netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/2] samples: bpf: refactor perf_event user program with libbpf bpf

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Message-ID: <CAEf4BzZHk38KZRx5VstpPXYnFjM8OMOr1cUiSsnr_zY6v2AdJw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 14 Mar 2020 13:07:19 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     "Daniel T. Lee" <danieltimlee@...il.com>
Cc:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/2] samples: bpf: refactor perf_event user
 program with libbpf bpf_link

On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 8:45 PM Daniel T. Lee <danieltimlee@...il.com> wrote:
>
> The bpf_program__attach of libbpf(using bpf_link) is much more intuitive
> than the previous method using ioctl.
>
> bpf_program__attach_perf_event manages the enable of perf_event and
> attach of BPF programs to it, so there's no neeed to do this
> directly with ioctl.
>
> In addition, bpf_link provides consistency in the use of API because it
> allows disable (detach, destroy) for multiple events to be treated as
> one bpf_link__destroy. Also, bpf_link__destroy manages the close() of
> perf_event fd.
>
> This commit refactors samples that attach the bpf program to perf_event
> by using libbbpf instead of ioctl. Also the bpf_load in the samples were
> removed and migrated to use libbbpf API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel T. Lee <danieltimlee@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>  - check memory allocation is successful
>  - clean up allocated memory on error
>
> Changes in v3:
>  - Improve pointer error check (IS_ERR())
>  - change to calloc for easier destroy of bpf_link
>  - remove perf_event fd list since bpf_link handles fd
>  - use newer bpf_object__{open/load} API instead of bpf_prog_load
>  - perf_event for _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN instead of _SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF
>  - find program with name explicitly instead of bpf_program__next
>  - unconditional bpf_link__destroy() on cleanup
>
> Changes in v4:
>  - bpf_link *, bpf_object * set NULL on init & err for easier destroy
>  - close bpf object with bpf_object__close()
>
>  samples/bpf/Makefile           |   4 +-
>  samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c    |  98 +++++++++++++++++++----------
>  samples/bpf/trace_event_user.c | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  3 files changed, 143 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
>

Few more int_exit() problems, sorry I didn't catch it first few times,
I'm not very familiar with all these bpf samples.

[...]

>  all_cpu_err:
> -       for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {
> -               ioctl(pmu_fd[i], PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE);
> -               close(pmu_fd[i]);
> -       }
> -       free(pmu_fd);
> +       for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
> +               bpf_link__destroy(links[i]);
> +err:
> +       free(links);
>         if (error)
>                 int_exit(0);

if (error) you should exit with error, no?

>  }
>
>  static void test_perf_event_task(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
>  {

[...]

>  err:
> -       ioctl(pmu_fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE);
> -       close(pmu_fd);
> +       bpf_link__destroy(link);
>         if (error)
>                 int_exit(0);

same comment about exiting with error

>  }
> @@ -282,7 +297,9 @@ static void test_bpf_perf_event(void)

[...]

> @@ -305,6 +343,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>                 return 0;
>         }
>         test_bpf_perf_event();
> +       error = 0;
> +
> +cleanup:
> +       bpf_object__close(obj);
>         int_exit(0);

here and in previous sample int_exit for whatever purpose sends KILL
signal and exits with 0, that seems weird. Any idea why it was done
that way?

> -       return 0;
> +       return error;

so with that int_ext() implementation you will never get to this error

>  }
> --
> 2.25.1
>