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From: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, andrii@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
	martin.lau@linux.dev, eddyz87@gmail.com, song@kernel.org,
	yonghong.song@linux.dev, leon.hwang@linux.dev,
	kernel-patches-bot@fb.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf: Support fentry/fexit for functions with union args
Date: Fri,  5 Sep 2025 21:32:25 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250905133226.84675-2-leon.hwang@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250905133226.84675-1-leon.hwang@linux.dev>

Currently, functions with 'union' arguments cannot be traced with
fentry/fexit:

bpftrace -e 'fentry:release_pages { exit(); }' -v
AST node count: 6
Attaching 1 probe...
ERROR: Error loading BPF program for fentry_vmlinux_release_pages_1.
Kernel error log:
The function release_pages arg0 type UNION is unsupported.
processed 0 insns (limit 1000000) max_states_per_insn 0 total_states 0 peak_states 0 mark_read 0

ERROR: Loading BPF object(s) failed.

The type of the 'release_pages' argument is defined as:

typedef union {
	struct page **pages;
	struct folio **folios;
	struct encoded_page **encoded_pages;
} release_pages_arg __attribute__ ((__transparent_union__));

This patch relaxes the restriction by allowing function arguments of type
'union' to be traced.

Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
---
 kernel/bpf/btf.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 64739308902f7..86883b3c97d20 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -6762,7 +6762,7 @@ bool btf_ctx_access(int off, int size, enum bpf_access_type type,
 	/* skip modifiers */
 	while (btf_type_is_modifier(t))
 		t = btf_type_by_id(btf, t->type);
-	if (btf_type_is_small_int(t) || btf_is_any_enum(t) || __btf_type_is_struct(t))
+	if (btf_type_is_small_int(t) || btf_is_any_enum(t) || btf_type_is_struct(t))
 		/* accessing a scalar */
 		return true;
 	if (!btf_type_is_ptr(t)) {
@@ -7334,7 +7334,7 @@ static int __get_type_size(struct btf *btf, u32 btf_id,
 	if (btf_type_is_ptr(t))
 		/* kernel size of pointer. Not BPF's size of pointer*/
 		return sizeof(void *);
-	if (btf_type_is_int(t) || btf_is_any_enum(t) || __btf_type_is_struct(t))
+	if (btf_type_is_int(t) || btf_is_any_enum(t) || btf_type_is_struct(t))
 		return t->size;
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
--
2.50.1


  reply	other threads:[~2025-09-05 13:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-05 13:32 [PATCH bpf-next 0/2] bpf: Support fentry/fexit for functions with union args Leon Hwang
2025-09-05 13:32 ` Leon Hwang [this message]
2025-09-10  0:54   ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] " Alexei Starovoitov
2025-09-12  2:52     ` Leon Hwang
2025-09-05 13:32 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add test to access union argument in tracing program Leon Hwang

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