netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 05/12] libbpf: auto-detect btf_id of raw

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Message-ID: <CAEf4BzbONBDhK6WEMYEoz1JEcXR1tzNXPTq45fvWdTPKEjdyVQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:02:11 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, x86@...nel.org,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 05/12] libbpf: auto-detect btf_id of raw_tracepoint

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 9:17 PM Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> For raw tracepoint program types libbpf will try to find
> btf_id of raw tracepoint in vmlinux's BTF.
> It's a responsiblity of bpf program author to annotate the program
> with SEC("raw_tracepoint/name") where "name" is a valid raw tracepoint.
> If "name" is indeed a valid raw tracepoint then in-kernel BTF
> will have "btf_trace_##name" typedef that points to function
> prototype of that raw tracepoint. BTF description captures
> exact argument the kernel C code is passing into raw tracepoint.
> The kernel verifier will check the types while loading bpf program.
>
> libbpf keeps BTF type id in expected_attach_type, but since
> kernel ignores this attribute for tracing programs copy it
> into attach_btf_id attribute before loading.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
> ---

Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>

>  tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c    |  3 +++
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>

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