[PATCH bpf-next v7] selftests/bpf: trace_helpers.c: optimize kallsyms cache

From: Rong Tao
Date: Fri Aug 25 2023 - 06:37:39 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.

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rong Tao <rongtao@xxxxxxxx>
---
v7: Fix __must_check macro.
v6: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/tencent_4A09A36F883A06EA428A593497642AF8AF08@xxxxxx/
Apply libbpf_ensure_mem()
v5: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/tencent_0E9E1A1C0981678D5E7EA9E4BDBA8EE2200A@xxxxxx/
Release the allocated memory once the load_kallsyms_refresh() upon error
given it's dynamically allocated.
v4: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/tencent_59C74613113F0C728524B2A82FE5540A5E09@xxxxxx/
Make sure most cases we don't need the realloc() path to begin with,
and check strdup() return value.
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/tencent_50B4B2622FE7546A5FF9464310650C008509@xxxxxx/
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/
---
samples/bpf/Makefile | 2 +
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
index 4ccf4236031c..0cd45c42af2f 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ TPROGS_CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/
TPROGS_CFLAGS += -I$(LIBBPF_INCLUDE)
TPROGS_CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include
TPROGS_CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/perf
+TPROGS_CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/lib
TPROGS_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_ATTR_TEST=0

ifdef SYSROOT
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ XDP_SAMPLE_CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 \

$(obj)/$(XDP_SAMPLE): TPROGS_CFLAGS = $(XDP_SAMPLE_CFLAGS)
$(obj)/$(XDP_SAMPLE): $(src)/xdp_sample_user.h $(src)/xdp_sample_shared.h
+$(obj)/$(TRACE_HELPERS): TPROGS_CFLAGS := $(TPROGS_CFLAGS) -D__must_check=

-include $(BPF_SAMPLES_PATH)/Makefile.target

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
index f83d9f65c65b..d62ab3b77153 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
@@ -14,13 +14,44 @@
#include <linux/limits.h>
#include <libelf.h>
#include <gelf.h>
+#include "bpf/libbpf_internal.h"

#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 int sym_cnt;
+static struct ksym *syms;
+static size_t sym_cap;
+static size_t sym_cnt;
+
+static int ksyms__add_symbol(const char *name, unsigned long addr)
+{
+ void *tmp;
+
+ tmp = strdup(name);
+ if (!tmp)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ syms[sym_cnt].addr = addr;
+ syms[sym_cnt].name = tmp;
+
+ sym_cnt++;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void ksyms__free(void)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ if (!syms)
+ return;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < sym_cnt; i++)
+ free(syms[i].name);
+ free(syms);
+ syms = NULL;
+ sym_cnt = 0;
+ sym_cap = 0;
+}

static int ksym_cmp(const void *p1, const void *p2)
{
@@ -33,9 +64,7 @@ int load_kallsyms_refresh(void)
char func[256], buf[256];
char symbol;
void *addr;
- int i = 0;
-
- sym_cnt = 0;
+ int ret;

f = fopen("/proc/kallsyms", "r");
if (!f)
@@ -46,17 +75,22 @@ 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 = libbpf_ensure_mem((void **) &syms, &sym_cap,
+ sizeof(struct ksym), sym_cnt + 1);
+ if (ret)
+ goto error;
+ ret = ksyms__add_symbol(func, (unsigned long)addr);
+ if (ret)
+ goto error;
}
fclose(f);
- sym_cnt = i;
qsort(syms, sym_cnt, sizeof(struct ksym), ksym_cmp);
return 0;
+
+error:
+ ksyms__free();
+ return ret;
}

int load_kallsyms(void)
--
2.39.3