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perf bpf: Move BPF disassembly routines to separate file to avoid clash with capstone bpf headers

PATCH In review Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 3 participants 8 messages Jul 31, 2024 – Aug 1, 2024 perf events

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PATCH 1/1 perf bpf: Move BPF disassembly routines to separate file to avoid clash with capstone bpf headers

There is a clash of the libbpf and capstone libraries, that ends up with:

In file included from /usr/include/capstone/capstone.h:325,

                   from util/disasm.c:1513:
  /usr/include/capstone/bpf.h:94:14: error: ‘bpf_insn’ defined as wrong kind of tag
     94 | typedef enum bpf_insn {

So far we're just trying to avoid this by not having both headers included in the same .c or .h file, do it one more time by moving the BPF diassembly routines from util/disasm.c to util/disasm_bpf.c.

This is only being hit when building with BUILD_NONDISTRO=1, i.e. building with binutils-devel, that isn't the in the default build due to a licencing clash. We need to reimplement what is now isolated in util/disasm_bpf.c using some other library to have BPF annotation feature that now only is available with BUILD_NONDISTRO=1.

Cc Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>
Cc Ian Rogers <[email protected]>
Cc Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc Kan Liang <[email protected]>
Cc Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc Song Liu <[email protected]>
---
 tools/perf/util/Build        |   1 +
 tools/perf/util/disasm.c     | 187 +--------------------------------
 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.c | 193 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.h |  12 +++
 4 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 186 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.h
tools/perf/util/Build +1 -0
index 0f18fe81ef0b2a74..b24360c04aaea424 100644
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ perf-util-y += copyfile.o
 perf-util-y += ctype.o
 perf-util-y += db-export.o
 perf-util-y += disasm.o
+perf-util-y += disasm_bpf.o
 perf-util-y += env.o
 perf-util-y += event.o
 perf-util-y += evlist.o
tools/perf/util/disasm.c +1 -186

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tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.c new file +193 -0

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tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.h new file +12 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000..2ecb19545388b114
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+#ifndef __PERF_DISASM_BPF_H
+#define __PERF_DISASM_BPF_H
+
+struct symbol;
+struct annotate_args;
+
+int symbol__disassemble_bpf(struct symbol *sym, struct annotate_args *args);
+int symbol__disassemble_bpf_image(struct symbol *sym, struct annotate_args *args);
+
+#endif /* __PERF_DISASM_BPF_H */
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2.45.2
author maintainer
#1 lore raw
Quoted 2 lines · Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

There is a clash of the libbpf and capstone libraries, that ends up with:

So this is needed for building without BUILD_NONDISTRO=1, sry.

tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.c +2 -0
index 14994515beb341ce..1fee71c79b624cc8 100644
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "util/annotate.h"
 #include "util/disasm_bpf.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
+#include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #if defined(HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT) && defined(HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT)
 #define PACKAGE "perf"
maintainer
#2 lore raw
In reply to Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Quoted 40 lines · Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

There is a clash of the libbpf and capstone libraries, that ends up with:

In file included from /usr/include/capstone/capstone.h:325,

                   from util/disasm.c:1513:
  /usr/include/capstone/bpf.h:94:14: error: ‘bpf_insn’ defined as wrong kind of tag
     94 | typedef enum bpf_insn {

So far we're just trying to avoid this by not having both headers included in the same .c or .h file, do it one more time by moving the BPF diassembly routines from util/disasm.c to util/disasm_bpf.c.

This is only being hit when building with BUILD_NONDISTRO=1, i.e. building with binutils-devel, that isn't the in the default build due to a licencing clash. We need to reimplement what is now isolated in util/disasm_bpf.c using some other library to have BPF annotation feature that now only is available with BUILD_NONDISTRO=1.

