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1 | #!/usr/bin/python3 |
2 | # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only | |
3 | # | |
4 | # Copyright (C) 2018 Netronome Systems, Inc. | |
5 | ||
6 | # In case user attempts to run with Python 2. | |
7 | from __future__ import print_function | |
8 | ||
9 | import argparse | |
10 | import re | |
11 | import sys, os | |
12 | ||
13 | class NoHelperFound(BaseException): | |
14 | pass | |
15 | ||
16 | class ParsingError(BaseException): | |
17 | def __init__(self, line='<line not provided>', reader=None): | |
18 | if reader: | |
19 | BaseException.__init__(self, | |
20 | 'Error at file offset %d, parsing line: %s' % | |
21 | (reader.tell(), line)) | |
22 | else: | |
23 | BaseException.__init__(self, 'Error parsing line: %s' % line) | |
24 | ||
25 | class Helper(object): | |
26 | """ | |
27 | An object representing the description of an eBPF helper function. | |
28 | @proto: function prototype of the helper function | |
29 | @desc: textual description of the helper function | |
30 | @ret: description of the return value of the helper function | |
31 | """ | |
32 | def __init__(self, proto='', desc='', ret=''): | |
33 | self.proto = proto | |
34 | self.desc = desc | |
35 | self.ret = ret | |
36 | ||
37 | def proto_break_down(self): | |
38 | """ | |
39 | Break down helper function protocol into smaller chunks: return type, | |
40 | name, distincts arguments. | |
41 | """ | |
6f96674d | 42 | arg_re = re.compile('((const )?(struct )?(\w+|...))( (\**)(\w+))?$') |
56a092c8 | 43 | res = {} |
6f96674d | 44 | proto_re = re.compile('(.+) (\**)(\w+)\(((([^,]+)(, )?){1,5})\)$') |
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45 | |
46 | capture = proto_re.match(self.proto) | |
47 | res['ret_type'] = capture.group(1) | |
48 | res['ret_star'] = capture.group(2) | |
49 | res['name'] = capture.group(3) | |
50 | res['args'] = [] | |
51 | ||
52 | args = capture.group(4).split(', ') | |
53 | for a in args: | |
54 | capture = arg_re.match(a) | |
55 | res['args'].append({ | |
56 | 'type' : capture.group(1), | |
57 | 'star' : capture.group(6), | |
58 | 'name' : capture.group(7) | |
59 | }) | |
60 | ||
61 | return res | |
62 | ||
63 | class HeaderParser(object): | |
64 | """ | |
65 | An object used to parse a file in order to extract the documentation of a | |
66 | list of eBPF helper functions. All the helpers that can be retrieved are | |
67 | stored as Helper object, in the self.helpers() array. | |
68 | @filename: name of file to parse, usually include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in the | |
69 | kernel tree | |
70 | """ | |
71 | def __init__(self, filename): | |
72 | self.reader = open(filename, 'r') | |
73 | self.line = '' | |
74 | self.helpers = [] | |
75 | ||
76 | def parse_helper(self): | |
77 | proto = self.parse_proto() | |
78 | desc = self.parse_desc() | |
79 | ret = self.parse_ret() | |
80 | return Helper(proto=proto, desc=desc, ret=ret) | |
81 | ||
82 | def parse_proto(self): | |
83 | # Argument can be of shape: | |
84 | # - "void" | |
85 | # - "type name" | |
86 | # - "type *name" | |
87 | # - Same as above, with "const" and/or "struct" in front of type | |
88 | # - "..." (undefined number of arguments, for bpf_trace_printk()) | |
89 | # There is at least one term ("void"), and at most five arguments. | |
6f96674d | 90 | p = re.compile(' \* ?((.+) \**\w+\((((const )?(struct )?(\w+|\.\.\.)( \**\w+)?)(, )?){1,5}\))$') |
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91 | capture = p.match(self.line) |
92 | if not capture: | |
93 | raise NoHelperFound | |
94 | self.line = self.reader.readline() | |
95 | return capture.group(1) | |
96 | ||
97 | def parse_desc(self): | |
eeacb716 | 98 | p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})Description$') |
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99 | capture = p.match(self.line) |
100 | if not capture: | |
101 | # Helper can have empty description and we might be parsing another | |
102 | # attribute: return but do not consume. | |
103 | return '' | |
104 | # Description can be several lines, some of them possibly empty, and it | |
105 | # stops when another subsection title is met. | |
106 | desc = '' | |
107 | while True: | |
108 | self.line = self.reader.readline() | |
109 | if self.line == ' *\n': | |
110 | desc += '\n' | |
111 | else: | |
eeacb716 | 112 | p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})(?:\t| {8})(.*)') |
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113 | capture = p.match(self.line) |
114 | if capture: | |
115 | desc += capture.group(1) + '\n' | |
116 | else: | |
117 | break | |
118 | return desc | |
119 | ||
120 | def parse_ret(self): | |
