diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/bpf/btf.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/bpf/btf.rst | 970 |
1 files changed, 970 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..44dc789de --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst @@ -0,0 +1,970 @@ +===================== +BPF Type Format (BTF) +===================== + +1. Introduction +*************** + +BTF (BPF Type Format) is the metadata format which encodes the debug info +related to BPF program/map. The name BTF was used initially to describe data +types. The BTF was later extended to include function info for defined +subroutines, and line info for source/line information. + +The debug info is used for map pretty print, function signature, etc. The +function signature enables better bpf program/function kernel symbol. The line +info helps generate source annotated translated byte code, jited code and +verifier log. + +The BTF specification contains two parts, + * BTF kernel API + * BTF ELF file format + +The kernel API is the contract between user space and kernel. The kernel +verifies the BTF info before using it. The ELF file format is a user space +contract between ELF file and libbpf loader. + +The type and string sections are part of the BTF kernel API, describing the +debug info (mostly types related) referenced by the bpf program. These two +sections are discussed in details in :ref:`BTF_Type_String`. + +.. _BTF_Type_String: + +2. BTF Type and String Encoding +******************************* + +The file ``include/uapi/linux/btf.h`` provides high-level definition of how +types/strings are encoded. + +The beginning of data blob must be:: + + struct btf_header { + __u16 magic; + __u8 version; + __u8 flags; + __u32 hdr_len; + + /* All offsets are in bytes relative to the end of this header */ + __u32 type_off; /* offset of type section */ + __u32 type_len; /* length of type section */ + __u32 str_off; /* offset of string section */ + __u32 str_len; /* length of string section */ + }; + +The magic is ``0xeB9F``, which has different encoding for big and little +endian systems, and can be used to test whether BTF is generated for big- or +little-endian target. The ``btf_header`` is designed to be extensible with +``hdr_len`` equal to ``sizeof(struct btf_header)`` when a data blob is +generated. + +2.1 String Encoding +=================== + +The first string in the string section must be a null string. The rest of +string table is a concatenation of other null-terminated strings. + +2.2 Type Encoding +================= + +The type id ``0`` is reserved for ``void`` type. The type section is parsed +sequentially and type id is assigned to each recognized type starting from id +``1``. Currently, the following types are supported:: + + #define BTF_KIND_INT 1 /* Integer */ + #define BTF_KIND_PTR 2 /* Pointer */ + #define BTF_KIND_ARRAY 3 /* Array */ + #define BTF_KIND_STRUCT 4 /* Struct */ + #define BTF_KIND_UNION 5 /* Union */ + #define BTF_KIND_ENUM 6 /* Enumeration */ + #define BTF_KIND_FWD 7 /* Forward */ + #define BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF 8 /* Typedef */ + #define BTF_KIND_VOLATILE 9 /* Volatile */ + #define BTF_KIND_CONST 10 /* Const */ + #define BTF_KIND_RESTRICT 11 /* Restrict */ + #define BTF_KIND_FUNC 12 /* Function */ + #define BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO 13 /* Function Proto */ + #define BTF_KIND_VAR 14 /* Variable */ + #define BTF_KIND_DATASEC 15 /* Section */ + +Note that the type section encodes debug info, not just pure types. +``BTF_KIND_FUNC`` is not a type, and it represents a defined subprogram. + +Each type contains the following common data:: + + struct btf_type { + __u32 name_off; + /* "info" bits arrangement + * bits 0-15: vlen (e.g. # of struct's members) + * bits 16-23: unused + * bits 24-27: kind (e.g. int, ptr, array...etc) + * bits 28-30: unused + * bit 31: kind_flag, currently used by + * struct, union and fwd + */ + __u32 info; + /* "size" is used by INT, ENUM, STRUCT and UNION. + * "size" tells the size of the type it is describing. + * + * "type" is used by PTR, TYPEDEF, VOLATILE, CONST, RESTRICT, + * FUNC and FUNC_PROTO. + * "type" is a type_id referring to another type. + */ + union { + __u32 size; + __u32 type; + }; + }; + +For certain kinds, the