[RFC PATCH v6 16/32] bpf tools: Relocate eBPF programs

Wang Nan
2015-06-09T05:57:09Z

If an eBPF program accesses a map, LLVM generates a load instruction
which loads an absolute address into a register, like this:

ld_64 r1, <MCOperand Expr:(mymap)>
...
call 2

That ld_64 instruction will be recorded in relocation section.
To enable the usage of that map, relocation must be done by replacing
the immediate value by real map file descriptor so it can be found by
eBPF map functions.

This patch to the relocation work based on information collected by
patch 'bpf tools: Collect relocation sections from SHT_REL sections'.
For each instruction which needs relocation, it inject corresponding
file descriptor to imm field. As a part of protocol, src_reg is set to
BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_FD to notify kernel this is a map loading instruction.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
---
tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 814721a..dbec69f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -622,6 +622,55 @@ bpf_object__create_maps(struct bpf_object *obj)
return 0;
}

+static int
+bpf_program__relocate(struct bpf_program *prog, int *map_fds)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ if (!prog || !prog->reloc_desc)
+ return 0;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < prog->nr_reloc; i++) {
+ int insn_idx, map_idx;
+ struct bpf_insn *insns = prog->insns;
+
+ insn_idx = prog->reloc_desc[i].insn_idx;
+ map_idx = prog->reloc_desc[i].map_idx;
+
+ if (insn_idx >= (int)prog->insns_cnt) {
+ pr_warning("relocation out of range: '%s'\n",
+ prog->section_name);
+ return -ERANGE;
+ }
+ insns[insn_idx].src_reg = BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_FD;
+ insns[insn_idx].imm = map_fds[map_idx];
+ }
+
+ zfree(&prog->reloc_desc);
+ prog->nr_reloc = 0;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int
+bpf_object__relocate(struct bpf_object *obj)
+{
+ struct bpf_program *prog;
+ size_t i;
+ int err;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < obj->nr_programs; i++) {
+ prog = &obj->programs[i];
+
+ if ((err = bpf_program__relocate(prog, obj->map_fds))) {
+ pr_warning("failed to relocate '%s'\n",
+ prog->section_name);
+ return err;
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int bpf_object__collect_reloc(struct bpf_object *obj)
{
int i, err;
@@ -753,6 +802,8 @@ int bpf_object__load(struct bpf_object *obj)
obj->loaded = true;
if (bpf_object__create_maps(obj))
goto out;
+ if (bpf_object__relocate(obj))
+ goto out;

return 0;
out:
--
1.8.3.4