On Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:15:03 +0000
[email protected] wrote:

> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) 
> to consider:
> - [Low] The `readme_msg` in `trace.c` instructs users to write to 
> `wprobe_events`, but this file is never created.
> --
> 
> commit 5c44f59e0b2737617a0b5934e625357ecffcc63d
> Author: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>
> 
> tracing/wprobe: Add wprobe (watchpoint probe) trace event support
> 
> This commit introduces hardware-breakpoint-based dynamic trace event support
> (wprobe). It creates dynamic events on data read/write accesses using
> hardware breakpoints and logs the access context and fetchargs.
> 
> Link: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/59637b96946653393a7ad3c7de094094796b39c2.1785067572.git.wangjinchao...@gmail.com/
> 
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > index a946e0183fd1e..40c3e1543f6e3 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > @@ -4294,8 +4294,12 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
> >     "  uprobe_events\t\t- Create/append/remove/show the userspace dynamic 
> > events\n"
> >     "\t\t\t  Write into this file to define/undefine new trace events.\n"
> >  #endif
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_WPROBE_EVENTS
> > +   "  wprobe_events\t\t- Create/append/remove/show the hardware breakpoint 
> > dynamic events\n"
> > +   "\t\t\t  Write into this file to define/undefine new trace events.\n"
> 
> [Severity: Low]
> Does this advertise a non-existent interface file to the user?
> 
> The readme_msg instructs users to write to wprobe_events, but it appears
> this file is never created by this patch.

Ah, indeed. this is for dynamic_events interface.

Thanks,

> 
> > +#endif
> >  #if defined(CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS) || defined(CONFIG_UPROBE_EVENTS) || \
> > -    defined(CONFIG_FPROBE_EVENTS)
> > +   defined(CONFIG_FPROBE_EVENTS) || defined(CONFIG_WPROBE_EVENTS)
> >     "\t  accepts: event-definitions (one definition per line)\n"
> 
> -- 
> Sashiko AI review ยท 
> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/178875277830.93794.14247844688761142429.stgit@devnote2?part=5


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <[email protected]>

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