Re: [PATCHv8 bpf-next 3/9] uprobe: Add uretprobe syscall to speed up return probe

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Fri Jun 14 2024 - 16:07:44 EST


On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 09:26:59PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 10:48:22AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > Hi Jiri,
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 01:21:52PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > > Adding uretprobe syscall instead of trap to speed up return probe.
> > ...
> > > diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> > > index 2c83ba776fc7..2816e65729ac 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> > > @@ -1474,11 +1474,20 @@ static int xol_add_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct xol_area *area)
> > > return ret;
> > > }
> > >
> > > +void * __weak arch_uprobe_trampoline(unsigned long *psize)
> > > +{
> > > + static uprobe_opcode_t insn = UPROBE_SWBP_INSN;
> >
> > This change as commit ff474a78cef5 ("uprobe: Add uretprobe syscall to
> > speed up return probe") in -next causes the following build error for
> > ARCH=loongarch allmodconfig:
> >
> > In file included from include/linux/uprobes.h:49,
> > from include/linux/mm_types.h:16,
> > from include/linux/mmzone.h:22,
> > from include/linux/gfp.h:7,
> > from include/linux/xarray.h:16,
> > from include/linux/list_lru.h:14,
> > from include/linux/fs.h:13,
> > from include/linux/highmem.h:5,
> > from kernel/events/uprobes.c:13:
> > kernel/events/uprobes.c: In function 'arch_uprobe_trampoline':
> > arch/loongarch/include/asm/uprobes.h:12:33: error: initializer element is not constant
> > 12 | #define UPROBE_SWBP_INSN larch_insn_gen_break(BRK_UPROBE_BP)
> > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > kernel/events/uprobes.c:1479:39: note: in expansion of macro 'UPROBE_SWBP_INSN'
> > 1479 | static uprobe_opcode_t insn = UPROBE_SWBP_INSN;
>
> reproduced, could you please try the change below

Yeah, that fixes the issue for me.

Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> # build

> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index 2816e65729ac..6986bd993702 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -1476,8 +1476,9 @@ static int xol_add_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct xol_area *area)
>
> void * __weak arch_uprobe_trampoline(unsigned long *psize)
> {
> - static uprobe_opcode_t insn = UPROBE_SWBP_INSN;
> + static uprobe_opcode_t insn;
>
> + insn = insn ?: UPROBE_SWBP_INSN;
> *psize = UPROBE_SWBP_INSN_SIZE;
> return &insn;
> }