Hi. Thanks for the quick review and comments. Here are my responses to
the remaining points.

On Wed, Oct 08, 2025 at 07:09:37PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> On Sun,  5 Oct 2025 08:46:57 +0900
> Ryan Chung <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Please describe what this patch adds, for what reason.
> 

This is my mistake; I forgot to do so. I will make sure to include it
next time.

> > Signed-off-by: Ryan Chung <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c | 247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 192 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
> > index b36ade43d4b3..ec5b6e1c1a1b 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_fprobe.c
> > @@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ struct trace_fprobe {
> >     bool                    tprobe;
> >     struct tracepoint_user  *tuser;
> >     struct trace_probe      tp;
> > +   char                    *filter;
> > +   char                    *nofilter;
> > +   bool                    list_mode;
> >  };
> >  
> >  static bool is_trace_fprobe(struct dyn_event *ev)
> > @@ -203,14 +206,10 @@ static struct trace_fprobe *to_trace_fprobe(struct 
> > dyn_event *ev)
> >     return container_of(ev, struct trace_fprobe, devent);
> >  }
> >  
> > -/**
> > - * for_each_trace_fprobe - iterate over the trace_fprobe list
> > - * @pos:   the struct trace_fprobe * for each entry
> > - * @dpos:  the struct dyn_event * to use as a loop cursor
> > - */
> > -#define for_each_trace_fprobe(pos, dpos)   \
> > -   for_each_dyn_event(dpos)                \
> > -           if (is_trace_fprobe(dpos) && (pos = to_trace_fprobe(dpos)))
> 
> Why remove this? This is for finding all fprobes.
> 

I will revert this and keep for_each_trace_fprobe as is. 

> > +static struct trace_fprobe *trace_fprobe_from_dyn(struct dyn_event *ev)
> > +{
> > +   return is_trace_fprobe(ev) ? to_trace_fprobe(ev) : NULL;
> > +}
> >  
> >  static bool trace_fprobe_is_return(struct trace_fprobe *tf)
> >  {
> > @@ -227,6 +226,109 @@ static const char *trace_fprobe_symbol(struct 
> > trace_fprobe *tf)
> >     return tf->symbol ? tf->symbol : "unknown";
> >  }
> >  
> > +static bool has_wildcard(const char *s)
> > +{
> > +   return s && (strchr(s, '*') || strchr(s, '?'));
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int parse_fprobe_spec(const char *in, bool is_tracepoint,
> > +           char **base, bool *is_return, bool *list_mode,
> > +           char **filter, char **nofilter)
> > +{
> > +   const char *p;
> > +   char *work = NULL;
> > +   char *b = NULL, *f = NULL, *nf = NULL;
> 
> See below (out: label)
> 

I will switch those temporaries to __free(kfree) and drop the goto that
existed only to kfree. This addresses the cleanup pattern comment.

> > +   bool legacy_ret = false;
> > +   bool list = false;
> > +   int ret = 0;
> 
> nit: sort local variable by line length. (longer to shorter)
> 

Ok. I will sort locals longest -> shortest and fix a few initializations
(char *filter = NULL, char *nofilter = Null;).

> > +
> > +   if (!in || !base || !is_return || !list_mode || !filter || !nofilter)
> > +           return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +   *base = NULL; *filter = NULL; *nofilter = NULL;
> > +   *is_return = false; *list_mode = false;
> > +
> > +   if (is_tracepoint) {
> > +           if (strchr(in, ',') || strchr(in, ':'))
> > +                   return -EINVAL;
> > +           if (strstr(in, "%return"))
> > +                   return -EINVAL;
> 
> It seems below loop checks all above cases.
> 

I will remove the redundant pre-checks and rely on the validation loop,
with precise rules. 

> > +           for (p = in; *p; p++)
> > +                   if (!isalnum(*p) && *p != '_')
> > +                           return -EINVAL;
> 
> This only allows that the @in must be a symbol name.
> 

Just to clarify: should tracepoint arguments support the subsystem:event
format (e.g., "sched:sched_switch"), or should they remain restricted to
simple symbol names only? The current validation enforces
symbol-name-only, but I wanted to confirm this is the intended behavior
before next version.

> > +           b = kstrdup(in, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +           if (!b)
> > +                   return -ENOMEM;
> > +           *base = b;
> > +           return 0;
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   work = kstrdup(in, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +   if (!work)
> > +           return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +   p = strstr(work, "%return");
> 
> Note that strstr does not care it ends with given string.
> 

Good catch. I will replace it with explicit end-of-string checks so we
accept only a single terminal suffix: %return, :entry, or :exit.
Partial/embedded matches will be rejected.

