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authorAlexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>2015-03-25 19:49:20 (GMT)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-04-02 11:25:49 (GMT)
commit2541517c32be2531e0da59dfd7efc1ce844644f5 (patch)
treea69f215a0bbc2f5db1a5d7aff83a465940e40e01 /include/uapi
parent72cbbc8994242b5b43753738c01bf07bf29cb70d (diff)
downloadlinux-2541517c32be2531e0da59dfd7efc1ce844644f5.tar.xz
tracing, perf: Implement BPF programs attached to kprobes
BPF programs, attached to kprobes, provide a safe way to execute user-defined BPF byte-code programs without being able to crash or hang the kernel in any way. The BPF engine makes sure that such programs have a finite execution time and that they cannot break out of their sandbox. The user interface is to attach to a kprobe via the perf syscall: struct perf_event_attr attr = { .type = PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, .config = event_id, ... }; event_fd = perf_event_open(&attr,...); ioctl(event_fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF, prog_fd); 'prog_fd' is a file descriptor associated with BPF program previously loaded. 'event_id' is an ID of the kprobe created. Closing 'event_fd': close(event_fd); ... automatically detaches BPF program from it. BPF programs can call in-kernel helper functions to: - lookup/update/delete elements in maps - probe_read - wraper of probe_kernel_read() used to access any kernel data structures BPF programs receive 'struct pt_regs *' as an input ('struct pt_regs' is architecture dependent) and return 0 to ignore the event and 1 to store kprobe event into the ring buffer. Note, kprobes are a fundamentally _not_ a stable kernel ABI, so BPF programs attached to kprobes must be recompiled for every kernel version and user must supply correct LINUX_VERSION_CODE in attr.kern_version during bpf_prog_load() call. Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1427312966-8434-4-git-send-email-ast@plumgrid.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/bpf.h3
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h1
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 45da7ec..b2948fe 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ enum bpf_map_type {
enum bpf_prog_type {
BPF_PROG_TYPE_UNSPEC,
BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER,
+ BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE,
};
/* flags for BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM command */
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
__u32 log_level; /* verbosity level of verifier */
__u32 log_size; /* size of user buffer */
__aligned_u64 log_buf; /* user supplied buffer */
+ __u32 kern_version; /* checked when prog_type=kprobe */
};
} __attribute__((aligned(8)));
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ enum bpf_func_id {
BPF_FUNC_map_lookup_elem, /* void *map_lookup_elem(&map, &key) */
BPF_FUNC_map_update_elem, /* int map_update_elem(&map, &key, &value, flags) */
BPF_FUNC_map_delete_elem, /* int map_delete_elem(&map, &key) */
+ BPF_FUNC_probe_read, /* int bpf_probe_read(void *dst, int size, void *src) */
__BPF_FUNC_MAX_ID,
};
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 3bb40dda..91803e5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT _IO ('$', 5)
#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER _IOW('$', 6, char *)
#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_ID _IOR('$', 7, __u64 *)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF _IOW('$', 8, __u32)
enum perf_event_ioc_flags {
PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP = 1U << 0,