From: Shuyi Cheng <chengshuyi@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
ast@kernel.org, andrii@kernel.org, kafai@fb.com,
songliubraving@fb.com, yhs@fb.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
kpsingh@kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: Introduce 'custom_btf_path' to 'bpf_obj_open_opts'.
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:05:19 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e8a17455-e3e7-d259-b7ae-154cfa6f1a0a@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8ca15bab-ec66-657d-570a-278deff0b1a3@iogearbox.net>
On 6/24/21 11:06 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> On 6/24/21 6:03 AM, Shuyi Cheng wrote:
>> In order to enable the older kernel to use the CO-RE feature, load the
>> vmlinux btf of the specified path.
>>
>> Learn from Andrii's comments in [0], add the custom_btf_path parameter
>> to bpf_obj_open_opts, you can directly use the skeleton's
>> <objname>_bpf__open_opts function to pass in the custom_btf_path
>> parameter.
>>
>> Prior to this, there was also a developer who provided a patch with
>> similar functions. It is a pity that the follow-up did not continue to
>> advance. See [1].
>>
>> [0]https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAEf4BzbJZLjNoiK8_VfeVg_Vrg=9iYFv+po-38SMe=UzwDKJ=Q@mail.gmail.com/#t
>>
>> [1]https://yhbt.net/lore/all/CAEf4Bzbgw49w2PtowsrzKQNcxD4fZRE6AKByX-5-dMo-+oWHHA@mail.gmail.com/
>>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shuyi Cheng <chengshuyi@linux.alibaba.com>
>> ---
>> tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
>> tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h | 6 +++++-
>> 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
>> index 1e04ce7..518b19f 100644
>> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
>> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
>> @@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ struct bpf_object {
>> void *priv;
>> bpf_object_clear_priv_t clear_priv;
>> + char *custom_btf_path;
>> +
>
> nit: This should rather go to the 'Parse and load BTF vmlinux if any of
> [...]'
> section of struct bpf_object, and for consistency, I'd keep the btf_
> prefix,
> like: char *btf_custom_path
>
Thank you very much for your reply.
Agree.
>> char path[];
>> };
>> #define obj_elf_valid(o) ((o)->efile.elf)
>> @@ -2679,8 +2681,15 @@ static int bpf_object__load_vmlinux_btf(struct
>> bpf_object *obj, bool force)
>> if (!force && !obj_needs_vmlinux_btf(obj))
>> return 0;
>> - obj->btf_vmlinux = libbpf_find_kernel_btf();
>> - err = libbpf_get_error(obj->btf_vmlinux);
>> + if (obj->custom_btf_path) {
>> + obj->btf_vmlinux = btf__parse(obj->custom_btf_path, NULL);
>> + err = libbpf_get_error(obj->btf_vmlinux);
>> + pr_debug("loading custom vmlinux BTF '%s': %d\n",
>> obj->custom_btf_path, err);
>> + } else {
>> + obj->btf_vmlinux = libbpf_find_kernel_btf();
>> + err = libbpf_get_error(obj->btf_vmlinux);
>> + }
>
> Couldn't we do something like (only compile-tested):
>
Your approach is very inspiring to me. But I did it for two reasons.
1. When the developer specifies btf_custom_path, btf should only be
loaded from btf_custom_path;
2. Now pahole supports saving vmlinux's btf in raw format, so the old
kernel can provide btf in elf format or raw format. see [0].
[0]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/pahole/pahole.git/tree/pahole.c#n1157
What do you think?
Regards,
Shuyi
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> index b46760b93bb4..5b88ce3e483c 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> @@ -4394,7 +4394,7 @@ static int btf_dedup_remap_types(struct btf_dedup *d)
> * Probe few well-known locations for vmlinux kernel image and try to
> load BTF
> * data out of it to use for target BTF.
> */
> -struct btf *libbpf_find_kernel_btf(void)
> +static struct btf *__libbpf_find_kernel_btf(char *btf_custom_path)
> {
> struct {
> const char *path_fmt;
> @@ -4402,6 +4402,8 @@ struct btf *libbpf_find_kernel_btf(void)
> } locations[] = {
> /* try canonical vmlinux BTF through sysfs first */
> { "/sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux", true /* raw BTF */ },
> + /* try user defined vmlinux ELF if a path was specified */
> + { btf_custom_path },
> /* fall back to trying to find vmlinux ELF on disk otherwise */
> { "/boot/vmlinux-%1$s" },
> { "/lib/modules/%1$s/vmlinux-%1$s" },
> @@ -4419,11 +4421,11 @@ struct btf *libbpf_find_kernel_btf(void)
> uname(&buf);
>
> for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(locations); i++) {
> + if (!locations[i].path_fmt)
> + continue;
> snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, locations[i].path_fmt, buf.release);
> -
> if (access(path, R_OK))
> continue;
> -
> if (locations[i].raw_btf)
> btf = btf__parse_raw(path);
> else
> @@ -4440,6 +4442,11 @@ struct btf *libbpf_find_kernel_btf(void)
> return libbpf_err_ptr(-ESRCH);
> }
>
> +struct btf *libbpf_find_kernel_btf(void)
> +{
> + return __libbpf_find_kernel_btf(NULL);
> +}
> +
> int btf_type_visit_type_ids(struct btf_type *t, type_id_visit_fn
> visit, void *ctx)
> {
> int i, n, err;
>
> And then you just call it as:
>
> obj->btf_vmlinux = __libbpf_find_kernel_btf(obj->btf_custom_path);
> err = libbpf_get_error(obj->btf_vmlinux);
>
>> if (err) {
>> pr_warn("Error loading vmlinux BTF: %d\n", err);
>> obj->btf_vmlinux = NULL;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-25 2:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-24 4:03 [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: Introduce 'custom_btf_path' to 'bpf_obj_open_opts' Shuyi Cheng
2021-06-24 15:06 ` Daniel Borkmann
2021-06-25 2:05 ` Shuyi Cheng [this message]
2021-07-07 20:57 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-07-07 20:52 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-07-08 13:11 ` Shuyi Cheng
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