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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-06-30 20:44:53 +0300
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Merge tag 'probes-v6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace
Pull probes updates from Masami Hiramatsu: - fprobe: Pass return address to the fprobe entry/exit callbacks so that the callbacks don't need to analyze pt_regs/stack to find the function return address. - kprobe events: cleanup usage of TPARG_FL_FENTRY and TPARG_FL_RETURN flags so that those are not set at once. - fprobe events: - Add a new fprobe events for tracing arbitrary function entry and exit as a trace event. - Add a new tracepoint events for tracing raw tracepoint as a trace event. This allows user to trace non user-exposed tracepoints. - Move eprobe's event parser code into probe event common file. - Introduce BTF (BPF type format) support to kernel probe (kprobe, fprobe and tracepoint probe) events so that user can specify traced function arguments by name. This also applies the type of argument when fetching the argument. - Introduce '$arg*' wildcard support if BTF is available. This expands the '$arg*' meta argument to all function argument automatically. - Check the return value types by BTF. If the function returns 'void', '$retval' is rejected. - Add some selftest script for fprobe events, tracepoint events and BTF support. - Update documentation about the fprobe events. - Some fixes for above features, document and selftests. - selftests for ftrace (in addition to the new fprobe events): - Add a test case for multiple consecutive probes in a function which checks if ftrace based kprobe, optimized kprobe and normal kprobe can be defined in the same target function. - Add a test case for optimized probe, which checks whether kprobe can be optimized or not. * tag 'probes-v6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace: tracing/probes: Fix tracepoint event with $arg* to fetch correct argument Documentation: Fix typo of reference file name tracing/probes: Fix to return NULL and keep using current argc selftests/ftrace: Add new test case which checks for optimized probes selftests/ftrace: Add new test case which adds multiple consecutive probes in a function Documentation: tracing/probes: Add fprobe event tracing document selftests/ftrace: Add BTF arguments test cases selftests/ftrace: Add tracepoint probe test case tracing/probes: Add BTF retval type support tracing/probes: Add $arg* meta argument for all function args tracing/probes: Support function parameters if BTF is available tracing/probes: Move event parameter fetching code to common parser tracing/probes: Add tracepoint support on fprobe_events selftests/ftrace: Add fprobe related testcases tracing/probes: Add fprobe events for tracing function entry and exit. tracing/probes: Avoid setting TPARG_FL_FENTRY and TPARG_FL_RETURN fprobe: Pass return address to the handlers
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==========================
+Fprobe-based Event Tracing
+==========================
+
+.. Author: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Fprobe event is similar to the kprobe event, but limited to probe on
+the function entry and exit only. It is good enough for many use cases
+which only traces some specific functions.
+
+This document also covers tracepoint probe events (tprobe) since this
+is also works only on the tracepoint entry. User can trace a part of
+tracepoint argument, or the tracepoint without trace-event, which is
+not exposed on tracefs.
+
+As same as other dynamic events, fprobe events and tracepoint probe
+events are defined via `dynamic_events` interface file on tracefs.
+
+Synopsis of fprobe-events
+-------------------------
+::
+
+ f[:[GRP1/][EVENT1]] SYM [FETCHARGS] : Probe on function entry
+ f[MAXACTIVE][:[GRP1/][EVENT1]] SYM%return [FETCHARGS] : Probe on function exit
+ t[:[GRP2/][EVENT2]] TRACEPOINT [FETCHARGS] : Probe on tracepoint
+
+ GRP1 : Group name for fprobe. If omitted, use "fprobes" for it.
+ GRP2 : Group name for tprobe. If omitted, use "tracepoints" for it.
+ EVENT1 : Event name for fprobe. If omitted, the event name is
+ "SYM__entry" or "SYM__exit".
+ EVENT2 : Event name for tprobe. If omitted, the event name is
+ the same as "TRACEPOINT", but if the "TRACEPOINT" starts
+ with a digit character, "_TRACEPOINT" is used.
+ MAXACTIVE : Maximum number of instances of the specified function that
+ can be probed simultaneously, or 0 for the default value
+ as defined in Documentation/trace/fprobe.rst
+
+ FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args.
+ ARG : Fetch "ARG" function argument using BTF (only for function
+ entry or tracepoint.) (\*1)
+ @ADDR : Fetch memory at ADDR (ADDR should be in kernel)
+ @SYM[+|-offs] : Fetch memory at SYM +|- offs (SYM should be a data symbol)
+ $stackN : Fetch Nth entry of stack (N >= 0)
+ $stack : Fetch stack address.
