Re: [for-linus][PATCH 2/5] tracing/uprobe: Fix double perf_event linking on multiprobe uprobe

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 02:59:35PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Peter Zijlstra
> > Sent: 21 January 2020 14:50
> > On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 09:38:49AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> > > index 4ee703728aec..03e4e180058d 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> > > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> > > @@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ struct trace_probe_event {
> > >  	struct trace_event_call		call;
> > >  	struct list_head 		files;
> > >  	struct list_head		probes;
> > > +	char				data[0];
> > >  };
> > 
> > Note that this relies on pure 'luck'. If you stick anything <4 bytes in
> > between the list_head and the data member it'll come unstuck real fast.
> 
> Can you fix it by adding an unnamed struct as in:

The trivial fix is like I suggested in the other thread:

	struct trace_uprobe_filter filters[0];

The alternative that Masami-San suggested should also work.