[PATCH v6 tip 3/8] tracing: allow BPF programs to call bpf_ktime_get_ns()

From: Alexei Starovoitov
Date: Wed Mar 11 2015 - 00:19:28 EST


bpf_ktime_get_ns() is used by programs to compue time delta between events
or as a timestamp

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 1 +
kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 4486d36d2e9e..101e509d1001 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ enum bpf_func_id {
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_ktime_get_ns, /* u64 bpf_ktime_get_ns(void) */
__BPF_FUNC_MAX_ID,
};

diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index 450ea93ac4ab..ee7c2c629e75 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ static u64 bpf_probe_read(u64 r1, u64 r2, u64 r3, u64 r4, u64 r5)
return probe_kernel_read(dst, unsafe_ptr, size);
}

+static u64 bpf_ktime_get_ns(u64 r1, u64 r2, u64 r3, u64 r4, u64 r5)
+{
+ /* NMI safe access to clock monotonic */
+ return ktime_get_mono_fast_ns();
+}
+
static struct bpf_func_proto kprobe_prog_funcs[] = {
[BPF_FUNC_probe_read] = {
.func = bpf_probe_read,
@@ -65,6 +71,11 @@ static struct bpf_func_proto kprobe_prog_funcs[] = {
.arg2_type = ARG_CONST_STACK_SIZE,
.arg3_type = ARG_ANYTHING,
},
+ [BPF_FUNC_ktime_get_ns] = {
+ .func = bpf_ktime_get_ns,
+ .gpl_only = true,
+ .ret_type = RET_INTEGER,
+ },
};

static const struct bpf_func_proto *kprobe_prog_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id)
--
1.7.9.5

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