common data are followed by kind-specific data. The +``name_off`` in ``struct btf_type`` specifies the offset in the string table. +The following sections detail encoding of each kind. + +2.2.1 BTF_KIND_INT +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: any valid offset + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_INT + * ``info.vlen``: 0 + * ``size``: the size of the int type in bytes. + +``btf_type`` is followed by a ``u32`` with the following bits arrangement:: + + #define BTF_INT_ENCODING(VAL) (((VAL) & 0x0f000000) >> 24) + #define BTF_INT_OFFSET(VAL) (((VAL) & 0x00ff0000) >> 16) + #define BTF_INT_BITS(VAL) ((VAL) & 0x000000ff) + +The ``BTF_INT_ENCODING`` has the following attributes:: + + #define BTF_INT_SIGNED (1 << 0) + #define BTF_INT_CHAR (1 << 1) + #define BTF_INT_BOOL (1 << 2) + +The ``BTF_INT_ENCODING()`` provides extra information: signedness, char, or +bool, for the int type. The char and bool encoding are mostly useful for +pretty print. At most one encoding can be specified for the int type. + +The ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` specifies the number of actual bits held by this int +type. For example, a 4-bit bitfield encodes ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` equals to 4. +The ``btf_type.size * 8`` must be equal to or greater than ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` +for the type. The maximum value of ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` is 128. + +The ``BTF_INT_OFFSET()`` specifies the starting bit offset to calculate values +for this int. For example, a bitfield struct member has: + + * btf member bit offset 100 from the start of the structure, + * btf member pointing to an int type, + * the int type has ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 2`` and ``BTF_INT_BITS() = 4`` + +Then in the struct memory layout, this member will occupy ``4`` bits starting +from bits ``100 + 2 = 102``. + +Alternatively, the bitfield struct member can be the following to access the +same bits as the above: + + * btf member bit offset 102, + * btf member pointing to an int type, + * the int type has ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 0`` and ``BTF_INT_BITS() = 4`` + +The original intention of ``BTF_INT_OFFSET()`` is to provide flexibility of +bitfield encoding. Currently, both llvm and pahole generate +``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 0`` for all int types. + +2.2.2 BTF_KIND_PTR +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: 0 + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_PTR + * ``info.vlen``: 0 + * ``type``: the pointee type of the pointer + +No additional type data follow ``btf_type``. + +2.2.3 BTF_KIND_ARRAY +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: 0 + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_ARRAY + * ``info.vlen``: 0 + * ``size/type``: 0, not used + +``btf_type`` is followed by one ``struct btf_array``:: + + struct btf_array { + __u32 type; + __u32 index_type; + __u32 nelems; + }; + +The ``struct btf_array`` encoding: + * ``type``: the element type + * ``index_type``: the index type + * ``nelems``: the number of elements for this array (``0`` is also allowed). + +The ``index_type`` can be any regular int type (``u8``, ``u16``, ``u32``, +``u64``, ``unsigned __int128``). The original design of including +``index_type`` follows DWARF, which has an ``index_type`` for its array type. +Currently in BTF, beyond type verification, the ``index_type`` is not used. + +The ``struct btf_array`` allows chaining through element type to represent +multidimensional arrays. For example, for ``int a[5][6]``, the following type +information illustrates the chaining: + + * [1]: int + * [2]: array, ``btf_array.type = [1]``, ``btf_array.nelems = 6`` + * [3]: array, ``btf_array.type = [2]``, ``btf_array.nelems = 5`` + +Currently, both pahole and llvm collapse multidimensional array into +one-dimensional array, e.g., for ``a[5][6]``, the ``btf_array.nelems`` is +equal to ``30``. This is because the original use case is map pretty print +where the whole array is dumped out so one-dimensional array is enough. As +more BTF usage is explored, pahole and llvm can be changed to generate proper +chained representation for multidimensional arrays. + +2.2.4 BTF_KIND_STRUCT +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +2.2.5 BTF_KIND_UNION +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: 0 or offset to a valid C identifier + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 or 1 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_STRUCT or BTF_KIND_UNION + * ``info.vlen``: the number of struct/union members + * ``info.size``: the size of the struct/union in bytes + +``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_member``.:: + + struct btf_member { + __u32 name_off; + __u32 type; + __u32 offset; + }; + +``struct btf_member`` encoding: + * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier + * ``type``: the member type + * ``offset``: <see below> + +If the type info ``kind_flag`` is not set, the offset contains only bit offset +of the member. Note that the base type of the bitfield can only be int or enum +type. If the bitfield size is 32, the base type can be either int or enum +type. If the bitfield size is not 32, the base type must be int, and int type +``BTF_INT_BITS()`` encodes the bitfield size. + +If the ``kind_flag`` is set, the ``btf_member.offset`` contains both member +bitfield size and bit offset. The bitfield size and bit offset are calculated +as below.:: + + #define BTF_MEMBER_BITFIELD_SIZE(val) ((val) >> 24) + #define BTF_MEMBER_BIT_OFFSET(val) ((val) & 0xffffff) + +In this case, if the base type is an int type, it must be a regular int type: + + * ``BTF_INT_OFFSET()`` must be 0. + * ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` must be equal to ``{1,2,4,8,16} * 8``. + +The following kernel patch introduced ``kind_flag`` and explained why both +modes exist: + + https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9d5f9f701b1891466fb3dbb1806ad97716f95cc3#diff-fa650a64fdd3968396883d2fe8215ff3 + +2.2.6 BTF_KIND_ENUM +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: 0 or offset to a valid C identifier + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_ENUM + * ``info.vlen``: number of enum values + * ``size``: 4 + +``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_enum``.:: + + struct btf_enum { + __u32 name_off; + __s32 val; + }; + +The ``btf_enum`` encoding: + * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier + * ``val``: any value + +2.2.7 BTF_KIND_FWD +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 for struct, 1 for union + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_FWD + * ``info.vlen``: 0 + * ``type``: 0 + +No additional type data follow ``btf_type``. + +2.2.8 BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF + * ``info.vlen``: 0 + * ``type``: the type which can be referred by name at ``name_off`` + +No additional type data follow ``btf_type``. + +2.2.9 BTF_KIND_VOLATILE +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: 0 + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_VOLATILE + * ``info.vlen``: 0 + * ``type``: the type with ``volatile`` qualifier + +No additional type data follow ``btf_type``. + +2.2.10 BTF_KIND_CONST +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: 0 + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_CONST + * ``info.vlen``: 0 + * ``type``: the type with ``const`` qualifier + +No additional type data follow ``btf_type``. + +2.2.11 BTF_KIND_RESTRICT +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: 0 + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_RESTRICT + * ``info.vlen``: 0 + * ``type``: the type with ``restrict`` qualifier + +No additional type data follow ``btf_type``. + +2.2.12 BTF_KIND_FUNC +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_FUNC + * ``info.vlen``: 0 + * ``type``: a BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO type + +No additional type data follow ``btf_type``. + +A BTF_KIND_FUNC defines not a type, but a subprogram (function) whose +signature is defined by ``type``. The subprogram is thus an instance of that +type. The BTF_KIND_FUNC may in turn be referenced by a func_info in the +:ref:`BTF_Ext_Section` (ELF) or in the arguments to :ref:`BPF_Prog_Load` +(ABI). + +2.2.13 BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: 0 + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO + * ``info.vlen``: # of parameters + * ``type``: the return type + +``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_param``.:: + + struct