Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] perf trace: Remove unused bpf map 'syscalls'

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Nov 21 2022 - 13:58:24 EST

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Em Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 07:52:37AM +0000, Leo Yan escreveu:
> augmented_raw_syscalls.c defines the bpf map 'syscalls' which is
> initialized by perf tool in user space to indicate which system calls
> are enabled for tracing, on the other flip eBPF program relies on the
> map to filter out the trace events which are not enabled.
>
> The map also includes a field 'string_args_len[6]' which presents the
> string length if the corresponding argument is a string type.

This one was for implementing something like 'strace -s', but yeah, that
didn't get implemented, better ditch it now. At some point we can find
another way to implement that, per syscall even :)

Thanks for working on this, I'm applying the series.

- Arnaldo

> Now the map 'syscalls' is not used, bpf program doesn't use it as filter
> anymore, this is replaced by using the function bpf_tail_call() and
> PROG_ARRAY syscalls map. And we don't need to explicitly set the string
> length anymore, bpf_probe_read_str() is smart to copy the string and
> return string length.
>
> Therefore, it's safe to remove the bpf map 'syscalls'.
>
> To consolidate the code, this patch removes the definition of map
> 'syscalls' from augmented_raw_syscalls.c and drops code for using
> the map in the perf trace.
>
> Note, since function trace__set_ev_qualifier_bpf_filter() is removed,
> calling trace__init_syscall_bpf_progs() from it is also removed. We
> don't need to worry it because trace__init_syscall_bpf_progs() is
> still invoked from trace__init_syscalls_bpf_prog_array_maps() for
> initialization the system call's bpf program callback.
>
> After:
>
> # perf trace -e examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c,open* --max-events 10 perf stat --quiet sleep 0.001
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libelf.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libdw.so.1", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libunwind.so.8", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libunwind-aarch64.so.8", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.3", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libslang.so.2", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libperl.so.5.34", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
>
> # perf trace -e examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c --max-events 10 perf stat --quiet sleep 0.001
> ... [continued]: execve()) = 0
> brk(NULL) = 0xaaaab1d28000
> faccessat(-100, "/etc/ld.so.preload", 4) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> close(3</usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.3>) = 0
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> read(3</usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.3>, 0xfffff33f70d0, 832) = 832
> munmap(0xffffb5519000, 28672) = 0
> munmap(0xffffb55b7000, 32880) = 0
> mprotect(0xffffb55a6000, 61440, PROT_NONE) = 0
>
> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 101 ------------------
> .../examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c | 17 ---
> 2 files changed, 118 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
> index 071e7598391f..543c379d2a57 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
> @@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ struct trace {
> struct syscalltbl *sctbl;
> struct {
> struct syscall *table;
> - struct bpf_map *map;
> struct { // per syscall BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY
> struct bpf_map *sys_enter,
> *sys_exit;
> @@ -1224,16 +1223,6 @@ struct syscall {
> struct syscall_arg_fmt *arg_fmt;
> };
>
> -/*
> - * Must match what is in the BPF program:
> - *
> - * tools/perf/examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c
> - */
> -struct bpf_map_syscall_entry {
> - bool enabled;
> - u16 string_args_len[RAW_SYSCALL_ARGS_NUM];
> -};
> -
> /*
> * We need to have this 'calculated' boolean because in some cases we really
> * don't know what is the duration of a syscall, for instance, when we start
> @@ -3259,7 +3248,6 @@ static void trace__set_bpf_map_filtered_pids(struct trace *trace)
>
> static void trace__set_bpf_map_syscalls(struct trace *trace)
> {
> - trace->syscalls.map = trace__find_bpf_map_by_name(trace, "syscalls");
