Re: [PATCH] perf llvm: Fix compile bpf failed to cope with latest llvm

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Thu Apr 14 2022 - 12:23:46 EST


On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 6:42 AM Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Inline assembly used by asm/sysreg.h is incompatible with latest llvm,

With "latest" llvm makes it sound like LLVM has regressed. Has it? Or
have the headers changed in a way where now inline asm from a
different target (x86) than what's being targeted (BPF)? Perhaps
fixing that is simpler?

Clang will validate inline asm before LLVM drops unreferenced static
inline functions; this was a headache getting i386 building with
clang, but not insurmountable.

> If bpf C program include "linux/ptrace.h" (which is common), compile will fail:
>
> # perf --debug verbose record -e bpf-output/no-inherit,name=evt/ \
> -e ./perf_bpf_test.c/map:channel.event=evt/ ls
> [SNIP]
> /lib/modules/5.17/build/./arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h:20:7: error: invalid output constraint '=a' in asm
> : "="REG_OUT (res)
> ^
> /lib/modules/5.17/build/./arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h:48:7: error: invalid output constraint '=a' in asm
> : "="REG_OUT (res)
> ^
> In file included from /root/projects/perf-bpf/perf_bpf_test.c:2:
> In file included from /lib/modules/5.17/build/./include/linux/ptrace.h:6:
> In file included from /lib/modules/5.17/build/./include/linux/sched.h:12:
> In file included from /lib/modules/5.17/build/./arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:6:
> In file included from /lib/modules/5.17/build/./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:27:
> In file included from /lib/modules/5.17/build/./include/linux/kernel.h:25:
> In file included from /lib/modules/5.17/build/./include/linux/math.h:6:
> /lib/modules/5.17.0/build/./arch/x86/include/asm/div64.h:85:28: error: invalid output constraint '=a' in asm
> asm ("mulq %2; divq %3" : "=a" (q)
> [SNIP]
> # cat /root/projects/perf-bpf/perf_bpf_test.c
> /************************ BEGIN **************************/
> #include <uapi/linux/bpf.h>
> #include <linux/ptrace.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #define SEC(NAME) __attribute__((section(NAME), used))
>
> struct bpf_map_def {
> unsigned int type;
> unsigned int key_size;
> unsigned int value_size;
> unsigned int max_entries;
> };
>
> static int (*perf_event_output)(void *, struct bpf_map_def *, int, void *,
> unsigned long) = (void *)BPF_FUNC_perf_event_output;
>
> struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") channel = {
> .type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY,
> .key_size = sizeof(int),
> .value_size = sizeof(__u32),
> .max_entries = __NR_CPUS__,
> };
>
> #define MIN_BYTES 1024
>
> SEC("func=vfs_read")
> int bpf_myprog(struct pt_regs *ctx)
> {
> long bytes = ctx->dx;
> if (bytes >= MIN_BYTES) {
> perf_event_output(ctx, &channel, BPF_F_CURRENT_CPU,
> &bytes, sizeof(bytes));
> }
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
> int _version SEC("version") = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
> /************************* END ***************************/
>
> Compilation command is modified to be the same as that in samples/bpf/Makefile,
> use clang | opt | llvm-dis | llc chain of commands to solve the problem.
> see the comment in samples/bpf/Makefile.
>
> Modifications:
> 1. Change "clang --target bpf" to chain of commands "clang | opt | llvm-dis | llc"

This will drop the --target flag. That will mess up the default target
triple, and can affect command line option feature detection.

