From: Tao Chen <chen.dylane@linux.dev>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Eduard <eddyz87@gmail.com>, Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/2] bpf: Add show_fdinfo for kprobe_multi
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:32:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b2656172-091a-435b-a197-6472ca9a038a@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAADnVQ+SgYop50-1S7424ecRKWDM3R=8cHeizRCjeC_FXdkdLA@mail.gmail.com>
在 2025/6/21 02:25, Alexei Starovoitov 写道:
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM Tao Chen <chen.dylane@linux.dev> wrote:
>>
>> 在 2025/6/20 10:59, Alexei Starovoitov 写道:
>>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM Tao Chen <chen.dylane@linux.dev> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 在 2025/6/20 01:17, Alexei Starovoitov 写道:
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM Tao Chen <chen.dylane@linux.dev> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Show kprobe_multi link info with fdinfo, the info as follows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> link_type: kprobe_multi
>>>>>> link_id: 1
>>>>>> prog_tag: a15b7646cb7f3322
>>>>>> prog_id: 21
>>>>>> type: kprobe_multi
>>>>>
>>>>> ..
>>>>>
>>>>>> + seq_printf(seq,
>>>>>> + "type:\t%s\n"
>>>>>> + "kprobe_cnt:\t%u\n"
>>>>>> + "missed:\t%lu\n",
>>>>>> + kmulti_link->flags == BPF_F_KPROBE_MULTI_RETURN ? "kretprobe_multi" :
>>>>>> + "kprobe_multi",
>>>>>
>>>>> why print the same info twice ?
>>>>> seq_printf(m, "link_type:\t%s\n", bpf_link_type_strs[type]);
>>>>> in bpf_link_show_fdinfo() already did it in a cleaner way.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> link_type only shows 'kprobe_multi', maybe we can show the format like:
>>>
>>> Ohh. Especially so. It would be wrong and confusing to display:
>>> link_type: kprobe_multi
>>> type: kretprobe_multi
>>>
>>> Let's fix 'link_type' to display it properly.
>>
>> What do you think show like this:
>>
>> link_type: kprobe_multi
>> link_id: 1
>> prog_tag: 33be53a4fd673e1d
>> prog_id: 21
>> retprobe: false
>
> It leaks implementation details.
> For the kernel the link type is BPF_LINK_TYPE_KPROBE_MULTI for retprobe too,
> but show_fdinfo is for humans.
> 'link_type:' field can be more precise and differentiate
> what's effectively a subtype of the link.
Well, i will fix it in v5. Thanks.
--
Best Regards
Tao Chen
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-23 2:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-19 3:42 [PATCH bpf-next v4 1/2] bpf: Add show_fdinfo for uprobe_multi Tao Chen
2025-06-19 3:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 2/2] bpf: Add show_fdinfo for kprobe_multi Tao Chen
2025-06-19 17:17 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2025-06-20 2:45 ` Tao Chen
2025-06-20 2:59 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2025-06-20 3:21 ` Tao Chen
2025-06-20 3:31 ` Tao Chen
2025-06-20 18:25 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2025-06-23 2:32 ` Tao Chen [this message]
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