Cc Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>
Cc Ian Rogers <[email protected]>
Cc Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc Kan Liang <[email protected]>
Cc Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc Song Liu <[email protected]>
---
 tools/perf/util/Build        |   1 +
 tools/perf/util/disasm.c     | 187 +--------------------------------
 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.c | 193 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.h |  12 +++
 4 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 186 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.h
tools/perf/util/Build +0 -0
index 0f18fe81ef0b2a74..b24360c04aaea424 100644

tools/perf/util/Build perf-util-y += copyfile.o · line 16

Quoted 4 lines
tools/perf/util/Build +1 -0
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ perf-util-y += copyfile.o
 perf-util-y += ctype.o
 perf-util-y += db-export.o
 perf-util-y += disasm.o
+perf-util-y += disasm_bpf.o

I think this can be gated by LIBBFD and LIBBPF config, but not sure it can express the both requirements easily.

thanks,
Namhyung

Quoted 428 lines
tools/perf/util/Build +0 -0
 perf-util-y += env.o
 perf-util-y += event.o
 perf-util-y += evlist.o
tools/perf/util/disasm.c +1 -186
index 410e52cd9cfd0306..85fb0cfedf94554b 100644
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "build-id.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "disasm.h"
+#include "disasm_bpf.h"
 #include "dso.h"
 #include "env.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
@@ -1323,192 +1324,6 @@ static int dso__disassemble_filename(struct dso *dso, char *filename, size_t fil
        return 0;
 }
 
