linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to extend the kernel

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Date:   Fri, 15 Mar 2019 22:14:07 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Daniel Colascione <dancol@...gle.com>,
        Karim Yaghmour <karim.yaghmour@...rsys.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        atish patra <atishp04@...il.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
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        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
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        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] Provide in-kernel headers for making it easy to
 extend the kernel

On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 08:27:48 -0400
Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org> wrote:

> > But the eBPF is based on kprobe-events. What kind of usage would you
> > expected? (with macros??)
> 
> eBPF C programs are compiled with kernel headers. They can execute inline
> functions or refer to macros in the kernel headers. They are similar to
> kernel modules where you build a C program that then later is executed in
> kernel context. It goes through the whole compiler pipeline. This is slightly
> different usage from pure kprobe-events.  Also eBPF kprobe programs need
> LINUX_VERSION_CODE (or similarly named) macro which it provides to the bpf(2)
> syscall when loading kprobe programs. This is because eBPF implementation in
> the kernel checks if the eBPF programs that use kprobes are being loaded
> against the right kernel.

Ah, I got it. It's similar to SystemTap. :)

Thank you,

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>