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| author | Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> | 2021-08-15 10:05:59 +0300 |
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| committer | Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> | 2021-08-17 01:45:07 +0300 |
| commit | 7adfc6c9b315e174cf8743b21b7b691c8766791b (patch) | |
| tree | 22e614432aca7e0c5eedceb7c4b74c6ce8bb4ef7 /tools/include | |
| parent | 82e6b1eee6a8875ef4eacfd60711cce6965c6b04 (diff) | |
| download | linux-7adfc6c9b315e174cf8743b21b7b691c8766791b.tar.xz | |
bpf: Add bpf_get_attach_cookie() BPF helper to access bpf_cookie value
Add new BPF helper, bpf_get_attach_cookie(), which can be used by BPF programs
to get access to a user-provided bpf_cookie value, specified during BPF
program attachment (BPF link creation) time.
Naming is hard, though. With the concept being named "BPF cookie", I've
considered calling the helper:
- bpf_get_cookie() -- seems too unspecific and easily mistaken with socket
cookie;
- bpf_get_bpf_cookie() -- too much tautology;
- bpf_get_link_cookie() -- would be ok, but while we create a BPF link to
attach BPF program to BPF hook, it's still an "attachment" and the
bpf_cookie is associated with BPF program attachment to a hook, not a BPF
link itself. Technically, we could support bpf_cookie with old-style
cgroup programs.So I ultimately rejected it in favor of
bpf_get_attach_cookie().
Currently all perf_event-backed BPF program types support
bpf_get_attach_cookie() helper. Follow-up patches will add support for
fentry/fexit programs as well.
While at it, mark bpf_tracing_func_proto() as static to make it obvious that
it's only used from within the kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c.
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210815070609.987780-7-andrii@kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/include')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h index 63ee482d50e1..c4f7892edb2b 100644 --- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h +++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h @@ -4856,6 +4856,21 @@ union bpf_attr { * Get address of the traced function (for tracing and kprobe programs). * Return * Address of the traced function. + * + * u64 bpf_get_attach_cookie(void *ctx) + * Description + * Get bpf_cookie value provided (optionally) during the program + * attachment. It might be different for each individual + * attachment, even if BPF program itself is the same. + * Expects BPF program context *ctx* as a first argument. + * + * Supported for the following program types: + * - kprobe/uprobe; + * - tracepoint; + * - perf_event. + * Return + * Value specified by user at BPF link creation/attachment time + * or 0, if it was not specified. */ #define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN) \ FN(unspec), \ @@ -5032,6 +5047,7 @@ union bpf_attr { FN(timer_start), \ FN(timer_cancel), \ FN(get_func_ip), \ + FN(get_attach_cookie), \ /* */ /* integer value in 'imm' field of BPF_CALL instruction selects which helper |