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[v6] tracing/probe: add a char type to show the character value of traced arguments

Message ID 20221219110613.367098-1-dolinux.peng@gmail.com
State Superseded
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Series [v6] tracing/probe: add a char type to show the character value of traced arguments | expand

Commit Message

Donglin Peng Dec. 19, 2022, 11:06 a.m. UTC
There are scenes that we want to show the character value of traced
arguments other than a decimal or hexadecimal or string value for debug
convinience. I add a new type named 'char' to do it and a new test case
file named 'kprobe_args_char.tc' to do selftest for char type.

For example:

The to be traced function is 'void demo_func(char type, char *name);', we
can add a kprobe event as follows to show argument values as we want:

echo  'p:myprobe demo_func $arg1:char +0($arg2):char[5]' > kprobe_events

we will get the following trace log:

... myprobe: (demo_func+0x0/0x29) arg1='A' arg2={'b','p','f','1',''}

Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
---
Changes in v6:
 - change "\'%c\'" to "'%c'" in trace_probe.c

Changes in v5:
 - wrap the output character with single quotes
 - add a test case named kprobe_args_char.tc to do selftest

Changes in v4:
 - update the example in the commit log

Changes in v3:
 - update readme_msg

Changes in v2:
 - fix build warnings reported by kernel test robot
 - modify commit log
---
 Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst           |  3 +-
 kernel/trace/trace.c                          |  2 +-
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.c                    |  2 +
 kernel/trace/trace_probe.h                    |  1 +
 .../ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc  | 47 +++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc

Comments

Steven Rostedt Jan. 24, 2023, 10:38 p.m. UTC | #1
Looking back at emails that happened when I was off ;-)

Masami, what's you thoughts about this patch?

-- Steve


On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 03:06:13 -0800
Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com> wrote:

