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authorAlan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>2020-09-28 12:31:05 +0100
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>2020-09-28 18:26:58 -0700
commitc4d0bfb45068d853a478b9067a95969b1886a30f (patch)
tree112e9bf23f951321551e59e731962057c34307a4 /tools/include
parent31d0bc81637d8d974a6dad9827b765b4b70c89d7 (diff)
bpf: Add bpf_snprintf_btf helper
A helper is added to support tracing kernel type information in BPF using the BPF Type Format (BTF). Its signature is long bpf_snprintf_btf(char *str, u32 str_size, struct btf_ptr *ptr, u32 btf_ptr_size, u64 flags); struct btf_ptr * specifies - a pointer to the data to be traced - the BTF id of the type of data pointed to - a flags field is provided for future use; these flags are not to be confused with the BTF_F_* flags below that control how the btf_ptr is displayed; the flags member of the struct btf_ptr may be used to disambiguate types in kernel versus module BTF, etc; the main distinction is the flags relate to the type and information needed in identifying it; not how it is displayed. For example a BPF program with a struct sk_buff *skb could do the following: static struct btf_ptr b = { }; b.ptr = skb; b.type_id = __builtin_btf_type_id(struct sk_buff, 1); bpf_snprintf_btf(str, sizeof(str), &b, sizeof(b), 0, 0); Default output looks like this: (struct sk_buff){ .transport_header = (__u16)65535, .mac_header = (__u16)65535, .end = (sk_buff_data_t)192, .head = (unsigned char *)0x000000007524fd8b, .data = (unsigned char *)0x000000007524fd8b, .truesize = (unsigned int)768, .users = (refcount_t){ .refs = (atomic_t){ .counter = (int)1, }, }, } Flags modifying display are as follows: - BTF_F_COMPACT: no formatting around type information - BTF_F_NONAME: no struct/union member names/types - BTF_F_PTR_RAW: show raw (unobfuscated) pointer values; equivalent to %px. - BTF_F_ZERO: show zero-valued struct/union members; they are not displayed by default Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/1601292670-1616-4-git-send-email-alan.maguire@oracle.com
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/include')
-rw-r--r--tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h67
1 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 82522f05c021..cca9eb1b13e5 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -3594,6 +3594,42 @@ union bpf_attr {
* the data in *dst*. This is a wrapper of **copy_from_user**\ ().
* Return
* 0 on success, or a negative error in case of failure.
+ *
+ * long bpf_snprintf_btf(char *str, u32 str_size, struct btf_ptr *ptr, u32 btf_ptr_size, u64 flags)
+ * Description
+ * Use BTF to store a string representation of *ptr*->ptr in *str*,
+ * using *ptr*->type_id. This value should specify the type
+ * that *ptr*->ptr points to. LLVM __builtin_btf_type_id(type, 1)
+ * can be used to look up vmlinux BTF type ids. Traversing the
+ * data structure using BTF, the type information and values are
+ * stored in the first *str_size* - 1 bytes of *str*. Safe copy of
+ * the pointer data is carried out to avoid kernel crashes during
+ * operation. Smaller types can use string space on the stack;
+ * larger programs can use map data to store the string
+ * representation.
+ *
+ * The string can be subsequently shared with userspace via
+ * bpf_perf_event_output() or ring buffer interfaces.
+ * bpf_trace_printk() is to be avoided as it places too small
+ * a limit on string size to be useful.
+ *
+ * *flags* is a combination of
+ *
+ * **BTF_F_COMPACT**
+ * no formatting around type information
+ * **BTF_F_NONAME**
+ * no struct/union member names/types
+ * **BTF_F_PTR_RAW**
+ * show raw (unobfuscated) pointer values;
+ * equivalent to printk specifier %px.
+ * **BTF_F_ZERO**
+ * show zero-valued struct/union members; they
+ * are not displayed by default
+ *
+ * Return
+ * The number of bytes that were written (or would have been
+ * written if output had to be truncated due to string size),
+ * or a negative error in cases of failure.
*/
#define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN) \
FN(unspec), \
@@ -3745,6 +3781,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
FN(inode_storage_delete), \
FN(d_path), \
FN(copy_from_user), \
+ FN(snprintf_btf), \
/* */
/* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper
@@ -4853,4 +4890,34 @@ struct bpf_sk_lookup {
__u32 local_port; /* Host byte order */
};
+/*
+ * struct btf_ptr is used for typed pointer representation; the
+ * type id is used to render the pointer data as the appropriate type
+ * via the bpf_snprintf_btf() helper described above. A flags field -
+ * potentially to specify additional details about the BTF pointer
+ * (rather than its mode of display) - is included for future use.
+ * Display flags - BTF_F_* - are passed to bpf_snprintf_btf separately.
+ */
+struct btf_ptr {
+ void *ptr;
+ __u32 type_id;
+ __u32 flags; /* BTF ptr flags; unused at present. */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Flags to control bpf_snprintf_btf() behaviour.
+ * - BTF_F_COMPACT: no formatting around type information
+ * - BTF_F_NONAME: no struct/union member names/types
+ * - BTF_F_PTR_RAW: show raw (unobfuscated) pointer values;
+ * equivalent to %px.
+ * - BTF_F_ZERO: show zero-valued struct/union members; they
+ * are not displayed by default
+ */
+enum {
+ BTF_F_COMPACT = (1ULL << 0),
+ BTF_F_NONAME = (1ULL << 1),
+ BTF_F_PTR_RAW = (1ULL << 2),
+ BTF_F_ZERO = (1ULL << 3),
+};
+
#endif /* _UAPI__LINUX_BPF_H__ */