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Commit 433966e3 authored by Alan Maguire's avatar Alan Maguire Committed by Andrii Nakryiko
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libbpf: Support function name-based attach uprobes

kprobe attach is name-based, using lookups of kallsyms to translate
a function name to an address.  Currently uprobe attach is done
via an offset value as described in [1].  Extend uprobe opts
for attach to include a function name which can then be converted
into a uprobe-friendly offset.  The calcualation is done in
several steps:

1. First, determine the symbol address using libelf; this gives us
   the offset as reported by objdump
2. If the function is a shared library function - and the binary
   provided is a shared library - no further work is required;
   the address found is the required address
3. Finally, if the function is local, subtract the base address
   associated with the object, retrieved from ELF program headers.

The resultant value is then added to the func_offset value passed
in to specify the uprobe attach address.  So specifying a func_offset
of 0 along with a function name "printf" will attach to printf entry.

The modes of operation supported are then

1. to attach to a local function in a binary; function "foo1" in
   "/usr/bin/foo"
2. to attach to a shared library function in a shared library -
   function "malloc" in libc.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/trace/uprobetracer.html



Signed-off-by: default avatarAlan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/1648654000-21758-3-git-send-email-alan.maguire@oracle.com
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