btf_param { + __u32 name_off; + __u32 type; + }; + +If a BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO type is referred by a BTF_KIND_FUNC type, then +``btf_param.name_off`` must point to a valid C identifier except for the +possible last argument representing the variable argument. The btf_param.type +refers to parameter type. + +If the function has variable arguments, the last parameter is encoded with +``name_off = 0`` and ``type = 0``. + +2.2.14 BTF_KIND_VAR +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_VAR + * ``info.vlen``: 0 + * ``type``: the type of the variable + +``btf_type`` is followed by a single ``struct btf_variable`` with the +following data:: + + struct btf_var { + __u32 linkage; + }; + +``struct btf_var`` encoding: + * ``linkage``: currently only static variable 0, or globally allocated + variable in ELF sections 1 + +Not all type of global variables are supported by LLVM at this point. +The following is currently available: + + * static variables with or without section attributes + * global variables with section attributes + +The latter is for future extraction of map key/value type id's from a +map definition. + +2.2.15 BTF_KIND_DATASEC +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: offset to a valid name associated with a variable or + one of .data/.bss/.rodata + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_DATASEC + * ``info.vlen``: # of variables + * ``size``: total section size in bytes (0 at compilation time, patched + to actual size by BPF loaders such as libbpf) + +``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_var_secinfo``.:: + + struct btf_var_secinfo { + __u32 type; + __u32 offset; + __u32 size; + }; + +``struct btf_var_secinfo`` encoding: + * ``type``: the type of the BTF_KIND_VAR variable + * ``offset``: the in-section offset of the variable + * ``size``: the size of the variable in bytes + +3. BTF Kernel API +***************** + +The following bpf syscall command involves BTF: + * BPF_BTF_LOAD: load a blob of BTF data into kernel + * BPF_MAP_CREATE: map creation with btf key and value type info. + * BPF_PROG_LOAD: prog load with btf function and line info. + * BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID: get a btf fd + * BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD: btf, func_info, line_info + and other btf related info are returned. + +The workflow typically looks like: +:: + + Application: + BPF_BTF_LOAD + | + v + BPF_MAP_CREATE and BPF_PROG_LOAD + | + V + ...... + + Introspection tool: + ...... + BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_NEXT_ID (get prog/map id's) + | + V + BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_FD_BY_ID (get a prog/map fd) + | + V + BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD (get bpf_prog_info/bpf_map_info with btf_id) + | | + V | + BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID (get btf_fd) | + | | + V | + BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD (get btf) | + | | + V V + pretty print types, dump func signatures and line info, etc. + + +3.1 BPF_BTF_LOAD +================ + +Load a blob of BTF data into kernel. A blob of data, described in +:ref:`BTF_Type_String`, can be directly loaded into the kernel. A ``btf_fd`` +is returned to a userspace. + +3.2 BPF_MAP_CREATE +================== + +A map can be created with ``btf_fd`` and specified key/value type id.:: + + __u32 btf_fd; /* fd pointing to a BTF type data */ + __u32 btf_key_type_id; /* BTF type_id of the key */ + __u32 btf_value_type_id; /* BTF type_id of the value */ + +In libbpf, the map can be defined with extra annotation like below: +:: + + struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") btf_map = { + .type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY, + .key_size = sizeof(int), + .value_size = sizeof(struct ipv_counts), + .max_entries = 4, + }; + BPF_ANNOTATE_KV_PAIR(btf_map, int, struct ipv_counts); + +Here, the parameters for macro BPF_ANNOTATE_KV_PAIR are map name, key and +value types for the map. During ELF parsing, libbpf is able to extract +key/value type_id's and assign them to BPF_MAP_CREATE attributes +automatically. + +.. _BPF_Prog_Load: + +3.3 BPF_PROG_LOAD +================= + +During prog_load, func_info and line_info can be passed to kernel