> 2. Delete "CLANG_EMIT_LLVM" and "LLVM_OPTIONS_PIPE" macros from the compilation
> command because the two macros are not defined and the content is empty.
> 3. Add options llvm.llvm-opt-path, llvm.llvm-dis-path, and llvm.llc-path to
> perf config for user-defined settings, which are similar to llvm.clang-path.
> 4. Add "-Wno-address-of-packed-member" to resolve the compilation warning of
> "/lib/modules/5.17/build/./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:552:17: \
> warning: taking address of packed member 'sp0' of class or structure \
> 'x86_hw_tss' may result in an unaligned pointer value [-Waddress-of-packed-member]
> this_cpu_write(cpu_tss_rw.x86_tss.sp0, sp0);
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> /lib/modules/5.17/build/./include/linux/percpu-defs.h:508:68: note: \
> expanded from macro 'this_cpu_write' \
> #define this_cpu_write(pcp, val) __pcpu_size_call(this_cpu_write_, pcp, val)",
> which is similar to that of sample/bpf/Makefile.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 16 ++++++++++-
> tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++------
> tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.h | 4 +++
> 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
> index 0420e71698ee..48f12bd6ca9a 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt
> @@ -655,6 +655,15 @@ llvm.*::
> llvm.clang-path::
> Path to clang. If omit, search it from $PATH.
>
> + llvm.llvm-opt-path::
> + Path to llvm opt. If omit, search it from $PATH.
> +
> + llvm.llvm-dis-path::
> + Path to llvm-dis. If omit, search it from $PATH.
> +
> + llvm.llc-path::
> + Path to llc. If omit, search it from $PATH.
> +
> llvm.clang-bpf-cmd-template::
> Cmdline template. Below lines show its default value. Environment
> variable is used to pass options.
> @@ -662,8 +671,13 @@ llvm.*::
> "-DLINUX_VERSION_CODE=$LINUX_VERSION_CODE " \
> "$CLANG_OPTIONS $PERF_BPF_INC_OPTIONS $KERNEL_INC_OPTIONS " \
> "-Wno-unused-value -Wno-pointer-sign " \
> + "-Wno-address-of-packed-member " \
> "-working-directory $WORKING_DIR " \
> - "-c \"$CLANG_SOURCE\" -target bpf $CLANG_EMIT_LLVM -O2 -o - $LLVM_OPTIONS_PIPE"
> + "-c \"$CLANG_SOURCE\" " \
> + "-O2 -emit-llvm -Xclang -disable-llvm-passes -o - | " \
> + "$LLVM_OPT_EXEC -O2 -mtriple=bpf-pc-linux | " \
> + "$LLVM_DIS_EXEC | " \
> + "$LLC_EXEC -march=bpf -filetype=obj -o -"
>
> llvm.clang-opt::
> Options passed to clang.
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
> index 96c8ef60f4f8..c939681dfafb 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
> @@ -24,11 +24,18 @@
> "-DLINUX_VERSION_CODE=$LINUX_VERSION_CODE " \
> "$CLANG_OPTIONS $PERF_BPF_INC_OPTIONS $KERNEL_INC_OPTIONS " \
> "-Wno-unused-value -Wno-pointer-sign " \
> + "-Wno-address-of-packed-member " \
> "-working-directory $WORKING_DIR " \
> - "-c \"$CLANG_SOURCE\" -target bpf $CLANG_EMIT_LLVM -O2 -o - $LLVM_OPTIONS_PIPE"
> + "-c \"$CLANG_SOURCE\" " \
> + "-O2 -emit-llvm -Xclang -disable-llvm-passes -o - | " \
> + "$LLVM_OPT_EXEC -O2 -mtriple=bpf-pc-linux | " \
> + "$LLVM_DIS_EXEC | " \
> + "$LLC_EXEC -march=bpf -filetype=obj -o -"
>
> struct llvm_param llvm_param = {
> .clang_path = "clang",
> + .llvm_opt_path = "opt",
> + .llvm_dis_path = "llvm-dis",
> .llc_path = "llc",
> .clang_bpf_cmd_template = CLANG_BPF_CMD_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE,
> .clang_opt = NULL,
