bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts() documents single-kprobe attach
through func_name, with an optional offset. For the PMU-based
non-legacy path, func_name = NULL with an absolute address in offset
already works as well, but that is not described in the API.
This commit clarifies this existing non-legacy behavior. For PMU-based
attach, callers can use func_name = NULL with an absolute address in
offset as the raw-address form. For legacy tracefs/debugfs kprobes,
reject this form explicitly.
Signed-off-by: Hoyeon Lee <hoyeon.lee@suse.com>
---
tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 9ea41f40dc82..8cf90a073455 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#include <asm/unistd.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
#include <linux/bpf.h>
#include <linux/btf.h>
#include <linux/filter.h>
@@ -11523,7 +11524,8 @@ static int determine_uprobe_retprobe_bit(void)
#define PERF_UPROBE_REF_CTR_OFFSET_SHIFT 32
static int perf_event_open_probe(bool uprobe, bool retprobe, const char *name,
- uint64_t offset, int pid, size_t ref_ctr_off)
+ uint64_t offset_or_addr, int pid,
+ size_t ref_ctr_off)
{
const size_t attr_sz = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr);
struct perf_event_attr attr;
@@ -11558,7 +11560,7 @@ static int perf_event_open_probe(bool uprobe, bool retprobe, const char *name,
attr.type = type;
attr.config |= (__u64)ref_ctr_off << PERF_UPROBE_REF_CTR_OFFSET_SHIFT;
attr.config1 = ptr_to_u64(name); /* kprobe_func or uprobe_path */
- attr.config2 = offset; /* kprobe_addr or probe_offset */
+ attr.config2 = offset_or_addr; /* kprobe_addr or probe_offset */
/* pid filter is meaningful only for uprobes */
pfd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr,
@@ -11648,6 +11650,15 @@ static void gen_probe_legacy_event_name(char *buf, size_t buf_sz,
}
}
+static void gen_kprobe_target(char *buf, size_t buf_sz, const char *name,
+ uint64_t offset_or_addr)
+{
+ if (name)
+ snprintf(buf, buf_sz, "%s+0x%" PRIx64, name, offset_or_addr);
+ else
+ snprintf(buf, buf_sz, "0x%" PRIx64, offset_or_addr);
+}
+
static int add_kprobe_event_legacy(const char *probe_name, bool retprobe,
const char *kfunc_name, size_t offset)
{
@@ -11781,6 +11792,7 @@ bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts(const struct bpf_program *prog,
const struct bpf_kprobe_opts *opts)
{
DECLARE_LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_perf_event_opts, pe_opts);
+ char probe_target[KSYM_NAME_LEN + 32];
enum probe_attach_mode attach_mode;
char *legacy_probe = NULL;
struct bpf_link *link;
@@ -11816,6 +11828,11 @@ bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts(const struct bpf_program *prog,
default:
return libbpf_err_ptr(-EINVAL);
}
+ if (!func_name && legacy)
+ return libbpf_err_ptr(-ENOTSUP);
+
+ gen_kprobe_target(probe_target, sizeof(probe_target),
+ func_name, offset);
if (!legacy) {
pfd = perf_event_open_probe(false /* uprobe */, retprobe,
@@ -11835,21 +11852,19 @@ bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts(const struct bpf_program *prog,
offset, -1 /* pid */);
}
if (pfd < 0) {
- err = -errno;
- pr_warn("prog '%s': failed to create %s '%s+0x%zx' perf event: %s\n",
+ err = pfd;
+ pr_warn("prog '%s': failed to create %s '%s' perf event: %s\n",
prog->name, retprobe ? "kretprobe" : "kprobe",
- func_name, offset,
- errstr(err));
+ probe_target, errstr(err));
goto err_out;
}
link = bpf_program__attach_perf_event_opts(prog, pfd, &pe_opts);
err = libbpf_get_error(link);
if (err) {
close(pfd);
- pr_warn("prog '%s': failed to attach to %s '%s+0x%zx': %s\n",
+ pr_warn("prog '%s': failed to attach to %s '%s': %s\n",
prog->name, retprobe ? "kretprobe" : "kprobe",
- func_name, offset,
- errstr(err));
+ probe_target, errstr(err));
goto err_clean_legacy;
}
if (legacy) {
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 0be34852350f..f75f3ab0f20c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ struct bpf_kprobe_opts {
size_t sz;
/* custom user-provided value fetchable through bpf_get_attach_cookie() */
__u64 bpf_cookie;
- /* function's offset to install kprobe to */
+ /* function offset, or raw address if func_name == NULL (non-legacy) */
size_t offset;
/* kprobe is return probe */
bool retprobe;
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ struct bpf_kprobe_opts {
enum probe_attach_mode attach_mode;
size_t :0;
};
+
#define bpf_kprobe_opts__last_field attach_mode
LIBBPF_API struct bpf_link *
--
2.52.0
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