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From: Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
To: buildroot@buildroot.org
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] support/testing: add bpftrace test
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:55:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260827095520.1049186-3-thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260827095520.1049186-1-thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>

This commit adds a simple bpftrace test that ensures that not only it
builds fine, but it also runs properly on a minimal test scenario.

Assisted-by: GPT-5.6
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
---
 DEVELOPERS                                    |  2 +
 .../testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace.py    | 66 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../test_bpftrace/linux-bpftrace.fragment     |  4 ++
 3 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 support/testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace.py
 create mode 100644 support/testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace/linux-bpftrace.fragment

diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 5eb438906f..080aaac5e0 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -3297,6 +3297,8 @@ F:	support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_flask_expects_json.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_git.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_pyudev.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_unittest_xml_reporting.py
+F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace.py
+F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace/linux-bpftrace.fragment
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_nodejs.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_python_augeas.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_python_crccheck.py
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70ccfe8b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import os
+
+import infra.basetest
+
+
+# gitlab-runner: 2xlarge
+class TestBpftrace(infra.basetest.BRTest):
+    kern_fragment = infra.filepath(
+        "tests/package/test_bpftrace/linux-bpftrace.fragment"
+    )
+    config = f"""
+        BR2_aarch64=y
+        BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
+        BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyAMA0"
+        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
+        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.6.32"
+        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
+        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config"
+        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="{kern_fragment}"
+        BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_BPFTRACE=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_TAR=y
+        BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
+        BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
+        BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="256M"
+        # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
+        """
+
+    def test_run(self):
+        drive = os.path.join(self.builddir, "images", "rootfs.ext4")
+        kern = os.path.join(self.builddir, "images", "Image")
+        self.emulator.boot(
+            arch="aarch64",
+            kernel=kern,
+            kernel_cmdline=["root=/dev/vda console=ttyAMA0"],
+            options=[
+                "-M",
+                "virt",
+                "-cpu",
+                "cortex-a57",
+                "-m",
+                "256M",
+                "-drive",
+                f"file={drive},if=virtio,format=raw",
+            ],
+        )
+        self.emulator.login()
+
+        self.assertRunOk("mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug/")
+
+        # Check that bpftrace can find a syscall tracepoint.
+        self.assertRunOk("bpftrace -l 'tracepoint:syscalls:sys_enter_execve'")
+
+        # Compile and attach a tracepoint program, then trigger it with the
+        # command executed by bpftrace. The marker avoids matching volatile
+        # fields such as PIDs or command names.
+        cmd = (
+            "bpftrace -e 'tracepoint:syscalls:sys_enter_execve "
+            '{ printf("buildroot-bpftrace-test\\n"); exit(); }\' '
+            "-c /bin/true"
+        )
+        output, ret = self.emulator.run(cmd)
+        self.assertEqual(ret, 0)
+        self.assertIn("buildroot-bpftrace-test", "\n".join(output))
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace/linux-bpftrace.fragment b/support/testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace/linux-bpftrace.fragment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35359b08f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_bpftrace/linux-bpftrace.fragment
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_FTRACE=y
+CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS=y
+CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER=y
+CONFIG_KPROBES=y
-- 
2.55.0

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-27  9:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-27  9:55 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] package/libbpf: update UAPI header installation work-around Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2026-08-27  9:55 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] package/bpftrace: bump to version 0.26.1 to fix build with LLVM 22 Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2026-09-04 12:17   ` Thomas Perale via buildroot
2026-08-27  9:55 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot [this message]
2026-08-29 14:19   ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] support/testing: add bpftrace test Peter Korsgaard
2026-08-29 16:52     ` Julien Olivain via buildroot
2026-08-29 17:49       ` Peter Korsgaard
2026-08-29 18:45       ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2026-08-29 19:24         ` Julien Olivain via buildroot
2026-09-04 12:19   ` Thomas Perale via buildroot
2026-08-28 10:58 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/3] package/libbpf: update UAPI header installation work-around Julien Olivain via buildroot
2026-09-04 12:17 ` Thomas Perale via buildroot

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