Re: [PATCH 02/10] perf bpf filter: Implement event sample filtering

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 10:18:25PM -0700, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 05:12:44PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 09:51:03AM -0700, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 9:39 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
> > > <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Em Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 01:24:37PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> > > > > Em Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 04:42:29PM -0700, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> > > > > > The BPF program will be attached to a perf_event and be triggered when
> > > > > > it overflows.  It'd iterate the filters map and compare the sample
> > > > > > value according to the expression.  If any of them fails, the sample
> > > > > > would be dropped.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Also it needs to have the corresponding sample data for the expression
> > > > > > so it compares data->sample_flags with the given value.  To access the
> > > > > > sample data, it uses the bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx() kfunc which was added
> > > > > > in v6.2 kernel.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm noticing this while building on a debian:11 container:
> > > > >
> > > > >   GENSKEL /tmp/build/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_leader.skel.h
> > > > >   GENSKEL /tmp/build/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_follower.skel.h
> > > > >   GENSKEL /tmp/build/perf/util/bpf_skel/func_latency.skel.h
> > > > >   GENSKEL /tmp/build/perf/util/bpf_skel/bpf_prog_profiler.skel.h
> > > > >   GENSKEL /tmp/build/perf/util/bpf_skel/kwork_trace.skel.h
> > > > >   GENSKEL /tmp/build/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample_filter.skel.h
> > > > > libbpf: failed to find BTF for extern 'bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx' [21] section: -2
> > > > > Error: failed to open BPF object file: No such file or directory
> > > > > make[2]: *** [Makefile.perf:1085: /tmp/build/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample_filter.skel.h] Error 254
> > > > > make[2]: *** Deleting file '/tmp/build/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample_filter.skel.h'
> > > > > make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > > > > make[1]: *** [Makefile.perf:236: sub-make] Error 2
> > > > > make: *** [Makefile:70: all] Error 2
> > > > > make: Leaving directory '/git/perf-6.3.0-rc1/tools/perf'
> > > > > + exit 1
> > > > > [perfbuilder@five 11]$
> > > >
> > > > Same thing on debian:10
> > > 
> > > Hmm.. I thought extern symbols with__ksym are runtime
> > > dependencies and it should build on old kernels too.
> > > 
> > > BPF folks, any suggestions?
> > 
> > Fedora 33 also fails, see below, but these work:
> 
> Maybe I can declare it as a weak symbol.  How about this?

Unsure this is the right fix, for now I'm using NO_BPF_SKEL=1 in those
older distros, will check again early next week when I'm back from a
short trip.

- Arnaldo
 
> Thanks,
> Namhyung
> 
> ---8<---
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample_filter.bpf.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample_filter.bpf.c
> index 57e3c67d6d37..52cbdd1765cd 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample_filter.bpf.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample_filter.bpf.c
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ struct filters {
> 
>  int dropped;
> 
> -void *bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx(void *) __ksym;
> +void *bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx(void *) __ksym __weak;
> 
>  /* new kernel perf_sample_data definition */
>  struct perf_sample_data___new {
> @@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ int perf_sample_filter(void *ctx)
>  	int group_result = 0;
>  	int i;
> 
> +	/* no kernel context support, no filtering */
> +	if (!bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx)
> +		return 1;
> +
>  	kctx = bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx(ctx);
> 
>  	for (i = 0; i < MAX_FILTERS; i++) {
> 

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- Arnaldo