Re: [PATCH bpf-next v6 0/3] bpf, x86: allow function arguments up to 12 for TRACING

[Yonghong Song]

On 6/19/23 4:49 AM, menglong8.dong@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Menglong Dong <imagedong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> For now, the BPF program of type BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING can only be used
> on the kernel functions whose arguments count less than 6. This is not

less than or equal to 6, if not considering '> 8 bytes'
struct arguments.

> friendly at all, as too many functions have arguments count more than 6.
> According to the current kernel version, below is a statistics of the
> function arguments count:
>
> argument count | function count
> 7              | 704
> 8              | 270
> 9              | 84
> 10             | 47
> 11             | 47
> 12             | 27
> 13             | 22
> 14             | 5
> 15             | 0
> 16             | 1
>
> Therefore, let's enhance it by increasing the function arguments count
> allowed in arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline(), for now, only x86_64.
>
> In the 1st patch, we save/restore regs with BPF_DW size to make the code
> in save_regs()/restore_regs() simpler.
>
> In the 2nd patch, we make arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline() support to copy
> function arguments in stack for x86 arch. Therefore, the maximum
> arguments can be up to MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS for FENTRY and FEXIT.

for FENTRY, FEXIT and MODIFY_RETURN.

 Meanwhile,
> we clean the potentian garbage value when we copy the arguments on-stack.

potentian -> potential

> And the 3rd patches are for the testcases of the this series.

the 3rd patch is ...

> Changes since v5:
> - adjust the commit log of the 1st patch, avoiding confusing people that
>    bugs exist in current code
> - introduce get_nr_regs() to get the space that used to pass args on
>    stack correct in the 2nd patch
> - add testcases to tracing_struct.c instead of fentry_test.c and
>    fexit_test.c
>
> Changes since v4:
> - consider the case of the struct in arguments can't be hold by regs
> - add comment for some code
> - add testcases for MODIFY_RETURN
> - rebase to the latest
>
> Changes since v3:
> - try make the stack pointer 16-byte aligned. Not sure if I'm right :)
> - introduce clean_garbage() to clean the grabage when argument count is 7
> - use different data type in bpf_testmod_fentry_test{7,12}
> - add testcase for grabage values in ctx
>
> Changes since v2:
> - keep MAX_BPF_FUNC_ARGS still
> - clean garbage value in upper bytes in the 2nd patch
> - move bpf_fentry_test{7,12} to bpf_testmod.c and rename them to
>    bpf_testmod_fentry_test{7,12} meanwhile in the 3rd patch
>
> Changes since v1:
> - change the maximun function arguments to 14 from 12
> - add testcases (Jiri Olsa)
> - instead EMIT4 with EMIT3_off32 for "lea" to prevent overflow
>
> Menglong Dong (3):
>    bpf, x86: save/restore regs with BPF_DW size
>    bpf, x86: allow function arguments up to 12 for TRACING
>    selftests/bpf: add testcase for TRACING with 6+ arguments
>
>   arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c                   | 249 +++++++++++++++---
>   net/bpf/test_run.c                            |  23 +-
>   .../selftests/bpf/bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.c   |  49 +++-
>   .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/fentry_fexit.c   |   4 +-
>   .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/fentry_test.c    |   2 +
>   .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/fexit_test.c     |   2 +
>   .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/modify_return.c  |  20 +-
>   .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tracing_struct.c |  19 ++
>   .../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/fentry_test.c |  32 +++
>   .../testing/selftests/bpf/progs/fexit_test.c  |  33 +++
>   .../selftests/bpf/progs/modify_return.c       |  40 +++
>   .../selftests/bpf/progs/tracing_struct.c      |  48 ++++
>   12 files changed, 471 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)