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tracing: Use strncpy instead of memcpy for string keys in hist triggers
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Because there may be random garbage beyond a string's null terminator,
it's not correct to copy the the complete character array for use as a
hist trigger key.  This results in multiple histogram entries for the
'same' string key.

So, in the case of a string key, use strncpy instead of memcpy to
avoid copying in the extra bytes.

Before, using the gdbus entries in the following hist trigger as an
example:

  # echo 'hist:key=comm' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/trigger
  # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/hist

  ...

  { comm: ImgDecoder hardkernel#4                      } hitcount:        203
  { comm: gmain                              } hitcount:        213
  { comm: gmain                              } hitcount:        216
  { comm: StreamTrans hardkernel#73                    } hitcount:        221
  { comm: mozStorage hardkernel#3                      } hitcount:        230
  { comm: gdbus                              } hitcount:        233
  { comm: StyleThread#5                      } hitcount:        253
  { comm: gdbus                              } hitcount:        256
  { comm: gdbus                              } hitcount:        260
  { comm: StyleThread#4                      } hitcount:        271

  ...

  # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/hist | egrep gdbus | wc -l
  51

After:

  # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/hist | egrep gdbus | wc -l
  1

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/50c35ae1267d64eee975b8125e151e600071d4dc.1549309756.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com

Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 79e577c ("tracing: Support string type key properly")
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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tzanussi authored and rostedt committed Mar 5, 2019
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
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Expand Up @@ -5157,9 +5157,10 @@ static inline void add_to_key(char *compound_key, void *key,
/* ensure NULL-termination */
if (size > key_field->size - 1)
size = key_field->size - 1;
}

memcpy(compound_key + key_field->offset, key, size);
strncpy(compound_key + key_field->offset, (char *)key, size);
} else
memcpy(compound_key + key_field->offset, key, size);
}

static void
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