-#if defined(HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT) && defined(HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT)
-#define PACKAGE "perf"
-#include <bfd.h>
-#include <dis-asm.h>
-#include <bpf/bpf.h>
-#include <bpf/btf.h>
-#include <bpf/libbpf.h>
-#include <linux/btf.h>
-#include <tools/dis-asm-compat.h>
-
-#include "bpf-event.h"
-#include "bpf-utils.h"
-
-static int symbol__disassemble_bpf(struct symbol *sym,
-                                  struct annotate_args *args)
-{
-       struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(sym);
-       struct bpf_prog_linfo *prog_linfo = NULL;
-       struct bpf_prog_info_node *info_node;
-       int len = sym->end - sym->start;
-       disassembler_ftype disassemble;
-       struct map *map = args->ms.map;
-       struct perf_bpil *info_linear;
-       struct disassemble_info info;
-       struct dso *dso = map__dso(map);
-       int pc = 0, count, sub_id;
-       struct btf *btf = NULL;
-       char tpath[PATH_MAX];
-       size_t buf_size;
-       int nr_skip = 0;
-       char *buf;
-       bfd *bfdf;
-       int ret;
-       FILE *s;
-
-       if (dso__binary_type(dso) != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BPF_PROG_INFO)
-               return SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__BPF_INVALID_FILE;
-
-       pr_debug("%s: handling sym %s addr %" PRIx64 " len %" PRIx64 "\n", __func__,
-                 sym->name, sym->start, sym->end - sym->start);
-
-       memset(tpath, 0, sizeof(tpath));
-       perf_exe(tpath, sizeof(tpath));
-
-       bfdf = bfd_openr(tpath, NULL);
-       if (bfdf == NULL)
-               abort();
-
-       if (!bfd_check_format(bfdf, bfd_object))
-               abort();
-
-       s = open_memstream(&buf, &buf_size);
-       if (!s) {
-               ret = errno;
-               goto out;
-       }
-       init_disassemble_info_compat(&info, s,
-                                    (fprintf_ftype) fprintf,
-                                    fprintf_styled);
-       info.arch = bfd_get_arch(bfdf);
-       info.mach = bfd_get_mach(bfdf);
-
-       info_node = perf_env__find_bpf_prog_info(dso__bpf_prog(dso)->env,
-                                                dso__bpf_prog(dso)->id);
-       if (!info_node) {
-               ret = SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__BPF_MISSING_BTF;
-               goto out;
-       }
-       info_linear = info_node->info_linear;
-       sub_id = dso__bpf_prog(dso)->sub_id;
-
-       info.buffer = (void *)(uintptr_t)(info_linear->info.jited_prog_insns);
-       info.buffer_length = info_linear->info.jited_prog_len;
-
-       if (info_linear->info.nr_line_info)
-               prog_linfo = bpf_prog_linfo__new(&info_linear->info);
-
-       if (info_linear->info.btf_id) {
-               struct btf_node *node;
-
-               node = perf_env__find_btf(dso__bpf_prog(dso)->env,
-                                         info_linear->info.btf_id);
-               if (node)
-                       btf = btf__new((__u8 *)(node->data),
-                                      node->data_size);
-       }
-
-       disassemble_init_for_target(&info);
-
-#ifdef DISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
-       disassemble = disassembler(info.arch,
-                                  bfd_big_endian(bfdf),
-                                  info.mach,
-                                  bfdf);
-#else
-       disassemble = disassembler(bfdf);
-#endif
-       if (disassemble == NULL)
-               abort();
-
-       fflush(s);
-       do {
-               const struct bpf_line_info *linfo = NULL;
-               struct disasm_line *dl;
-               size_t prev_buf_size;
-               const char *srcline;
-               u64 addr;
-
-               addr = pc + ((u64 *)(uintptr_t)(info_linear->info.jited_ksyms))[sub_id];
-               count = disassemble(pc, &info);
-
-               if (prog_linfo)
-                       linfo = bpf_prog_linfo__lfind_addr_func(prog_linfo,
-                                                               addr, sub_id,
-                                                               nr_skip);
-
-               if (linfo && btf) {
-                       srcline = btf__name_by_offset(btf, linfo->line_off);
-                       nr_skip++;
-               } else
-                       srcline = NULL;
-
-               fprintf(s, "\n");
-               prev_buf_size = buf_size;
-               fflush(s);
-
-               if (!annotate_opts.hide_src_code && srcline) {
-                       args->offset = -1;
-                       args->line = strdup(srcline);
-                       args->line_nr = 0;
-                       args->fileloc = NULL;
-                       args->ms.sym  = sym;
-                       dl = disasm_line__new(args);
-                       if (dl) {
-                               annotation_line__add(&dl->al,
-                                                    &notes->src->source);
-                       }
-               }
-
-               args->offset = pc;
-               args->line = buf + prev_buf_size;
-               args->line_nr = 0;
-               args->fileloc = NULL;
-               args->ms.sym  = sym;
-               dl = disasm_line__new(args);
-               if (dl)
-                       annotation_line__add(&dl->al, &notes->src->source);
-
-               pc += count;
-       } while (count > 0 && pc < len);
-
-       ret = 0;
-out:
-       free(prog_linfo);
-       btf__free(btf);
-       fclose(s);
-       bfd_close(bfdf);
-       return ret;
-}
-#else // defined(HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT) && defined(HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT)
-static int symbol__disassemble_bpf(struct symbol *sym __maybe_unused,
-                                  struct annotate_args *args __maybe_unused)
-{
-       return SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__NO_LIBOPCODES_FOR_BPF;
-}
-#endif // defined(HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT) && defined(HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT)
-
-static int
-symbol__disassemble_bpf_image(struct symbol *sym,
-                             struct annotate_args *args)
-{
-       struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(sym);
-       struct disasm_line *dl;
-
-       args->offset = -1;
-       args->line = strdup("to be implemented");
-       args->line_nr = 0;
-       args->fileloc = NULL;
-       dl = disasm_line__new(args);
-       if (dl)
-               annotation_line__add(&dl->al, &notes->src->source);
-
-       zfree(&args->line);
-       return 0;
-}
-
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCAPSTONE_SUPPORT
 #include <capstone/capstone.h>
 
tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.c new file +193 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000..14994515beb341ce
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+#include "util/annotate.h"
+#include "util/disasm_bpf.h"
+#include "util/symbol.h"
+
+#if defined(HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT) && defined(HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT)
+#define PACKAGE "perf"
+#include <bfd.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf.h>
+#include <bpf/btf.h>
+#include <bpf/libbpf.h>
+#include <dis-asm.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <linux/btf.h>
+#include <tools/dis-asm-compat.h>
+
+#include "util/bpf-event.h"
+#include "util/bpf-utils.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
+#include "util/dso.h"
+#include "util/map.h"
+#include "util/env.h"
+#include "util/util.h"
+
+int symbol__disassemble_bpf(struct symbol *sym, struct annotate_args *args)
+{
+       struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(sym);
+       struct bpf_prog_linfo *prog_linfo = NULL;
+       struct bpf_prog_info_node *info_node;
+       int len = sym->end - sym->start;
+       disassembler_ftype disassemble;
+       struct map *map = args->ms.map;
+       struct perf_bpil *info_linear;
+       struct disassemble_info info;
+       struct dso *dso = map__dso(map);
+       int pc = 0, count, sub_id;
+       struct btf *btf = NULL;
+       char tpath[PATH_MAX];
+       size_t buf_size;
+       int nr_skip = 0;
+       char *buf;
+       bfd *bfdf;
+       int ret;
+       FILE *s;
+
+       if (dso__binary_type(dso) != DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BPF_PROG_INFO)
+               return SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__BPF_INVALID_FILE;
+
+       pr_debug("%s: handling sym %s addr %" PRIx64 " len %" PRIx64 "\n", __func__,
+                 sym->name, sym->start, sym->end - sym->start);
+
+       memset(tpath, 0, sizeof(tpath));
+       perf_exe(tpath, sizeof(tpath));
+
+       bfdf = bfd_openr(tpath, NULL);
+       if (bfdf == NULL)
+               abort();
+
+       if (!bfd_check_format(bfdf, bfd_object))
+               abort();
+
+       s = open_memstream(&buf, &buf_size);
+       if (!s) {
+               ret = errno;
+               goto out;
+       }
+       init_disassemble_info_compat(&info, s,
+                                    (fprintf_ftype) fprintf,
+                                    fprintf_styled);
+       info.arch = bfd_get_arch(bfdf);
+       info.mach = bfd_get_mach(bfdf);
+
+       info_node = perf_env__find_bpf_prog_info(dso__bpf_prog(dso)->env,
+                                                dso__bpf_prog(dso)->id);
+       if (!info_node) {
+               ret = SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__BPF_MISSING_BTF;
+               goto out;
+       }
+       info_linear = info_node->info_linear;
+       sub_id = dso__bpf_prog(dso)->sub_id;
+
+       info.buffer = (void *)(uintptr_t)(info_linear->info.jited_prog_insns);
+       info.buffer_length = info_linear->info.jited_prog_len;
+
+       if (info_linear->info.nr_line_info)
+               prog_linfo = bpf_prog_linfo__new(&info_linear->info);
+
+       if (info_linear->info.btf_id) {
+               struct btf_node *node;
+
+               node = perf_env__find_btf(dso__bpf_prog(dso)->env,
+                                         info_linear->info.btf_id);
+               if (node)
+                       btf = btf__new((__u8 *)(node->data),
+                                      node->data_size);
+       }
+
+       disassemble_init_for_target(&info);
+
+#ifdef DISASM_FOUR_ARGS_SIGNATURE
+       disassemble = disassembler(info.arch,
+                                  bfd_big_endian(bfdf),
