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Message-ID: <CAM9d7cg0ZoGHJ1hMBFviEg4hSmx0V8nBZyTAP+hkiDzEQUZAKw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:50:29 -0700
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf record: Fix BTF type checks in the off-cpu profiling
Hi Ian,
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 11:03 AM Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 4:44 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > The BTF func proto for a tracepoint has one more argument than the
> > actual tracepoint function since it has a context argument at the
> > begining. So it should compare to 5 when the tracepoint has 4
> > arguments.
> >
> > typedef void (*btf_trace_sched_switch)(void *, bool, struct task_struct *, struct task_struct *, unsigned int);
> >
> > Also, recent change in the perf tool would use a hand-written minimal
> > vmlinux.h to generate BTF in the skeleton. So it won't have the info
> > of the tracepoint. Anyway it should use the kernel's vmlinux BTF to
> > check the type in the kernel.
> >
> > Fixes: b36888f71c85 ("perf record: Handle argument change in sched_switch")
> > Cc: Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
> > Cc: Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>
> > CC: bpf@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
>
> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Thanks for the review!
>
> > ---
> > tools/perf/util/bpf_off_cpu.c | 5 +++--
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_off_cpu.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_off_cpu.c
> > index 01f70b8e705a..21f4d9ba023d 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_off_cpu.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_off_cpu.c
> > @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void off_cpu_finish(void *arg __maybe_unused)
> > /* v5.18 kernel added prev_state arg, so it needs to check the signature */
> > static void check_sched_switch_args(void)
> > {
> > - const struct btf *btf = bpf_object__btf(skel->obj);
> > + const struct btf *btf = btf__load_vmlinux_btf();
> > const struct btf_type *t1, *t2, *t3;
> > u32 type_id;
> >
> > @@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ static void check_sched_switch_args(void)
> > return;
> >
> > t3 = btf__type_by_id(btf, t2->type);
> > - if (t3 && btf_is_func_proto(t3) && btf_vlen(t3) == 4) {
> > + /* btf_trace func proto has one more argument for the context */
> > + if (t3 && btf_is_func_proto(t3) && btf_vlen(t3) == 5) {
> > /* new format: pass prev_state as 4th arg */
>
> nit: does this comment need updating?
No, it's the 4th arg and the sched_switch is called like.
trace_sched_switch(sched_mode & SM_MASK_PREEMPT, prev, next,
prev_state);
Thanks,
Namhyung
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