Re: [PATCH bpf V7 1/7] selftests/bpf: xdp_hw_metadata default disable bpf_printk

From: Stanislav Fomichev
Date: Wed Apr 12 2023 - 12:06:51 EST


On 04/12, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
>
> On 12/04/2023 00.42, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 12:24 PM Jesper Dangaard Brouer
> > <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > The tool xdp_hw_metadata can be used by driver developers
> > > implementing XDP-hints kfuncs. The tool transfers the
> > > XDP-hints via metadata information to an AF_XDP userspace
> > > process. When everything works the bpf_printk calls are
> > > unncesssary. Thus, disable bpf_printk by default, but
> > > make it easy to reenable for driver developers to use
> > > when debugging their driver implementation.
> > >
> > > This also converts bpf_printk "forwarding UDP:9091 to AF_XDP"
> > > into a code comment. The bpf_printk's that are important
> > > to the driver developers is when bpf_xdp_adjust_meta fails.
> > > The likely mistake from driver developers is expected to
> > > be that they didn't implement XDP metadata adjust support.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > .../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/xdp_hw_metadata.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
> > > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/xdp_hw_metadata.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/xdp_hw_metadata.c
> > > index 4c55b4d79d3d..980eb60d8e5b 100644
> > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/xdp_hw_metadata.c
> > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/xdp_hw_metadata.c
> > > @@ -5,6 +5,19 @@
> > > #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
> > > #include <bpf/bpf_endian.h>
> > >
> > > +/* Per default below bpf_printk() calls are disabled. Can be
> > > + * reenabled manually for convenience by XDP-hints driver developer,
> > > + * when troublshooting the drivers kfuncs implementation details.
> > > + *
> > > + * Remember BPF-prog bpf_printk info output can be access via:
> > > + * /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
> > > + */
> > > +//#define DEBUG 1
> > > +#ifndef DEBUG
> > > +#undef bpf_printk
> > > +#define bpf_printk(fmt, ...) ({})
> > > +#endif
> >
> > Are you planning to eventually do somethike similar to what I've
> > mentioned in [0]? If not, should I try to send a patch?
>
> See next patch:
> - [PATCH bpf V7 2/7] selftests/bpf: Add counters to xdp_hw_metadata
>
> where I add these counters :-)

Oh, nice, let me take a look. I was assuming v7 is mostly the same as
v6..

> >
> > 0: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAKH8qBupRYEg+SPMTMb4h532GESG7P1QdaFJ-+zrbARVN9xrdA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
>