[PATCH v9 tip 4/9] tracing: allow BPF programs to call bpf_ktime_get_ns()

Alexei Starovoitov
2015-03-20T23:32:55Z

bpf_ktime_get_ns() is used by programs to compute time delta between events
or as a timestamp

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 1 +
kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index b2948feeb70b..238c6883877b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ enum bpf_func_id {
BPF_FUNC_map_update_elem, /* int map_update_elem(&map, &key, &value, flags) */
BPF_FUNC_map_delete_elem, /* int map_delete_elem(&map, &key) */
BPF_FUNC_probe_read, /* int bpf_probe_read(void *dst, int size, void *src) */
+ BPF_FUNC_ktime_get_ns, /* u64 bpf_ktime_get_ns(void) */
__BPF_FUNC_MAX_ID,
};

diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index 10ac48da4bb7..96371fa2aad9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_probe_read_proto = {
.arg3_type = ARG_ANYTHING,
};

+static u64 bpf_ktime_get_ns(u64 r1, u64 r2, u64 r3, u64 r4, u64 r5)
+{
+ /* NMI safe access to clock monotonic */
+ return ktime_get_mono_fast_ns();
+}
+
+static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_ktime_get_ns_proto = {
+ .func = bpf_ktime_get_ns,
+ .gpl_only = true,
+ .ret_type = RET_INTEGER,
+};
+
static const struct bpf_func_proto *kprobe_prog_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id)
{
switch (func_id) {
@@ -89,6 +101,8 @@ static const struct bpf_func_proto *kprobe_prog_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func
return &bpf_map_delete_elem_proto;
case BPF_FUNC_probe_read:
return &bpf_probe_read_proto;
+ case BPF_FUNC_ktime_get_ns:
+ return &bpf_ktime_get_ns_proto;
default:
return NULL;
}
--
1.7.9.5