linux/tools/lib
Andrii Nakryiko 05b6f766b2 libbpf: improve handling of unresolved kfuncs
Currently, libbpf leaves `call #0` instruction for __weak unresolved
kfuncs, which might lead to a confusing verifier log situations, where
invalid `call #0` will be treated as successfully validated.

We can do better. Libbpf already has an established mechanism of
poisoning instructions that failed some form of resolution (e.g., CO-RE
relocation and BPF map set to not be auto-created). Libbpf doesn't fail
them outright to allow users to guard them through other means, and as
long as BPF verifier can prove that such poisoned instructions cannot be
ever reached, this doesn't consistute an invalid BPF program. If user
didn't guard such code, libbpf will extract few pieces of information to
tie such poisoned instructions back to additional information about what
entitity wasn't resolved (e.g., BPF map name, or CO-RE relocation
information).

__weak unresolved kfuncs fit this model well, so this patch extends
libbpf with poisioning and log fixup logic for kfunc calls.

Note, this poisoning is done only for kfunc *calls*, not kfunc address
resolution (ldimm64 instructions). The former cannot be ever valid, if
reached, so it's safe to poison them. The latter is a valid mechanism to
check if __weak kfunc ksym was resolved, and do necessary guarding and
work arounds based on this result, supported in most recent kernels. As
such, libbpf keeps such ldimm64 instructions as loading zero, never
poisoning them.

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230418002148.3255690-4-andrii@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2023-04-18 12:45:10 -07:00
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api tracing: Always use canonical ftrace path 2023-02-18 14:34:09 -05:00
bpf libbpf: improve handling of unresolved kfuncs 2023-04-18 12:45:10 -07:00
perf libperf: Fix install_pkgconfig target 2022-12-16 10:04:06 -03:00
subcmd tools lib subcmd: Add dependency test to install_headers 2022-12-14 11:16:12 -03:00
symbol tools lib symbol: Add dependency test to install_headers 2022-12-14 11:16:12 -03:00
thermal tools/lib/thermal: Fix include path for libnl3 in pkg-config file. 2023-02-15 17:29:40 +01:00
argv_split.c
bitmap.c Bitmap patches for v6.0-rc1 2022-08-07 17:52:35 -07:00
ctype.c
find_bit.c tools: sync find_bit() implementation 2022-09-21 12:21:44 -07:00
hweight.c
list_sort.c tools lib: Adopt list_sort() from the kernel sources 2021-10-20 10:30:59 -03:00
rbtree.c tools/: replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones 2020-08-07 11:33:21 -07:00
slab.c tools: Move gfp.h and slab.h from radix-tree to lib 2022-02-20 08:44:37 +02:00
str_error_r.c
string.c tools lib: Adopt memchr_inv() from kernel 2020-11-27 08:34:52 -03:00
vsprintf.c
zalloc.c