The commit
4d38328eb442d ("tracing: Fix synth event printk format for str
fields") replaced "%.*s" with "%s" but missed removing the number size of
the dynamic and static strings. The commit
e1a453a57bc7 ("tracing: Do not
add length to print format in synthetic events") fixed the dynamic part
but did not fix the static part. That is, with the commands:
# echo 's:wake_lat char[] wakee; u64 delta;' >> /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events
# echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts=common_timestamp.usecs if !(common_flags & 0x18)' > /sys/kernel/tracing/events/sched/sched_waking/trigger
# echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:delta=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts:onmatch(sched.sched_waking).trace(wake_lat,next_comm,$delta)' > /sys/kernel/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
That caused the output of:
<idle>-0 [001] d..5. 193.428167: wake_lat: wakee=(efault)sshd-sessiondelta=155
sshd-session-879 [001] d..5. 193.811080: wake_lat: wakee=(efault)kworker/u34:5delta=58
<idle>-0 [002] d..5. 193.811198: wake_lat: wakee=(efault)bashdelta=91
The commit
e1a453a57bc7 fixed the part where the synthetic event had
"char[] wakee". But if one were to replace that with a static size string:
# echo 's:wake_lat char[16] wakee; u64 delta;' >> /sys/kernel/tracing/dynamic_events
Where "wakee" is defined as "char[16]" and not "char[]" making it a static
size, the code triggered the "(efaul)" again.
Remove the added STR_VAR_LEN_MAX size as the string is still going to be
nul terminated.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Douglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251204151935.5fa30355@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: e1a453a57bc7 ("tracing: Do not add length to print format in synthetic events")
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>