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Message-Id: <20230719080337.0955a6e77d799daad4c44350@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 08:03:37 +0900
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@...il.com>,
linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>,
bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] bpf/btf: tracing: Move finding func-proto API
and getting func-param API to BTF
On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:11:01 -0700
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 6:56 AM Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 19:44:31 +0900
> > Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > > > > static const struct btf_param *find_btf_func_param(const char *funcname, s32 *nr,
> > > > > bool tracepoint)
> > > > > {
> > > > > + struct btf *btf = traceprobe_get_btf();
> > > >
> > > > I found that traceprobe_get_btf() only returns the vmlinux's btf. But
> > > > if the function is
> > > > defined in a kernel module, we should get the module's btf.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Good catch! That should be a separated fix (or improvement?)
> > > I think it's better to use btf_get() and btf_put(), and pass btf via
> > > traceprobe_parse_context.
> >
> > Hmm, it seems that there is no exposed API to get the module's btf.
> > Should I use btf_idr and btf_idr_lock directly to find the corresponding
> > btf? If there isn't yet, I will add it too.
>
> There is bpf_find_btf_id.
> Probably drop 'static' from it and use it.
Thanks! BTW, that API seems to search BTF type info by name. If user want to
specify a module name, do we need a new API? (Or expand the function to parse
a module name in given name?)
Thank you,
--
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
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