Re: [PATCH 05/31] perf record: Load eBPF object into kernel

["Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com>]

Hi Arnaldo,

On 2015/10/24 8:27, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> libbpf: load bpf program failed: Invalid argument
> libbpf: -- BEGIN DUMP LOG ---
> libbpf:
>
> libbpf: -- END LOG --
> libbpf: failed to load program 'fork=_do_fork'
> libbpf: failed to load object '/tmp/foo.o'
> bpf: load objects failed
> event syntax error: '/tmp/foo.o'
>                       \___ Invalid argument: Are you root and runing a CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL kernel?
>
> (add -v to see detail)
> Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
>
>   Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>]
>      or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]
>
>      -e, --event <event>   event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events
> Opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing//kprobe_events write=1
> Opening /sys/kernel/debug/tracing//uprobe_events write=1
> Parsing probe_events: p:perf_bpf_probe/fork _text+638512
> Group:perf_bpf_probe Event:fork probe:p
> Writing event: -:perf_bpf_probe/fork
> [acme@felicio linux]$ uname -a
> Linux felicio.ghostprotocols.net 4.3.0-rc6+ #1 SMP Fri Oct 23 16:40:25 BRT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [acme@felicio linux]$
>
Please have a look at patch [1]. With that patch kernel will dump 
something into
log buffer. In your case, you will see:

root@sandybridge:~# /tmp/perf record -e /tmp/test_config_base.o ls
libbpf: load bpf program failed: Invalid argument
libbpf: -- BEGIN DUMP LOG ---
libbpf:
Kernel version mismatch: 0x40400 != 0x40300

libbpf: -- END LOG --
libbpf: failed to load program 'func_write=sys_write'
libbpf: failed to load object '/tmp/test_config_base.o'
event syntax error: '/tmp/test_config_base.o'
                      \___ Invalid argument: Are you root and runing a 
CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL kernel?

(add -v to see detail)
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
...

And I'd like to improve the error message output by perf.

Do you want me to send a patch for fixing this problem or modifying 
existing patches
in my git tree?

Thank you.

[1] 
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1445843588-143137-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com