+                                  info.mach,
+                                  bfdf);
+#else
+       disassemble = disassembler(bfdf);
+#endif
+       if (disassemble == NULL)
+               abort();
+
+       fflush(s);
+       do {
+               const struct bpf_line_info *linfo = NULL;
+               struct disasm_line *dl;
+               size_t prev_buf_size;
+               const char *srcline;
+               u64 addr;
+
+               addr = pc + ((u64 *)(uintptr_t)(info_linear->info.jited_ksyms))[sub_id];
+               count = disassemble(pc, &info);
+
+               if (prog_linfo)
+                       linfo = bpf_prog_linfo__lfind_addr_func(prog_linfo,
+                                                               addr, sub_id,
+                                                               nr_skip);
+
+               if (linfo && btf) {
+                       srcline = btf__name_by_offset(btf, linfo->line_off);
+                       nr_skip++;
+               } else
+                       srcline = NULL;
+
+               fprintf(s, "\n");
+               prev_buf_size = buf_size;
+               fflush(s);
+
+               if (!annotate_opts.hide_src_code && srcline) {
+                       args->offset = -1;
+                       args->line = strdup(srcline);
+                       args->line_nr = 0;
+                       args->fileloc = NULL;
+                       args->ms.sym  = sym;
+                       dl = disasm_line__new(args);
+                       if (dl) {
+                               annotation_line__add(&dl->al,
+                                                    &notes->src->source);
+                       }
+               }
+
+               args->offset = pc;
+               args->line = buf + prev_buf_size;
+               args->line_nr = 0;
+               args->fileloc = NULL;
+               args->ms.sym  = sym;
+               dl = disasm_line__new(args);
+               if (dl)
+                       annotation_line__add(&dl->al, &notes->src->source);
+
+               pc += count;
+       } while (count > 0 && pc < len);
+
+       ret = 0;
+out:
+       free(prog_linfo);
+       btf__free(btf);
+       fclose(s);
+       bfd_close(bfdf);
+       return ret;
+}
+#else // defined(HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT) && defined(HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT)
+int symbol__disassemble_bpf(struct symbol *sym __maybe_unused, struct annotate_args *args __maybe_unused)
+{
+       return SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__NO_LIBOPCODES_FOR_BPF;
+}
+#endif // defined(HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT) && defined(HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT)
+
+int symbol__disassemble_bpf_image(struct symbol *sym, struct annotate_args *args)
+{
+       struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(sym);
+       struct disasm_line *dl;
+
+       args->offset = -1;
+       args->line = strdup("to be implemented");
+       args->line_nr = 0;
+       args->fileloc = NULL;
+       dl = disasm_line__new(args);
+       if (dl)
+               annotation_line__add(&dl->al, &notes->src->source);
+
+       zfree(&args->line);
+       return 0;
+}
tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.h new file +12 -1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000..2ecb19545388b114
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+#ifndef __PERF_DISASM_BPF_H
+#define __PERF_DISASM_BPF_H
+
+struct symbol;
+struct annotate_args;
+
+int symbol__disassemble_bpf(struct symbol *sym, struct annotate_args *args);
+int symbol__disassemble_bpf_image(struct symbol *sym, struct annotate_args *args);
+
+#endif /* __PERF_DISASM_BPF_H */
--

