--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# description: Kprobe event argument syntax
+
+[ -f kprobe_events ] || exit_unsupported # this is configurable
+
+grep "x8/16/32/64" README > /dev/null || exit_unsupported # version issue
+
+echo 0 > events/enable
+echo > kprobe_events
+
+PROBEFUNC="vfs_read"
+GOODREG=
+BADREG=
+GOODSYM="_sdata"
+if ! grep -qw ${GOODSYM} /proc/kallsyms ; then
+ GOODSYM=$PROBEFUNC
+fi
+BADSYM="deaqswdefr"
+SYMADDR=0x`grep -w ${GOODSYM} /proc/kallsyms | cut -f 1 -d " "`
+GOODTYPE="x16"
+BADTYPE="y16"
+
+case `uname -m` in
+x86_64|i[3456]86)
+ GOODREG=%ax
+ BADREG=%ex
+;;
+aarch64)
+ GOODREG=%x0
+ BADREG=%ax
+;;
+arm*)
+ GOODREG=%r0
+ BADREG=%ax
+;;
+esac
+
+test_goodarg() # Good-args
+{
+ while [ "$1" ]; do
+ echo "p ${PROBEFUNC} $1" > kprobe_events
+ shift 1
+ done;
+}
+
+test_badarg() # Bad-args
+{
+ while [ "$1" ]; do
+ ! echo "p ${PROBEFUNC} $1" > kprobe_events
+ shift 1
+ done;
+}
+
+echo > kprobe_events
+
+: "Register access"
+test_goodarg ${GOODREG}
+test_badarg ${BADREG}
+
+: "Symbol access"
+test_goodarg "@${GOODSYM}" "@${SYMADDR}" "@${GOODSYM}+10" "@${GOODSYM}-10"
+test_badarg "@" "@${BADSYM}" "@${GOODSYM}*10" "@${GOODSYM}/10" \
+ "@${GOODSYM}%10" "@${GOODSYM}&10" "@${GOODSYM}|10"
+
+: "Stack access"
+test_goodarg "\$stack" "\$stack0" "\$stack1"
+test_badarg "\$stackp" "\$stack0+10" "\$stack1-10"
+
+: "Retval access"
+echo "r ${PROBEFUNC} \$retval" > kprobe_events
+! echo "p ${PROBEFUNC} \$retval" > kprobe_events
+
+: "Comm access"
+test_goodarg "\$comm"
+
+: "Indirect memory access"
+test_goodarg "+0(${GOODREG})" "-0(${GOODREG})" "+10(\$stack)" \
+ "+0(\$stack1)" "+10(@${GOODSYM}-10)" "+0(+10(+20(\$stack)))"
+test_badarg "+(${GOODREG})" "(${GOODREG}+10)" "-(${GOODREG})" "(${GOODREG})" \
+ "+10(\$comm)" "+0(${GOODREG})+10"
+
+: "Name assignment"
+test_goodarg "varname=${GOODREG}"
+test_badarg "varname=varname2=${GOODREG}"
+
+: "Type syntax"
+test_goodarg "${GOODREG}:${GOODTYPE}"
+test_badarg "${GOODREG}::${GOODTYPE}" "${GOODREG}:${BADTYPE}" \
+ "${GOODTYPE}:${GOODREG}"
+
+: "Combination check"
+
+test_goodarg "\$comm:string" "+0(\$stack):string"
+test_badarg "\$comm:x64" "\$stack:string" "${GOODREG}:string"
+
+echo > kprobe_events