On Tue, 19 May 2026 12:16:43 +0200
Artur Kowalski <[email protected]> wrote:

> Use __assign_str and __get_str as required by tracing subsystem. Fixes
> string fields being rejected by the verifier and unreadable from
> userspace.

Does anyone use these tracepoints? The fact that they have been broken
for 5 years and nobody noticed makes me think they are useless.

I rather remove them than fix them, but if someone thinks that these
are still useful then by all means apply this patch.

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

-- Steve


> 
> Tested on v6.18.21.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Artur Kowalski <[email protected]>
> ---
>  include/trace/events/host1x.h | 50 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/host1x.h b/include/trace/events/host1x.h
> index 1ba84b738e46..1b6aeb7b177b 100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/host1x.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/host1x.h
> @@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ struct host1x_bo;
>  DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(host1x,
>       TP_PROTO(const char *name),
>       TP_ARGS(name),
> -     TP_STRUCT__entry(__field(const char *, name)),
> -     TP_fast_assign(__entry->name = name;),
> -     TP_printk("name=%s", __entry->name)
> +     TP_STRUCT__entry(__string(name, name)),
> +     TP_fast_assign(
> +             __assign_str(name);
> +     ),
> +     TP_printk("name=%s", __get_str(name))
>  );
>  
>  DEFINE_EVENT(host1x, host1x_channel_open,
> @@ -52,19 +54,19 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_cdma_push,
>       TP_ARGS(name, op1, op2),
>  
>       TP_STRUCT__entry(
> -             __field(const char *, name)
> +             __string(name, name)
>               __field(u32, op1)
>               __field(u32, op2)
>       ),
>  
>       TP_fast_assign(
> -             __entry->name = name;
> +             __assign_str(name);
>               __entry->op1 = op1;
>               __entry->op2 = op2;
>       ),
>  
>       TP_printk("name=%s, op1=%08x, op2=%08x",
> -             __entry->name, __entry->op1, __entry->op2)
> +             __get_str(name), __entry->op1, __entry->op2)
>  );
>  
>  TRACE_EVENT(host1x_cdma_push_wide,
> @@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_cdma_push_wide,
>       TP_ARGS(name, op1, op2, op3, op4),
>  
>       TP_STRUCT__entry(
> -             __field(const char *, name)
> +             __string(name, name)
>               __field(u32, op1)
>               __field(u32, op2)
>               __field(u32, op3)
> @@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_cdma_push_wide,
>       ),
>  
>       TP_fast_assign(
> -             __entry->name = name;
> +             __assign_str(name);
>               __entry->op1 = op1;
>               __entry->op2 = op2;
>               __entry->op3 = op3;
> @@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_cdma_push_wide,
>       ),
>  
>       TP_printk("name=%s, op1=%08x, op2=%08x, op3=%08x op4=%08x",
> -             __entry->name, __entry->op1, __entry->op2, __entry->op3,
> +             __get_str(name), __entry->op1, __entry->op2, __entry->op3,
>               __entry->op4)
>  );
>  
> @@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_cdma_push_gather,
>       TP_ARGS(name, bo, words, offset, cmdbuf),
>  
>       TP_STRUCT__entry(
> -             __field(const char *, name)
> +             __string(name, name)
>               __field(struct host1x_bo *, bo)
>               __field(u32, words)
>               __field(u32, offset)
> @@ -114,14 +116,14 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_cdma_push_gather,
>                                       words * sizeof(u32));
>               }
>               __entry->cmdbuf = cmdbuf;
> -             __entry->name = name;
> +             __assign_str(name);
>               __entry->bo = bo;
>               __entry->words = words;
>               __entry->offset = offset;
>       ),
>  
>       TP_printk("name=%s, bo=%p, words=%u, offset=%d, contents=[%s]",
> -       __entry->name, __entry->bo,
> +       __get_str(name), __entry->bo,
>         __entry->words, __entry->offset,
>         __print_hex(__get_dynamic_array(cmdbuf),
>                 __entry->cmdbuf ? __entry->words * 4 : 0))
> @@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_channel_submit,
>       TP_ARGS(name, cmdbufs, relocs, syncpt_id, syncpt_incrs),
>  
>       TP_STRUCT__entry(
> -             __field(const char *, name)
> +             __string(name, name)
>               __field(u32, cmdbufs)
>               __field(u32, relocs)
>               __field(u32, syncpt_id)
> @@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_channel_submit,
>       ),
>  
>       TP_fast_assign(
> -             __entry->name = name;
> +             __assign_str(name);
>               __entry->cmdbufs = cmdbufs;
>               __entry->relocs = relocs;
>               __entry->syncpt_id = syncpt_id;
> @@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_channel_submit,
>  
>       TP_printk("name=%s, cmdbufs=%u, relocs=%u, syncpt_id=%u, "
>                 "syncpt_incrs=%u",
> -               __entry->name, __entry->cmdbufs, __entry->relocs,
> +               __get_str(name), __entry->cmdbufs, __entry->relocs,
>                 __entry->syncpt_id, __entry->syncpt_incrs)
>  );
>  
> @@ -161,19 +163,19 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_channel_submitted,
>       TP_ARGS(name, syncpt_base, syncpt_max),
>  
>       TP_STRUCT__entry(
> -             __field(const char *, name)
> +             __string(name, name)
>               __field(u32, syncpt_base)
>               __field(u32, syncpt_max)
>       ),
>  
>       TP_fast_assign(
> -             __entry->name = name;
> +             __assign_str(name);
>               __entry->syncpt_base = syncpt_base;
>               __entry->syncpt_max = syncpt_max;
>       ),
>  
>       TP_printk("name=%s, syncpt_base=%d, syncpt_max=%d",
> -             __entry->name, __entry->syncpt_base, __entry->syncpt_max)
> +             __get_str(name), __entry->syncpt_base, __entry->syncpt_max)
>  );
>  
>  TRACE_EVENT(host1x_channel_submit_complete,
> @@ -182,19 +184,19 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_channel_submit_complete,
>       TP_ARGS(name, count, thresh),
>  
>       TP_STRUCT__entry(
> -             __field(const char *, name)
> +             __string(name, name)
>               __field(int, count)
>               __field(u32, thresh)
>       ),
>  
>       TP_fast_assign(
> -             __entry->name = name;
> +             __assign_str(name);
>               __entry->count = count;
>               __entry->thresh = thresh;
>       ),
>  
>       TP_printk("name=%s, count=%d, thresh=%d",
> -             __entry->name, __entry->count, __entry->thresh)
> +             __get_str(name), __entry->count, __entry->thresh)
>  );
>  
>  TRACE_EVENT(host1x_wait_cdma,
> @@ -203,16 +205,16 @@ TRACE_EVENT(host1x_wait_cdma,
>       TP_ARGS(name, eventid),
>  
>       TP_STRUCT__entry(
> -             __field(const char *, name)
> +             __string(name, name)
>               __field(u32, eventid)
>       ),
>  
>       TP_fast_assign(
> -             __entry->name = name;
> +             __assign_str(name);
>               __entry->eventid = eventid;
>       ),
>  
> -     TP_printk("name=%s, event=%d", __entry->name, __entry->eventid)
> +     TP_printk("name=%s, event=%d", __get_str(name), __entry->eventid)
>  );
>  
>  TRACE_EVENT(host1x_syncpt_load_min,
> 
> ---
> base-commit: ab5fce87a778cb780a05984a2ca448f2b41aafbf
> change-id: 20260519-host1x-tracing-e2d608ec5e37
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> Artur Kowalski <[email protected]>


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