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

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On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:11:01 -0700
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 6:56 AM Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> 
> There is bpf_find_btf_id.
> Probably drop 'static' from it and use it.

Thanks! BTW, that API seems to search BTF type info by name. If user want to
specify a module name, do we need a new API? (Or expand the function to parse
a module name in given name?)

Thank you,
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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>