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Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 21:56:51 -0700
From: Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc: Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 2/6] bpf/libbpf: BTF support for typed ksyms
Will follow the libbpf logging convention. Thanks for the suggestions.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 12:34 PM Andrii Nakryiko
<andrii.nakryiko@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 3:34 PM Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > If a ksym is defined with a type, libbpf will try to find the ksym's btf
> > information from kernel btf. If a valid btf entry for the ksym is found,
> > libbpf can pass in the found btf id to the verifier, which validates the
> > ksym's type and value.
> >
> > Typeless ksyms (i.e. those defined as 'void') will not have such btf_id,
> > but it has the symbol's address (read from kallsyms) and its value is
> > treated as a raw pointer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>
> > ---
>
> Logic looks correct, but I have complaints about libbpf logging
> consistency, please see suggestions below.
>
> > tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > 1 file changed, 102 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >
>
> [...]
>
> > @@ -3119,6 +3130,8 @@ static int bpf_object__collect_externs(struct bpf_object *obj)
> > vt->type = int_btf_id;
> > vs->offset = off;
> > vs->size = sizeof(int);
> > + pr_debug("ksym var_secinfo: var '%s', type #%d, size %d, offset %d\n",
> > + ext->name, vt->type, vs->size, vs->offset);
>
> debug leftover?
>
I was thinking we should leave a debug message when some entries in
BTF are modified. It's probably unnecessary, as I'm thinking of it
right now. I will remove this in v3.
> > }
> > sec->size = off;
> > }
> > @@ -5724,8 +5737,13 @@ bpf_program__relocate(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_object *obj)
> > insn[0].imm = obj->maps[obj->kconfig_map_idx].fd;
> > insn[1].imm = ext->kcfg.data_off;
> > } else /* EXT_KSYM */ {
> > - insn[0].imm = (__u32)ext->ksym.addr;
> > - insn[1].imm = ext->ksym.addr >> 32;
> > + if (ext->ksym.type_id) { /* typed ksyms */
> > + insn[0].src_reg = BPF_PSEUDO_BTF_ID;
> > + insn[0].imm = ext->ksym.vmlinux_btf_id;
> > + } else { /* typeless ksyms */
> > + insn[0].imm = (__u32)ext->ksym.addr;
> > + insn[1].imm = ext->ksym.addr >> 32;
> > + }
> > }
> > break;
> > case RELO_CALL:
> > @@ -6462,10 +6480,72 @@ static int bpf_object__read_kallsyms_file(struct bpf_object *obj)
> > return err;
> > }
> >
> > +static int bpf_object__resolve_ksyms_btf_id(struct bpf_object *obj)
> > +{
> > + struct extern_desc *ext;
> > + int i, id;
> > +
> > + if (!obj->btf_vmlinux) {
> > + pr_warn("support of typed ksyms needs kernel btf.\n");
> > + return -ENOENT;
> > + }
>
> This check shouldn't be needed, you'd either successfully load
> btf_vmlinux by now or will fail earlier, because BTF is required but
> not found.
>
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < obj->nr_extern; i++) {
> > + const struct btf_type *targ_var, *targ_type;
> > + __u32 targ_type_id, local_type_id;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + ext = &obj->externs[i];
> > + if (ext->type != EXT_KSYM || !ext->ksym.type_id)
> > + continue;
> > +
> > + id = btf__find_by_name_kind(obj->btf_vmlinux, ext->name,
> > + BTF_KIND_VAR);
> > + if (id <= 0) {
> > + pr_warn("no btf entry for ksym '%s' in vmlinux.\n",
> > + ext->name);
>
> please try to stick to consistent style of comments:
>
> "extern (ksym) '%s': failed to find BTF ID in vmlinux BTF" or
> something like that
>
>
> > + return -ESRCH;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /* find target type_id */
> > + targ_var = btf__type_by_id(obj->btf_vmlinux, id);
> > + targ_type = skip_mods_and_typedefs(obj->btf_vmlinux,
> > + targ_var->type,
> > + &targ_type_id);
> > +
> > + /* find local type_id */
> > + local_type_id = ext->ksym.type_id;
> > +
> > + ret = bpf_core_types_are_compat(obj->btf_vmlinux, targ_type_id,
> > + obj->btf, local_type_id);
>
> you reversed the order, it's always local btf/id, then target btf/id.
>
> > + if (ret <= 0) {
> > + const struct btf_type *local_type;
> > + const char *targ_name, *local_name;
> > +
> > + local_type = btf__type_by_id(obj->btf, local_type_id);
> > + targ_name = btf__name_by_offset(obj->btf_vmlinux,
> > + targ_type->name_off);
> > + local_name = btf__name_by_offset(obj->btf,
> > + local_type->name_off);
>
> it's a bit unfortunate that we get the name of an already resolved
> type, because if you have a typedef to anon struct, this will give you
> an empty string. I don't know how much of a problem that would be, so
> I think it's fine to leave it as is, and fix it if it's a problem in
> practice.
>
> > +
> > + pr_warn("ksym '%s' expects type '%s' (vmlinux_btf_id: #%d), "
> > + "but got '%s' (btf_id: #%d)\n", ext->name,
> > + targ_name, targ_type_id, local_name, local_type_id);
>
> same thing, please stay consistent in logging format. Check
> bpf_core_dump_spec() for how BTF type info is usually emitted
> throughout libbpf:
>
> "extern (ksym): incompatible types, expected [%d] %s %s, but kernel
> has [%d] %s %s\n"
>
> there is a btf_kind_str() helper to resolve kind to a string representation.
>
>
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > + }
> > +
> > + ext->is_set = true;
> > + ext->ksym.vmlinux_btf_id = id;
> > + pr_debug("extern (ksym) %s=vmlinux_btf_id(#%d)\n", ext->name, id);
>
> "extern (ksym) '%s': resolved to [%d] %s %s\n", similar to above
> suggestion. This "[%d]" format is very consistently used for BTF IDs
> throughout, so it will be familiar and recognizable for people that
> had to deal with this in libbpf logs.
>
> > + }
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > static int bpf_object__resolve_externs(struct bpf_object *obj,
> > const char *extra_kconfig)
> > {
> > - bool need_config = false, need_kallsyms = false;
> > + bool need_kallsyms = false, need_vmlinux_btf = false;
> > + bool need_config = false;
>
> nit: doesn't make sense to change the existing source code line at
> all. Just add `bool need_vmlinux_btf = false;` on a new line? Or we
> can split all these bools into 3 separate lines, if you prefer.
>
> > struct extern_desc *ext;
> > void *kcfg_data = NULL;
> > int err, i;
>
> [...]
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