perf bpf: Collect perf_evsel in BPF object files

This patch creates a 'struct perf_evsel' for every probe in a BPF object
file(s) and fills 'struct evlist' with them. The previously introduced
dummy event is now removed. After this patch, the following command:

 # perf record --event filter.o ls

Can trace on each of the probes defined in filter.o.

The core of this patch is bpf__foreach_tev(), which calls a callback
function for each 'struct probe_trace_event' event for a bpf program
with each associated file descriptors. The add_bpf_event() callback
creates evsels by calling parse_events_add_tracepoint().

Since bpf-loader.c will not be built if libbpf is turned off, an empty
bpf__foreach_tev() is defined in bpf-loader.h to avoid build errors.

Committer notes:

Before:

  # /tmp/oldperf record --event /tmp/foo.o -a usleep 1
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.198 MB perf.data ]
  # perf evlist
  /tmp/foo.o
  # perf evlist -v
  /tmp/foo.o: type: 1, size: 112, config: 0x9, { sample_period,
  sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD, disabled: 1,
  inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, task: 1, sample_id_all: 1,
  exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1

I.e. we create just the PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE (type: 1),
PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY(config 0x9) event, now, with this patch:

  # perf record --event /tmp/foo.o -a usleep 1
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.210 MB perf.data ]
  # perf evlist -v
  perf_bpf_probe:fork: type: 2, size: 112, config: 0x6bd, { sample_period,
  sample_freq }: 1, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|RAW, disabled: 1,
  inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, task: 1, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest:
  1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1
  #

We now have a PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE (type: 1), but the config states 0x6bd,
which is how, after setting up the event via the kprobes interface, the
'perf_bpf_probe:fork' event is accessible via the perf_event_open
syscall. This is all transient, as soon as the 'perf record' session
ends, these probes will go away.

To see how it looks like, lets try doing a neverending session, one that
expects a control+C to end:

  # perf record --event /tmp/foo.o -a

So, with that in place, we can use 'perf probe' to see what is in place:

  # perf probe -l
    perf_bpf_probe:fork  (on _do_fork@acme/git/linux/kernel/fork.c)

We also can use debugfs:

  [root@felicio ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/kprobe_events
  p:perf_bpf_probe/fork _text+638512

Ok, now lets stop and see if we got some forks:

  [root@felicio linux]# perf record --event /tmp/foo.o -a
  ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.325 MB perf.data (111 samples) ]

  [root@felicio linux]# perf script
      sshd  1271 [003] 81797.507678: perf_bpf_probe:fork: (ffffffff8109be30)
      sshd 18309 [000] 81797.524917: perf_bpf_probe:fork: (ffffffff8109be30)
      sshd 18309 [001] 81799.381603: perf_bpf_probe:fork: (ffffffff8109be30)
      sshd 18309 [001] 81799.408635: perf_bpf_probe:fork: (ffffffff8109be30)
  <SNIP>

Sure enough, we have 111 forks :-)

Callchains seems to work as well:

  # perf report --stdio --no-child
  # To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.
  #
  # Total Lost Samples: 0
  #
  # Samples: 562  of event 'perf_bpf_probe:fork'
  # Event count (approx.): 562
  #
  # Overhead  Command   Shared Object     Symbol
  # ........  ........  ................  ............
  #
      44.66%  sh        [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] _do_fork
                    |
                    ---_do_fork
                       entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath
                       __libc_fork
                       make_child

    26.16%  make      [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] _do_fork
<SNIP>
  #

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kaixu Xia <xiakaixu@huawei.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1444826502-49291-7-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index c3aabeb..d97b037 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -530,12 +530,49 @@ static int add_tracepoint_multi_sys(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+struct __add_bpf_event_param {
+	struct parse_events_evlist *data;
+	struct list_head *list;
+};
+
+static int add_bpf_event(struct probe_trace_event *tev, int fd,
+			 void *_param)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(new_evsels);
+	struct __add_bpf_event_param *param = _param;
+	struct parse_events_evlist *evlist = param->data;
+	struct list_head *list = param->list;
+	int err;
+
+	pr_debug("add bpf event %s:%s and attach bpf program %d\n",
+		 tev->group, tev->event, fd);
+
+	err = parse_events_add_tracepoint(&new_evsels, &evlist->idx, tev->group,
+					  tev->event, evlist->error, NULL);
+	if (err) {
+		struct perf_evsel *evsel, *tmp;
+
+		pr_debug("Failed to add BPF event %s:%s\n",
+			 tev->group, tev->event);
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(evsel, tmp, &new_evsels, node) {
+			list_del(&evsel->node);
+			perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+		}
+		return err;
+	}
+	pr_debug("adding %s:%s\n", tev->group, tev->event);
+
+	list_splice(&new_evsels, list);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 			      struct list_head *list,
 			      struct bpf_object *obj)
 {
 	int err;
 	char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
+	struct __add_bpf_event_param param = {data, list};
 	static bool registered_unprobe_atexit = false;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(obj) || !obj) {
@@ -567,13 +604,14 @@ int parse_events_load_bpf_obj(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 		goto errout;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Temporary add a dummy event here so we can check whether
-	 * basic bpf loader works. Following patches will replace
-	 * dummy event by useful evsels.
-	 */
-	return parse_events_add_numeric(data, list, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
-					PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY, NULL);
+	err = bpf__foreach_tev(obj, add_bpf_event, &param);
+	if (err) {
+		snprintf(errbuf, sizeof(errbuf),
+			 "Attach events in BPF object failed");
+		goto errout;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 errout:
 	data->error->help = strdup("(add -v to see detail)");
 	data->error->str = strdup(errbuf);