From: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
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Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 3/6] bpf: Retire tracepoint bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:26:46 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261017142649.51047-4-leon.hwang@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261017142649.51047-1-leon.hwang@linux.dev>
In the previous patch, it has a proper way to back-propagate the
underlying driver error message to user space via the BPF syscall common
attributes.
The tracepoint bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed seems redundant to report the
error message. And, the tracepoint doesn't report the ifindex alongside
the error message [1].
So, retire the tracepoint bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed and its selftest.
According to the tracepoint change discussion [2], please revert this
patch if users complain about the disappeared tracepoint
bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed in the future.
Links:
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAFk-A4mE9Jweo2hfX7y_85xbPyt0FqpMT1EvqX1OcYZ=LTLgRA@mail.gmail.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CY8PR11MB7134346A3E4BB28ECA28D6E989132@CY8PR11MB7134.namprd11.prod.outlook.com/
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
---
include/trace/events/xdp.h | 17 -----
net/core/dev.c | 1 -
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_attach.c | 65 -------------------
.../bpf/progs/test_xdp_attach_fail.c | 54 ---------------
4 files changed, 137 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_xdp_attach_fail.c
diff --git a/include/trace/events/xdp.h b/include/trace/events/xdp.h
index 18c0ac514fcb..f1d4d0702884 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/xdp.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/xdp.h
@@ -362,23 +362,6 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mem_connect,
)
);
-TRACE_EVENT(bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed,
-
- TP_PROTO(const char *msg),
-
- TP_ARGS(msg),
-
- TP_STRUCT__entry(
- __string(msg, msg)
- ),
-
- TP_fast_assign(
- __assign_str(msg);
- ),
-
- TP_printk("errmsg=%s", __get_str(msg))
-);
-
#endif /* _TRACE_XDP_H */
#include <trace/define_trace.h>
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fdc1de21f358..266b510abd53 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10816,7 +10816,6 @@ int bpf_xdp_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog,
link->dev = NULL;
bpf_link_cleanup(&link_primer);
bpf_log(log, extack._msg);
- trace_bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed(extack._msg);
goto out_put_dev;
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_attach.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_attach.c
index e6bcb6051402..fa3cac5488f5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_attach.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_attach.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#include <test_progs.h>
-#include "test_xdp_attach_fail.skel.h"
#define IFINDEX_LO 1
#define XDP_FLAGS_REPLACE (1U << 4)
@@ -86,74 +85,10 @@ static void test_xdp_attach(const char *file)
bpf_object__close(obj1);
}
-#define ERRMSG_LEN 64
-
-struct xdp_errmsg {
- char msg[ERRMSG_LEN];
-};
-
-static void on_xdp_errmsg(void *ctx, int cpu, void *data, __u32 size)
-{
- struct xdp_errmsg *ctx_errmg = ctx, *tp_errmsg = data;
-
- memcpy(&ctx_errmg->msg, &tp_errmsg->msg, ERRMSG_LEN);
-}
-
-static const char tgt_errmsg[] = "Invalid XDP flags for BPF link attachment";
-
-static void test_xdp_attach_fail(const char *file)
-{
- struct test_xdp_attach_fail *skel = NULL;
- struct xdp_errmsg errmsg = {};
- struct perf_buffer *pb = NULL;
- struct bpf_object *obj = NULL;
- int err, fd_xdp;
-
- LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_link_create_opts, opts);
-
- skel = test_xdp_attach_fail__open_and_load();
- if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "test_xdp_attach_fail__open_and_load"))
- goto out_close;
-
- err = test_xdp_attach_fail__attach(skel);
- if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "test_xdp_attach_fail__attach"))
- goto out_close;
-
- /* set up perf buffer */
- pb = perf_buffer__new(bpf_map__fd(skel->maps.xdp_errmsg_pb), 1,
