Re: sys_enter tracepoint ctx structure

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On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 4:17 AM Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi, Alexei!
>
> >>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:12:49 -0700, Alexei Starovoitov  wrote:
>  > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 2:40 PM Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  >> >>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:54:26 -0700, Alexei Starovoitov  wrote:
>  >> > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 1:37 PM Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  >> >> >>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 08:59:09 -0700, Alexei Starovoitov  wrote:
>  >> >> >>
>  >> >> >> Should perf_call_bpf_enter/exit (kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c)
>  >> >> >> use struct trace_event_raw_sys_enter/exit instead of locally
>  >> >> >> crafted struct syscall_tp_t nowadays?
>  >> >>
>  >> >>
>  >> >> > No. It needs syscall_tp_t.
>  >> >>
>  >> >> > test_progs's vmlinux test
>  >> >> >> expects it as the context.
>  >> >> >>
>  >> >>
>  >> >> > what do you mean? Pls share a code pointer?
>  >> >>
>  >> >> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_vmlinux.c#L19
>  >> >>
>  >> >> SEC("tp/syscalls/sys_enter_nanosleep")
>  >> >> int handle__tp(struct trace_event_raw_sys_enter *args)
>  >>
>  >> > I see. That bit is correct and that's what bpftrace is doing
>  >> > when attaching to syscalls.
>  >> > What do you see in your patched RT kernel when you do:
>  >> > cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_nanosleep/format
>  >> > ?
>  >> > Depending on the answer we might need to fix
>  >> > the kernel side that has to use struct trace_entry
>  >> > in syscall_tp_t instead of plain long long.
>  >>
>  >> # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/syscalls/sys_enter_nanosleep/format
>  >> name: sys_enter_nanosleep
>  >> ID: 374
>  >> format:
>  >> field:unsigned short common_type;       offset:0;       size:2; signed:0;
>  >> field:unsigned char common_flags;       offset:2;       size:1; signed:0;
>  >> field:unsigned char common_preempt_count;       offset:3;       size:1; signed:0;
>  >> field:int common_pid;   offset:4;       size:4; signed:1;
>  >> field:unsigned char common_preempt_lazy_count;  offset:8;       size:1; signed:0;
>  >>
>  >> field:int __syscall_nr; offset:12;      size:4; signed:1;
>  >> field:struct __kernel_timespec * rqtp;  offset:16;      size:8; signed:0;
>  >> field:struct __kernel_timespec * rmtp;  offset:24;      size:8; signed:0;
>  >>
>  >> print fmt: "rqtp: 0x%08lx, rmtp: 0x%08lx", ((unsigned long)(REC->rqtp)), ((unsigned long)(REC->rmtp))
>
>
>  > Lol.
>  > Jiri even fixed the issue with this format in bpftrace 3 years ago:
>  > https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace/commit/a2e3d5dbc03ceb49b776cf5602d31896158844a7
>
> Hehe :)
>
>  > Let's fix the kernel side too. Something like this should do it:
>
>  > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
>  > index 942ddbdace4a..7aa1f4299486 100644
>  > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
>  > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
>  > @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static int perf_call_bpf_enter(struct
>  > trace_event_call *call, struct pt_regs *re
>  >                                struct syscall_trace_enter *rec)
>  >  {
>  >         struct syscall_tp_t {
>  > -               unsigned long long regs;
>  > +               struct trace_entry ent;
>  >                 unsigned long syscall_nr;
>  >                 unsigned long args[SYSCALL_DEFINE_MAXARGS];
>  >         } param;
>  > @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static int perf_call_bpf_exit(struct
>  > trace_event_call *call, struct pt_regs *reg
>  >                               struct syscall_trace_exit *rec)
>  >  {
>  >         struct syscall_tp_t {
>  > -               unsigned long long regs;
>  > +               struct trace_entry ent;
>
>
>  > pls add build_bug_on that sizeof(ent) >= sizeof(void*).
>
> Ok. Should the line *(struct pt_regs **)&param = regs; be commented somehow?

commented out? No. It's mandatory.
And the reason for build_bug_on existence... to make sure that there
is enough space there.




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