libbpf: add tracepoint attach API

Allow attaching BPF programs to kernel tracepoint BPF hooks specified by
category and name.

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Reviewed-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>

tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c

@@ -4190,6 +4190,85 @@ struct bpf_link *bpf_program__attach_uprobe(struct bpf_program *prog,
 	return link;
 }
 
+static int determine_tracepoint_id(const char *tp_category,
+				   const char *tp_name)
+{
+	char file[PATH_MAX];
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = snprintf(file, sizeof(file),
+		       "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/%s/%s/id",
+		       tp_category, tp_name);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -errno;
+	if (ret >= sizeof(file)) {
+		pr_debug("tracepoint %s/%s path is too long\n",
+			 tp_category, tp_name);
+		return -E2BIG;
+	}
+	return parse_uint_from_file(file, "%d\n");
+}
+
+static int perf_event_open_tracepoint(const char *tp_category,
+				      const char *tp_name)
+{
+	struct perf_event_attr attr = {};
+	char errmsg[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
+	int tp_id, pfd, err;
+
+	tp_id = determine_tracepoint_id(tp_category, tp_name);
+	if (tp_id < 0) {
+		pr_warning("failed to determine tracepoint '%s/%s' perf event ID: %s\n",
+			   tp_category, tp_name,
+			   libbpf_strerror_r(tp_id, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg)));
+		return tp_id;
+	}
+
+	attr.type = PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT;
+	attr.size = sizeof(attr);
+	attr.config = tp_id;
+
+	pfd = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, &attr, -1 /* pid */, 0 /* cpu */,
+		      -1 /* group_fd */, PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC);
+	if (pfd < 0) {
+		err = -errno;
+		pr_warning("tracepoint '%s/%s' perf_event_open() failed: %s\n",
+			   tp_category, tp_name,
+			   libbpf_strerror_r(err, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg)));
+		return err;
+	}
+	return pfd;
+}
+
+struct bpf_link *bpf_program__attach_tracepoint(struct bpf_program *prog,
+						const char *tp_category,
+						const char *tp_name)
+{
+	char errmsg[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
+	struct bpf_link *link;
+	int pfd, err;
+
+	pfd = perf_event_open_tracepoint(tp_category, tp_name);
+	if (pfd < 0) {
+		pr_warning("program '%s': failed to create tracepoint '%s/%s' perf event: %s\n",
+			   bpf_program__title(prog, false),
+			   tp_category, tp_name,
+			   libbpf_strerror_r(pfd, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg)));
+		return ERR_PTR(pfd);
+	}
+	link = bpf_program__attach_perf_event(prog, pfd);
+	if (IS_ERR(link)) {
+		close(pfd);
+		err = PTR_ERR(link);
+		pr_warning("program '%s': failed to attach to tracepoint '%s/%s': %s\n",
+			   bpf_program__title(prog, false),
+			   tp_category, tp_name,
+			   libbpf_strerror_r(err, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg)));
+		return link;
+	}
+	return link;
+}
+
 enum bpf_perf_event_ret
 bpf_perf_event_read_simple(void *mmap_mem, size_t mmap_size, size_t page_size,
 			   void **copy_mem, size_t *copy_size,

tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h

@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ LIBBPF_API struct bpf_link *
 bpf_program__attach_uprobe(struct bpf_program *prog, bool retprobe,
 			   pid_t pid, const char *binary_path,
 			   size_t func_offset);
+LIBBPF_API struct bpf_link *
+bpf_program__attach_tracepoint(struct bpf_program *prog,
+			       const char *tp_category,
+			       const char *tp_name);
 
 struct bpf_insn;
 

tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map

@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.4 {
 		bpf_object__load_xattr;
 		bpf_program__attach_kprobe;
 		bpf_program__attach_perf_event;
+		bpf_program__attach_tracepoint;
 		bpf_program__attach_uprobe;
 		btf_dump__dump_type;
 		btf_dump__free;