> There are scenes that we want to show the character value of traced
> arguments other than a decimal or hexadecimal or string value for debug
> convinience. I add a new type named 'char' to do it and a new test case
> file named 'kprobe_args_char.tc' to do selftest for char type.
> 
> For example:
> 
> The to be traced function is 'void demo_func(char type, char *name);', we
> can add a kprobe event as follows to show argument values as we want:
> 
> echo  'p:myprobe demo_func $arg1:char +0($arg2):char[5]' > kprobe_events
> 
> we will get the following trace log:
> 
> ... myprobe: (demo_func+0x0/0x29) arg1='A' arg2={'b','p','f','1',''}
> 
> Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> ---
> Changes in v6:
>  - change "\'%c\'" to "'%c'" in trace_probe.c
> 
> Changes in v5:
>  - wrap the output character with single quotes
>  - add a test case named kprobe_args_char.tc to do selftest
> 
> Changes in v4:
>  - update the example in the commit log
> 
> Changes in v3:
>  - update readme_msg
> 
> Changes in v2:
>  - fix build warnings reported by kernel test robot
>  - modify commit log
> ---
>  Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst           |  3 +-
>  kernel/trace/trace.c                          |  2 +-
>  kernel/trace/trace_probe.c                    |  2 +
>  kernel/trace/trace_probe.h                    |  1 +
>  .../ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc  | 47 +++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> index 4274cc6a2f94..007972a3c5c4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
>    NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
>    FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
>  		  (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types
> -		  (x8/x16/x32/x64), "string", "ustring" and bitfield
> +		  (x8/x16/x32/x64), "char", "string", "ustring" and bitfield
>  		  are supported.
>  
>    (\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0).
> @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ E.g. 'x16[4]' means an array of x16 (2bytes hex) with 4 elements.
>  Note that the array can be applied to memory type fetchargs, you can not
>  apply it to registers/stack-entries etc. (for example, '$stack1:x8[8]' is
>  wrong, but '+8($stack):x8[8]' is OK.)
> +Char type can be used to show the character value of traced arguments.
>  String type is a special type, which fetches a "null-terminated" string from
>  kernel space. This means it will fail and store NULL if the string container
>  has been paged out. "ustring" type is an alternative of string for user-space.
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> index 6d7ef130f57e..c602081e64c8 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -5615,7 +5615,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
>  	"\t           $stack<index>, $stack, $retval, $comm,\n"
>  #endif
>  	"\t           +|-[u]<offset>(<fetcharg>), \\imm-value, \\\"imm-string\"\n"
> -	"\t     type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, string, symbol,\n"
> +	"\t     type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, char, string, symbol,\n"
>  	"\t           b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size>, ustring,\n"
>  	"\t           <type>\\[<array-size>\\]\n"
>  #ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> index bb2f95d7175c..794a21455396 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x8,  u8,  "0x%x")
>  DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16, u16, "0x%x")
>  DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32, u32, "0x%x")
>  DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64, u64, "0x%Lx")
> +DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char, u8, "'%c'")
>  
>  int PRINT_TYPE_FUNC_NAME(symbol)(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, void *ent)
>  {
> @@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ static const struct fetch_type probe_fetch_types[] = {
>  	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x16, u16, u16, 0),
>  	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x32, u32, u32, 0),
>  	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x64, u64, u64, 0),
> +	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(char, u8, u8,  0),
>  	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(symbol, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, 0),
>  
>  	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_END
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> index de38f1c03776..8c86aaa8b0c9 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> @@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16);
>  DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32);
>  DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64);
>  
> +DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char);
>  DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(string);
>  DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(symbol);
>  
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..285b4770efad
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc
> @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
> +#!/bin/sh
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +# description: Kprobe event char type argument
> +# requires: kprobe_events
> +
> +case `uname -m` in
> +x86_64)
> +  ARG1=%di
> +;;
> +i[3456]86)
> +  ARG1=%ax
> +;;
> +aarch64)
> +  ARG1=%x0
> +;;
> +arm*)
> +  ARG1=%r0
> +;;
> +ppc64*)
> +  ARG1=%r3
> +;;
> +ppc*)
> +  ARG1=%r3
> +;;
> +s390*)
> +  ARG1=%r2
> +;;
> +mips*)
> +  ARG1=%r4
> +;;
> +*)
> +  echo "Please implement other architecture here"
> +  exit_untested
> +esac
> +
> +: "Test get argument (1)"
> +echo "p:testprobe tracefs_create_dir arg1=+0(${ARG1}):char" > kprobe_events
> +echo 1 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
> +echo "p:test $FUNCTION_FORK" >> kprobe_events
> +grep -qe "testprobe.* arg1='t'" trace
> +
> +echo 0 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
> +: "Test get argument (2)"
> +echo "p:testprobe tracefs_create_dir arg1=+0(${ARG1}):char arg2=+0(${ARG1}):char[4]" > kprobe_events
> +echo 1 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
> +echo "p:test $FUNCTION_FORK" >> kprobe_events
> +grep -qe "testprobe.* arg1='t' arg2={'t','e','s','t'}" trace
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Jan. 28, 2023, 1:05 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, 24 Jan 2023 17:38:00 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> 
> Looking back at emails that happened when I was off ;-)
> 
> Masami, what's you thoughts about this patch?

Oops, I also missed this.

Thanks for updating the patch!

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

I'll pick this to the for-next.

Thank you!


