Pull probes updates from Masami Hiramatsu:
- kprobes: use struct_size() for variable size kretprobe_instance data
structure.
- eprobe: Simplify trace_eprobe list iteration.
- probe events: Data structure field access support on BTF argument.
- Update BTF argument support on the functions in the kernel
loadable modules (only loaded modules are supported).
- Move generic BTF access function (search function prototype and
get function parameters) to a separated file.
- Add a function to search a member of data structure in BTF.
- Support accessing BTF data structure member from probe args by
C-like arrow('->') and dot('.') operators. e.g.
't sched_switch next=next->pid vruntime=next->se.vruntime'
- Support accessing BTF data structure member from $retval. e.g.
'f getname_flags%return +0($retval->name):string'
- Add string type checking if BTF type info is available. This will
reject if user specify ":string" type for non "char pointer"
type.
- Automatically assume the fprobe event as a function return event
if $retval is used.
- selftests/ftrace: Add BTF data field access test cases.
- Documentation: Update fprobe event example with BTF data field.
* tag 'probes-v6.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
Documentation: tracing: Update fprobe event example with BTF field
selftests/ftrace: Add BTF fields access testcases
tracing/fprobe-event: Assume fprobe is a return event by $retval
tracing/probes: Add string type check with BTF
tracing/probes: Support BTF field access from $retval
tracing/probes: Support BTF based data structure field access
tracing/probes: Add a function to search a member of a struct/union
tracing/probes: Move finding func-proto API and getting func-param API to trace_btf
tracing/probes: Support BTF argument on module functions
tracing/eprobe: Iterate trace_eprobe directly
kernel: kprobes: Use struct_size()
Add a string type checking with BTF information if possible.
This will check whether the given BTF argument (and field) is
signed char array or pointer to signed char. If not, it reject
the 'string' type. If it is pointer to signed char, it adds
a dereference opration so that it can correctly fetch the
string data from memory.
# echo 'f getname_flags%return retval->name:string' >> dynamic_events
# echo 't sched_switch next->comm:string' >> dynamic_events
The above cases, 'struct filename::name' is 'char *' and
'struct task_struct::comm' is 'char []'. But in both case,
user can specify ':string' to fetch the string data.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/169272159250.160970.1881112937198526188.stgit@devnote2/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Since the btf returned from bpf_get_btf_vmlinux() only covers functions in
the vmlinux, BTF argument is not available on the functions in the modules.
Use bpf_find_btf_id() instead of bpf_get_btf_vmlinux()+btf_find_name_kind()
so that BTF argument can find the correct struct btf and btf_type in it.
With this fix, fprobe events can use `$arg*` on module functions as below
# grep nf_log_ip_packet /proc/kallsyms
ffffffffa0005c00 t nf_log_ip_packet [nf_log_syslog]
ffffffffa0005bf0 t __pfx_nf_log_ip_packet [nf_log_syslog]
# echo 'f nf_log_ip_packet $arg*' > dynamic_events
# cat dynamic_events
f:fprobes/nf_log_ip_packet__entry nf_log_ip_packet net=net pf=pf hooknum=hooknum skb=skb in=in out=out loginfo=loginfo prefix=prefix
To support the module's btf which is removable, the struct btf needs to be
ref-counted. So this also records the btf in the traceprobe_parse_context
and returns the refcount when the parse has done.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/169272154223.160970.3507930084247934031.stgit@devnote2/
Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Adding support for bpf_get_func_ip helper for uprobe program to return
probed address for both uprobe and return uprobe.
We discussed this in [1] and agreed that uprobe can have special use
of bpf_get_func_ip helper that differs from kprobe.
The kprobe bpf_get_func_ip returns:
- address of the function if probe is attach on function entry
for both kprobe and return kprobe
- 0 if the probe is not attach on function entry
The uprobe bpf_get_func_ip returns:
- address of the probe for both uprobe and return uprobe
The reason for this semantic change is that kernel can't really tell
if the probe user space address is function entry.
The uprobe program is actually kprobe type program attached as uprobe.
One of the consequences of this design is that uprobes do not have its
own set of helpers, but share them with kprobes.
As we need different functionality for bpf_get_func_ip helper for uprobe,
I'm adding the bool value to the bpf_trace_run_ctx, so the helper can
detect that it's executed in uprobe context and call specific code.
