--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# strlen_count Trace strlen() and print a frequency count of strings.
+# For Linux, uses BCC, eBPF. Embedded C.
+#
+# Written as a basic example of BCC and uprobes.
+#
+# Also see strlensnoop.
+#
+# Copyright 2016 Netflix, Inc.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+from bcc import BPF
+from time import sleep
+
+# load BPF program
+b = BPF(text="""
+#include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h>
+
+struct key_t {
+ char c[80];
+};
+BPF_HASH(counts, struct key_t);
+
+int count(struct pt_regs *ctx) {
+ if (!ctx->si)
+ return 0;
+
+ struct key_t key = {};
+ u64 zero = 0, *val;
+
+ bpf_probe_read(&key.c, sizeof(key.c), (void *)ctx->si);
+ val = counts.lookup_or_init(&key, &zero);
+ (*val)++;
+ return 0;
+};
+""")
+b.attach_uprobe(name="c", sym="strlen", fn_name="count")
+
+# header
+print("Tracing strlen()... Hit Ctrl-C to end.")
+
+# sleep until Ctrl-C
+try:
+ sleep(99999999)
+except KeyboardInterrupt:
+ pass
+
+# print output
+print("%10s %s" % ("COUNT", "STRING"))
+counts = b.get_table("counts")
+for k, v in sorted(counts.items(), key=lambda counts: counts[1].value):
+ print("%10d \"%s\"" % (v.value, k.c.encode('string-escape')))
--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# strlen_snoop Trace strlen() library function for a given PID.
+# For Linux, uses BCC, eBPF. Embedded C.
+#
+# USAGE: strlensnoop PID
+#
+# Try running this on a separate bash shell.
+#
+# Written as a basic example of BCC and uprobes.
+#
+# Copyright 2016 Netflix, Inc.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+from bcc import BPF
+from os import getpid
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+ print("USAGE: strlensnoop PID")
+ exit()
+pid = sys.argv[1]
+
+# load BPF program
+bpf_text = """
+#include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h>
+int printarg(struct pt_regs *ctx) {
+ if (!ctx->si)
+ return 0;
+
+ u32 pid = bpf_get_current_pid_tgid();
+ if (pid != PID)
+ return 0;
+
+ char str[80] = {};
+ bpf_probe_read(&str, sizeof(str), (void *)ctx->si);
+ bpf_trace_printk("%s\\n", &str);
+
+ return 0;
+};
+"""
+bpf_text = bpf_text.replace('PID', pid)
+b = BPF(text=bpf_text)
+b.attach_uprobe(name="c", sym="strlen", fn_name="printarg")
+
+# header
+print("%-18s %-16s %-6s %s" % ("TIME(s)", "COMM", "PID", "STRLEN"))
+
+# format output
+me = getpid()
+while 1:
+ try:
+ (task, pid, cpu, flags, ts, msg) = b.trace_fields()
+ except ValueError:
+ continue
+ if pid == me or msg == "":
+ continue
+ print("%-18.9f %-16s %-6d %s" % (ts, task, pid, msg))