> 
> -- Steve
> 
> 
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 03:06:13 -0800
> Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > There are scenes that we want to show the character value of traced
> > arguments other than a decimal or hexadecimal or string value for debug
> > convinience. I add a new type named 'char' to do it and a new test case
> > file named 'kprobe_args_char.tc' to do selftest for char type.
> > 
> > For example:
> > 
> > The to be traced function is 'void demo_func(char type, char *name);', we
> > can add a kprobe event as follows to show argument values as we want:
> > 
> > echo  'p:myprobe demo_func $arg1:char +0($arg2):char[5]' > kprobe_events
> > 
> > we will get the following trace log:
> > 
> > ... myprobe: (demo_func+0x0/0x29) arg1='A' arg2={'b','p','f','1',''}
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com>
> > Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > ---
> > Changes in v6:
> >  - change "\'%c\'" to "'%c'" in trace_probe.c
> > 
> > Changes in v5:
> >  - wrap the output character with single quotes
> >  - add a test case named kprobe_args_char.tc to do selftest
> > 
> > Changes in v4:
> >  - update the example in the commit log
> > 
> > Changes in v3:
> >  - update readme_msg
> > 
> > Changes in v2:
> >  - fix build warnings reported by kernel test robot
> >  - modify commit log
> > ---
> >  Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst           |  3 +-
> >  kernel/trace/trace.c                          |  2 +-
> >  kernel/trace/trace_probe.c                    |  2 +
> >  kernel/trace/trace_probe.h                    |  1 +
> >  .../ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc  | 47 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  5 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> > index 4274cc6a2f94..007972a3c5c4 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
> > @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
> >    NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
> >    FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
> >  		  (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types
> > -		  (x8/x16/x32/x64), "string", "ustring" and bitfield
> > +		  (x8/x16/x32/x64), "char", "string", "ustring" and bitfield
> >  		  are supported.
> >  
> >    (\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0).
> > @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ E.g. 'x16[4]' means an array of x16 (2bytes hex) with 4 elements.
> >  Note that the array can be applied to memory type fetchargs, you can not
> >  apply it to registers/stack-entries etc. (for example, '$stack1:x8[8]' is
> >  wrong, but '+8($stack):x8[8]' is OK.)
> > +Char type can be used to show the character value of traced arguments.
> >  String type is a special type, which fetches a "null-terminated" string from
> >  kernel space. This means it will fail and store NULL if the string container
> >  has been paged out. "ustring" type is an alternative of string for user-space.
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > index 6d7ef130f57e..c602081e64c8 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> > @@ -5615,7 +5615,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
> >  	"\t           $stack<index>, $stack, $retval, $comm,\n"
> >  #endif
> >  	"\t           +|-[u]<offset>(<fetcharg>), \\imm-value, \\\"imm-string\"\n"
> > -	"\t     type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, string, symbol,\n"
> > +	"\t     type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, char, string, symbol,\n"
> >  	"\t           b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size>, ustring,\n"
> >  	"\t           <type>\\[<array-size>\\]\n"
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> > index bb2f95d7175c..794a21455396 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
> > @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x8,  u8,  "0x%x")
> >  DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16, u16, "0x%x")
> >  DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32, u32, "0x%x")
> >  DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64, u64, "0x%Lx")
> > +DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char, u8, "'%c'")
> >  
> >  int PRINT_TYPE_FUNC_NAME(symbol)(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, void *ent)
> >  {
> > @@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ static const struct fetch_type probe_fetch_types[] = {
> >  	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x16, u16, u16, 0),
> >  	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x32, u32, u32, 0),
> >  	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x64, u64, u64, 0),
> > +	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(char, u8, u8,  0),
> >  	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(symbol, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, 0),
> >  
> >  	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_END
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> > index de38f1c03776..8c86aaa8b0c9 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
> > @@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16);
> >  DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32);
> >  DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64);
> >  
> > +DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char);
> >  DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(string);
> >  DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(symbol);
> >  
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..285b4770efad
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc
> > @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
> > +#!/bin/sh
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +# description: Kprobe event char type argument
> > +# requires: kprobe_events
> > +
> > +case `uname -m` in
> > +x86_64)
> > +  ARG1=%di
> > +;;
> > +i[3456]86)
> > +  ARG1=%ax
> > +;;
> > +aarch64)
> > +  ARG1=%x0
> > +;;
> > +arm*)
> > +  ARG1=%r0
> > +;;
> > +ppc64*)
> > +  ARG1=%r3
> > +;;
> > +ppc*)
> > +  ARG1=%r3
> > +;;
> > +s390*)
> > +  ARG1=%r2
> > +;;
> > +mips*)
> > +  ARG1=%r4
> > +;;
> > +*)
> > +  echo "Please implement other architecture here"
> > +  exit_untested
> > +esac
> > +
> > +: "Test get argument (1)"
> > +echo "p:testprobe tracefs_create_dir arg1=+0(${ARG1}):char" > kprobe_events
> > +echo 1 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
> > +echo "p:test $FUNCTION_FORK" >> kprobe_events
> > +grep -qe "testprobe.* arg1='t'" trace
> > +
> > +echo 0 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
> > +: "Test get argument (2)"
> > +echo "p:testprobe tracefs_create_dir arg1=+0(${ARG1}):char arg2=+0(${ARG1}):char[4]" > kprobe_events
> > +echo 1 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
> > +echo "p:test $FUNCTION_FORK" >> kprobe_events
> > +grep -qe "testprobe.* arg1='t' arg2={'t','e','s','t'}" trace
>
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Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
index 4274cc6a2f94..007972a3c5c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@  Synopsis of kprobe_events
   NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
   FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
 		  (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types
-		  (x8/x16/x32/x64), "string", "ustring" and bitfield
+		  (x8/x16/x32/x64), "char", "string", "ustring" and bitfield
 		  are supported.
 