The is_uprobe bool is set as true in bpf_prog_run_array_sleepable, which
is currently used only for executing bpf programs in uprobe.
Renaming bpf_prog_run_array_sleepable to bpf_prog_run_array_uprobe
to address that it's only used for uprobes and that it sets the
run_ctx.is_uprobe as suggested by Yafang Shao.
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAEf4BzZ=xLVkG5eurEuvLU79wAMtwho7ReR+XJAgwhFF4M-7Cg@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Viktor Malik <vmalik@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230807085956.2344866-2-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Check the target function has non-void retval type and set the correct
fetch type if user doesn't specify it.
If the function returns void, $retval is rejected as below;
# echo 'f unregister_kprobes%return $retval' >> dynamic_events
sh: write error: No such file or directory
# cat error_log
[ 37.488397] trace_fprobe: error: This function returns 'void' type
Command: f unregister_kprobes%return $retval
^
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/168507476195.913472.16290308831790216609.stgit@mhiramat.roam.corp.google.com/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Add the '$arg*' meta fetch argument for function-entry probe events. This
will be expanded to the all arguments of the function and the tracepoint
using BTF function argument information.
e.g.
# echo 'p vfs_read $arg*' >> dynamic_events
# echo 'f vfs_write $arg*' >> dynamic_events
# echo 't sched_overutilized_tp $arg*' >> dynamic_events
# cat dynamic_events
p:kprobes/p_vfs_read_0 vfs_read file=file buf=buf count=count pos=pos
f:fprobes/vfs_write__entry vfs_write file=file buf=buf count=count pos=pos
t:tracepoints/sched_overutilized_tp sched_overutilized_tp rd=rd overutilized=overutilized
Also, single '$arg[0-9]*' will be converted to the BTF function argument.
NOTE: This seems like a wildcard, but a fake one at this moment. This
is just for telling user that this can be expanded to several arguments.
And it is not like other $-vars, you can not use this $arg* as a part of
fetch args, e.g. specifying name "foo=$arg*" and using it in dereferences
"+0($arg*)" will lead a parse error.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/168507475126.913472.18329684401466211816.stgit@mhiramat.roam.corp.google.com/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Support function or tracepoint parameters by name if BTF support is enabled
and the event is for function entry (this feature can be used with kprobe-
events, fprobe-events and tracepoint probe events.)
Note that the BTF variable syntax does not require a prefix. If it starts
with an alphabetic character or an underscore ('_') without a prefix like
'$' and '%', it is considered as a BTF variable.
If you specify only the BTF variable name, the argument name will also
be the same name instead of 'arg*'.
# echo 'p vfs_read count pos' >> dynamic_events
# echo 'f vfs_write count pos' >> dynamic_events
# echo 't sched_overutilized_tp rd overutilized' >> dynamic_events
# cat dynamic_events
p:kprobes/p_vfs_read_0 vfs_read count=count pos=pos
f:fprobes/vfs_write__entry vfs_write count=count pos=pos
t:tracepoints/sched_overutilized_tp sched_overutilized_tp rd=rd overutilized=overutilized
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/168507474014.913472.16963996883278039183.stgit@mhiramat.roam.corp.google.com/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Allow fprobe_events to trace raw tracepoints so that user can trace
tracepoints which don't have traceevent wrappers. This new event is
always available if the fprobe_events is enabled (thus no kconfig),
because the fprobe_events depends on the trace-event and traceporint.
e.g.
# echo 't sched_overutilized_tp' >> dynamic_events
# echo 't 9p_client_req' >> dynamic_events
# cat dynamic_events
t:tracepoints/sched_overutilized_tp sched_overutilized_tp
t:tracepoints/_9p_client_req 9p_client_req
The event name is based on the tracepoint name, but if it is started
with digit character, an underscore '_' will be added.
NOTE: to avoid further confusion, this renames TPARG_FL_TPOINT to
TPARG_FL_TEVENT because this flag is used for eprobe (trace-event probe).
And reuse TPARG_FL_TPOINT for this raw tracepoint probe.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/168507471874.913472.17214624519622959593.stgit@mhiramat.roam.corp.google.com/
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202305020453.afTJ3VVp-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Add fprobe events for tracing function entry and exit instead of kprobe
events. With this change, we can continue to trace function entry/exit
even if the CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE is not available. Since
CONFIG_KPROBES_ON_FTRACE requires the CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS,
it is not available if the architecture only supports
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS. And that means kprobe events can not
probe function entry/exit effectively on such architecture.
