mirror_ubuntu-kernels/tools/include/uapi/linux
Daniel Xu dd6e10fbd9 bpf: Add bpf_task_pt_regs() helper
The motivation behind this helper is to access userspace pt_regs in a
kprobe handler.

uprobe's ctx is the userspace pt_regs. kprobe's ctx is the kernelspace
pt_regs. bpf_task_pt_regs() allows accessing userspace pt_regs in a
kprobe handler. The final case (kernelspace pt_regs in uprobe) is
pretty rare (usermode helper) so I think that can be solved later if
necessary.

More concretely, this helper is useful in doing BPF-based DWARF stack
unwinding. Currently the kernel can only do framepointer based stack
unwinds for userspace code. This is because the DWARF state machines are
too fragile to be computed in kernelspace [0]. The idea behind
DWARF-based stack unwinds w/ BPF is to copy a chunk of the userspace
stack (while in prog context) and send it up to userspace for unwinding
(probably with libunwind) [1]. This would effectively enable profiling
applications with -fomit-frame-pointer using kprobes and uprobes.

[0]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/10/356
[1]: https://github.com/danobi/bpf-dwarf-walk

Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu <dxu@dxuuu.xyz>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/e2718ced2d51ef4268590ab8562962438ab82815.1629772842.git.dxu@dxuuu.xyz
2021-08-25 10:37:05 -07:00
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tc_act net: Move all TC actions identifiers to one place 2019-02-10 09:28:43 -08:00
bpf_common.h bpf: Sync kernel ABI header with tooling header for bpf_common.h 2018-02-09 00:24:38 +01:00
bpf_perf_event.h tools, headers: Sync struct bpf_perf_event_data 2021-01-26 00:15:03 +01:00
bpf.h bpf: Add bpf_task_pt_regs() helper 2021-08-25 10:37:05 -07:00
btf.h bpf: Add BTF_KIND_FLOAT to uapi 2021-03-04 17:58:15 -08:00
const.h tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/const.h with the kernel headers 2020-12-18 17:32:28 -03:00
erspan.h tools, include: Grab a copy of linux/erspan.h 2018-04-30 17:56:24 +02:00
ethtool.h tools: include: Add ethtool_drvinfo definition to UAPI header 2021-08-24 14:48:40 -07:00
fadvise.h tools headers uapi: Grab a copy of fadvise.h 2018-12-18 16:17:40 -03:00
fcntl.h tools headers API: Update faccessat2 affected files 2020-06-09 12:40:03 -03:00
filter.h tools: bpf: Use local copy of headers including uapi/linux/filter.h 2020-07-21 10:50:35 +01:00
fs.h tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/fs.h with the kernel sources 2021-05-21 16:00:31 -03:00
fscrypt.h tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/fscrypt.h with the kernel sources 2020-12-18 17:32:28 -03:00
hw_breakpoint.h
if_link.h bonding: add new option lacp_active 2021-08-03 11:50:22 +01:00
if_tun.h selftests/bpf: fix compilation error for flow_dissector.c 2019-05-29 15:15:07 +02:00
if_xdp.h xsk: Add new statistics 2020-07-13 15:32:56 -07:00
in.h tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/in.h copy with the kernel sources 2021-06-19 10:15:22 -03:00
kcmp.h
kvm.h tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/kvm.h with the kernel sources 2021-07-01 16:14:37 -03:00
lirc.h media: rc: rcmm decoder and encoder 2019-02-18 15:39:49 -05:00
mman.h tools UAPI: Update copy of linux/mman.h from the kernel sources 2020-11-03 08:36:51 -03:00
mount.h tools include UAPI: Update linux/mount.h copy 2021-07-01 16:14:36 -03:00
netlink.h net: netlink: rename NETLINK_DUMP_STRICT_CHK -> NETLINK_GET_STRICT_CHK 2018-12-14 11:44:31 -08:00
openat2.h tools headers UAPI: Sync openat2.h with the kernel sources 2021-03-06 16:54:22 -03:00
perf_event.h tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/perf_event.h with the kernel sources 2021-05-21 16:03:08 -03:00
pkt_cls.h net: sched: remove NET_CLS_IND config option 2019-06-15 14:06:13 -07:00
pkt_sched.h sch_htb: Hierarchical QoS hardware offload 2021-01-22 20:41:29 -08:00
prctl.h sched: prctl() core-scheduling interface 2021-05-12 11:43:31 +02:00
sched.h tools headers UAPI: Sync sched.h with the kernel 2020-04-14 09:01:08 -03:00
seg6_local.h selftests/bpf: missing headers test_lwt_seg6local 2018-05-28 17:41:00 +02:00
seg6.h selftests/bpf: missing headers test_lwt_seg6local 2018-05-28 17:41:00 +02:00
stat.h tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/stat.h with the kernel sources 2020-12-17 14:40:24 -03:00
tcp.h bpf: Remove extra lock_sock for TCP_ZEROCOPY_RECEIVE 2021-01-20 14:23:00 -08:00
tls.h bpf, tls: add tls header to tools infrastructure 2018-10-16 08:10:01 -07:00
types.h tools/bpf: Move linux/types.h for selftests and bpftool 2020-03-13 20:56:34 +01:00
usbdevice_fs.h tools headers uapi: Sync linux/usbdevice_fs.h with the kernel sources 2019-09-30 17:29:02 -03:00
vhost.h tools kvm headers: Update KVM headers from the kernel sources 2020-11-03 08:46:30 -03:00