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-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_probe.c7
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_probe.h3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 4dc74d73fc1d..c6da5923e5b9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -1159,9 +1159,12 @@ static int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg_body(const char *argv, ssize_t *size,
if (!(ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_TEVENT) &&
(strcmp(arg, "$comm") == 0 || strcmp(arg, "$COMM") == 0 ||
strncmp(arg, "\\\"", 2) == 0)) {
- /* The type of $comm must be "string", and not an array. */
- if (parg->count || (t && strcmp(t, "string")))
+ /* The type of $comm must be "string", and not an array type. */
+ if (parg->count || (t && strcmp(t, "string"))) {
+ trace_probe_log_err(ctx->offset + (t ? (t - arg) : 0),
+ NEED_STRING_TYPE);
goto out;
+ }
parg->type = find_fetch_type("string", ctx->flags);
} else
parg->type = find_fetch_type(t, ctx->flags);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index 850d9ecb6765..c1877d018269 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ extern int traceprobe_define_arg_fields(struct trace_event_call *event_call,
C(BAD_HYPHEN, "Failed to parse single hyphen. Forgot '>'?"), \
C(NO_BTF_FIELD, "This field is not found."), \
C(BAD_BTF_TID, "Failed to get BTF type info."),\
- C(BAD_TYPE4STR, "This type does not fit for string."),
+ C(BAD_TYPE4STR, "This type does not fit for string."),\
+ C(NEED_STRING_TYPE, "$comm and immediate-string only accepts string type"),
#undef C
#define C(a, b) TP_ERR_##a