   (\*1) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0).
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@  E.g. 'x16[4]' means an array of x16 (2bytes hex) with 4 elements.
 Note that the array can be applied to memory type fetchargs, you can not
 apply it to registers/stack-entries etc. (for example, '$stack1:x8[8]' is
 wrong, but '+8($stack):x8[8]' is OK.)
+Char type can be used to show the character value of traced arguments.
 String type is a special type, which fetches a "null-terminated" string from
 kernel space. This means it will fail and store NULL if the string container
 has been paged out. "ustring" type is an alternative of string for user-space.
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 6d7ef130f57e..c602081e64c8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5615,7 +5615,7 @@  static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t           $stack<index>, $stack, $retval, $comm,\n"
 #endif
 	"\t           +|-[u]<offset>(<fetcharg>), \\imm-value, \\\"imm-string\"\n"
-	"\t     type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, string, symbol,\n"
+	"\t     type: s8/16/32/64, u8/16/32/64, x8/16/32/64, char, string, symbol,\n"
 	"\t           b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size>, ustring,\n"
 	"\t           <type>\\[<array-size>\\]\n"
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIST_TRIGGERS
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index bb2f95d7175c..794a21455396 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@  DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x8,  u8,  "0x%x")
 DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16, u16, "0x%x")
 DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32, u32, "0x%x")
 DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64, u64, "0x%Lx")
+DEFINE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char, u8, "'%c'")
 
 int PRINT_TYPE_FUNC_NAME(symbol)(struct trace_seq *s, void *data, void *ent)
 {
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@  static const struct fetch_type probe_fetch_types[] = {
 	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x16, u16, u16, 0),
 	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x32, u32, u32, 0),
 	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(x64, u64, u64, 0),
+	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(char, u8, u8,  0),
 	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_ALIAS(symbol, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, ADDR_FETCH_TYPE, 0),
 
 	ASSIGN_FETCH_TYPE_END
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index de38f1c03776..8c86aaa8b0c9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@  DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x16);
 DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x32);
 DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(x64);
 
+DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(char);
 DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(string);
 DECLARE_BASIC_PRINT_TYPE_FUNC(symbol);
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..285b4770efad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args_char.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ 
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: Kprobe event char type argument
+# requires: kprobe_events
+
+case `uname -m` in
+x86_64)
+  ARG1=%di
+;;
+i[3456]86)
+  ARG1=%ax
+;;
+aarch64)
+  ARG1=%x0
+;;
+arm*)
+  ARG1=%r0
+;;
+ppc64*)
+  ARG1=%r3
+;;
+ppc*)
+  ARG1=%r3
+;;
+s390*)
+  ARG1=%r2
+;;
+mips*)
+  ARG1=%r4
+;;
+*)
+  echo "Please implement other architecture here"
+  exit_untested
+esac
+
+: "Test get argument (1)"
+echo "p:testprobe tracefs_create_dir arg1=+0(${ARG1}):char" > kprobe_events
+echo 1 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
+echo "p:test $FUNCTION_FORK" >> kprobe_events
+grep -qe "testprobe.* arg1='t'" trace
+
+echo 0 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
+: "Test get argument (2)"
+echo "p:testprobe tracefs_create_dir arg1=+0(${ARG1}):char arg2=+0(${ARG1}):char[4]" > kprobe_events
+echo 1 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
+echo "p:test $FUNCTION_FORK" >> kprobe_events
+grep -qe "testprobe.* arg1='t' arg2={'t','e','s','t'}" trace