Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] bpf/btf: tracing: Move finding func-proto API and getting func-param API to BTF

From: Google
Date: Tue Jul 18 2023 - 09:56:39 EST


On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 19:44:31 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > static const struct btf_param *find_btf_func_param(const char *funcname, s32 *nr,
> > > bool tracepoint)
> > > {
> > > + struct btf *btf = traceprobe_get_btf();
> >
> > I found that traceprobe_get_btf() only returns the vmlinux's btf. But
> > if the function is
> > defined in a kernel module, we should get the module's btf.
> >
>
> Good catch! That should be a separated fix (or improvement?)
> I think it's better to use btf_get() and btf_put(), and pass btf via
> traceprobe_parse_context.

Hmm, it seems that there is no exposed API to get the module's btf.
Should I use btf_idr and btf_idr_lock directly to find the corresponding
btf? If there isn't yet, I will add it too.

Thank you,

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>