> > +   if (p) {
> > +           if (!strcmp(p, ":exit")) {
> > +                   *is_return = true;
> > +                   *p = '\0';
> > +           } else if (!strcmp(p, ":entry")) {
> > +                   *p = '\0';
> > +           } else {
> > +                   ret = -EINVAL;
> > +                   goto out;
> > +           }
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   list = !!strchr(work, ',') || has_wildcard(work);
> 
> Wildcard is OK for legacy.
> 

I will keep the wildcard acceptance for the legacy string, and treat
presence of "," or wildcard as "list mode" that builds filter/nofilter
for register_fprobe(); otherwise it remains single-symbol legacy.

> > +   if (legacy_ret)
> > +           *is_return = true;
> > +
> > +   b = kstrdup(work, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +   if (!b) {
> > +           ret = -ENOMEM;
> > +           goto out;
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   if (list) {
> > +           char *tmp = b, *tok;
> > +           size_t fsz = strlen(b) + 1, nfsz = strlen(b) + 1;
> 
> size_t fsz, nfsz;
> 
> fsz = nfsz = strlen(b) + 1;
> 

I will adopt the above style.

> > +
> > +           f = kzalloc(fsz, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +           nf = kzalloc(nfsz, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +           if (!f || !nf) {
> > +                   ret = -ENOMEM;
> > +                   goto out;
> > +           }
> > +
> > +           while ((tok = strsep(&tmp, ",")) != NULL) {
> > +                   char *dst;
> > +                   bool neg = (*tok == '!');
> > +
> > +                   if (*tok == '\0')
> > +                           continue;
> > +                   if (neg)
> > +                           tok++;
> > +                   dst = neg ? nf : f;
> > +                   if (dst[0] != '\0')
> > +                           strcat(dst, ",");
> > +                   strcat(dst, tok);
> > +           }
> > +           *list_mode = true;
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   *base = b; b = NULL;
> > +   *filter = f; f = NULL;
> > +   *nofilter = nf; nf = NULL;
> > +
> > +out:
> > +   kfree(work);
> > +   kfree(b);
> > +   kfree(f);
> > +   kfree(nf);
> 
> Instead of using goto only for kfree(), use __free(kfree)
> to clean those up automatically.
> 

Ok. As mentioned above, I will convert all such temporaries to
__free(kfree) and remove the goto cleanup.

> > +   return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static bool trace_fprobe_is_busy(struct dyn_event *ev)
> >  {
> >     struct trace_fprobe *tf = to_trace_fprobe(ev);
> > @@ -556,13 +658,17 @@ static void free_trace_fprobe(struct trace_fprobe *tf)
> >             trace_probe_cleanup(&tf->tp);
> >             if (tf->tuser)
> >                     tracepoint_user_put(tf->tuser);
> > +           kfree(tf->filter);
> > +           kfree(tf->nofilter);
> >             kfree(tf->symbol);
> >             kfree(tf);
> >     }
> >  }
> >  
> >  /* Since alloc_trace_fprobe() can return error, check the pointer is ERR 
> > too. */
> > -DEFINE_FREE(free_trace_fprobe, struct trace_fprobe *, if 
> > (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(_T)) free_trace_fprobe(_T))
> > +DEFINE_FREE(free_trace_fprobe, struct trace_fprobe *,
> > +   if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(_T))
> > +           free_trace_fprobe(_T))
> 
> OK, it looks good to clean up. But please do it separated patch.
> Do not touch if it is not related to your change.
> 

Do you want this to be in a separate series or for this patch series?

> >  
> >  /*
> >   * Allocate new trace_probe and initialize it (including fprobe).
> > @@ -605,10 +711,16 @@ static struct trace_fprobe *find_trace_fprobe(const 
> > char *event,
> >     struct dyn_event *pos;
> >     struct trace_fprobe *tf;
> >  
> > -   for_each_trace_fprobe(tf, pos)
> > +   list_for_each_entry(pos, &dyn_event_list, list) {
> > +           tf = trace_fprobe_from_dyn(pos);
> > +           if (!tf)
> > +                   continue;
> > +
> >             if (strcmp(trace_probe_name(&tf->tp), event) == 0 &&
> >                 strcmp(trace_probe_group_name(&tf->tp), group) == 0)
> >                     return tf;
> > +   }
> > +
> 
> Ditto and there is no need to change.
> 

Ok. I will revert those sites to the existing macro-based iteration.

