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From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 16/16] selftests/ftrace: Add event filter syntax check test case
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:45:53 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <179314835316.684037.6225998891000249085.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <179314820431.684037.4147763044424284198.stgit@devnote2>

From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

Add a new ftracetest test case (filter-syntax-check.tc) to verify valid
event filter expressions, error_log caret reporting for malformed filter
expressions (empty filters, missing fields, unbalanced parentheses and
quotes, dangling logical operators, invalid fields/values/cpulists),
newline truncation on multi-line filter input, and error returns on
invalid subsystem filters.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
Changes in v3:
 - Replace negated pipelines (! cmd) with explicit
   "if cmd; then exit_fail; fi" checks to properly catch unexpected success
   under POSIX sh with set -e.
 - Add test cases for empty string matching (prev_comm == "",
   prev_comm ~ "").
 - Add test cases for out-of-range CPU IDs with CPUS{} comparison.
 - Add test cases for missing operands after operators.
 - Add test cases for empty operands and stray operators.
 - Add test cases for operand type mismatches and brace errors.
 - Add test cases for function event filter syntax checks (including
   INVALID_OP and ILLEGAL_FIELD_OP caret checks).
 - Add test cases for multi-line input validation on event and subsystem
   filters.
---
 .../ftrace/test.d/filter/filter-syntax-check.tc    |  100 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 100 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/filter/filter-syntax-check.tc

