bpf: Support bpf tracing/iter programs for BPF_LINK_CREATE
authorYonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Sat, 9 May 2020 17:59:01 +0000 (10:59 -0700)
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Sun, 10 May 2020 00:05:26 +0000 (17:05 -0700)
commitde4e05cac46d206f9090051ef09930514bff73e4
tree8464f4f13b9cd5f7c8d027ebdfdf09505c9a00d7
parent15d83c4d7cef5c067a8b075ce59e97df4f60706e
bpf: Support bpf tracing/iter programs for BPF_LINK_CREATE

Given a bpf program, the step to create an anonymous bpf iterator is:
  - create a bpf_iter_link, which combines bpf program and the target.
    In the future, there could be more information recorded in the link.
    A link_fd will be returned to the user space.
  - create an anonymous bpf iterator with the given link_fd.

The bpf_iter_link can be pinned to bpffs mount file system to
create a file based bpf iterator as well.

The benefit to use of bpf_iter_link:
  - using bpf link simplifies design and implementation as bpf link
    is used for other tracing bpf programs.
  - for file based bpf iterator, bpf_iter_link provides a standard
    way to replace underlying bpf programs.
  - for both anonymous and free based iterators, bpf link query
    capability can be leveraged.

The patch added support of tracing/iter programs for BPF_LINK_CREATE.
A new link type BPF_LINK_TYPE_ITER is added to facilitate link
querying. Currently, only prog_id is needed, so there is no
additional in-kernel show_fdinfo() and fill_link_info() hook
is needed for BPF_LINK_TYPE_ITER link.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200509175901.2475084-1-yhs@fb.com
include/linux/bpf.h
include/linux/bpf_types.h
include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c
kernel/bpf/syscall.c
tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h