[PATCH 6/6] perf bpf: Collect perf_evsel in BPF object files

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Oct 29 2015 - 07:18:37 EST


From: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch creates a 'struct perf_evsel' for every probe in a BPF object
file(s) and fills 'struct evlist' with them. The previously introduced
dummy event is now removed. After this patch, the following command:

# perf record --event filter.o ls

Can trace on each of the probes defined in filter.o.

The core of this patch is bpf__foreach_tev(), which calls a callback
function for each 'struct probe_trace_event' event for a bpf program
with each associated file descriptors. The add_bpf_event() callback
creates evsels by calling parse_events_add_tracepoint().

Since bpf-loader.c will not be built if libbpf is turned off, an empty
bpf__foreach_tev() is defined in bpf-loader.h to avoid build errors.

Committer notes:

Before:

# /tmp/oldperf record --event /tmp/foo.o -a usleep 1
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.198 MB perf.data ]
# perf evlist
/tmp/foo.o
# perf evlist -v
/tmp/foo.o: type: 1, size: 112, config: 0x9, { sample_period,
sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD, disabled: 1,
inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, task: 1, sample_id_all: 1,
exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1

I.e. we create just the PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE (type: 1),
PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY(config 0x9) event, now, with this patch:

# perf record --event /tmp/foo.o -a usleep 1
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.210 MB perf.data ]
# perf evlist -v
perf_bpf_probe:fork: type: 2, size: 112, config: 0x6bd, { sample_period,
sample_freq }: 1, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|RAW, disabled: 1,
inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, task: 1, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest:
1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1
#

We now have a PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE (type: 1), but the config states 0x6bd,
which is how, after setting up the event via the kprobes interface, the
'perf_bpf_probe:fork' event is accessible via the perf_event_open
syscall. This is all transient, as soon as the 'perf record' session
ends, these probes will go away.

To see how it looks like, lets try doing a neverending session, one that
expects a control+C to end:

# perf record --event /tmp/foo.o -a

So, with that in place, we can use 'perf probe' to see what is in place:

# perf probe -l
perf_bpf_probe:fork (on _do_fork@acme/git/linux/kernel/fork.c)

We also can use debugfs:

[root@felicio ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
p:perf_bpf_probe/fork _text+638512

Ok, now lets stop and see if we got some forks:

[root@felicio linux]# perf record --event /tmp/foo.o -a
^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.325 MB perf.data (111 samples) ]

[root@felicio linux]# perf script
sshd 1271 [003] 81797.507678: perf_bpf_probe:fork: (ffffffff8109be30)
sshd 18309 [000] 81797.524917: perf_bpf_probe:fork: (ffffffff8109be30)
sshd 18309 [001] 81799.381603: perf_bpf_probe:fork: (ffffffff8109be30)
sshd 18309 [001] 81799.408635: perf_bpf_probe:fork: (ffffffff8109be30)
<SNIP>

Sure enough, we have 111 forks :-)

Callchains seems to work as well:

# perf report --stdio --no-child
# To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.
#
# Total Lost Samples: 0
#
# Samples: 562 of event 'perf_bpf_probe:fork'
# Event count (approx.): 562
#
# Overhead Command Shared Object Symbol
# ........ ........ ................ ............
#
44.66% sh [kernel.vmlinux] [k] _do_fork
|
---_do_fork
entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath
__libc_fork
make_child

26.16% make [kernel.vmlinux] [k] _do_fork
<SNIP>
#

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kaixu Xia <xiakaixu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pi3orama@xxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1444826502-49291-7-git-send-email-wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h | 14 ++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
index 727955858d00..aa784a498c48 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
@@ -255,6 +255,46 @@ int bpf__load(struct bpf_object *obj)
return 0;
}