But this can be solved if the dynamic events supports fprobe events.
The fprobe event is a new dynamic events which is only for the function
(symbol) entry and exit. This event accepts non register fetch arguments
so that user can trace the function arguments and return values.
The fprobe events syntax is here;
f[:[GRP/][EVENT]] FUNCTION [FETCHARGS]
f[MAXACTIVE][:[GRP/][EVENT]] FUNCTION%return [FETCHARGS]
E.g.
# echo 'f vfs_read $arg1' >> dynamic_events
# echo 'f vfs_read%return $retval' >> dynamic_events
# cat dynamic_events
f:fprobes/vfs_read__entry vfs_read arg1=$arg1
f:fprobes/vfs_read__exit vfs_read%return arg1=$retval
# echo 1 > events/fprobes/enable
# head -n 20 trace | tail
# TASK-PID CPU# ||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
# | | | ||||| | |
sh-142 [005] ...1. 448.386420: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) arg1=0xffff888007f7c540
sh-142 [005] ..... 448.386436: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=0x1
sh-142 [005] ...1. 448.386451: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) arg1=0xffff888007f7c540
sh-142 [005] ..... 448.386458: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=0x1
sh-142 [005] ...1. 448.386469: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) arg1=0xffff888007f7c540
sh-142 [005] ..... 448.386476: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=0x1
sh-142 [005] ...1. 448.602073: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) arg1=0xffff888007f7c540
sh-142 [005] ..... 448.602089: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=0x1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/168507469754.913472.6112857614708350210.stgit@mhiramat.roam.corp.google.com/
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202302011530.7vm4O8Ro-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
There are scenes that we want to show the character value of traced
arguments other than a decimal or hexadecimal or string value for debug
convinience. I add a new type named 'char' to do it and a new test case
file named 'kprobe_args_char.tc' to do selftest for char type.
For example:
The to be traced function is 'void demo_func(char type, char *name);', we
can add a kprobe event as follows to show argument values as we want:
echo 'p:myprobe demo_func $arg1:char +0($arg2):char[5]' > kprobe_events
we will get the following trace log:
... myprobe: (demo_func+0x0/0x29) arg1='A' arg2={'b','p','f','1',''}
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221219110613.367098-1-dolinux.peng@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Since uprobe's argument must contain the user-space data, that
should not be converted to kernel symbols. Reject if user
specifies these types on uprobe events. e.g.
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing # echo 'p /bin/sh:10 %ax:symbol' >> uprobe_events
sh: write error: Invalid argument
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing # echo 'p /bin/sh:10 %ax:symstr' >> uprobe_events
sh: write error: Invalid argument
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing # cat error_log
[ 1783.134883] trace_uprobe: error: Unknown type is specified
Command: p /bin/sh:10 %ax:symbol
^
[ 1792.201120] trace_uprobe: error: Unknown type is specified
Command: p /bin/sh:10 %ax:symstr
^
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/166679931679.1528100.15540755370726009882.stgit@devnote3/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Add 'symstr' type for storing the kernel symbol as a string data
instead of the symbol address. This allows us to filter the
events by wildcard symbol name.
e.g.
# echo 'e:wqfunc workqueue.workqueue_execute_start symname=$function:symstr' >> dynamic_events
# cat events/eprobes/wqfunc/format
name: wqfunc
ID: 2110
format:
field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0; size:2; signed:0;
field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2; size:1; signed:0;
field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3; size:1; signed:0;
field:int common_pid; offset:4; size:4; signed:1;
field:__data_loc char[] symname; offset:8; size:4; signed:1;
print fmt: " symname=\"%s\"", __get_str(symname)
Note that there is already 'symbol' type which just change the
print format (so it still stores the symbol address in the tracing
ring buffer.) On the other hand, 'symstr' type stores the actual
"symbol+offset/size" data as a string.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/166679930847.1528100.4124308529180235965.stgit@devnote3/
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Add the filter option to the event probe. This is useful if user wants
to derive a new event based on the condition of the original event.
E.g.
echo 'e:egroup/stat_runtime_4core sched/sched_stat_runtime \
runtime=$runtime:u32 if cpu < 4' >> ../dynamic_events
Then it can filter the events only on first 4 cores.
