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From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	x86@kernel.org, Networking <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>, Kernel Team <kernel-team@fb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 04/10] libbpf: auto-detect btf_id of raw_tracepoint
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 16:41:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEf4BzZxHyBoX9stW7uapZ06xd26N_zZcghytkQAUM1ss5sN6A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191005050314.1114330-5-ast@kernel.org>

On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 10:04 PM Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> For raw tracepoint program types libbpf will try to find
> btf_id of raw tracepoint in vmlinux's BTF.
> It's a responsiblity of bpf program author to annotate the program
> with SEC("raw_tracepoint/name") where "name" is a valid raw tracepoint.

As an aside, I've been thinking about allowing to specify "raw_tp/"
and "tp/" in section name as an "alias" for "raw_tracepoint/" and
"tracepoint/", respectively. Any objections?

> If "name" is indeed a valid raw tracepoint then in-kernel BTF
> will have "btf_trace_##name" typedef that points to function
> prototype of that raw tracepoint. BTF description captures
> exact argument the kernel C code is passing into raw tracepoint.
> The kernel verifier will check the types while loading bpf program.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> index e0276520171b..0e6f7b41c521 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> @@ -4591,6 +4591,22 @@ int libbpf_prog_type_by_name(const char *name, enum bpf_prog_type *prog_type,
>                         continue;
>                 *prog_type = section_names[i].prog_type;
>                 *expected_attach_type = section_names[i].expected_attach_type;
> +               if (*prog_type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_RAW_TRACEPOINT) {
> +                       struct btf *btf = bpf_core_find_kernel_btf();
> +                       char raw_tp_btf_name[128] = "btf_trace_";
> +                       int ret;
> +
> +                       if (IS_ERR(btf))
> +                               /* lack of kernel BTF is not a failure */
> +                               return 0;
> +                       /* append "btf_trace_" prefix per kernel convention */
> +                       strcpy(raw_tp_btf_name + sizeof("btf_trace_") - 1,
> +                              name + section_names[i].len);

buffer overflow here? use strncat() instead?

> +                       ret = btf__find_by_name(btf, raw_tp_btf_name);
> +                       if (ret > 0)
> +                               *expected_attach_type = ret;
> +                       btf__free(btf);
> +               }
>                 return 0;
>         }
>         pr_warning("failed to guess program type based on ELF section name '%s'\n", name);
> --
> 2.20.0
>

  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-07 23:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-05  5:03 [PATCH bpf-next 00/10] bpf: revolutionize bpf tracing Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-05  5:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next 01/10] bpf: add typecast to raw_tracepoints to help BTF generation Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-05 18:40   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-06  3:58   ` John Fastabend
2019-10-05  5:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next 02/10] bpf: add typecast to bpf helpers " Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-05 18:41   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-06  4:00   ` John Fastabend
2019-10-05  5:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next 03/10] bpf: process in-kernel BTF Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-06  6:36   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-06 23:49     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-07  0:20       ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-09 20:51   ` Martin Lau
2019-10-10  3:43     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-05  5:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next 04/10] libbpf: auto-detect btf_id of raw_tracepoint Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-07 23:41   ` Andrii Nakryiko [this message]
2019-10-09  2:26     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-05  5:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next 05/10] bpf: implement accurate raw_tp context access via BTF Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-07 16:32   ` Alan Maguire
2019-10-09  3:59     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-08  0:35   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-09  3:30     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-09  4:01       ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-09  5:10         ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-10  3:54           ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-05  5:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next 06/10] bpf: add support for BTF pointers to interpreter Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-08  3:08   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-05  5:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next 07/10] bpf: add support for BTF pointers to x86 JIT Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-05  6:03   ` Eric Dumazet
2019-10-09 17:38   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-09 17:46     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-05  5:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next 08/10] bpf: check types of arguments passed into helpers Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-09 18:01   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-09 19:58     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-05  5:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next 09/10] bpf: disallow bpf_probe_read[_str] helpers Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-09  5:29   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-09 19:38     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-05  5:03 ` [PATCH bpf-next 10/10] selftests/bpf: add kfree_skb raw_tp test Alexei Starovoitov
2019-10-09  5:36   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2019-10-09 17:37     ` Alexei Starovoitov

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