[tip:perf/core] perf tools: Load eBPF object into kernel

From: tip-bot for Wang Nan
Date: Thu Oct 29 2015 - 08:23:51 EST


Commit-ID: 1e5e3ee8ff3877db6943032b54a6ac21c095affd
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/1e5e3ee8ff3877db6943032b54a6ac21c095affd
Author: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:41:16 +0000
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:09:50 -0300

perf tools: Load eBPF object into kernel

This patch utilizes bpf_object__load() provided by libbpf to load all
objects into kernel.

Committer notes:

Testing it:

When using an incorrect kernel version number, i.e., having this in your
eBPF proggie:

int _version __attribute__((section("version"), used)) = 0x40100;

For a 4.3.0-rc6+ kernel, say, this happens and needs checking at event
parsing time, to provide a better error report to the user:

# perf record --event /tmp/foo.o sleep 1
libbpf: load bpf program failed: Invalid argument
libbpf: -- BEGIN DUMP LOG ---
libbpf:

libbpf: -- END LOG --
libbpf: failed to load program 'fork=_do_fork'
libbpf: failed to load object '/tmp/foo.o'
event syntax error: '/tmp/foo.o'
\___ Invalid argument: Are you root and runing a CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL kernel?

(add -v to see detail)
Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events

Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>]
or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]

-e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events

If we instead make it match, i.e. use 0x40300 on this v4.3.0-rc6+
kernel, the whole process goes thru:

# perf record --event /tmp/foo.o -a usleep 1
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.202 MB perf.data ]
# 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
#

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: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pi3orama@xxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1444826502-49291-6-git-send-email-wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h | 11 +++++++++++
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
index 56f6fe8..7279558 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
@@ -243,6 +243,18 @@ int bpf__unprobe(struct bpf_object *obj)
return ret;
}

+int bpf__load(struct bpf_object *obj)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ err = bpf_object__load(obj);
+ if (err) {
+ pr_debug("bpf: load objects failed\n");
+ return err;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
#define bpf__strerror_head(err, buf, size) \
char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE], *emsg;\
if (!size)\
@@ -275,3 +287,13 @@ int bpf__strerror_probe(struct bpf_object *obj __maybe_unused,
bpf__strerror_end(buf, size);
return 0;
}
+
+int bpf__strerror_load(struct bpf_object *obj __maybe_unused,
+ int err, char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+ bpf__strerror_head(err, buf, size);
+ bpf__strerror_entry(EINVAL, "%s: Are you root and runing a CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL kernel?",
+ emsg)
+ bpf__strerror_end(buf, size);
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h
index b819622..b091ceb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ int bpf__unprobe(struct bpf_object *obj);
int bpf__strerror_probe(struct bpf_object *obj, int err,
char *buf, size_t size);

+int bpf__load(struct bpf_object *obj);
+int bpf__strerror_load(struct bpf_object *obj, int err,
+ char *buf, size_t size);
#else
static inline struct bpf_object *
bpf__prepare_load(const char *filename __maybe_unused)
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ static inline void bpf__clear(void) { }

static inline int bpf__probe(struct bpf_object *obj __maybe_unused) { return 0;}
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_strerror(char *buf, size_t size)
@@ -55,5 +59,12 @@ bpf__strerror_probe(struct bpf_object *obj __maybe_unused,
{
return __bpf_strerror(buf, size);
}
+
+static inline int bpf__strerror_load(struct bpf_object *obj __maybe_unused,
+ int err __maybe_unused,
+ char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+ return __bpf_strerror(buf, size);
+}
#endif
#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 10a9467..c3aabeb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -561,6 +561,12 @@ int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
goto errout;
}

+ err = bpf__load(obj);
+ if (err) {
+ bpf__strerror_load(obj, err, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
+ goto errout;
+ }
+
/*
* Temporary add a dummy event here so we can check whether
* basic bpf loader works. Following patches will replace
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