[for-linus][PATCH 2/2] tracing: Fix return value of __setup handlers

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sat Mar 05 2022 - 00:10:25 EST


From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

__setup() handlers should generally return 1 to indicate that the
boot options have been handled.

Using invalid option values causes the entire kernel boot option
string to be reported as Unknown and added to init's environment
strings, polluting it.

Unknown kernel command line parameters "BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/bzImage-517rc6
kprobe_event=p,syscall_any,$arg1 trace_options=quiet
trace_clock=jiffies", will be passed to user space.

Run /sbin/init as init process
with arguments:
/sbin/init
with environment:
HOME=/
TERM=linux
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/bzImage-517rc6
kprobe_event=p,syscall_any,$arg1
trace_options=quiet
trace_clock=jiffies

Return 1 from the __setup() handlers so that init's environment is not
polluted with kernel boot options.

Link: lore.kernel.org/r/64644a2f-4a20-bab3-1e15-3b2cdd0defe3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220303031744.32356-1-rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 7bcfaf54f591 ("tracing: Add trace_options kernel command line parameter")
Fixes: e1e232ca6b8f ("tracing: Add trace_clock=<clock> kernel parameter")
Fixes: 970988e19eb0 ("tracing/kprobe: Add kprobe_event= boot parameter")
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Igor Zhbanov <i.zhbanov@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 4 ++--
kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 3050892d1812..eb44418574f9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static char trace_boot_options_buf[MAX_TRACER_SIZE] __initdata;
static int __init set_trace_boot_options(char *str)
{
strlcpy(trace_boot_options_buf, str, MAX_TRACER_SIZE);
- return 0;
+ return 1;
}
__setup("trace_options=", set_trace_boot_options);

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int __init set_trace_boot_clock(char *str)
{
strlcpy(trace_boot_clock_buf, str, MAX_TRACER_SIZE);
trace_boot_clock = trace_boot_clock_buf;
- return 0;
+ return 1;
}
__setup("trace_clock=", set_trace_boot_clock);

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 508f14af4f2c..b62fd785b599 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int __init set_kprobe_boot_events(char *str)
strlcpy(kprobe_boot_events_buf, str, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
disable_tracing_selftest("running kprobe events");

- return 0;
+ return 1;
}
__setup("kprobe_event=", set_kprobe_boot_events);

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