Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] tracing: Show real address instead of hashed pointer

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 23:54:58 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Here is the 3rd version of the series for real address printing in trace log.
> 
> Here is the previous version, I've fixed [1/3] to use krealloc(), fix memory
> allocation error check and add __printf() attribute, according to Steve's
> comment.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/160275239876.115066.10891356497426857018.stgit@devnote2/
> 
> 
> Since trace_seq_printf() use in-kernel vsprintf() at last, the %p is always
> converted to the hash value instead of real address.
> 
> For the dmesg it maybe secure, but for the ftrace, I think it is
> meaningless because
> 
> - tracefs is used by root user, so no need to hide it.
> - tracefs user can access percpu/cpu*/trace_pipe_raw which stores real
>   address on the trace buffer.
> - external commands like perf doesn't convert to the hash value.
> 
> And when debugging kernel, we would like to know real address which tells
> us the address is in which area in the kernel by comparing with kernel
> memory mapping.
> 
> However, to compare the trace log with dmesg, we also need a bridging
> information. So 3/3 gives the options/hash-ptr knob which switches
> the output format.
> 

Thanks Masami,

I'm going to hold off on adding this for this merge window, and look at
applying it for the next window.

-- Steve