Re: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Add a bpf_kallsyms_lookup helper

[KP Singh]

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> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> index c3458ec1f30a..670998635eac 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> @@ -3817,6 +3817,21 @@ union bpf_attr {
>   *             The **hash_algo** is returned on success,
>   *             **-EOPNOTSUP** if IMA is disabled or **-EINVAL** if
>   *             invalid arguments are passed.
> + *
> + * long bpf_kallsyms_lookup(u64 address, char *symbol, u32 symbol_size, char *module, u32 module_size)
> + *     Description
> + *             Uses kallsyms to write the name of the symbol at *address*
> + *             into *symbol* of size *symbol_sz*. This is guaranteed to be
> + *             zero terminated.
> + *             If the symbol is in a module, up to *module_size* bytes of
> + *             the module name is written in *module*. This is also
> + *             guaranteed to be zero-terminated. Note: a module name
> + *             is always shorter than 64 bytes.
> + *     Return
> + *             On success, the strictly positive length of the full symbol
> + *             name, If this is greater than *symbol_size*, the written
> + *             symbol is truncated.
> + *             On error, a negative value.
>   */
>  #define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN)          \
>         FN(unspec),                     \
> @@ -3981,6 +3996,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
>         FN(bprm_opts_set),              \
>         FN(ktime_get_coarse_ns),        \
>         FN(ima_inode_hash),             \
> +       FN(kallsyms_lookup),    \
>         /* */
>
>  /* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> index d255bc9b2bfa..9d86e20c2b13 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  #include <linux/error-injection.h>
>  #include <linux/btf_ids.h>
>  #include <linux/bpf_lsm.h>
> +#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
>
>  #include <net/bpf_sk_storage.h>
>
> @@ -1260,6 +1261,44 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_snprintf_btf_proto = {
>         .arg5_type      = ARG_ANYTHING,
>  };
>
> +BPF_CALL_5(bpf_kallsyms_lookup, u64, address, char *, symbol, u32, symbol_size,
> +          char *, module, u32, module_size)
> +{
> +       char buffer[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
> +       unsigned long offset, size;
> +       const char *name;
> +       char *modname;
> +       long ret;
> +
> +       name = kallsyms_lookup(address, &size, &offset, &modname, buffer);
> +       if (!name)
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +
> +       ret = strlen(name) + 1;
> +       if (symbol_size) {
> +               strncpy(symbol, name, symbol_size);
> +               symbol[symbol_size - 1] = '\0';
> +       }
> +
> +       if (modname && module_size) {
> +               strncpy(module, modname, module_size);

The return value does not seem to be impacted by the truncation of the
module name, I wonder if it is better to just use a single buffer.

For example, the proc kallsyms shows symbols as:

<symbol_name> [module_name]

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/kernel/kallsyms.c#L648

The square brackets do seem to be a waste here, so maybe we could use
a single character as a separator?

> +               module[module_size - 1] = '\0';
> +       }
> +
> +       return ret;
> +}
> +
> +const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_kallsyms_lookup_proto = {
> +       .func           = bpf_kallsyms_lookup,
> +       .gpl_only       = false,
> +       .ret_type       = RET_INTEGER,
> +       .arg1_type      = ARG_ANYTHING,
> +       .arg2_type      = ARG_PTR_TO_MEM,
> +       .arg3_type      = ARG_CONST_SIZE,
> +       .arg4_type      = ARG_PTR_TO_MEM,
> +       .arg5_type      = ARG_CONST_SIZE,
> +};
> +

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