Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] selftests/bpf: Switch test_vmlinux to use hrtimer_range_start_ns.

[Alexei Starovoitov]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 11:04 AM Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 7/1/20 10:53 AM, Hao Luo wrote:
> > The test_vmlinux test uses hrtimer_nanosleep as hook to test tracing
> > programs. But in a kernel built by clang, which performs more aggresive
> > inlining, that function gets inlined into its caller SyS_nanosleep.
> > Therefore, even though fentry and kprobe do hook on the function,
> > they aren't triggered by the call to nanosleep in the test.
> >
> > A possible fix is switching to use a function that is less likely to
> > be inlined, such as hrtimer_range_start_ns. The EXPORT_SYMBOL functions
> > shouldn't be inlined based on the description of [1], therefore safe
> > to use for this test. Also the arguments of this function include the
> > duration of sleep, therefore suitable for test verification.
> >
> > [1] af3b56289be1 time: don't inline EXPORT_SYMBOL functions
> >
> > Tested:
> >   In a clang build kernel, before this change, the test fails:
> >
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:skel_open 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:skel_attach 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:tp 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:raw_tp 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:tp_btf 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:FAIL:kprobe not called
> >   test_vmlinux:FAIL:fentry not called
> >
> >   After switching to hrtimer_range_start_ns, the test passes:
> >
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:skel_open 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:skel_attach 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:tp 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:raw_tp 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:tp_btf 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:kprobe 0 nsec
> >   test_vmlinux:PASS:fentry 0 nsec
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@xxxxxx>
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> Thanks!
> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>

Applied. Thanks