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tracing: Fix filtering on string pointers

Steven Rostedt linux-mm lkml oe-kbuild-all stable 1 version In review

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1/2tracing: Have syscall trace events use trace_event_buffer_lock_reserve()kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c+2 -41 reply
2/2tracing: Add test for user space strings when filtering on string pointerskernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c+77 -23 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH 0/2] tracing: Fix filtering on string pointers

If filtering on an event's string pointer that happens to point into user space, then the pointer could cause a page fault and crash the kernel.

Also, have system call events use the temp buffer when filtering.

Steven Rostedt (2):
tracing: Have syscall trace events use trace_event_buffer_lock_reserve()
tracing: Add test for user space strings when filtering on string pointers

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 kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c      |  6 +--
 2 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)