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Message-ID: <CAEyhmHQG5+F7b2OBUXYHRKqYuQyG3e_MAj9q=fwebHD_uAU9-w@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:44:16 +0800
From: Hengqi Chen <hengqi.chen@...il.com>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc: Feng Yang <yangfeng59949@....com>, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, 
	andrii@...nel.org, martin.lau@...ux.dev, eddyz87@...il.com, song@...nel.org, 
	yonghong.song@...ux.dev, john.fastabend@...il.com, kpsingh@...nel.org, 
	sdf@...ichev.me, haoluo@...gle.com, jolsa@...nel.org, olsajiri@...il.com, 
	bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 bpf-next 1/3] libbpf: Fix event name too long error

Hi Andrii,

On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM Andrii Nakryiko
<andrii.nakryiko@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM Feng Yang <yangfeng59949@....com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Feng Yang <yangfeng@...inos.cn>
> >
> > When the binary path is excessively long, the generated probe_name in libbpf
> > exceeds the kernel's MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN limit (64 bytes).
> > This causes legacy uprobe event attachment to fail with error code -22.
> >
> > The fix reorders the fields to place the unique ID before the name.
> > This ensures that even if truncation occurs via snprintf, the unique ID
> > remains intact, preserving event name uniqueness. Additionally, explicit
> > checks with MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN are added to enforce length constraints.
> >
> > Before Fix:
> >         ./test_progs -t attach_probe/kprobe-long_name
> >         ......
> >         libbpf: failed to add legacy kprobe event for 'bpf_testmod_looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong_name+0x0': -EINVAL
> >         libbpf: prog 'handle_kprobe': failed to create kprobe 'bpf_testmod_looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong_name+0x0' perf event: -EINVAL
> >         test_attach_kprobe_long_event_name:FAIL:attach_kprobe_long_event_name unexpected error: -22
> >         test_attach_probe:PASS:uprobe_ref_ctr_cleanup 0 nsec
> >         #13/11   attach_probe/kprobe-long_name:FAIL
> >         #13      attach_probe:FAIL
> >
> >         ./test_progs -t attach_probe/uprobe-long_name
> >         ......
> >         libbpf: failed to add legacy uprobe event for /root/linux-bpf/bpf-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs:0x13efd9: -EINVAL
> >         libbpf: prog 'handle_uprobe': failed to create uprobe '/root/linux-bpf/bpf-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs:0x13efd9' perf event: -EINVAL
> >         test_attach_uprobe_long_event_name:FAIL:attach_uprobe_long_event_name unexpected error: -22
> >         #13/10   attach_probe/uprobe-long_name:FAIL
> >         #13      attach_probe:FAIL
> > After Fix:
> >         ./test_progs -t attach_probe/uprobe-long_name
> >         #13/10   attach_probe/uprobe-long_name:OK
> >         #13      attach_probe:OK
> >         Summary: 1/1 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED
> >
> >         ./test_progs -t attach_probe/kprobe-long_name
> >         #13/11   attach_probe/kprobe-long_name:OK
> >         #13      attach_probe:OK
> >         Summary: 1/1 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 0 FAILED
> >
> > Fixes: 46ed5fc33db9 ("libbpf: Refactor and simplify legacy kprobe code")
> > Fixes: cc10623c6810 ("libbpf: Add legacy uprobe attaching support")
> > Signed-off-by: Hengqi Chen <hengqi.chen@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Feng Yang <yangfeng@...inos.cn>
> > ---
> >  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 41 +++++++++++++++--------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> > index b2591f5cab65..b7fc57ac16a6 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> > +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> > @@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
> >  #define BPF_FS_MAGIC           0xcafe4a11
> >  #endif
> >
> > +#define MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN     64
> > +
> >  #define BPF_FS_DEFAULT_PATH "/sys/fs/bpf"
> >
> >  #define BPF_INSN_SZ (sizeof(struct bpf_insn))
> > @@ -11136,16 +11138,16 @@ static const char *tracefs_available_filter_functions_addrs(void)
> >                              : TRACEFS"/available_filter_functions_addrs";
> >  }
> >
> > -static void gen_kprobe_legacy_event_name(char *buf, size_t buf_sz,
> > -                                        const char *kfunc_name, size_t offset)