- on_xdp_errmsg, NULL, &errmsg, NULL);
- if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(pb, "perf_buffer__new"))
- goto out_close;
-
- err = bpf_prog_test_load(file, BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP, &obj, &fd_xdp);
- if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, 0, "bpf_prog_test_load"))
- goto out_close;
-
- opts.flags = 0xFF; // invalid flags to fail to attach XDP prog
- err = bpf_link_create(fd_xdp, IFINDEX_LO, BPF_XDP, &opts);
- if (!ASSERT_EQ(err, -EINVAL, "bpf_link_create"))
- goto out_close;
-
- /* read perf buffer */
- err = perf_buffer__poll(pb, 100);
- if (!ASSERT_GT(err, -1, "perf_buffer__poll"))
- goto out_close;
-
- ASSERT_STRNEQ((const char *) errmsg.msg, tgt_errmsg,
- 42 /* strlen(tgt_errmsg) */, "check error message");
-
-out_close:
- perf_buffer__free(pb);
- bpf_object__close(obj);
- test_xdp_attach_fail__destroy(skel);
-}
-
void serial_test_xdp_attach(void)
{
if (test__start_subtest("xdp_attach"))
test_xdp_attach("./test_xdp.bpf.o");
if (test__start_subtest("xdp_attach_dynptr"))
test_xdp_attach("./test_xdp_dynptr.bpf.o");
- if (test__start_subtest("xdp_attach_failed"))
- test_xdp_attach_fail("./xdp_dummy.bpf.o");
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_xdp_attach_fail.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_xdp_attach_fail.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ff1b596e87e..000000000000
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_xdp_attach_fail.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/* Copyright Leon Hwang */
-
-#include <linux/bpf.h>
-#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
-
-#define ERRMSG_LEN 64
-
-struct xdp_errmsg {
- char msg[ERRMSG_LEN];
-};
-
-struct {
- __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY);
- __type(key, int);
- __type(value, int);
-} xdp_errmsg_pb SEC(".maps");
-
-struct xdp_attach_error_ctx {
- unsigned long unused;
-
- /*
- * bpf does not support tracepoint __data_loc directly.
- *
- * Actually, this field is a 32 bit integer whose value encodes
- * information on where to find the actual data. The first 2 bytes is
- * the size of the data. The last 2 bytes is the offset from the start
- * of the tracepoint struct where the data begins.
- * -- https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace/pull/1542
- */
- __u32 msg; // __data_loc char[] msg;
-};
-
-/*
- * Catch the error message at the tracepoint.
- */
-
-SEC("tp/xdp/bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed")
-int tp__xdp__bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed(struct xdp_attach_error_ctx *ctx)
-{
- char *msg = (void *)(__u64) ((void *) ctx + (__u16) ctx->msg);
- struct xdp_errmsg errmsg = {};
-
- bpf_probe_read_kernel_str(&errmsg.msg, ERRMSG_LEN, msg);
- bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, &xdp_errmsg_pb, BPF_F_CURRENT_CPU, &errmsg,
- ERRMSG_LEN);
- return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Reuse the XDP program in xdp_dummy.c.
- */
-
-char LICENSE[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-17 14:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-17 14:26 [PATCH bpf-next 0/6] bpf: Add syscall common attrs support for xdp link_create Leon Hwang
2026-10-17 14:26 ` [PATCH bpf-next 1/6] bpf: Add syscall common attrs support for link_create Leon Hwang
2026-10-17 14:39 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 14:26 ` [PATCH bpf-next 2/6] bpf: Add syscall common attrs support for xdp link_create Leon Hwang
2026-10-17 14:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 15:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-18 3:28 ` kernel test robot
2026-10-18 3:46 ` kernel test robot
2026-10-17 14:26 ` Leon Hwang [this message]
2026-10-17 14:26 ` [PATCH bpf-next 4/6] libbpf: Factor out __bpf_sys_fd helper Leon Hwang
2026-10-17 14:53 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-17 14:26 ` [PATCH bpf-next 5/6] libbpf: Add bpf_link_create_log API Leon Hwang
2026-10-17 14:43 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-17 15:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-17 14:26 ` [PATCH bpf-next 6/6] selftests/bpf: Add tests to verify link_create logs Leon Hwang
2026-10-17 15:02 ` bot+bpf-ci
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