+ $argN : Fetch the Nth function argument. (N >= 1) (\*2)
+ $retval : Fetch return value.(\*3)
+ $comm : Fetch current task comm.
+ +|-[u]OFFS(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- OFFS address.(\*4)(\*5)
+ \IMM : Store an immediate value to the argument.
+ NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
+ FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
+ (u8/u16/u32/u64/s8/s16/s32/s64), hexadecimal types
+ (x8/x16/x32/x64), "char", "string", "ustring", "symbol", "symstr"
+ and bitfield are supported.
+
+ (\*1) This is available only when BTF is enabled.
+ (\*2) only for the probe on function entry (offs == 0).
+ (\*3) only for return probe.
+ (\*4) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures.
+ (\*5) "u" means user-space dereference.
+
+For the details of TYPE, see :ref:`kprobetrace documentation <kprobetrace_types>`.
+
+BTF arguments
+-------------
+BTF (BPF Type Format) argument allows user to trace function and tracepoint
+parameters by its name instead of ``$argN``. This feature is available if the
+kernel is configured with CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL and CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF.
+If user only specify the BTF argument, the event's argument name is also
+automatically set by the given name. ::
+
+ # echo 'f:myprobe vfs_read count pos' >> dynamic_events
+ # cat dynamic_events
+ f:fprobes/myprobe vfs_read count=count pos=pos
+
+It also chooses the fetch type from BTF information. For example, in the above
+example, the ``count`` is unsigned long, and the ``pos`` is a pointer. Thus, both
+are converted to 64bit unsigned long, but only ``pos`` has "%Lx" print-format as
+below ::
+
+ # cat events/fprobes/myprobe/format
+ name: myprobe
+ ID: 1313
+ 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 long __probe_ip; offset:8; size:8; signed:0;
+ field:u64 count; offset:16; size:8; signed:0;
+ field:u64 pos; offset:24; size:8; signed:0;
+
+ print fmt: "(%lx) count=%Lu pos=0x%Lx", REC->__probe_ip, REC->count, REC->pos
+
+If user unsures the name of arguments, ``$arg*`` will be helpful. The ``$arg*``
+is expanded to all function arguments of the function or the tracepoint. ::
+
+ # echo 'f:myprobe vfs_read $arg*' >> dynamic_events
+ # cat dynamic_events
+ f:fprobes/myprobe vfs_read file=file buf=buf count=count pos=pos
+
+BTF also affects the ``$retval``. If user doesn't set any type, the retval type is
+automatically picked from the BTF. If the function returns ``void``, ``$retval``
+is rejected.
+
+Usage examples
+--------------
+Here is an example to add fprobe events on ``vfs_read()`` function entry
+and exit, with BTF arguments.
+::
+
+ # echo 'f vfs_read $arg*' >> dynamic_events
+ # echo 'f vfs_read%return $retval' >> dynamic_events
+ # cat dynamic_events
+ f:fprobes/vfs_read__entry vfs_read file=file buf=buf count=count pos=pos
+ f:fprobes/vfs_read__exit vfs_read%return arg1=$retval
+ # echo 1 > events/fprobes/enable
+ # head -n 20 trace | tail
+ # TASK-PID CPU# ||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
+ # | | | ||||| | |
+ sh-70 [000] ...1. 335.883195: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) file=0xffff888005cf9a80 buf=0x7ffef36c6879 count=1 pos=0xffffc900005aff08
+ sh-70 [000] ..... 335.883208: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=1
+ sh-70 [000] ...1. 335.883220: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) file=0xffff888005cf9a80 buf=0x7ffef36c6879 count=1 pos=0xffffc900005aff08
+ sh-70 [000] ..... 335.883224: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=1
+ sh-70 [000] ...1. 335.883232: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) file=0xffff888005cf9a80 buf=0x7ffef36c687a count=1 pos=0xffffc900005aff08
+ sh-70 [000] ..... 335.883237: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=1
+ sh-70 [000] ...1. 336.050329: vfs_read__entry: (vfs_read+0x4/0x340) file=0xffff888005cf9a80 buf=0x7ffef36c6879 count=1 pos=0xffffc900005aff08
+ sh-70 [000] ..... 336.050343: vfs_read__exit: (ksys_read+0x75/0x100 <- vfs_read) arg1=1
+
+You can see all function arguments and return values are recorded as signed int.
