On 6/16/22 10:22 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
Some functions we use for bpf prologue generation are going to be
deprecated. This change reworks current code not to use them.
We need to replace following functions/struct:
bpf_program__set_prep
bpf_program__nth_fd
struct bpf_prog_prep_result
Currently we use bpf_program__set_prep to hook perf callback before
program is loaded and provide new instructions with the prologue.
We replace this function/ality by taking instructions for specific
program, attaching prologue to them and load such new ebpf programs
with prologue using separate bpf_prog_load calls (outside libbpf
load machinery).
Before we can take and use program instructions, we need libbpf to
actually load it. This way we get the final shape of its instructions
with all relocations and verifier adjustments).
There's one glitch though.. perf kprobe program already assumes
generated prologue code with proper values in argument registers,
so loading such program directly will fail in the verifier.
That's where the fallback pre-load handler fits in and prepends
the initialization code to the program. Once such program is loaded
we take its instructions, cut off the initialization code and prepend
the prologue.
I know.. sorry ;-)
To have access to the program when loading this patch adds support to
register 'fallback' section handler to take care of perf kprobe programs.
The fallback means that it handles any section definition besides the
ones that libbpf handles.
The handler serves two purposes:
- allows perf programs to have special arguments in section name
- allows perf to use pre-load callback where we can attach init
code (zeroing all argument registers) to each perf program
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Hey Arnaldo, if you get a chance, please take a look.
Thanks a lot,
Daniel
