Re: [PATCH 2/2] btf_encoder: Change functions check due to broken dwarf

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 2:57 PM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 10:59:08PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 11:31:31PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > > We need to generate just single BTF instance for the
> > > function, while DWARF data contains multiple instances
> > > of DW_TAG_subprogram tag.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately we can no longer rely on DW_AT_declaration
> > > tag (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97060)
> > >
> > > Instead we apply following checks:
> > >   - argument names are defined for the function
> > >   - there's symbol and address defined for the function
> > >   - function is generated only once
> > >
> > > Also because we want to follow kernel's ftrace traceable
> > > functions, this patchset is adding extra check that the
> > > function is one of the ftrace's functions.
> > >
> > > All ftrace functions addresses are stored in vmlinux
> > > binary within symbols:
> > >   __start_mcount_loc
> > >   __stop_mcount_loc
> >
> > hum, for some reason this does not pass through bpf internal
> > functions like bpf_iter_bpf_map.. I learned it hard way ;-)

what's the exact name of the function that was missing?
bpf_iter_bpf_map doesn't exist. And if it's __init function, why does
it matter, it's not going to be even available at runtime, right?


> > will check
>
> so it gets filtered out because it's __init function
> I'll check if the fix below catches all internal functions,
> but I guess we should do something more robust
>
> jirka
>
>
> ---
> diff --git a/btf_encoder.c b/btf_encoder.c
> index 0a378aa92142..3cd94280c35b 100644
> --- a/btf_encoder.c
> +++ b/btf_encoder.c
> @@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ static int filter_functions(struct btf_elf *btfe, struct mcount_symbols *ms)
>                 /* Do not enable .init section functions. */
>                 if (init_filter &&
>                     func->addr >= ms->init_begin &&
> -                   func->addr <  ms->init_end)
> +                   func->addr <  ms->init_end &&
> +                   strncmp("bpf_", func->name, 4))

this looks like a very wrong way to do this? Can you please elaborate
on what's missing and why it shouldn't be missing?

>                         continue;
>
>                 /* Make sure function is within mcount addresses. */
>



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