bpf, xdp: Add tracepoint to xdp attaching failure

When error happens in dev_xdp_attach(), it should have a way to tell
users the error message like the netlink approach.

To avoid breaking uapi, adding a tracepoint in bpf_xdp_link_attach() is
an appropriate way to notify users the error message.

Hence, bpf libraries are able to retrieve the error message by this
tracepoint, and then report the error message to users.

Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <hffilwlqm@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230801142621.7925-2-hffilwlqm@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Leon Hwang
2023-08-01 22:26:20 +08:00
committed by Alexei Starovoitov
parent 416c6d0124
commit bf4ea1d0b2
2 changed files with 21 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -404,6 +404,23 @@ TRACE_EVENT(mem_return_failed,
)
);
TRACE_EVENT(bpf_xdp_link_attach_failed,
TP_PROTO(const char *msg),
TP_ARGS(msg),
TP_STRUCT__entry(
__string(msg, msg)
),
TP_fast_assign(
__assign_str(msg, msg);
),
TP_printk("errmsg=%s", __get_str(msg))
);
#endif /* _TRACE_XDP_H */
#include <trace/define_trace.h>