[PATCH v2 tracing 0/6] tracing: additional filter predicates

[Alan Maguire]

For cases like IPv6 addresses, having a means to supply tracing
predicates for fields with more than 8 bytes would be convenient.
This series provides a simple way to support this by allowing
simple ==, != memory comparison with the predicate supplied when
the size of the field exceeds 8 bytes.  For example, to trace
::1, the predicate

        "dst == 0x00000000000000000000000000000001"

..could be used.  Patch 1 implements this.

As a convenience, support for IPv4, IPv6 and MAC addresses are
also included; patches 2-4 cover these and allow simpler
comparisons which do not require getting the exact number of
bytes right; for exmaple

	"dst == ::1"
	"src != 127.0.0.1"
	"mac_addr == ab:cd:ef:01:23:45"

Patch 5 adds tests for existing and new filter predicates, and patch 6
documents the fact that for the various addresses supported and
the >8 byte memory comparison. only == and != are supported.

Changes since v1 [1]:

- added support for IPv4, IPv6 and MAC addresses (patches 2-4)
  (Masami and Steven)
- added selftests for IPv4, IPv6 and MAC addresses and updated
  docs accordingly (patches 5,6)

Changes since RFC [2]:

- originally a fix was intermixed with the new functionality as
  patch 1 in series [2]; the fix landed separately
- small tweaks to how filter predicates are defined via fn_num as
  opposed to via fn directly

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/1682414197-13173-1-git-send-email-alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx/
[22] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1659910883-18223-1-git-send-email-alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx/

Alan Maguire (6):
  tracing: support > 8 byte array filter predicates
  tracing: support IPv4 address filter predicate
  tracing: support IPv6 filter predicates
  tracing: support MAC address filter predicates
  selftests/ftrace: add test coverage for filter predicates
  tracing: document IPv4, IPv6, MAC address and > 8 byte numeric
    filtering support

 Documentation/trace/events.rst                |  21 +++
 kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c            | 164 +++++++++++++++++-
 .../selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/filter.tc   |  91 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 275 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/filter.tc

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