Note that the fields used for 'if' must be the fields in the original
events, not eprobe events.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/165932114513.2850673.2592206685744598080.stgit@devnote2
Cc: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Currently, the event probes save the type of the event they are attached
to when recording the event. For example:
# echo 'e:switch sched/sched_switch prev_state=$prev_state prev_prio=$prev_prio next_pid=$next_pid next_prio=$next_prio' > dynamic_events
# cat events/eprobes/switch/format
name: switch
ID: 1717
format:
field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0; size:2; signed:0;
field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2; size:1; signed:0;
field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3; size:1; signed:0;
field:int common_pid; offset:4; size:4; signed:1;
field:unsigned int __probe_type; offset:8; size:4; signed:0;
field:u64 prev_state; offset:12; size:8; signed:0;
field:u64 prev_prio; offset:20; size:8; signed:0;
field:u64 next_pid; offset:28; size:8; signed:0;
field:u64 next_prio; offset:36; size:8; signed:0;
print fmt: "(%u) prev_state=0x%Lx prev_prio=0x%Lx next_pid=0x%Lx next_prio=0x%Lx", REC->__probe_type, REC->prev_state, REC->prev_prio, REC->next_pid, REC->next_prio
The __probe_type adds 4 bytes to every event.
One of the reasons for creating eprobes is to limit what is traced in an
event to be able to limit what is written into the ring buffer. Having
this redundant 4 bytes to every event takes away from this.
The event that is recorded can be retrieved from the event probe itself,
that is available when the trace is happening. For user space tools, it
could simply read the dynamic_event file to find the event they are for.
So there is really no reason to write this information into the ring
buffer for every event.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220218190057.2f5a19a8@gandalf.local.home
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
A new dynamic event is introduced: event probe. The event is attached
to an existing tracepoint and uses its fields as arguments. The user
can specify custom format string of the new event, select what tracepoint
arguments will be printed and how to print them.
An event probe is created by writing configuration string in
'dynamic_events' ftrace file:
e[:[SNAME/]ENAME] SYSTEM/EVENT [FETCHARGS] - Set an event probe
-:SNAME/ENAME - Delete an event probe
Where:
SNAME - System name, if omitted 'eprobes' is used.
ENAME - Name of the new event in SNAME, if omitted the SYSTEM_EVENT is used.
SYSTEM - Name of the system, where the tracepoint is defined, mandatory.
EVENT - Name of the tracepoint event in SYSTEM, mandatory.
FETCHARGS - Arguments:
<name>=$<field>[:TYPE] - Fetch given filed of the tracepoint and print
it as given TYPE with given name. Supported
types are:
(u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), basic type
(x8/x16/x32/x64), hexadecimal types
"string", "ustring" and bitfield.
Example, attach an event probe on openat system call and print name of the
file that will be opened:
echo "e:esys/eopen syscalls/sys_enter_openat file=\$filename:string" >> dynamic_events
A new dynamic event is created in events/esys/eopen/ directory. It
can be deleted with:
echo "-:esys/eopen" >> dynamic_events
Filters, triggers and histograms can be attached to the new event, it can
be matched in synthetic events. There is one limitation - an event probe
can not be attached to kprobe, uprobe or another event probe.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210812145805.2292326-1-tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210819152825.142428383@goodmis.org
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Co-developed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Since kprobe_events and uprobe_events only check whether the
other same-type probe event has the same name or not, if the
user gives the same name of the existing tracepoint event (or
the other type of probe events), it silently fails to create
the tracefs entry (but registered.) as below.
/sys/kernel/tracing # ls events/task/task_rename
enable filter format hist id trigger
/sys/kernel/tracing # echo p:task/task_rename vfs_read >> kprobe_events
[ 113.048508] Could not create tracefs 'task_rename' directory
/sys/kernel/tracing # cat kprobe_events
p:task/task_rename vfs_read
To fix this issue, check whether the existing events have the
same name or not in trace_probe_register_event_call(). If exists,
it rejects to register the new event.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/162936876189.187130.17558311387542061930.stgit@devnote2
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Instead of a boolean "is_return" have traceprobe_set_print_fmt() take a
type (currently just PROBE_PRINT_NORMAL and PROBE_PRINT_RETURN). This will
simplify adding different types. For example, the development of the
event_probe, will need its own type as it prints an event, and not an IP.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210819041842.104626301@goodmis.org
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
