On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 10:37:31AM +0800, Menglong Dong wrote:
> For now, bpf_get_func_arg() and bpf_get_func_arg_cnt() is not supported by
> the BPF_TRACE_RAW_TP, which is not convenient to get the argument of the
> tracepoint, especially for the case that the position of the arguments in
> a tracepoint can change.
>
> The target tracepoint BTF type id is specified during loading time,
> therefore we can get the function argument count from the function
> prototype instead of the stack.
>
> Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <[email protected]>
> ---
> v3:
> - remove unnecessary NULL checking for prog->aux->attach_func_proto
>
> v2:
> - for nr_args, skip first 'void *__data' argument in btf_trace_##name
> typedef
> ---
> kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> index faa1ecc1fe9d..4f52342573f0 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
> @@ -23316,8 +23316,20 @@ static int do_misc_fixups(struct bpf_verifier_env
> *env)
> /* Implement bpf_get_func_arg inline. */
> if (prog_type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING &&
> insn->imm == BPF_FUNC_get_func_arg) {
> - /* Load nr_args from ctx - 8 */
> - insn_buf[0] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1,
> -8);
> + if (eatype == BPF_TRACE_RAW_TP) {
> + int nr_args =
> btf_type_vlen(prog->aux->attach_func_proto);
> +
> + /*
> + * skip first 'void *__data' argument in
> btf_trace_##name
> + * typedef
> + */
> + nr_args--;
> + /* Save nr_args to reg0 */
> + insn_buf[0] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, nr_args);
> + } else {
> + /* Load nr_args from ctx - 8 */
> + insn_buf[0] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0,
> BPF_REG_1, -8);
> + }
> insn_buf[1] = BPF_JMP32_REG(BPF_JGE, BPF_REG_2,
> BPF_REG_0, 6);
> insn_buf[2] = BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_LSH, BPF_REG_2, 3);
> insn_buf[3] = BPF_ALU64_REG(BPF_ADD, BPF_REG_2,
> BPF_REG_1);
> @@ -23369,8 +23381,20 @@ static int do_misc_fixups(struct bpf_verifier_env
> *env)
> /* Implement get_func_arg_cnt inline. */
> if (prog_type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING &&
> insn->imm == BPF_FUNC_get_func_arg_cnt) {
> - /* Load nr_args from ctx - 8 */
> - insn_buf[0] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1,
> -8);
> + if (eatype == BPF_TRACE_RAW_TP) {
> + int nr_args =
> btf_type_vlen(prog->aux->attach_func_proto);
> +
> + /*
> + * skip first 'void *__data' argument in
> btf_trace_##name
> + * typedef
> + */
> + nr_args--;
> + /* Save nr_args to reg0 */
I think we can attach single bpf program to multiple rawtp tracepoints,
in which case this would not work properly for such program links on
tracepoints with different nr_args, right?
jirka
> + insn_buf[0] = BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, nr_args);
> + } else {
> + /* Load nr_args from ctx - 8 */
> + insn_buf[0] = BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0,
> BPF_REG_1, -8);
> + }
>
> new_prog = bpf_patch_insn_data(env, i + delta,
> insn_buf, 1);
> if (!new_prog)
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> index 6e076485bf70..9b1b56851d26 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> @@ -1734,11 +1734,11 @@ tracing_prog_func_proto(enum bpf_func_id func_id,
> const struct bpf_prog *prog)
> case BPF_FUNC_d_path:
> return &bpf_d_path_proto;
> case BPF_FUNC_get_func_arg:
> - return bpf_prog_has_trampoline(prog) ? &bpf_get_func_arg_proto
> : NULL;
> + return &bpf_get_func_arg_proto;
> case BPF_FUNC_get_func_ret:
> return bpf_prog_has_trampoline(prog) ? &bpf_get_func_ret_proto
> : NULL;
> case BPF_FUNC_get_func_arg_cnt:
> - return bpf_prog_has_trampoline(prog) ?
> &bpf_get_func_arg_cnt_proto : NULL;
> + return &bpf_get_func_arg_cnt_proto;
> case BPF_FUNC_get_attach_cookie:
> if (prog->type == BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING &&
> prog->expected_attach_type == BPF_TRACE_RAW_TP)
> --
> 2.52.0
>
