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Steven Rostedt
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When the tp_printk kernel command line is used, the trace events go
directly to printk(). It is still checked via the trace_check_vprintf()
function to make sure the pointers of the trace event are legit.
The addition of reading buffers from previous boots required adding a
delta between the addresses of the previous boot and the current boot so
that the pointers in the old buffer can still be used. But this required
adding a trace_array pointer to acquire the delta offsets.
The tp_printk code does not provide a trace_array (tr) pointer, so when
the offsets were examined, a NULL pointer dereference happened and the
kernel crashed.
If the trace_array does not exist, just default the delta offsets to zero,
as that also means the trace event is not being read from a previous boot.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Zv3z5UsG_jsO9_Tb@aschofie-mobl2.lan/
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20241003104925.4e1b1fd9@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: 07714b4bb3 ("tracing: Handle old buffer mappings for event strings and functions")
Reported-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Tested-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Linux kernel
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