From: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 02:33:43 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: tracing/filters: Support filtering for char * strings
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.32-rc1~718^2~29
X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=87a342f5db69d53ea70493bb1ec69c9047677038;p=pandora-kernel.git

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 <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
LKML-Reference: <4A7B9287.90205@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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