2.45.2

reviewer
#3 lore raw
Quoted 3 lines · Namhyung Kim

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 8:12 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> wrote:

[snip]

Quoted 4 lines
Quoted 1 line

+perf-util-y += disasm_bpf.o

I think this can be gated by LIBBFD and LIBBPF config, but not sure it can express the both requirements easily.

Should we gate things on libbfd? Given we can't distribute a binary linked against it, I support deleting all libbfd support. Fixes like this show the pain in carrying it.

Thanks,
Ian

author maintainer
#4 lore raw
Quoted 5 lines · Ian Rogers
Quoted 3 lines · Namhyung Kim

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 8:12 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> wrote:

[snip]

Quoted 8 lines
Quoted 4 lines
Quoted 1 line

+perf-util-y += disasm_bpf.o

I think this can be gated by LIBBFD and LIBBPF config, but not sure it can express the both requirements easily.

Should we gate things on libbfd? Given we can't distribute a binary linked against it, I support deleting all libbfd support. Fixes like this show the pain in carrying it.

I thought about it, but the problem at hand was that library A clashed with library B for a namespace, so I fixed just that problem.

I agree that as soon as we reimplement the features that now are only available with libbfd we should remove that code, now it is even more isolated.

- Arnaldo

author maintainer
#5 lore raw
In reply to Namhyung Kim
Quoted 37 lines · Namhyung Kim
Quoted 35 lines · Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

There is a clash of the libbpf and capstone libraries, that ends up with:

In file included from /usr/include/capstone/capstone.h:325,

                   from util/disasm.c:1513:
  /usr/include/capstone/bpf.h:94:14: error: ‘bpf_insn’ defined as wrong kind of tag
     94 | typedef enum bpf_insn {

So far we're just trying to avoid this by not having both headers included in the same .c or .h file, do it one more time by moving the BPF diassembly routines from util/disasm.c to util/disasm_bpf.c.

This is only being hit when building with BUILD_NONDISTRO=1, i.e. building with binutils-devel, that isn't the in the default build due to a licencing clash. We need to reimplement what is now isolated in util/disasm_bpf.c using some other library to have BPF annotation feature that now only is available with BUILD_NONDISTRO=1.

Cc Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>
Cc Ian Rogers <[email protected]>
Cc Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc Kan Liang <[email protected]>
Cc Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc Song Liu <[email protected]>
---
 tools/perf/util/Build        |   1 +
 tools/perf/util/disasm.c     | 187 +--------------------------------
 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.c | 193 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.h |  12 +++
 4 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 186 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.h
Quoted 9 lines

tools/perf/util/Build perf-util-y += copyfile.o · line 16

Quoted 6 lines

+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build

tools/perf/util/Build +1 -0
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ perf-util-y += copyfile.o
 perf-util-y += ctype.o
 perf-util-y += db-export.o
 perf-util-y += disasm.o
+perf-util-y += disasm_bpf.o

I think this can be gated by LIBBFD and LIBBPF config, but not sure it can express the both requirements easily.

It is possible, but as discussed with Ian in another message, the cheapest way to do it was, I think, like I did, in the end it is just a stub returning an error when those libraries are not linked with perf.

When we manage to implement the disassembly of BPF using something other than libbfd we can spend more time in this area, I think.

- Arnaldo

reviewer
#6 lore raw
Quoted 3 lines · Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Quoted 1 line · Namhyung Kim

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 8:12 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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I think this can be gated by LIBBFD and LIBBPF config, but not sure it can express the both requirements easily.

It is possible, but as discussed with Ian in another message, the cheapest way to do it was, I think, like I did, in the end it is just a stub returning an error when those libraries are not linked with perf.

When we manage to implement the disassembly of BPF using something other than libbfd we can spend more time in this area, I think.

Not following this, can you show an example perf command. There is a BPF disassembler already in the kernel tree:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools-next.git/tree/kernel/bpf/disasm.c?h=perf-tools-next
and in use in bpftool that we use in the perf build.

Thanks,
Ian

author maintainer
#7 lore raw
Quoted 13 lines · Ian Rogers
Quoted 3 lines · Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Quoted 1 line · Namhyung Kim

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 8:12 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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I think this can be gated by LIBBFD and LIBBPF config, but not sure it can express the both requirements easily.

It is possible, but as discussed with Ian in another message, the cheapest way to do it was, I think, like I did, in the end it is just a stub returning an error when those libraries are not linked with perf.

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When we manage to implement the disassembly of BPF using something other than libbfd we can spend more time in this area, I think.

Not following this, can you show an example perf command. There is a BPF disassembler already in the kernel tree:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools-next.git/tree/kernel/bpf/disasm.c?h=perf-tools-next
and in use in bpftool that we use in the perf build.

Well, looking at the files in this patch shows it, here, more precisely:

tools/perf/util/disasm_bpf.c

#else // defined(HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT) && defined(HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT)
int symbol__disassemble_bpf(struct symbol *sym __maybe_unused, struct annotate_args *args __maybe_unused)

{
        return SYMBOL_ANNOTATE_ERRNO__NO_LIBOPCODES_FOR_BPF;
}

#endif // defined(HAVE_LIBBFD_SUPPORT) && defined(HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT)

- Arnaldo