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
next prev parent 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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