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authorAlexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>2015-03-25 12:49:20 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-04-02 13:25:49 +0200
commit2541517c32be2531e0da59dfd7efc1ce844644f5 (patch)
treea69f215a0bbc2f5db1a5d7aff83a465940e40e01 /kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
parent72cbbc8994242b5b43753738c01bf07bf29cb70d (diff)
downloadlinux-2541517c32be2531e0da59dfd7efc1ce844644f5.tar.gz
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 'kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 8fa549f6f528..dc3462507d7c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1134,11 +1134,15 @@ static void
 kprobe_perf_func(struct trace_kprobe *tk, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct ftrace_event_call *call = &tk->tp.call;
+	struct bpf_prog *prog = call->prog;
 	struct kprobe_trace_entry_head *entry;
 	struct hlist_head *head;
 	int size, __size, dsize;
 	int rctx;
 
+	if (prog && !trace_call_bpf(prog, regs))
+		return;
+
 	head = this_cpu_ptr(call->perf_events);
 	if (hlist_empty(head))
 		return;
@@ -1165,11 +1169,15 @@ kretprobe_perf_func(struct trace_kprobe *tk, struct kretprobe_instance *ri,
 		    struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct ftrace_event_call *call = &tk->tp.call;
+	struct bpf_prog *prog = call->prog;
 	struct kretprobe_trace_entry_head *entry;
 	struct hlist_head *head;
 	int size, __size, dsize;
 	int rctx;
 
+	if (prog && !trace_call_bpf(prog, regs))
+		return;
+
 	head = this_cpu_ptr(call->perf_events);
 	if (hlist_empty(head))
 		return;