+int bpf__foreach_tev(struct bpf_object *obj,
+ bpf_prog_iter_callback_t func,
+ void *arg)
+{
+ struct bpf_program *prog;
+ int err;
+
+ bpf_object__for_each_program(prog, obj) {
+ struct probe_trace_event *tev;
+ struct perf_probe_event *pev;
+ struct bpf_prog_priv *priv;
+ int i, fd;
+
+ err = bpf_program__get_private(prog,
+ (void **)&priv);
+ if (err || !priv) {
+ pr_debug("bpf: failed to get private field\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ pev = &priv->pev;
+ for (i = 0; i < pev->ntevs; i++) {
+ tev = &pev->tevs[i];
+
+ fd = bpf_program__fd(prog);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ pr_debug("bpf: failed to get file descriptor\n");
+ return fd;
+ }
+
+ err = (*func)(tev, fd, arg);
+ if (err) {
+ pr_debug("bpf: call back failed, stop iterate\n");
+ return err;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
#define bpf__strerror_head(err, buf, size) \
char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE], *emsg;\
if (!size)\
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h
index b091ceb19c48..a8f25ee06fc5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
#include <linux/compiler.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <string.h>
+#include "probe-event.h"
#include "debug.h"

struct bpf_object;
#define PERF_BPF_PROBE_GROUP "perf_bpf_probe"

+typedef int (*bpf_prog_iter_callback_t)(struct probe_trace_event *tev,
+ int fd, void *arg);
+
#ifdef HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT
struct bpf_object *bpf__prepare_load(const char *filename);

@@ -26,6 +30,8 @@ int bpf__strerror_probe(struct bpf_object *obj, int err,
int bpf__load(struct bpf_object *obj);
int bpf__strerror_load(struct bpf_object *obj, int err,
char *buf, size_t size);
+int bpf__foreach_tev(struct bpf_object *obj,
+ bpf_prog_iter_callback_t func, void *arg);
#else
static inline struct bpf_object *
bpf__prepare_load(const char *filename __maybe_unused)
@@ -41,6 +47,14 @@ static inline int bpf__unprobe(struct bpf_object *obj __maybe_unused) { return 0
static inline int bpf__load(struct bpf_object *obj __maybe_unused) { return 0; }

static inline int
+bpf__foreach_tev(struct bpf_object *obj __maybe_unused,
+ bpf_prog_iter_callback_t func __maybe_unused,
+ void *arg __maybe_unused)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
__bpf_strerror(char *buf, size_t size)
{
if (!size)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index c3aabeb63e88..d97b03710331 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -530,12 +530,49 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_sys(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
return ret;
}

+struct __add_bpf_event_param {
+ struct parse_events_evlist *data;
+ struct list_head *list;
+};
+
+static int add_bpf_event(struct probe_trace_event *tev, int fd,
+ void *_param)
+{
+ LIST_HEAD(new_evsels);
+ struct __add_bpf_event_param *param = _param;
+ struct parse_events_evlist *evlist = param->data;
+ struct list_head *list = param->list;
+ int err;
+
+ pr_debug("add bpf event %s:%s and attach bpf program %d\n",
+ tev->group, tev->event, fd);
+
+ err = parse_events_add_tracepoint(&new_evsels, &evlist->idx, tev->group,
+ tev->event, evlist->error, NULL);
+ if (err) {
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel, *tmp;
+
+ pr_debug("Failed to add BPF event %s:%s\n",
+ tev->group, tev->event);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(evsel, tmp, &new_evsels, node) {
+ list_del(&evsel->node);
+ perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+ }
+ return err;
+ }
+ pr_debug("adding %s:%s\n", tev->group, tev->event);
+
+ list_splice(&new_evsels, list);
+ return 0;
+}
+
int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
struct list_head *list,
struct bpf_object *obj)
{
int err;
char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
+ struct __add_bpf_event_param param = {data, list};
static bool registered_unprobe_atexit = false;

if (IS_ERR(obj) || !obj) {
@@ -567,13 +604,14 @@ int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
goto errout;
}

- /*
- * Temporary add a dummy event here so we can check whether
- * basic bpf loader works. Following patches will replace
- * dummy event by useful evsels.
- */
- return parse_events_add_numeric(data, list, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
- PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY, NULL);
+ err = bpf__foreach_tev(obj, add_bpf_event, &param);
+ if (err) {
+ snprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf),
+ "Attach events in BPF object failed");
+ goto errout;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
errout:
data->error->help = strdup("(add -v to see detail)");
data->error->str = strdup(errbuf);
--
2.1.0

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