: Li Zefan

include/linux/ftrace_event.h

@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ enum {
 	FILTER_OTHER = 0,
 	FILTER_STATIC_STRING,
 	FILTER_DYN_STRING,
+	FILTER_PTR_STRING,
 };
 
 extern int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call,

kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c

@@ -163,6 +163,20 @@ static int filter_pred_string(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event,
 	return match;
 }
 
+/* Filter predicate for char * pointers */
+static int filter_pred_pchar(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event,
+			     int val1, int val2)
+{
+	char **addr = (char **)(event + pred->offset);
+	int cmp, match;
+
+	cmp = strncmp(*addr, pred->str_val, pred->str_len);
+
+	match = (!cmp) ^ pred->not;
+
+	return match;
+}
+
 /*
  * Filter predicate for dynamic sized arrays of characters.
  * These are implemented through a list of strings at the end
@@ -489,7 +503,8 @@ int filter_assign_type(const char *type)
 static bool is_string_field(struct ftrace_event_field *field)
 {
 	return field->filter_type == FILTER_DYN_STRING ||
-	       field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING;
+	       field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING ||
+	       field->filter_type == FILTER_PTR_STRING;
 }
 
 static int is_legal_op(struct ftrace_event_field *field, int op)
@@ -579,11 +594,16 @@ static int filter_add_pred(struct filter_parse_state *ps,
 	}
 
 	if (is_string_field(field)) {
+		pred->str_len = field->size;
+
 		if (field->filter_type == FILTER_STATIC_STRING)
 			fn = filter_pred_string;
-		else
+		else if (field->filter_type == FILTER_DYN_STRING)
 			fn = filter_pred_strloc;
-		pred->str_len = field->size;
+		else {
+			fn = filter_pred_pchar;
+			pred->str_len = strlen(pred->str_val);
+		}
 	} else {
 		if (field->is_signed)
 			ret = strict_strtoll(pred->str_val, 0, &val);