with proper +values for the following attributes: +:: + + __u32 insn_cnt; + __aligned_u64 insns; + ...... + __u32 prog_btf_fd; /* fd pointing to BTF type data */ + __u32 func_info_rec_size; /* userspace bpf_func_info size */ + __aligned_u64 func_info; /* func info */ + __u32 func_info_cnt; /* number of bpf_func_info records */ + __u32 line_info_rec_size; /* userspace bpf_line_info size */ + __aligned_u64 line_info; /* line info */ + __u32 line_info_cnt; /* number of bpf_line_info records */ + +The func_info and line_info are an array of below, respectively.:: + + struct bpf_func_info { + __u32 insn_off; /* [0, insn_cnt - 1] */ + __u32 type_id; /* pointing to a BTF_KIND_FUNC type */ + }; + struct bpf_line_info { + __u32 insn_off; /* [0, insn_cnt - 1] */ + __u32 file_name_off; /* offset to string table for the filename */ + __u32 line_off; /* offset to string table for the source line */ + __u32 line_col; /* line number and column number */ + }; + +func_info_rec_size is the size of each func_info record, and +line_info_rec_size is the size of each line_info record. Passing the record +size to kernel make it possible to extend the record itself in the future. + +Below are requirements for func_info: + * func_info[0].insn_off must be 0. + * the func_info insn_off is in strictly increasing order and matches + bpf func boundaries. + +Below are requirements for line_info: + * the first insn in each func must have a line_info record pointing to it. + * the line_info insn_off is in strictly increasing order. + +For line_info, the line number and column number are defined as below: +:: + + #define BPF_LINE_INFO_LINE_NUM(line_col) ((line_col) >> 10) + #define BPF_LINE_INFO_LINE_COL(line_col) ((line_col) & 0x3ff) + +3.4 BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_NEXT_ID +============================== + +In kernel, every loaded program, map or btf has a unique id. The id won't +change during the lifetime of a program, map, or btf. + +The bpf syscall command BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_NEXT_ID returns all id's, one for +each command, to user space, for bpf program or maps, respectively, so an +inspection tool can inspect all programs and maps. + +3.5 BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_FD_BY_ID +=============================== + +An introspection tool cannot use id to get details about program or maps. +A file descriptor needs to be obtained first for reference-counting purpose. + +3.6 BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD +========================== + +Once a program/map fd is acquired, an introspection tool can get the detailed +information from kernel about this fd, some of which are BTF-related. For +example, ``bpf_map_info`` returns ``btf_id`` and key/value type ids. +``bpf_prog_info`` returns ``btf_id``, func_info, and line info for translated +bpf byte codes, and jited_line_info. + +3.7 BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID +======================== + +With ``btf_id`` obtained in ``bpf_map_info`` and ``bpf_prog_info``, bpf +syscall command BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID can retrieve a btf fd. Then, with +command BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD, the btf blob, originally loaded into the +kernel with BPF_BTF_LOAD, can be retrieved. + +With the btf blob, ``bpf_map_info``, and ``bpf_prog_info``, an introspection +tool has full btf knowledge and is able to pretty print map key/values, dump +func signatures and line info, along with byte/jit codes. + +4. ELF File Format Interface +**************************** + +4.1 .BTF section +================ + +The .BTF section contains type and string data. The format of this section is +same as the one describe in :ref:`BTF_Type_String`. + +.. _BTF_Ext_Section: + +4.2 .BTF.ext section +==================== + +The .BTF.ext section encodes func_info and line_info which needs loader +manipulation before loading into the kernel. + +The specification for .BTF.ext section is defined at ``tools/lib/bpf/btf.h`` +and ``tools/lib/bpf/btf.c``. + +The current header of .BTF.ext section:: + + struct btf_ext_header { + __u16 magic; + __u8 version; + __u8 flags; + __u32 hdr_len; + + /* All offsets are in bytes relative to the end of this header */ + __u32 func_info_off; + __u32 