From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCHv4 bpf-next 1/5] libbpf: Add uprobe syscall feature detection
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:42:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260220104220.634154-2-jolsa@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260220104220.634154-1-jolsa@kernel.org>
Adding uprobe syscall feature detection that will be used
in following changes.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
tools/lib/bpf/features.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/features.c b/tools/lib/bpf/features.c
index 2fa434f09cce..adcad221c601 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/features.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/features.c
@@ -568,6 +568,27 @@ static int probe_ldimm64_full_range_off(int token_fd)
return 1;
}
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+
+#ifndef __NR_uprobe
+#define __NR_uprobe 336
+#endif
+
+static int probe_uprobe_syscall(int token_fd)
+{
+ /*
+ * If kernel supports uprobe() syscall, it will return -ENXIO when called
+ * from the outside of a kernel-generated uprobe trampoline.
+ */
+ return syscall(__NR_uprobe) < 0 && errno == ENXIO;
+}
+#else
+static int probe_uprobe_syscall(int token_fd)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
typedef int (*feature_probe_fn)(int /* token_fd */);
static struct kern_feature_cache feature_cache;
@@ -646,6 +667,9 @@ static struct kern_feature_desc {
[FEAT_LDIMM64_FULL_RANGE_OFF] = {
"full range LDIMM64 support", probe_ldimm64_full_range_off,
},
+ [FEAT_UPROBE_SYSCALL] = {
+ "kernel supports uprobe syscall", probe_uprobe_syscall,
+ },
};
bool feat_supported(struct kern_feature_cache *cache, enum kern_feature_id feat_id)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
index 974147e8a8aa..4bcb6ca69bb1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ enum kern_feature_id {
FEAT_BTF_QMARK_DATASEC,
/* Kernel supports LDIMM64 imm offsets past 512 MiB. */
FEAT_LDIMM64_FULL_RANGE_OFF,
+ /* Kernel supports uprobe syscall */
+ FEAT_UPROBE_SYSCALL,
__FEAT_CNT,
};
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-20 10:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-20 10:42 [PATCHv4 bpf-next 0/5] libbpf: Make optimized uprobes backward compatible Jiri Olsa
2026-02-20 10:42 ` Jiri Olsa [this message]
2026-02-20 10:42 ` [PATCHv4 bpf-next 2/5] libbpf: Add support to detect nop,nop5 instructions combo for usdt probe Jiri Olsa
2026-02-20 11:24 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-02-21 12:00 ` David Laight
2026-02-22 14:32 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-02-20 10:42 ` [PATCHv4 bpf-next 3/5] selftests/bpf: Emit nop,nop5 instructions combo for x86_64 arch Jiri Olsa
2026-02-20 10:42 ` [PATCHv4 bpf-next 4/5] selftests/bpf: Add test for checking correct nop of optimized usdt Jiri Olsa
2026-02-20 10:42 ` [PATCHv4 bpf-next 5/5] selftests/bpf: Add usdt trigger bench Jiri Olsa
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