+
+Also, here is an example of tracepoint events on ``sched_switch`` tracepoint.
+To compare the result, this also enables the ``sched_switch`` traceevent too.
+::
+
+ # echo 't sched_switch $arg*' >> dynamic_events
+ # echo 1 > events/sched/sched_switch/enable
+ # echo 1 > events/tracepoints/sched_switch/enable
+ # echo > trace
+ # head -n 20 trace | tail
+ # TASK-PID CPU# ||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
+ # | | | ||||| | |
+ sh-70 [000] d..2. 3912.083993: sched_switch: prev_comm=sh prev_pid=70 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper/0 next_pid=0 next_prio=120
+ sh-70 [000] d..3. 3912.083995: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) preempt=0 prev=0xffff88800664e100 next=0xffffffff828229c0 prev_state=1
+ <idle>-0 [000] d..2. 3912.084183: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/0 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=rcu_preempt next_pid=16 next_prio=120
+ <idle>-0 [000] d..3. 3912.084184: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) preempt=0 prev=0xffffffff828229c0 next=0xffff888004208000 prev_state=0
+ rcu_preempt-16 [000] d..2. 3912.084196: sched_switch: prev_comm=rcu_preempt prev_pid=16 prev_prio=120 prev_state=I ==> next_comm=swapper/0 next_pid=0 next_prio=120
+ rcu_preempt-16 [000] d..3. 3912.084196: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) preempt=0 prev=0xffff888004208000 next=0xffffffff828229c0 prev_state=1026
+ <idle>-0 [000] d..2. 3912.085191: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/0 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=rcu_preempt next_pid=16 next_prio=120
+ <idle>-0 [000] d..3. 3912.085191: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) preempt=0 prev=0xffffffff828229c0 next=0xffff888004208000 prev_state=0
+
+As you can see, the ``sched_switch`` trace-event shows *cooked* parameters, on
+the other hand, the ``sched_switch`` tracepoint probe event shows *raw*
+parameters. This means you can access any field values in the task
+structure pointed by the ``prev`` and ``next`` arguments.
+
+For example, usually ``task_struct::start_time`` is not traced, but with this
+traceprobe event, you can trace it as below.
+::
+
+ # echo 't sched_switch comm=+1896(next):string start_time=+1728(next):u64' > dynamic_events
+ # head -n 20 trace | tail
+ # TASK-PID CPU# ||||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
+ # | | | ||||| | |
+ sh-70 [000] d..3. 5606.686577: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="rcu_preempt" usage=1 start_time=245000000
+ rcu_preempt-16 [000] d..3. 5606.686602: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="sh" usage=1 start_time=1596095526
+ sh-70 [000] d..3. 5606.686637: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="swapper/0" usage=2 start_time=0
+ <idle>-0 [000] d..3. 5606.687190: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="rcu_preempt" usage=1 start_time=245000000
+ rcu_preempt-16 [000] d..3. 5606.687202: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="swapper/0" usage=2 start_time=0
+ <idle>-0 [000] d..3. 5606.690317: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="kworker/0:1" usage=1 start_time=137000000
+ kworker/0:1-14 [000] d..3. 5606.690339: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="swapper/0" usage=2 start_time=0
+ <idle>-0 [000] d..3. 5606.692368: sched_switch: (__probestub_sched_switch+0x4/0x10) comm="kworker/0:1" usage=1 start_time=137000000
+
+Currently, to find the offset of a specific field in the data structure,
+you need to build kernel with debuginfo and run `perf probe` command with
+`-D` option. e.g.
+::
+
+ # perf probe -D "__probestub_sched_switch next->comm:string next->start_time"
+ p:probe/__probestub_sched_switch __probestub_sched_switch+0 comm=+1896(%cx):string start_time=+1728(%cx):u64
+
+And replace the ``%cx`` with the ``next``.
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/index.rst b/Documentation/trace/index.rst
index ea25a9220f92..5092d6c13af5 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/index.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Linux Tracing Technologies
kprobes
kprobetrace
uprobetracer
+ fprobetrace
tracepoints
events
events-kmem
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
index 651f9ab53f3e..8a2dfee38145 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
(\*3) this is useful for fetching a field of data structures.
(\*4) "u" means user-space dereference. See :ref:`user_mem_access`.
+.. _kprobetrace_types:
+
Types
-----
Several types are supported for fetchargs. Kprobe tracer will access memory