func_info_len; + __u32 line_info_off; + __u32 line_info_len; + }; + +It is very similar to .BTF section. Instead of type/string section, it +contains func_info and line_info section. See :ref:`BPF_Prog_Load` for details +about func_info and line_info record format. + +The func_info is organized as below.:: + + func_info_rec_size + btf_ext_info_sec for section #1 /* func_info for section #1 */ + btf_ext_info_sec for section #2 /* func_info for section #2 */ + ... + +``func_info_rec_size`` specifies the size of ``bpf_func_info`` structure when +.BTF.ext is generated. ``btf_ext_info_sec``, defined below, is a collection of +func_info for each specific ELF section.:: + + struct btf_ext_info_sec { + __u32 sec_name_off; /* offset to section name */ + __u32 num_info; + /* Followed by num_info * record_size number of bytes */ + __u8 data[0]; + }; + +Here, num_info must be greater than 0. + +The line_info is organized as below.:: + + line_info_rec_size + btf_ext_info_sec for section #1 /* line_info for section #1 */ + btf_ext_info_sec for section #2 /* line_info for section #2 */ + ... + +``line_info_rec_size`` specifies the size of ``bpf_line_info`` structure when +.BTF.ext is generated. + +The interpretation of ``bpf_func_info->insn_off`` and +``bpf_line_info->insn_off`` is different between kernel API and ELF API. For +kernel API, the ``insn_off`` is the instruction offset in the unit of ``struct +bpf_insn``. For ELF API, the ``insn_off`` is the byte offset from the +beginning of section (``btf_ext_info_sec->sec_name_off``). + +4.2 .BTF_ids section +==================== + +The .BTF_ids section encodes BTF ID values that are used within the kernel. + +This section is created during the kernel compilation with the help of +macros defined in ``include/linux/btf_ids.h`` header file. Kernel code can +use them to create lists and sets (sorted lists) of BTF ID values. + +The ``BTF_ID_LIST`` and ``BTF_ID`` macros define unsorted list of BTF ID values, +with following syntax:: + + BTF_ID_LIST(list) + BTF_ID(type1, name1) + BTF_ID(type2, name2) + +resulting in following layout in .BTF_ids section:: + + __BTF_ID__type1__name1__1: + .zero 4 + __BTF_ID__type2__name2__2: + .zero 4 + +The ``u32 list[];`` variable is defined to access the list. + +The ``BTF_ID_UNUSED`` macro defines 4 zero bytes. It's used when we +want to define unused entry in BTF_ID_LIST, like:: + + BTF_ID_LIST(bpf_skb_output_btf_ids) + BTF_ID(struct, sk_buff) + BTF_ID_UNUSED + BTF_ID(struct, task_struct) + +The ``BTF_SET_START/END`` macros pair defines sorted list of BTF ID values +and their count, with following syntax:: + + BTF_SET_START(set) + BTF_ID(type1, name1) + BTF_ID(type2, name2) + BTF_SET_END(set) + +resulting in following layout in .BTF_ids section:: + + __BTF_ID__set__set: + .zero 4 + __BTF_ID__type1__name1__3: + .zero 4 + __BTF_ID__type2__name2__4: + .zero 4 + +The ``struct btf_id_set set;`` variable is defined to access the list. + +The ``typeX`` name can be one of following:: + + struct, union, typedef, func + +and is used as a filter when resolving the BTF ID value. + +All the BTF ID lists and sets are compiled in the .BTF_ids section and +resolved during the linking phase of kernel build by ``resolve_btfids`` tool. + +5. Using BTF +************ + +5.1 bpftool map pretty print +============================ + +With BTF, the map key/value can be printed based on fields rather than simply +raw bytes. This is especially valuable for large structure or if your data +structure has bitfields. For example, for the following map,:: + + enum A { A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 }; + typedef enum A ___A; + struct tmp_t { + char a1:4; + int a2:4; + int :4; + __u32 a3:4; + int b; + ___A b1:4; + enum A b2:4; + }; + struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") tmpmap = { + .type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY, + .key_size = sizeof(__u32), + .value_size = sizeof(struct tmp_t), + .max_entries = 1, + }; + BPF_ANNOTATE_KV_PAIR(tmpmap, int, struct tmp_t); + +bpftool is able to pretty print like below: +:: + + [{ + "key": 0, + "value": { + "a1": 0x2, + "a2": 0x4, + "a3": 0x6, + "b": 7, + "b1": 0x8, + "b2": 0xa + } + } + ] + +5.2 bpftool prog dump +===================== + +The following is an example showing how func_info and line_info can help