[PATCH 21/27] perf tools: Generate prologue for BPF programs

From: Wang Nan
Date: Sun Sep 06 2015 - 03:18:24 EST


This patch generates prologue for each 'struct probe_trace_event' for
fetching arguments for BPF programs.

After bpf__probe(), iterate over each programs to check whether
prologue is required. If none of 'struct perf_probe_event' a program
will attach to has at least one argument, simply skip preprocessor
hooking. For those who prologue is required, calls bpf__gen_prologue()
and paste original instruction after prologue.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kaixu Xia <xiakaixu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pi3orama@xxxxxxx
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/1436445342-1402-36-git-send-email-wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx
---
tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 119 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
index 1994552..d3d40f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
* Copyright (C) 2015 Huawei Inc.
*/

+#include <linux/bpf.h>
#include <bpf/libbpf.h>
#include "perf.h"
#include "debug.h"
#include "bpf-loader.h"
+#include "bpf-prologue.h"
+#include "llvm-utils.h"
#include "probe-event.h"
#include "probe-finder.h"
#include "llvm-utils.h"
@@ -42,6 +45,8 @@ struct bpf_prog_priv {
struct perf_probe_event *ppev;
struct perf_probe_event pev;
};
+ bool need_prologue;
+ struct bpf_insn *insns_buf;
};

static void
@@ -65,6 +70,7 @@ bpf_prog_priv__clear(struct bpf_program *prog __maybe_unused,

clear_perf_probe_event(&priv->pev);
}
+ zfree(&priv->insns_buf);
free(priv);
}

@@ -248,6 +254,103 @@ int bpf__unprobe(void)
return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
}

+static int
+preproc_gen_prologue(struct bpf_program *prog, int n,
+ struct bpf_insn *orig_insns, int orig_insns_cnt,
+ struct bpf_prog_prep_result *res)
+{
+ struct probe_trace_event *tev;
+ struct perf_probe_event *pev;
+ struct bpf_prog_priv *priv;
+ struct bpf_insn *buf;
+ size_t prologue_cnt = 0;
+ int err;
+
+ err = bpf_program__get_private(prog, (void **)&priv);
+ if (err || !priv || !priv->pev_ready)
+ goto errout;
+
+ pev = &priv->pev;
+
+ if (n < 0 || n >= pev->ntevs)
+ goto errout;
+
+ tev = &pev->tevs[n];
+
+ buf = priv->insns_buf;
+ err = bpf__gen_prologue(tev->args, tev->nargs,
+ buf, &prologue_cnt,
+ BPF_MAXINSNS - orig_insns_cnt);
+ if (err) {
+ const char *title;
+
+ title = bpf_program__title(prog, false);
+ if (!title)
+ title = "??";
+
+ pr_debug("Failed to generate prologue for program %s\n",
+ title);
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(&buf[prologue_cnt], orig_insns,
+ sizeof(struct bpf_insn) * orig_insns_cnt);
+
+ res->new_insn_ptr = buf;
+ res->new_insn_cnt = prologue_cnt + orig_insns_cnt;
+ res->pfd = NULL;
+ return 0;
+
+errout:
+ pr_debug("Internal error in preproc_gen_prologue\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int hook_load_preprocessor(struct bpf_program *prog)
+{
+ struct perf_probe_event *pev;
+ struct bpf_prog_priv *priv;
+ bool need_prologue = false;
+ int err, i;
+
+ err = bpf_program__get_private(prog, (void **)&priv);
+ if (err || !priv) {
+ pr_debug("Internal error when hook preprocessor\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ pev = &priv->pev;
+ for (i = 0; i < pev->ntevs; i++) {
+ struct probe_trace_event *tev = &pev->tevs[i];
+
+ if (tev->nargs > 0) {
+ need_prologue = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Since all tev doesn't have argument, we don't need generate
+ * prologue.
+ */
+ if (!need_prologue) {
+ priv->need_prologue = false;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ priv->need_prologue = true;
+ priv->insns_buf = malloc(sizeof(struct bpf_insn) *
+ BPF_MAXINSNS);
+ if (!priv->insns_buf) {
+ pr_debug("No enough memory: alloc insns_buf failed\n");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
+ err = bpf_program__set_prep(prog, pev->ntevs,
+ preproc_gen_prologue);
+ return err;
+}
+
int bpf__probe(void)
{
int err, nr_events = 0;
@@ -311,6 +414,17 @@ int bpf__probe(void)
err = sync_bpf_program_pev(prog);
if (err)
goto out;
+ /*
+ * After probing, let's consider prologue, which
+ * adds program fetcher to BPF programs.
+ *
+ * hook_load_preprocessorr() hooks pre-processor
+ * to bpf_program, let it generate prologue
+ * dynamically during loading.
+ */
+ err = hook_load_preprocessor(prog);
+ if (err)
+ goto out;
}
}
out:
@@ -375,7 +489,11 @@ int bpf__foreach_tev(bpf_prog_iter_callback_t func, void *arg)
for (i = 0; i < pev->ntevs; i++) {
tev = &pev->tevs[i];

- fd = bpf_program__fd(prog);
+ if (priv->need_prologue)
+ fd = bpf_program__nth_fd(prog, i);
+ else
+ fd = bpf_program__fd(prog);
+
if (fd < 0) {
pr_debug("bpf: failed to get file descriptor\n");
return fd;
--
2.1.0

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