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Message-ID: <20190701161045.GE6757@mini-arch>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 09:10:45 -0700
From: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
Cc: andrii.nakryiko@...il.com, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...com, daniel@...earbox.net,
kernel-team@...com, songliubraving@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 bpf-next 0/9] libbpf: add bpf_link and tracing attach
APIs
On 06/28, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> This patchset adds the following APIs to allow attaching BPF programs to
> tracing entities:
> - bpf_program__attach_perf_event for attaching to any opened perf event FD,
> allowing users full control;
> - bpf_program__attach_kprobe for attaching to kernel probes (both entry and
> return probes);
> - bpf_program__attach_uprobe for attaching to user probes (both entry/return);
> - bpf_program__attach_tracepoint for attaching to kernel tracepoints;
> - bpf_program__attach_raw_tracepoint for attaching to raw kernel tracepoint
> (wrapper around bpf_raw_tracepoint_open);
>
> This set of APIs makes libbpf more useful for tracing applications.
>
> All attach APIs return abstract struct bpf_link that encapsulates logic of
> detaching BPF program. See patch #2 for details. bpf_assoc was considered as
> an alternative name for this opaque "handle", but bpf_link seems to be
> appropriate semantically and is nice and short.
>
> Pre-patch #1 makes internal libbpf_strerror_r helper function work w/ negative
> error codes, lifting the burder off callers to keep track of error sign.
> Patch #2 adds bpf_link abstraction.
> Patch #3 adds attach_perf_event, which is the base for all other APIs.
> Patch #4 adds kprobe/uprobe APIs.
> Patch #5 adds tracepoint API.
> Patch #6 adds raw_tracepoint API.
> Patch #7 converts one existing test to use attach_perf_event.
> Patch #8 adds new kprobe/uprobe tests.
> Patch #9 converts some selftests currently using tracepoint to new APIs.
>
> v3->v4:
> - proper errno handling (Stanislav);
> - bpf_fd -> prog_fd (Stanislav);
> - switch to fprintf (Song);
Reviewed-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
Thanks!
> v2->v3:
> - added bpf_link concept (Daniel);
> - didn't add generic bpf_link__attach_program for reasons described in [0];
> - dropped Stanislav's Reviewed-by from patches #2-#6, in case he doesn't like
> the change;
> v1->v2:
> - preserve errno before close() call (Stanislav);
> - use libbpf_perf_event_disable_and_close in selftest (Stanislav);
> - remove unnecessary memset (Stanislav);
>
> [0] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAEf4BzZ7EM5eP2eaZn7T2Yb5QgVRiwAs+epeLR1g01TTx-6m6Q@mail.gmail.com/
>
> Andrii Nakryiko (9):
> libbpf: make libbpf_strerror_r agnostic to sign of error
> libbpf: introduce concept of bpf_link
> libbpf: add ability to attach/detach BPF program to perf event
> libbpf: add kprobe/uprobe attach API
> libbpf: add tracepoint attach API
> libbpf: add raw tracepoint attach API
> selftests/bpf: switch test to new attach_perf_event API
> selftests/bpf: add kprobe/uprobe selftests
> selftests/bpf: convert existing tracepoint tests to new APIs
>
> tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 359 ++++++++++++++++++
> tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h | 21 +
> tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map | 8 +-
> tools/lib/bpf/str_error.c | 2 +-
> .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/attach_probe.c | 155 ++++++++
> .../bpf/prog_tests/stacktrace_build_id.c | 50 +--
> .../bpf/prog_tests/stacktrace_build_id_nmi.c | 31 +-
> .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/stacktrace_map.c | 43 +--
> .../bpf/prog_tests/stacktrace_map_raw_tp.c | 15 +-
> .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_attach_probe.c | 55 +++
> 10 files changed, 644 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/attach_probe.c
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_attach_probe.c
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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