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diff --git a/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py b/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py new file mode 100755 index 000000000000..5010a4d5bfba --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py @@ -0,0 +1,421 @@ +#!/usr/bin/python3 +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +# +# Copyright (C) 2018 Netronome Systems, Inc. + +# In case user attempts to run with Python 2. +from __future__ import print_function + +import argparse +import re +import sys, os + +class NoHelperFound(BaseException): + pass + +class ParsingError(BaseException): + def __init__(self, line='<line not provided>', reader=None): + if reader: + BaseException.__init__(self, + 'Error at file offset %d, parsing line: %s' % + (reader.tell(), line)) + else: + BaseException.__init__(self, 'Error parsing line: %s' % line) + +class Helper(object): + """ + An object representing the description of an eBPF helper function. + @proto: function prototype of the helper function + @desc: textual description of the helper function + @ret: description of the return value of the helper function + """ + def __init__(self, proto='', desc='', ret=''): + self.proto = proto + self.desc = desc + self.ret = ret + + def proto_break_down(self): + """ + Break down helper function protocol into smaller chunks: return type, + name, distincts arguments. + """ + arg_re = re.compile('((const )?(struct )?(\w+|...))( (\**)(\w+))?$') + res = {} + proto_re = re.compile('(.+) (\**)(\w+)\(((([^,]+)(, )?){1,5})\)$') + + capture = proto_re.match(self.proto) + res['ret_type'] = capture.group(1) + res['ret_star'] = capture.group(2) + res['name'] = capture.group(3) + res['args'] = [] + + args = capture.group(4).split(', ') + for a in args: + capture = arg_re.match(a) + res['args'].append({ + 'type' : capture.group(1), + 'star' : capture.group(6), + 'name' : capture.group(7) + }) + + return res + +class HeaderParser(object): + """ + An object used to parse a file in order to extract the documentation of a + list of eBPF helper functions. All the helpers that can be retrieved are + stored as Helper object, in the self.helpers() array. + @filename: name of file to parse, usually include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in the + kernel tree + """ + def __init__(self, filename): + self.reader = open(filename, 'r') + self.line = '' + self.helpers = [] + + def parse_helper(self): + proto = self.parse_proto() + desc = self.parse_desc() + ret = self.parse_ret() + return Helper(proto=proto, desc=desc, ret=ret) + + def parse_proto(self): + # Argument can be of shape: + # - "void" + # - "type name" + # - "type *name" + # - Same as above, with "const" and/or "struct" in front of type + # - "..." (undefined number of arguments, for bpf_trace_printk()) + # There is at least one term ("void"), and at most five arguments. + p = re.compile(' \* ?((.+) \**\w+\((((const )?(struct )?(\w+|\.\.\.)( \**\w+)?)(, )?){1,5}\))$') + capture = p.match(self.line) + if not capture: + raise NoHelperFound + self.line = self.reader.readline() + return capture.group(1) + + def parse_desc(self): + p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})Description$') + capture = p.match(self.line) + if not capture: + # Helper can have empty description and we might be parsing another + # attribute: return but do not consume. + return '' + # Description can be several lines, some of them possibly empty, and it + # stops when another subsection title is met. + desc = '' + while True: + self.line = self.reader.readline() + if self.line == ' *\n': + desc += '\n' + else: + p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})(?:\t| {8})(.*)') + capture = p.match(self.line) + if capture: + desc += capture.group(1) + '\n' + else: + break + return desc + + def parse_ret(self): + p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})Return$') + capture = p.match(self.line) + if not capture: + # Helper can have empty retval and we might be parsing another + # attribute: return but do not consume. + return '' + # Return value description can be several lines, some of them possibly + # empty, and it stops when another subsection title is met. + ret = '' + while True: + self.line = self.reader.readline() + if self.line == ' *\n': + ret += '\n' + else: + p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})(?:\t| {8})(.