[PATCH v4 perf, bpf-next 0/7] reveal invisible bpf programs

[Song Liu]

This set catches symbol for all bpf programs loaded/unloaded
before/during/after perf-record run PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL and
PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT.

PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL and PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT includes key information
of a bpf program load and unload. They are sent through perf ringbuffer,
and stored in perf.data. PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL includes basic information
for simple profiling. It is ON by default. PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT is
used to gather more information of the bpf program. It is necessary for
perf-annotate of bpf programs.

Before this patch, perf-report will not be able to recover symbols of
bpf programs once the programs are unloaded.

This is to follow up Alexei's early effort [2] to show bpf programs via
mmap events.

Thanks,
Song


Changes v3 -> PATCH v4:
1. Split information about bpf program  into PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL (with
   name, addr, len); and PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT
   (with id, tag);
2. Split the implementation in kernel and user space.

Changes v2 -> PATCH v3:
1. Rebase on bpf-next tree, and on top of BPF sub program tag patches [1]
   for latest information in bpf_prog_info.
2. Complete handling and synthesizing PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT in perf.

Changes v1 -> PATCH v2:
1. Only 3 of the 5 patches in v1, to focus on ABI first;
2. Generate PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT per bpf sub program instead of per prog;
3. Modify PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT with more details (addr, len, name),
   so that it can be used for basic profiling without calling sys_bpf.

Changes RFC -> PATCH v1:
1. In perf-record, poll vip events in a separate thread;
2. Add tag to bpf prog name;
3. Small refactorings.

[1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/?series=81037
[2] https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg524232.html

Song Liu (7):
  perf, bpf: Introduce PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL
  sync tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
  perf, bpf: introduce PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT
  sync tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
  perf util: handle PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL
  perf util: handle PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT
  perf tools: synthesize PERF_RECORD_* for loaded BPF programs

 include/linux/filter.h                |   7 +
 include/linux/perf_event.h            |   9 ++
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h       |  50 +++++-
 kernel/bpf/core.c                     |   2 +-
 kernel/bpf/syscall.c                  |   2 +
 kernel/events/core.c                  | 218 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |  50 +++++-
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c           |   7 +
 tools/perf/perf.h                     |   1 +
 tools/perf/util/Build                 |   2 +
 tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c           | 219 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/bpf-event.h           |  16 ++
 tools/perf/util/event.c               |  40 +++++
 tools/perf/util/event.h               |  34 ++++
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c               |  19 +++
 tools/perf/util/evsel.h               |   2 +
 tools/perf/util/machine.c             |  60 +++++++
 tools/perf/util/machine.h             |   5 +-
 tools/perf/util/session.c             |   8 +
 tools/perf/util/tool.h                |   5 +-
 20 files changed, 750 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/bpf-event.h

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