eeacb716 | 121 | p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})Return$') |
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122 | capture = p.match(self.line) |
123 | if not capture: | |
124 | # Helper can have empty retval and we might be parsing another | |
125 | # attribute: return but do not consume. | |
126 | return '' | |
127 | # Return value description can be several lines, some of them possibly | |
128 | # empty, and it stops when another subsection title is met. | |
129 | ret = '' | |
130 | while True: | |
131 | self.line = self.reader.readline() | |
132 | if self.line == ' *\n': | |
133 | ret += '\n' | |
134 | else: | |
eeacb716 | 135 | p = re.compile(' \* ?(?:\t| {5,8})(?:\t| {8})(.*)') |
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136 | capture = p.match(self.line) |
137 | if capture: | |
138 | ret += capture.group(1) + '\n' | |
139 | else: | |
140 | break | |
141 | return ret | |
142 | ||
143 | def run(self): | |
144 | # Advance to start of helper function descriptions. | |
145 | offset = self.reader.read().find('* Start of BPF helper function descriptions:') | |
146 | if offset == -1: | |
147 | raise Exception('Could not find start of eBPF helper descriptions list') | |
148 | self.reader.seek(offset) | |
149 | self.reader.readline() | |
150 | self.reader.readline() | |
151 | self.line = self.reader.readline() | |
152 | ||
153 | while True: | |
154 | try: | |
155 | helper = self.parse_helper() | |
156 | self.helpers.append(helper) | |
157 | except NoHelperFound: | |
158 | break | |
159 | ||
160 | self.reader.close() | |
161 | print('Parsed description of %d helper function(s)' % len(self.helpers), | |
162 | file=sys.stderr) | |
163 | ||
164 | ############################################################################### | |
165 | ||
166 | class Printer(object): | |
167 | """ | |
168 | A generic class for printers. Printers should be created with an array of | |
169 | Helper objects, and implement a way to print them in the desired fashion. | |
170 | @helpers: array of Helper objects to print to standard output | |
171 | """ | |
172 | def __init__(self, helpers): | |
173 | self.helpers = helpers | |
174 | ||
175 | def print_header(self): | |
176 | pass | |
177 | ||
178 | def print_footer(self): | |
179 | pass | |
180 | ||
181 | def print_one(self, helper): | |
182 | pass | |
183 | ||
184 | def print_all(self): | |
185 | self.print_header() | |
186 | for helper in self.helpers: | |
187 | self.print_one(helper) | |
188 | self.print_footer() | |
189 | ||
190 | class PrinterRST(Printer): | |
191 | """ | |
192 | A printer for dumping collected information about helpers as a ReStructured | |
193 | Text page compatible with the rst2man program, which can be used to | |
194 | generate a manual page for the helpers. | |
195 | @helpers: array of Helper objects to print to standard output | |
196 | """ | |
197 | def print_header(self): | |
198 | header = '''\ | |
199 | .. Copyright (C) All BPF authors and contributors from 2014 to present. | |
200 | .. See git log include/uapi/linux/bpf.h in kernel tree for details. | |
201 | .. | |
202 | .. %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM) | |
203 | .. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this | |
204 | .. manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are | |
205 | .. preserved on all copies. | |
206 | .. | |
207 | .. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this | |
208 | .. manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the | |
209 | .. entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a | |
210 | .. permission notice identical to this one. | |
211 | .. | |
212 | .. Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this | |
213 | .. manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no | |
214 | .. responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from | |
215 | .. the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not | |
216 | .. have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, | |
217 | .. which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working | |
218 | .. professionally. | |
219 | .. | |
220 | .. Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by | |
221 | .. the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. | |
222 | .. %%%LICENSE_END | |
223 | .. | |
224 | .. Please do not edit this file. It was generated from the documentation | |
225 | .. located in file include/uapi/linux/bpf.h of the Linux kernel sources | |
226 | .. (helpers description), and from scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py in the same | |
227 | .. repository (header and footer). | |
228 | ||
229 | =========== | |
230 | BPF-HELPERS | |
231 | =========== | |