*)') + capture = p.match(self.line) + if capture: + ret += capture.group(1) + '\n' + else: + break + return ret + + def run(self): + # Advance to start of helper function descriptions. + offset = self.reader.read().find('* Start of BPF helper function descriptions:') + if offset == -1: + raise Exception('Could not find start of eBPF helper descriptions list') + self.reader.seek(offset) + self.reader.readline() + self.reader.readline() + self.line = self.reader.readline() + + while True: + try: + helper = self.parse_helper() + self.helpers.append(helper) + except NoHelperFound: + break + + self.reader.close() + print('Parsed description of %d helper function(s)' % len(self.helpers), + file=sys.stderr) + +############################################################################### + +class Printer(object): + """ + A generic class for printers. Printers should be created with an array of + Helper objects, and implement a way to print them in the desired fashion. + @helpers: array of Helper objects to print to standard output + """ + def __init__(self, helpers): + self.helpers = helpers + + def print_header(self): + pass + + def print_footer(self): + pass + + def print_one(self, helper): + pass + + def print_all(self): + self.print_header() + for helper in self.helpers: + self.print_one(helper) + self.print_footer() + +class PrinterRST(Printer): + """ + A printer for dumping collected information about helpers as a ReStructured + Text page compatible with the rst2man program, which can be used to + generate a manual page for the helpers. + @helpers: array of Helper objects to print to standard output + """ + def print_header(self): + header = '''\ +.. Copyright (C) All BPF authors and contributors from 2014 to present. +.. See git log include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in kernel tree for details. +.. +.. %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM) +.. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.. manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.. preserved on all copies. +.. +.. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.. manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.. entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.. permission notice identical to this one. +.. +.. Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.. manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.. responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.. the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.. have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.. which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.. professionally. +.. +.. Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.. the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.. %%%LICENSE_END +.. +.. Please do not edit this file. It was generated from the documentation +.. located in file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h of the Linux kernel sources +.. (helpers description), and from scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py in the same +.. repository (header and footer). + +=========== +BPF-HELPERS +=========== +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +list of eBPF helper functions +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +:Manual section: 7 + +DESCRIPTION +=========== + +The extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) subsystem consists in programs +written in a pseudo-assembly language, then attached to one of the several +kernel hooks and run in reaction of specific events. This framework differs +from the older, "classic" BPF (or "cBPF") in several aspects, one of them being +the ability to call special functions (or "helpers") from within a program. +These functions are restricted to a white-list of helpers defined in the +kernel. + +These helpers are used by eBPF programs to interact with the system, or with +the context in which they work. For instance, they can be used to print +debugging messages, to get the time since the system was booted, to interact +with eBPF maps, or to manipulate network packets. Since there are several eBPF +program types, and that they do not run in the same context, each program type +can only call a subset of those helpers. + +Due to eBPF conventions, a helper can not have more than five arguments. + +Internally, eBPF programs call directly into the compiled helper functions +without requiring any foreign-function interface. As a result, calling helpers +introduces no overhead, thus offering excellent performance. + +This document is an attempt to list and document the helpers available to eBPF +developers. They are sorted by chronological order (the oldest helpers in the +kernel at the top). + +HELPERS +======= +''' + print(header) + + def print_footer(self): + footer = ''' +EXAMPLES +======== + +Example usage for most of the eBPF helpers listed in this manual page are +available within the Linux kernel sources, at the following locations: + +* *samples/bpf/* +* *tools/testing/selftests/bpf/* + +LICENSE +======= + +eBPF programs can have an associated license, passed along with the bytecode +instructions to the kernel when the programs are loaded. The format for that +string is identical to the one in use for kernel modules (Dual licenses, such +as "Dual BSD/GPL", may be used). Some helper functions are only accessible to +programs that are compatible with the GNU Privacy License (GPL). + +In order to use such helpers, the eBPF program must be loaded with the correct +license string passed (via **attr**) to the **bpf**\ () system call, and this +generally translates into the C source code of the program containing a line +similar to the following: + +:: + + char ____license[] __attribute__((section("license"), used)) = "GPL"; + +IMPLEMENTATION +============== + +This manual page is an effort to document the existing eBPF helper functions. +But as of this writing, the BPF sub-system is under heavy development. New eBPF +program or map types are added, along with new helper functions. Some helpers +are occasionally made available for additional program types. So in spite of +the efforts of the community, this page might not be up-to-date. If you want to +check by yourself what helper functions exist in your kernel, or what types of +programs they can support, here are some files among the kernel tree that you +may be interested in: + +* *include/uapi/linux/bpf.h* is the main BPF header. It contains the full list + of all helper functions, as well as many other BPF definitions including most + of the flags, structs or constants used by the helpers. +* *net/core/filter.c* contains the definition of most network-related helper + functions, and the list of program types from which they can be used. +* *kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c* is the equivalent for most tracing program-related + helpers. +* *kernel/bpf/verifier.c* contains the functions used to check that valid types + of eBPF maps are used with a given helper function. +* *kernel/bpf/* directory contains other files in which additional helpers are + defined (for cgroups, sockmaps, etc.). + +Compatibility between helper functions and program types can generally be found +in the files where helper functions are defined. Look for the **struct +bpf_func_proto** objects and for functions returning them: these functions +contain a list of helpers that a given program type can call. Note that the +**default:** label of the **switch ... case** used to filter helpers can call +other functions, themselves allowing access to additional helpers. The +requirement for GPL license is also in those **struct bpf_func_proto**. + +Compatibility between helper functions and map types can be found in the +**check_map_func_compatibility**\ () function in file *kernel/bpf/verifier.c*. + +Helper functions that invalidate the checks on **data** and **data_end** +pointers for network processing are listed in function +**bpf_helper_changes_pkt_data**\ () in file *net/core/filter.c*. + +SEE ALSO +======== + +**bpf**\ (2), +**cgroups**\ (7), +**ip**\ (8), +**perf_event_open**\ (2), +**sendmsg**\ (2), +**socket**\ (7), +**tc-bpf**\ (8)''' + print(footer) + + def print_proto(self, helper): + """ + Format function protocol with bold and italics markers. This makes RST + file less readable, but gives nice results in the manual page. + """ + proto = helper.proto_break_down() + + print('**%s %s%s(' % (proto['ret_type'], + proto['ret_star'].replace('*', '\\*'), + proto['name']), + end='') + + comma = '' + for a in proto['args']: + one_arg = '{}{}'.format(comma, a['type']) + if a['name']: + if a['star']: + one_arg += ' {}**\ '.format(a['star'].replace('*', '\\*')) + else: + one_arg += '** ' + one_arg += '*{}*\\ **'.format(a['name']) + comma = ', ' + print(one_arg, end='') + + print(')**') + + def print_one(self, helper): + self.print_proto(helper) + + if (helper.desc): + print('\tDescription') + # Do not strip all newline characters: formatted code at the end of + # a section must be followed by a blank line. + for line in re.sub('\n$', '', helper.desc, count=1).split('\n'): + print('{}{}'.format('\t\t' if line else '', line)) + + if (helper.ret): + print('\tReturn') + for line in helper.ret.rstrip().split('\n'): + print('{}{}'.format('\t\t' if line else '', line)) + + print('') + +############################################################################### + +# If script is launched from scripts/ from kernel tree and can access +# ../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h, use it as a default name for the file to parse, +# otherwise the --filename argument will be required from the command line. +script = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]) +linuxRoot = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(script)) +bpfh = os.path.join(linuxRoot, 'include/uapi/linux/bpf.h') + +argParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=""" +Parse eBPF header file and generate documentation for eBPF helper functions. +The RST-formatted output produced can be turned into a manual page with the +rst2man utility. +""") +if (os.path.isfile(bpfh)): + argParser.add_argument('--filename', help='path to include/uapi/linux/bpf.h', + default=bpfh) +else: + argParser.add_argument('--filename', help='path to include/uapi/linux/bpf.h') +args = argParser.parse_args() + +# Parse file. +headerParser = HeaderParser(args.filename) +headerParser.run() + +# Print formatted output to standard output. +printer = PrinterRST(headerParser.helpers) +printer.print_all() |