> @@ -48,6 +55,12 @@ int perf_llvm_config(const char *var, const char *value)
>
> if (!strcmp(var, "clang-path"))
> llvm_param.clang_path = strdup(value);
> + else if (!strcmp(var, "llvm-opt-path"))
> + llvm_param.llvm_opt_path = strdup(value);
> + else if (!strcmp(var, "llvm-dis-path"))
> + llvm_param.llvm_dis_path = strdup(value);
> + else if (!strcmp(var, "llc-path"))
> + llvm_param.llc_path = strdup(value);
> else if (!strcmp(var, "clang-bpf-cmd-template"))
> llvm_param.clang_bpf_cmd_template = strdup(value);
> else if (!strcmp(var, "clang-opt"))
> @@ -456,6 +469,7 @@ int llvm__compile_bpf(const char *path, void **p_obj_buf,
> char linux_version_code_str[64];
> const char *clang_opt = llvm_param.clang_opt;
> char clang_path[PATH_MAX], llc_path[PATH_MAX], abspath[PATH_MAX], nr_cpus_avail_str[64];
> + char llvm_opt_path[PATH_MAX], llvm_dis_path[PATH_MAX];
> char serr[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
> char *kbuild_dir = NULL, *kbuild_include_opts = NULL,
> *perf_bpf_include_opts = NULL;
> @@ -475,9 +489,10 @@ int llvm__compile_bpf(const char *path, void **p_obj_buf,
> if (!template)
> template = CLANG_BPF_CMD_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE;
>
> - err = search_program_and_warn(llvm_param.clang_path,
> - "clang", clang_path);
> - if (err)
> + if (search_program_and_warn(llvm_param.clang_path, "clang", clang_path) ||
> + search_program_and_warn(llvm_param.llvm_opt_path, "opt", llvm_opt_path) ||
> + search_program_and_warn(llvm_param.llvm_dis_path, "llvm-dis", llvm_dis_path) ||
> + search_program_and_warn(llvm_param.llc_path, "llc", llc_path))
> return -ENOENT;
>
> /*
> @@ -495,21 +510,23 @@ int llvm__compile_bpf(const char *path, void **p_obj_buf,
>
> snprintf(linux_version_code_str, sizeof(linux_version_code_str),
> "0x%x", kernel_version);
> - if (asprintf(&perf_bpf_include_opts, "-I%s/bpf", perf_include_dir) < 0)
> + if (asprintf(&perf_bpf_include_opts, "-I%s/bpf", perf_include_dir) < 0) {
> + err = -ENOMEM;
> goto errout;
> + }
> +
> force_set_env("NR_CPUS", nr_cpus_avail_str);
> force_set_env("LINUX_VERSION_CODE", linux_version_code_str);
> force_set_env("CLANG_EXEC", clang_path);
> + force_set_env("LLVM_OPT_EXEC", llvm_opt_path);
> + force_set_env("LLVM_DIS_EXEC", llvm_dis_path);
> + force_set_env("LLC_EXEC", llc_path);
> force_set_env("CLANG_OPTIONS", clang_opt);
> force_set_env("KERNEL_INC_OPTIONS", kbuild_include_opts);
> force_set_env("PERF_BPF_INC_OPTIONS", perf_bpf_include_opts);
> force_set_env("WORKING_DIR", kbuild_dir ? : ".");
>
> if (opts) {
> - err = search_program_and_warn(llvm_param.llc_path, "llc", llc_path);
> - if (err)
> - goto errout;
> -
> err = -ENOMEM;
> if (asprintf(&pipe_template, "%s -emit-llvm | %s -march=bpf %s -filetype=obj -o -",
> template, llc_path, opts) < 0) {
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.h b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.h
> index 7878a0e3fa98..e276d10f85b4 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.h
> @@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
> struct llvm_param {
> /* Path of clang executable */
> const char *clang_path;
> + /* Path of llvm opt executable */
> + const char *llvm_opt_path;
> + /* Path of llvm-dis executable */
> + const char *llvm_dis_path;
> /* Path of llc executable */
> const char *llc_path;
> /*
> --
> 2.30.GIT
>


--
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers