tracing: Fix kernel crash while using empty filter with perf
Kernel is crashing when user tries to record 'ftrace:function' event
with empty filter:
# perf record -e ftrace:function --filter="" ls
# dmesg
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
0000000000000008
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
...
RIP: 0010:ftrace_profile_set_filter+0x14b/0x2d0
RSP: 0018:
ffffa4a7c0da7d20 EFLAGS:
00010246
RAX:
ffffa4a7c0da7d64 RBX:
0000000000000000 RCX:
0000000000000006
RDX:
0000000000000000 RSI:
0000000000000092 RDI:
ffff8c48ffc968f0
...
Call Trace:
_perf_ioctl+0x54a/0x6b0
? rcu_all_qs+0x5/0x30
...
After patch:
# perf record -e ftrace:function --filter="" ls
failed to set filter "" on event ftrace:function with 22 (Invalid argument)
Also, if user tries to echo "" > filter, it used to throw an error.
This behavior got changed by commit
80765597bc58 ("tracing: Rewrite
filter logic to be simpler and faster"). This patch restores the
behavior as a side effect:
Before patch:
# echo "" > filter
#
After patch:
# echo "" > filter
bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
#
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180420150758.19787-1-ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com
Fixes: 80765597bc58 ("tracing: Rewrite filter logic to be simpler and faster")
Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>