> > +static void gen_probe_legacy_event_name(char *buf, size_t buf_sz,
> > +                                       const char *name, size_t offset)
> >  {
> >         static int index = 0;
> >         int i;
> >
> > -       snprintf(buf, buf_sz, "libbpf_%u_%s_0x%zx_%d", getpid(), kfunc_name, offset,
> > -                __sync_fetch_and_add(&index, 1));
> > +       snprintf(buf, buf_sz, "libbpf_%u_%d_%s_0x%zx", getpid(),
> > +                __sync_fetch_and_add(&index, 1), name, offset);
> >
> > -       /* sanitize binary_path in the probe name */
> > +       /* sanitize name in the probe name */
> >         for (i = 0; buf[i]; i++) {
> >                 if (!isalnum(buf[i]))
> >                         buf[i] = '_';
> > @@ -11270,9 +11272,9 @@ int probe_kern_syscall_wrapper(int token_fd)
> >
> >                 return pfd >= 0 ? 1 : 0;
> >         } else { /* legacy mode */
> > -               char probe_name[128];
> > +               char probe_name[MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN];
> >
> > -               gen_kprobe_legacy_event_name(probe_name, sizeof(probe_name), syscall_name, 0);
> > +               gen_probe_legacy_event_name(probe_name, sizeof(probe_name), syscall_name, 0);
> >                 if (add_kprobe_event_legacy(probe_name, false, syscall_name, 0) < 0)
> >                         return 0;
> >
> > @@ -11328,9 +11330,9 @@ bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts(const struct bpf_program *prog,
> >                                             func_name, offset,
> >                                             -1 /* pid */, 0 /* ref_ctr_off */);
> >         } else {
> > -               char probe_name[256];
> > +               char probe_name[MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN];
> >
> > -               gen_kprobe_legacy_event_name(probe_name, sizeof(probe_name),
> > +               gen_probe_legacy_event_name(probe_name, sizeof(probe_name),
> >                                              func_name, offset);
> >
> >                 legacy_probe = strdup(probe_name);
> > @@ -11875,20 +11877,6 @@ static int attach_uprobe_multi(const struct bpf_program *prog, long cookie, stru
> >         return ret;
> >  }
> >
> > -static void gen_uprobe_legacy_event_name(char *buf, size_t buf_sz,
> > -                                        const char *binary_path, uint64_t offset)
> > -{
> > -       int i;
> > -
> > -       snprintf(buf, buf_sz, "libbpf_%u_%s_0x%zx", getpid(), binary_path, (size_t)offset);
> > -
> > -       /* sanitize binary_path in the probe name */
> > -       for (i = 0; buf[i]; i++) {
> > -               if (!isalnum(buf[i]))
> > -                       buf[i] = '_';
> > -       }
> > -}
> > -
> >  static inline int add_uprobe_event_legacy(const char *probe_name, bool retprobe,
> >                                           const char *binary_path, size_t offset)
> >  {
> > @@ -12312,13 +12300,14 @@ bpf_program__attach_uprobe_opts(const struct bpf_program *prog, pid_t pid,
> >                 pfd = perf_event_open_probe(true /* uprobe */, retprobe, binary_path,
> >                                             func_offset, pid, ref_ctr_off);
> >         } else {
> > -               char probe_name[PATH_MAX + 64];
> > +               char probe_name[MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN];
> >
> >                 if (ref_ctr_off)
> >                         return libbpf_err_ptr(-EINVAL);
> >
> > -               gen_uprobe_legacy_event_name(probe_name, sizeof(probe_name),
> > -                                            binary_path, func_offset);
> > +               gen_probe_legacy_event_name(probe_name, sizeof(probe_name),
> > +                                           basename((void *)binary_path),
>
> This patch is a nice refactoring overall and I like it. But this (void
> *) cast on binary_path I'm not so fond of. Yes, if you read
> smallprint, you'll see that with _GNU_SOURCE basename won't *really*
> modify input argument, but meh.
>

This has been used in bpf_object__new() like:

    /* Using basename() GNU version which doesn't modify arg. */
    libbpf_strlcpy(obj->name, basename((void *)path), sizeof(obj->name));

> Let's instead do a simple `strrchr(binary_path, '/') ?: binary_path`?
>
> pw-bot: cr
>
>
> > +                                           func_offset);
> >
> >                 legacy_probe = strdup(probe_name);
> >                 if (!legacy_probe)
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >

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