[PATCH bpf-next v3] selftests/bpf: trace_helpers.c: optimize kallsyms cache

From: Rong Tao
Date: Sat Aug 12 2023 - 01:58:46 EST


From: Rong Tao <rongtao@xxxxxxxx>

Static ksyms often have problems because the number of symbols exceeds the
MAX_SYMS limit. Like changing the MAX_SYMS from 300000 to 400000 in
commit e76a014334a6("selftests/bpf: Bump and validate MAX_SYMS") solves
the problem somewhat, but it's not the perfect way.

This commit uses dynamic memory allocation, which completely solves the
problem caused by the limitation of the number of kallsyms.

Signed-off-by: Rong Tao <rongtao@xxxxxxxx>
---
v3: Do not use structs and judge ksyms__add_symbol function return value.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/tencent_B655EE5E5D463110D70CD2846AB3262EED09@xxxxxx/
Do the usual len/capacity scheme here to amortize the cost of realloc, and
don't free symbols.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/tencent_AB461510B10CD484E0B2F62E3754165F2909@xxxxxx/
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
index f83d9f65c65b..d8391a2122b4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
@@ -18,10 +18,32 @@
#define TRACEFS_PIPE "/sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe"
#define DEBUGFS_PIPE "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe"

-#define MAX_SYMS 400000
-static struct ksym syms[MAX_SYMS];
+static struct ksym *syms;
+static int sym_cap;
static int sym_cnt;

+static int ksyms__add_symbol(const char *name, unsigned long addr)
+{
+ void *tmp;
+ unsigned int new_cap;
+
+ if (sym_cnt + 1 > sym_cap) {
+ new_cap = sym_cap * 4 / 3;
+ tmp = realloc(syms, sizeof(struct ksym) * new_cap);
+ if (!tmp)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ syms = tmp;
+ sym_cap = new_cap;
+ }
+
+ syms[sym_cnt].addr = addr;
+ syms[sym_cnt].name = strdup(name);
+
+ sym_cnt++;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int ksym_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
{
return ((struct ksym *)p1)->addr - ((struct ksym *)p2)->addr;
@@ -33,9 +55,13 @@ int load_kallsyms_refresh(void)
char func[256], buf[256];
char symbol;
void *addr;
- int i = 0;
+ int ret;

+ sym_cap = 1024;
sym_cnt = 0;
+ syms = malloc(sizeof(struct ksym) * sym_cap);
+ if (!syms)
+ return -ENOMEM;

f = fopen("/proc/kallsyms", "r");
if (!f)
@@ -46,15 +72,11 @@ int load_kallsyms_refresh(void)
break;
if (!addr)
continue;
- if (i >= MAX_SYMS)
- return -EFBIG;
-
- syms[i].addr = (long) addr;
- syms[i].name = strdup(func);
- i++;
+ ret = ksyms__add_symbol(func, (unsigned long)addr);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
}
fclose(f);
- sym_cnt = i;
qsort(syms, sym_cnt, sizeof(struct ksym), ksym_cmp);
return 0;
}
--
2.41.0