From: Varun R Mallya <varunrmallya@gmail.com>
To: andrii@kernel.org, alan.maguire@oracle.com,
yonghong.song@linux.dev, song@kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, memxor@gmail.com,
eddyz87@gmail.com, martin.lau@linux.dev, jolsa@kernel.org,
menglong8.dong@gmail.com, puranjay@kernel.org, bjorn@kernel.org,
leon.hwang@linux.dev, varunrmallya@gmail.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 2/3] libbpf: Add FEAT_KPROBE_MULTI_LINK feature probe.
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:30:18 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260330110019.549079-3-varunrmallya@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260330110019.549079-1-varunrmallya@gmail.com>
Add FEAT_KPROBE_MULTI_LINK, similar to UPROBE_MULTI_LINK
by loading and creating a link for a small BPF program with
BPF_TRACE_KPROBE_MULTI as the expected attach type, and
then checking the success of the operation.
Signed-off-by: Varun R Mallya <varunrmallya@gmail.com>
---
tools/lib/bpf/features.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/features.c b/tools/lib/bpf/features.c
index adcad221c601..13227c9ea69d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/features.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/features.c
@@ -424,6 +424,40 @@ static int probe_uprobe_multi_link(int token_fd)
return link_fd < 0 && err == -EINVAL;
}
+static int probe_kprobe_multi_link(int token_fd)
+{
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_prog_load_opts, load_opts,
+ .expected_attach_type = BPF_TRACE_KPROBE_MULTI,
+ .token_fd = token_fd,
+ .prog_flags = token_fd ? BPF_F_TOKEN_FD : 0,
+ );
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_link_create_opts, link_opts);
+ struct bpf_insn insns[] = {
+ BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+ BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+ };
+ int prog_fd, link_fd, err;
+ const char *sym = "bpf_map_lookup_elem"; /* stable, always present */
+
+ prog_fd = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE, NULL, "GPL",
+ insns, ARRAY_SIZE(insns), &load_opts);
+ if (prog_fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ /* attaching to a valid symbol should succeed */
+ link_opts.kprobe_multi.syms = &sym;
+ link_opts.kprobe_multi.cnt = 1;
+ link_fd = bpf_link_create(prog_fd, -1, BPF_TRACE_KPROBE_MULTI, &link_opts);
+ err = -errno;
+ if (link_fd >= 0)
+ close(link_fd);
+ close(prog_fd);
+ /* if kprobe_multi is supported, link creation either succeeds or
+ * fails with something other than -EINVAL due to permissions,
+ */
+ return link_fd >= 0 || (err != -EINVAL);
+}
+
static int probe_kern_bpf_cookie(int token_fd)
{
struct bpf_insn insns[] = {
@@ -658,6 +692,9 @@ static struct kern_feature_desc {
[FEAT_UPROBE_MULTI_LINK] = {
"BPF multi-uprobe link support", probe_uprobe_multi_link,
},
+ [FEAT_KPROBE_MULTI_LINK] = {
+ "BPF multi-kprobe link support", probe_kprobe_multi_link,
+ },
[FEAT_ARG_CTX_TAG] = {
"kernel-side __arg_ctx tag", probe_kern_arg_ctx_tag,
},
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
index 4bcb6ca69bb1..633106a687c7 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ enum kern_feature_id {
FEAT_SYSCALL_WRAPPER,
/* BPF multi-uprobe link support */
FEAT_UPROBE_MULTI_LINK,
+ /* BPF multi-kprobe link support */
+ FEAT_KPROBE_MULTI_LINK,
/* Kernel supports arg:ctx tag (__arg_ctx) for global subprogs natively */
FEAT_ARG_CTX_TAG,
/* Kernel supports '?' at the front of datasec names */
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-30 11:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-30 11:00 [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 0/3] Upgrading uprobe and kprobe to their `multi` counterparts Varun R Mallya
2026-03-30 11:00 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 1/3] libbpf: Auto-upgrade uprobes to multi-uprobes when supported Varun R Mallya
2026-03-30 11:47 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-03-30 14:52 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-04-01 9:56 ` Varun R Mallya
2026-03-30 11:00 ` Varun R Mallya [this message]
2026-03-30 14:42 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 2/3] libbpf: Add FEAT_KPROBE_MULTI_LINK feature probe Leon Hwang
2026-04-01 9:57 ` Varun R Mallya
2026-03-30 14:52 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-04-01 9:49 ` Varun R Mallya
2026-03-30 11:00 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next v2 3/3] libbpf: Auto-upgrade kprobes to multi-kprobes when supported Varun R Mallya
2026-03-30 11:47 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-04-01 9:59 ` Varun R Mallya
2026-03-30 14:53 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-04-01 10:53 ` Varun R Mallya
2026-04-01 11:11 ` Varun R Mallya
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