> >     return NULL;
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -835,7 +947,12 @@ static int __register_trace_fprobe(struct trace_fprobe 
> > *tf)
> >     if (trace_fprobe_is_tracepoint(tf))
> >             return __regsiter_tracepoint_fprobe(tf);
> >  
> > -   /* TODO: handle filter, nofilter or symbol list */
> > +   /* Registration path:
> > +    *  - list_mode: pass filter/nofilter
> > +    *  - single: pass symbol only (legacy)
> > +    */
> > +   if (tf->list_mode)
> > +           return register_fprobe(&tf->fp, tf->filter, tf->nofilter);
> >     return register_fprobe(&tf->fp, tf->symbol, NULL);
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -1114,7 +1231,11 @@ static int __tprobe_event_module_cb(struct 
> > notifier_block *self,
> >             return NOTIFY_DONE;
> >  
> >     mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
> > -   for_each_trace_fprobe(tf, pos) {
> > +   list_for_each_entry(pos, &dyn_event_list, list) {
> > +           tf = trace_fprobe_from_dyn(pos);
> > +           if (!tf)
> > +                   continue;
> > +
> >             /* Skip fprobe and disabled tprobe events. */
> >             if (!trace_fprobe_is_tracepoint(tf) || !tf->tuser)
> >                     continue;
> > @@ -1155,55 +1276,35 @@ static int parse_symbol_and_return(int argc, const 
> > char *argv[],
> >                                char **symbol, bool *is_return,
> >                                bool is_tracepoint)
> >  {
> > -   char *tmp = strchr(argv[1], '%');
> > -   int i;
> > -
> > -   if (tmp) {
> > -           int len = tmp - argv[1];
> > -
> > -           if (!is_tracepoint && !strcmp(tmp, "%return")) {
> > -                   *is_return = true;
> > -           } else {
> > -                   trace_probe_log_err(len, BAD_ADDR_SUFFIX);
> > -                   return -EINVAL;
> > -           }
> > -           *symbol = kmemdup_nul(argv[1], len, GFP_KERNEL);
> > -   } else
> > -           *symbol = kstrdup(argv[1], GFP_KERNEL);
> > -   if (!*symbol)
> > -           return -ENOMEM;
> > -
> > -   if (*is_return)
> > -           return 0;
> > +   int i, ret;
> > +   bool list_mode = false;
> > +   char *filter = NULL; *nofilter = NULL;
> 
> Sort it as other functions. longer line to shorter.
> 

I did not know this. I will fix the ordering (and see next item about
the function's role).

> >  
> > -   if (is_tracepoint) {
> > -           tmp = *symbol;
> > -           while (*tmp && (isalnum(*tmp) || *tmp == '_'))
> > -                   tmp++;
> > -           if (*tmp) {
> > -                   /* find a wrong character. */
> > -                   trace_probe_log_err(tmp - *symbol, BAD_TP_NAME);
> > -                   kfree(*symbol);
> > -                   *symbol = NULL;
> > -                   return -EINVAL;
> > -           }
> > -   }
> > +   ret = parse_fprobe_spec(argv[1], is_tracepoint, symbol, is_return,
> > +                   &list_mode, &filter, &nofilter);
> > +   if (ret)
> > +           return ret;
> >  
> > -   /* If there is $retval, this should be a return fprobe. */
> >     for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
> > -           tmp = strstr(argv[i], "$retval");
> > +           char *tmp = strstr(argv[i], "$retval");
> > +
> >             if (tmp && !isalnum(tmp[7]) && tmp[7] != '_') {
> >                     if (is_tracepoint) {
> >                             trace_probe_log_set_index(i);
> >                             trace_probe_log_err(tmp - argv[i], 
> > RETVAL_ON_PROBE);
> >                             kfree(*symbol);
> >                             *symbol = NULL;
> > +                           kfree(filter);
> > +                           kfree(nofilter);
> >                             return -EINVAL;
> >                     }
> >                     *is_return = true;
> >                     break;
> >             }
> >     }
> > +
> > +   kfree(filter);
> > +   kfree(nofilter);
> >     return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -1247,6 +1348,11 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, 
> > const char *argv[],
> >     int i, new_argc = 0, ret = 0;
> >     bool is_tracepoint = false;
> >     bool is_return = false;
> > +   bool list_mode = false;
> > +
> 
> Do not split local variable definitions with empty lines.
> 

I will collapse those blocks.

> > +   char *parsed_filter __free(kfree) = NULL;
> > +   char *parsed_nofilter __free(kfree) = NULL;
> > +   bool has_wild = false;
> 
> Please sort.
> 

I will sort and group them, so no empty line splits.