> trace->syscalls.prog_array.sys_enter = trace__find_bpf_map_by_name(trace, "syscalls_sys_enter");
> trace->syscalls.prog_array.sys_exit = trace__find_bpf_map_by_name(trace, "syscalls_sys_exit");
> }
> @@ -3339,80 +3327,6 @@ static int trace__bpf_prog_sys_exit_fd(struct trace *trace, int id)
> return sc ? bpf_program__fd(sc->bpf_prog.sys_exit) : bpf_program__fd(trace->syscalls.unaugmented_prog);
> }
>
> -static void trace__init_bpf_map_syscall_args(struct trace *trace, int id, struct bpf_map_syscall_entry *entry)
> -{
> - struct syscall *sc = trace__syscall_info(trace, NULL, id);
> - int arg = 0;
> -
> - if (sc == NULL)
> - goto out;
> -
> - for (; arg < sc->nr_args; ++arg) {
> - entry->string_args_len[arg] = 0;
> - if (sc->arg_fmt[arg].scnprintf == SCA_FILENAME) {
> - /* Should be set like strace -s strsize */
> - entry->string_args_len[arg] = PATH_MAX;
> - }
> - }
> -out:
> - for (; arg < 6; ++arg)
> - entry->string_args_len[arg] = 0;
> -}
> -static int trace__set_ev_qualifier_bpf_filter(struct trace *trace)
> -{
> - int fd = bpf_map__fd(trace->syscalls.map);
> - struct bpf_map_syscall_entry value = {
> - .enabled = !trace->not_ev_qualifier,
> - };
> - int err = 0;
> - size_t i;
> -
> - for (i = 0; i < trace->ev_qualifier_ids.nr; ++i) {
> - int key = trace->ev_qualifier_ids.entries[i];
> -
> - if (value.enabled) {
> - trace__init_bpf_map_syscall_args(trace, key, &value);
> - trace__init_syscall_bpf_progs(trace, key);
> - }
> -
> - err = bpf_map_update_elem(fd, &key, &value, BPF_EXIST);
> - if (err)
> - break;
> - }
> -
> - return err;
> -}
> -
> -static int __trace__init_syscalls_bpf_map(struct trace *trace, bool enabled)
> -{
> - int fd = bpf_map__fd(trace->syscalls.map);
> - struct bpf_map_syscall_entry value = {
> - .enabled = enabled,
> - };
> - int err = 0, key;
> -
> - for (key = 0; key < trace->sctbl->syscalls.nr_entries; ++key) {
> - if (enabled)
> - trace__init_bpf_map_syscall_args(trace, key, &value);
> -
> - err = bpf_map_update_elem(fd, &key, &value, BPF_ANY);
> - if (err)
> - break;
> - }
> -
> - return err;
> -}
> -
> -static int trace__init_syscalls_bpf_map(struct trace *trace)
> -{
> - bool enabled = true;
> -
> - if (trace->ev_qualifier_ids.nr)
> - enabled = trace->not_ev_qualifier;
> -
> - return __trace__init_syscalls_bpf_map(trace, enabled);
> -}
> -
> static struct bpf_program *trace__find_usable_bpf_prog_entry(struct trace *trace, struct syscall *sc)
> {
> struct tep_format_field *field, *candidate_field;
> @@ -3627,16 +3541,6 @@ static void trace__set_bpf_map_syscalls(struct trace *trace __maybe_unused)
> {
> }
>
> -static int trace__set_ev_qualifier_bpf_filter(struct trace *trace __maybe_unused)
> -{
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> -static int trace__init_syscalls_bpf_map(struct trace *trace __maybe_unused)
> -{
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> static struct bpf_program *trace__find_bpf_program_by_title(struct trace *trace __maybe_unused,
> const char *name __maybe_unused)
> {
> @@ -3670,8 +3574,6 @@ static bool trace__only_augmented_syscalls_evsels(struct trace *trace)
>
> static int trace__set_ev_qualifier_filter(struct trace *trace)
> {
> - if (trace->syscalls.map)
> - return trace__set_ev_qualifier_bpf_filter(trace);
> if (trace->syscalls.events.sys_enter)
> return trace__set_ev_qualifier_tp_filter(trace);
> return 0;
> @@ -4045,9 +3947,6 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
> if (err < 0)
> goto out_error_mem;
>
> - if (trace->syscalls.map)
> - trace__init_syscalls_bpf_map(trace);
> -
> if (trace->syscalls.prog_array.sys_enter)
> trace__init_syscalls_bpf_prog_array_maps(trace);
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c
> index 4203f92c063b..9a03189d33d3 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/examples/bpf/augmented_raw_syscalls.c
> @@ -37,23 +37,6 @@ struct __augmented_syscalls__ {
> __uint(max_entries, __NR_CPUS__);
> } __augmented_syscalls__ SEC(".maps");
>
> -/*
> - * string_args_len: one per syscall arg, 0 means not a string or don't copy it,
> - * PATH_MAX for copying everything, any other value to limit
> - * it a la 'strace -s strsize'.
> - */
> -struct syscall {
> - bool enabled;
> - __u16 string_args_len[6];
> -};
> -
> -struct syscalls {
> - __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
> - __type(key, int);
> - __type(value, struct syscall);
> - __uint(max_entries, 512);
> -} syscalls SEC(".maps");
> -
> /*
> * What to augment at entry?
> *
> --
> 2.34.1

--

- Arnaldo

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