On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 09:28:51PM -0800, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 1:31 PM Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 04:18:10PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > Em Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 11:19:30PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > > Removing code for ebpf program prologue generation.
> > > >
> > > > The prologue code was used to get data for extra arguments specified
> > > > in program section name, like:
> > > >
> > > > SEC("lock_page=__lock_page page->flags")
> > > > int lock_page(struct pt_regs *ctx, int err, unsigned long flags)
> > > > {
> > > > return 1;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > This code is using deprecated libbpf API and blocks its removal.
> > > >
> > > > This feature was not documented and broken for some time without
> > > > anyone complaining, also original authors are not responding,
> > > > so I'm removing it.
> > >
> > > So, the example below breaks, how hard would be to move the deprecated
> > > APIs to perf like was done in some other cases?
> > >
>
> Just copy/pasting libbpf code won't work. But there are three parts:
>
> 1. bpf_(program|map|object)__set_priv(). There is no equivalent API,
> but perf can maintain this private data by building hashmap where the
> key is bpf_object/bpf_map/bpf_program pointer itself. Annoying but
> very straightforward to replace.
>
> 2. For prologue generation, bpf_program__set_prep() doesn't have a
> direct equivalent. But program cloning and adjustment of the code can
> be achieved through bpf_program__insns()/bpf_program__insn_cnt() API
> to load one "prototype" program, gets its underlying insns and clone
> programs as necessary. After that, bpf_prog_load() would be used to
> load those cloned programs into kernel.
hm, I can't see how to clone a program.. so we need to end up with
several copies of the single program defined in the object.. I can
get its intructions with bpf_program__insns, but how do I add more
programs with these instructions customized/prefixed?
thanks,
jirka
>
> 3. Those *very* custom SEC() definitions will be possible for perf to
> handle once [0] lands (I'll send new revision tomorrow, probably).
> You'll be able to register your own "fallback" handler with
> libbpf_register_prog_handler(NULL, ...).
>
> [0] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/?series=611491&state=*
>
> Sorry, it's not a straightforward copy/paste, but I hope this helps a bit.
>
> > > - Arnaldo
> > >
> > > Before:
> > >
> > > [root@quaco perf]# cat tools/perf/examples/bpf/5sec.c
> > > // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > /*
> > > Description:
> > >
> > > . Disable strace like syscall tracing (--no-syscalls), or try tracing
> > > just some (-e *sleep).
> > >
> > > . Attach a filter function to a kernel function, returning when it should
> > > be considered, i.e. appear on the output.
> > >
> > > . Run it system wide, so that any sleep of >= 5 seconds and < than 6
> > > seconds gets caught.
> > >
> > > . Ask for callgraphs using DWARF info, so that userspace can be unwound
> > >
> > > . While this is running, run something like "sleep 5s".
> > >
> > > . If we decide to add tv_nsec as well, then it becomes:
> > >
> > > int probe(hrtimer_nanosleep, rqtp->tv_sec rqtp->tv_nsec)(void *ctx, int err, long sec, long nsec)
> > >
> > > I.e. add where it comes from (rqtp->tv_nsec) and where it will be
> > > accessible in the function body (nsec)
> > >
> > > # perf trace --no-syscalls -e tools/perf/examples/bpf/5sec.c/call-graph=dwarf/
> > > 0.000 perf_bpf_probe:func:(ffffffff9811b5f0) tv_sec=5
> > > hrtimer_nanosleep ([kernel.kallsyms])
> > > __x64_sys_nanosleep ([kernel.kallsyms])
> > > do_syscall_64 ([kernel.kallsyms])
> > > entry_SYSCALL_64 ([kernel.kallsyms])
> > > __GI___nanosleep (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
> > > rpl_nanosleep (/usr/bin/sleep)
> > > xnanosleep (/usr/bin/sleep)
> > > main (/usr/bin/sleep)
> > > __libc_start_main (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
> > > _start (/usr/bin/sleep)
> > > ^C#
> > >
> > > Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc., Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > */
> > >
> > > #include <bpf.h>
> > >
> > > #define NSEC_PER_SEC 1000000000L
> > >
> > > int probe(hrtimer_nanosleep, rqtp)(void *ctx, int err, long long sec)
> > > {
> > > return sec / NSEC_PER_SEC == 5ULL;
> > > }
> >
> > that sucks ;-) I'll check if we can re-implement as we discussed earlier,
> > however below is workaround how to do it without the prologue support
> >
> > jirka
> >
> >
> > ---
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/5sec.c b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/5sec.c
> > index e6b6181c6dc6..734d39debdb8 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/5sec.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/5sec.c
> > @@ -43,9 +43,17 @@
> >
> > #define NSEC_PER_SEC 1000000000L
> >
> > -int probe(hrtimer_nanosleep, rqtp)(void *ctx, int err, long long sec)
> > +struct pt_regs {
> > + long di;
> > +};
> > +
> > +SEC("function=hrtimer_nanosleep")
> > +int krava(struct pt_regs *ctx)
> > {
> > - return sec / NSEC_PER_SEC == 5ULL;
> > + unsigned long arg;
> > +
> > + probe_read_kernel(&arg, sizeof(arg), __builtin_preserve_access_index(&ctx->di));
> > + return arg / NSEC_PER_SEC == 5ULL;
> > }
> >
> > license(GPL);
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h b/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h
> > index b422aeef5339..b7d6d2fc8342 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/include/bpf/bpf.h
> > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int _version SEC("version") = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
> >
> > static int (*probe_read)(void *dst, int size, const void *unsafe_addr) = (void *)BPF_FUNC_probe_read;
> > static int (*probe_read_str)(void *dst, int size, const void *unsafe_addr) = (void *)BPF_FUNC_probe_read_str;
> > +static long (*probe_read_kernel)(void *dst, __u32 size, const void *unsafe_ptr) = (void *) BPF_FUNC_probe_read_kernel;
> >
> > static int (*perf_event_output)(void *, struct bpf_map *, int, void *, unsigned long) = (void *)BPF_FUNC_perf_event_output;
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
> > index 96c8ef60f4f8..9274a3373847 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
> > @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
> > "$CLANG_OPTIONS $PERF_BPF_INC_OPTIONS $KERNEL_INC_OPTIONS " \
> > "-Wno-unused-value -Wno-pointer-sign " \
> > "-working-directory $WORKING_DIR " \
> > - "-c \"$CLANG_SOURCE\" -target bpf $CLANG_EMIT_LLVM -O2 -o - $LLVM_OPTIONS_PIPE"
> > + "-g -c \"$CLANG_SOURCE\" -target bpf $CLANG_EMIT_LLVM -O2 -o - $LLVM_OPTIONS_PIPE"
> >
> > struct llvm_param llvm_param = {
> > .clang_path = "clang",