> >  
> >     if ((argv[0][0] != 'f' && argv[0][0] != 't') || argc < 2)
> >             return -ECANCELED;
> > @@ -1267,8 +1373,9 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, 
> > const char *argv[],
> >  
> >     trace_probe_log_set_index(1);
> >  
> > -   /* a symbol(or tracepoint) must be specified */
> > -   ret = parse_symbol_and_return(argc, argv, &symbol, &is_return, 
> > is_tracepoint);
> > +   /* Parse spec early (single vs list, suffix, base symbol) */
> > +   ret = parse_fprobe_spec(argv[1], is_tracepoint, &symbol, &is_return,
> > +                   &list_mode, &parsed_filter, &parsed_nofilter);
> 
> Hmm, if so, where is the parse_symbol_and_return() called?
> I think you can pick the $retval search loop from the 
> parse_symbol_and_return() for updating is_return (or make
> it failure if is_tracepoint == true).
> 

Makes sense. I will fold the $retval scan into the new parser so there's
a single source of truth. $retval will remain rejected for tracepoints
with a proper error index. parse_symbol_and_return() can then be removed
or turned into a thin wrapper if still referenced.

> >     if (ret < 0)
> >             return -EINVAL;
> >  
> > @@ -1283,10 +1390,16 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, 
> > const char *argv[],
> >                     return -EINVAL;
> >     }
> >  
> > -   if (!event) {
> > -           ebuf = kmalloc(MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
> > -           if (!ebuf)
> > -                   return -ENOMEM;
> > +           if (!event) {
> > +           /*
> > +            * Event name rules:
> > +            * - For list/wildcard: require explicit [GROUP/]EVENT
> > +            * - For single literal: autogenerate symbol__entry/symbol__exit
> > +            */
> 
> nit: to avoid confusing, comment should be indented as same as the
> code. Or, put the comment right before the `if`.
> 

I will move the comment above the if and align indentation. 

> > +                   if (list_mode || has_wildcard(symbol)) {
> > +                           trace_probe_log_err(0, NO_GROUP_NAME);
> > +                   return -EINVAL;
> > +           }
> >             /* Make a new event name */
> >             if (is_tracepoint)
> >                     snprintf(ebuf, MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN, "%s%s",
> > @@ -1319,7 +1432,8 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, 
> > const char *argv[],
> >                                                     NULL, NULL, NULL, sbuf);
> >             }
> >     }
> > -   if (!ctx->funcname)
> > +
> > +   if (!list_mode && !has_wildcard(symbol) && !is_tracepoint)
> >             ctx->funcname = symbol;
> >  
> >     abuf = kmalloc(MAX_BTF_ARGS_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
> > @@ -1353,6 +1467,21 @@ static int trace_fprobe_create_internal(int argc, 
> > const char *argv[],
> >             return ret;
> >     }
> >  
> > +   /* carry list parsing result into tf */
> > +   if (!is_tracepoint) {
> > +           tf->list_mode = list_mode;
> > +                   if (parsed_filter) {
> > +                           tf->filter = kstrdup(parsed_filter, GFP_KERNEL);
> > +                           if (!tf->filter)
> > +                                   return -ENOMEM;
> > +                   }
> > +                   if (parsed_nofilter) {
> > +                           tf->nofilter = kstrdup(parsed_nofilter, 
> > GFP_KERNEL);
> > +                           if (!tf->nofilter)
> > +                                   return -ENOMEM;
> > +                   }
> > +           }
> 
> Odd indentation. Please fix.
> 

My mistake. I will fix the indentation here.

> > +
> >     /* parse arguments */
> >     for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
> >             trace_probe_log_set_index(i + 2);
> > @@ -1439,8 +1568,16 @@ static int trace_fprobe_show(struct seq_file *m, 
> > struct dyn_event *ev)
> >     seq_printf(m, ":%s/%s", trace_probe_group_name(&tf->tp),
> >                             trace_probe_name(&tf->tp));
> >  
> > -   seq_printf(m, " %s%s", trace_fprobe_symbol(tf),
> > -                          trace_fprobe_is_return(tf) ? "%return" : "");
> > +   seq_printf(m, "%s", trace_fprobe_symbol(tf));
> > +   if (!trace_fprobe_is_tracepoint(tf)) {
> > +           if (tf->list_mode) {
> > +                   if (trace_fprobe_is_return(tf))
> > +                           seq_puts(m, ":exit");
> 
> In both cases, we can use ":exit" suffix. This means we will
> accept legacy "%return" for backward compatibility, but
> shows ":exit" always.
> 

I will make show always print :exit for return probes, regardless of the
input form, and never print %return.

> > +           } else {
> > +                   if (trace_fprobe_is_return(tf))
> > +                           seq_puts(m, "%return");
> > +           }
> > +   }
> >  
> >     for (i = 0; i < tf->tp.nr_args; i++)
> >             seq_printf(m, " %s=%s", tf->tp.args[i].name, 
> > tf->tp.args[i].comm);
> > -- 
> > 2.43.0
> > 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> 
> -- 
> Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>

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