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/filter/filter-syntax-check.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/filter/filter-syntax-check.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02fb2be6e6eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/filter/filter-syntax-check.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: event filter - test filter syntax error check
+# requires: set_event events/sched/sched_switch/filter error_log
+# flags: instance
+
+check_error() { # command-with-error-pos-by-^
+    ftrace_errlog_check 'event filter parse error' "$1" 'events/sched/sched_switch/filter'
+}
+
+# Valid filter expressions
+echo '(common_pid == 0)' > events/sched/sched_switch/filter
+echo '((common_pid == 0) && (prev_pid == 0))' > events/sched/sched_switch/filter
+echo 'prev_comm ~ "*sh"' > events/sched/sched_switch/filter
+echo 'prev_comm ~ "*"' > events/sched/sched_switch/filter
+echo 'prev_comm == ""' > events/sched/sched_switch/filter
+echo 'prev_comm ~ ""' > events/sched/sched_switch/filter
+echo 'common_pid == CPUS{0}' > events/sched/sched_switch/filter
+echo 'common_pid != CPUS{0}' > events/sched/sched_switch/filter
+echo 0 > events/sched/sched_switch/filter
+
+# Empty or meaningless filter expressions
+check_error '^()'						# NO_FILTER
+check_error '^== 1'						# INVALID_FILTER
+check_error 'common_pid ==^'					# INVALID_FILTER
+check_error 'common_pid !=^'					# INVALID_FILTER
+check_error 'common_pid >=^'					# INVALID_FILTER
+
+# Unbalanced parentheses and quotes
+check_error '^(common_pid == 1'					# TOO_MANY_OPEN
+check_error 'common_pid == 1^)'					# TOO_MANY_CLOSE
+check_error 'prev_comm == ^"bash'				# MISSING_QUOTE
+
+# Dangling logical operators and empty operands
+check_error 'common_pid == 1 &&^'				# TOO_MANY_PREDS
+check_error 'common_pid == 1 ||^'				# TOO_MANY_PREDS
+check_error 'common_pid == 1 || (common_pid == 2 && ^)'		# INVALID_FILTER
+check_error '(common_pid == ^)'					# INVALID_VALUE
+check_error 'common_pid == ^&& common_pid == 0'			# INVALID_VALUE
+
+# Invalid field, operator, or operand type
+check_error '^no_such_field == 1'				# FIELD_NOT_FOUND
+check_error 'common_pid == ^@'					# INVALID_VALUE
+check_error 'common_pid == ^"1"'				# EXPECT_DIGIT
+check_error 'prev_comm == ^0'					# EXPECT_STRING
+check_error 'common_pid ^~ 1'					# ILLEGAL_FIELD_OP
+
+# CPUS{} syntax errors
+check_error 'common_pid ^> CPUS{0}'				# ILLEGAL_FIELD_OP
+check_error 'common_pid == CPUS^0}'				# MISSING_BRACE_OPEN
+check_error 'common_pid == CPUS{0^'				# MISSING_BRACE_CLOSE
+check_error 'common_pid == CPUS{^}'				# INVALID_CPULIST
+check_error 'common_pid == CPUS{99999^}'			# INVALID_CPULIST
+
+# Function event filter errors (if supported)
+if [ -f events/kmem/kmem_cache_free/filter ]; then
+    check_kmem_error() {
+        ftrace_errlog_check 'event filter parse error' "$1" 'events/kmem/kmem_cache_free/filter'
+    }
+    check_kmem_error 'call_site.function == non_exist_func^'	# NO_FUNCTION
+    check_kmem_error 'call_site.function ==^'			# INVALID_FILTER
+    check_kmem_error 'call_site.function ^> 0'			# INVALID_OP
+    check_kmem_error 'common_type^.function == 0'		# ILLEGAL_FIELD_OP
+    echo 0 > events/kmem/kmem_cache_free/filter
+fi
+
+# Multi-line input with non-whitespace characters after newline must fail
+if ( printf "common_pid == 0\ncommon_pid == 1" | \
+     dd of=events/sched/sched_switch/filter bs=4096 ) 2> /dev/null; then
+    exit_fail
+fi
+if ( printf "common_pid == CPUS{0\n\"} && common_pid == 0" | \
+     dd of=events/sched/sched_switch/filter bs=4096 ) 2> /dev/null; then
+    exit_fail
+fi
+
+# Trailing whitespace characters after newline are permitted
+printf "common_pid == 0\n  \n\t \n" | \
+    dd of=events/sched/sched_switch/filter bs=4096 2> /dev/null
+echo 0 > events/sched/sched_switch/filter
+
+# Subsystem filter must fail on invalid filter expressions
+echo 'common_pid >= 0' > events/sched/filter
+if echo 'no_such_field == 1' > events/sched/filter 2> /dev/null; then
+    exit_fail
+fi
+if echo 'common_pid == 1 &&' > events/sched/filter 2> /dev/null; then
+    exit_fail
+fi
+if ( printf "common_pid == 0\nfoo" | \
+     dd of=events/sched/filter bs=4096 ) 2> /dev/null; then
+    exit_fail
+fi
+
+# Subsystem filter with trailing whitespace after newline must succeed
+printf "common_pid == 0\n  \n\t \n" | \
+    dd of=events/sched/filter bs=4096 2> /dev/null
+echo 0 > events/sched/filter
+
+exit 0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-28  0:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-28  0:43 [PATCH v3 00/16] tracing/filters: Fix event filter parsing and matching bugs Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:43 ` [PATCH v3 01/16] tracing/filters: Fix regex_match_end() for zero-length strings Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:43 ` [PATCH v3 02/16] tracing/filters: Fix MATCH_END_ONLY regex matching for fixed-size strings Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  1:14   ` Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:43 ` [PATCH v3 03/16] tracing/filters: Fix false success return in process_system_preds() Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:44 ` [PATCH v3 04/16] tracing/filters: Handle out-of-range CPU for OP_NE in cpumask comparison Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:44 ` [PATCH v3 05/16] tracing/filters: Report parse error on all -EINVAL paths in filter parsing Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:44 ` [PATCH v3 06/16] tracing/filters: Check for missing operand after operator in parse_pred() Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:44 ` [PATCH v3 07/16] tracing/filters: Fix quoted operand parsing in function event filter Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:44 ` [PATCH v3 08/16] tracing/filters: Reject empty unquoted operand " Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:44 ` [PATCH v3 09/16] tracing/filters: Reject stray quotes and parentheses in unquoted function event operand Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:44 ` [PATCH v3 10/16] tracing/filters: Reject unsupported field sizes in parse_pred() Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:45 ` [PATCH v3 11/16] tracing/filters: Check for trailing characters after newline in filter string Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:45 ` [PATCH v3 12/16] tracing/filters: Fix error positions in filter parser Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:45 ` [PATCH v3 13/16] tracing/filters: Fix error position for function filter operations Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:45 ` [PATCH v3 14/16] tracing/filters: Fix error positions for CPUS mask parsing Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:45 ` [PATCH v3 15/16] tracing/filters: Fix error position for within filter operator check Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-10-28  0:45 ` Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [this message]

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