prog +dump with better kernel symbol names, function prototypes and line +information.:: + + $ bpftool prog dump jited pinned /sys/fs/bpf/test_btf_haskv + [...] + int test_long_fname_2(struct dummy_tracepoint_args * arg): + bpf_prog_44a040bf25481309_test_long_fname_2: + ; static int test_long_fname_2(struct dummy_tracepoint_args *arg) + 0: push %rbp + 1: mov %rsp,%rbp + 4: sub $0x30,%rsp + b: sub $0x28,%rbp + f: mov %rbx,0x0(%rbp) + 13: mov %r13,0x8(%rbp) + 17: mov %r14,0x10(%rbp) + 1b: mov %r15,0x18(%rbp) + 1f: xor %eax,%eax + 21: mov %rax,0x20(%rbp) + 25: xor %esi,%esi + ; int key = 0; + 27: mov %esi,-0x4(%rbp) + ; if (!arg->sock) + 2a: mov 0x8(%rdi),%rdi + ; if (!arg->sock) + 2e: cmp $0x0,%rdi + 32: je 0x0000000000000070 + 34: mov %rbp,%rsi + ; counts = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&btf_map, &key); + [...] + +5.3 Verifier Log +================ + +The following is an example of how line_info can help debugging verification +failure.:: + + /* The code at tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_noinline.c + * is modified as below. + */ + data = (void *)(long)xdp->data; + data_end = (void *)(long)xdp->data_end; + /* + if (data + 4 > data_end) + return XDP_DROP; + */ + *(u32 *)data = dst->dst; + + $ bpftool prog load ./test_xdp_noinline.o /sys/fs/bpf/test_xdp_noinline type xdp + ; data = (void *)(long)xdp->data; + 224: (79) r2 = *(u64 *)(r10 -112) + 225: (61) r2 = *(u32 *)(r2 +0) + ; *(u32 *)data = dst->dst; + 226: (63) *(u32 *)(r2 +0) = r1 + invalid access to packet, off=0 size=4, R2(id=0,off=0,r=0) + R2 offset is outside of the packet + +6. BTF Generation +***************** + +You need latest pahole + + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/pahole/pahole.git/ + +or llvm (8.0 or later). The pahole acts as a dwarf2btf converter. It doesn't +support .BTF.ext and btf BTF_KIND_FUNC type yet. For example,:: + + -bash-4.4$ cat t.c + struct t { + int a:2; + int b:3; + int c:2; + } g; + -bash-4.4$ gcc -c -O2 -g t.c + -bash-4.4$ pahole -JV t.o + File t.o: + [1] STRUCT t kind_flag=1 size=4 vlen=3 + a type_id=2 bitfield_size=2 bits_offset=0 + b type_id=2 bitfield_size=3 bits_offset=2 + c type_id=2 bitfield_size=2 bits_offset=5 + [2] INT int size=4 bit_offset=0 nr_bits=32 encoding=SIGNED + +The llvm is able to generate .BTF and .BTF.ext directly with -g for bpf target +only. The assembly code (-S) is able to show the BTF encoding in assembly +format.:: + + -bash-4.4$ cat t2.c + typedef int __int32; + struct t2 { + int a2; + int (*f2)(char q1, __int32 q2, ...); + int (*f3)(); + } g2; + int main() { return 0; } + int test() { return 0; } + -bash-4.4$ clang -c -g -O2 -target bpf t2.c + -bash-4.4$ readelf -S t2.o + ...... + [ 8] .BTF PROGBITS 0000000000000000 00000247 + 000000000000016e 0000000000000000 0 0 1 + [ 9] .BTF.ext PROGBITS 0000000000000000 000003b5 + 0000000000000060 0000000000000000 0 0 1 + [10] .rel.BTF.ext REL 0000000000000000 000007e0 + 0000000000000040 0000000000000010 16 9 8 + ...... + -bash-4.4$ clang -S -g -O2 -target bpf t2.c + -bash-4.4$ cat t2.s + ...... + .section .BTF,"",@progbits + .short 60319 # 0xeb9f + .byte 1 + .byte 0 + .long 24 + .long 0 + .long 220 + .long 220 + .long 122 + .long 0 # BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO(id = 1) + .long 218103808 # 0xd000000 + .long 2 + .long 83 # BTF_KIND_INT(id = 2) + .long 16777216 # 0x1000000 + .long 4 + .long 16777248 # 0x1000020 + ...... + .byte 0 # string offset=0 + .ascii ".text" # string offset=1 + .byte 0 + .ascii "/home/yhs/tmp-pahole/t2.c" # string offset=7 + .byte 0 + .ascii "int main() { return 0; }" # string offset=33 + .byte 0 + .ascii "int test() { return 0; }" # string offset=58 + .byte 0 + .ascii "int" # string offset=83 + ...... + .section .BTF.ext,"",@progbits + .short 60319 # 0xeb9f + .byte 1 + .byte 0 + .long 24 + .long 0 + .long 28 + .long 28 + .long 44 + .long 8 # FuncInfo + .long 1 # FuncInfo section string offset=1 + .long 2 + .long .Lfunc_begin0 + .long 3 + .long .Lfunc_begin1 + .long 5 + .long 16 # LineInfo + .long 1 # LineInfo section string offset=1 + .long 2 + .long .Ltmp0 + .long 7 + .long 33 + .long 7182 # Line 7 Col 14 + .long .Ltmp3 + .long 7 + .long 58 + .long 8206 # Line 8 Col 14 + +7. Testing +********** + +Kernel bpf selftest `test_btf.c` provides extensive set of BTF-related tests. |