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SubjectRe: [PATCH bpf-next 4/5] samples/bpf: Refine printing symbol for sampleip
On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 10:21:25PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 01:12:49PM +0800, Leo Yan wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 09:47:45PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 09:34:05AM +0800, Leo Yan wrote:
> > > > The code defines macro 'PAGE_OFFSET' and uses it to decide if the
> > > > address is in kernel space or not. But different architecture has
> > > > different 'PAGE_OFFSET' so this program cannot be used for all
> > > > platforms.
> > > >
> > > > This commit changes to check returned pointer from ksym_search() to
> > > > judge if the address falls into kernel space or not, and removes
> > > > macro 'PAGE_OFFSET' as it isn't used anymore. As result, this program
> > > > has no architecture dependency.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
> > > > ---
> > > > samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c | 8 +++-----
> > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c b/samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c
> > > > index 4ed690b..0eea1b3 100644
> > > > --- a/samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c
> > > > +++ b/samples/bpf/sampleip_user.c
> > > > @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
> > > > #define DEFAULT_FREQ 99
> > > > #define DEFAULT_SECS 5
> > > > #define MAX_IPS 8192
> > > > -#define PAGE_OFFSET 0xffff880000000000
> > > >
> > > > static int nr_cpus;
> > > >
> > > > @@ -107,14 +106,13 @@ static void print_ip_map(int fd)
> > > > /* sort and print */
> > > > qsort(counts, max, sizeof(struct ipcount), count_cmp);
> > > > for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
> > > > - if (counts[i].ip > PAGE_OFFSET) {
> > > > - sym = ksym_search(counts[i].ip);
> > >
> > > yes. it is x64 specific, since it's a sample code,
> > > but simply removing it is not a fix.
> > > It makes this sampleip code behaving incorrectly.
> > > To do such 'cleanup of ksym' please refactor it in the true generic way,
> > > so these ksym* helpers can work on all archs and put this new
> > > functionality into selftests.
> >
> > Just want to check, are you suggesting to create a standalone
> > testing for kallsyms (like a folder tools/testing/selftests/ksym) or
> > do you mean to place the generic code into folder
> > tools/testing/selftests/bpf/?
>
> I think the minimal first step is to cleanup ksym bits into something
> that bpf selftests can use and keep it as new .c in
> tools/testing/selftests/bpf/
> Later if it becomes useful for other tests in selftests it can be moved.

Thanks for explanation, now it's clear for me :)

> Thanks!
>

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