232 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
233 | list of eBPF helper functions | |
234 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
235 | ||
236 | :Manual section: 7 | |
237 | ||
238 | DESCRIPTION | |
239 | =========== | |
240 | ||
241 | The extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) subsystem consists in programs | |
242 | written in a pseudo-assembly language, then attached to one of the several | |
243 | kernel hooks and run in reaction of specific events. This framework differs | |
244 | from the older, "classic" BPF (or "cBPF") in several aspects, one of them being | |
245 | the ability to call special functions (or "helpers") from within a program. | |
246 | These functions are restricted to a white-list of helpers defined in the | |
247 | kernel. | |
248 | ||
249 | These helpers are used by eBPF programs to interact with the system, or with | |
250 | the context in which they work. For instance, they can be used to print | |
251 | debugging messages, to get the time since the system was booted, to interact | |
252 | with eBPF maps, or to manipulate network packets. Since there are several eBPF | |
253 | program types, and that they do not run in the same context, each program type | |
254 | can only call a subset of those helpers. | |
255 | ||
256 | Due to eBPF conventions, a helper can not have more than five arguments. | |
257 | ||
258 | Internally, eBPF programs call directly into the compiled helper functions | |
259 | without requiring any foreign-function interface. As a result, calling helpers | |
260 | introduces no overhead, thus offering excellent performance. | |
261 | ||
262 | This document is an attempt to list and document the helpers available to eBPF | |
263 | developers. They are sorted by chronological order (the oldest helpers in the | |
264 | kernel at the top). | |
265 | ||
266 | HELPERS | |
267 | ======= | |
268 | ''' | |
269 | print(header) | |
270 | ||
271 | def print_footer(self): | |
272 | footer = ''' | |
273 | EXAMPLES | |
274 | ======== | |
275 | ||
276 | Example usage for most of the eBPF helpers listed in this manual page are | |
277 | available within the Linux kernel sources, at the following locations: | |
278 | ||
279 | * *samples/bpf/* | |
280 | * *tools/testing/selftests/bpf/* | |
281 | ||
282 | LICENSE | |
283 | ======= | |
284 | ||
285 | eBPF programs can have an associated license, passed along with the bytecode | |
286 | instructions to the kernel when the programs are loaded. The format for that | |
287 | string is identical to the one in use for kernel modules (Dual licenses, such | |
288 | as "Dual BSD/GPL", may be used). Some helper functions are only accessible to | |
289 | programs that are compatible with the GNU Privacy License (GPL). | |
290 | ||
291 | In order to use such helpers, the eBPF program must be loaded with the correct | |
292 | license string passed (via **attr**) to the **bpf**\ () system call, and this | |
293 | generally translates into the C source code of the program containing a line | |
294 | similar to the following: | |
295 | ||
296 | :: | |
297 | ||
298 | char ____license[] __attribute__((section("license"), used)) = "GPL"; | |
299 | ||
300 | IMPLEMENTATION | |
301 | ============== | |
302 | ||
303 | This manual page is an effort to document the existing eBPF helper functions. | |
304 | But as of this writing, the BPF sub-system is under heavy development. New eBPF | |
305 | program or map types are added, along with new helper functions. Some helpers | |
306 | are occasionally made available for additional program types. So in spite of | |
307 | the efforts of the community, this page might not be up-to-date. If you want to | |
308 | check by yourself what helper functions exist in your kernel, or what types of | |
309 | programs they can support, here are some files among the kernel tree that you | |
310 | may be interested in: | |
311 | ||
312 | * *include/uapi/linux/bpf.h* is the main BPF header. It contains the full list | |
313 | of all helper functions, as well as many other BPF definitions including most | |
314 | of the flags, structs or constants used by the helpers. | |
315 | * *net/core/filter.c* contains the definition of most network-related helper | |
316 | functions, and the list of program types from which they can be used. | |
317 | * *kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c* is the equivalent for most tracing program-related | |
318 | helpers. | |
319 | * *kernel/bpf/verifier.c* contains the functions used to check that valid types | |
320 | of eBPF maps are used with a given helper function. | |
321 | * *kernel/bpf/* directory contains other files in which additional helpers are | |
322 | defined (for cgroups, sockmaps, etc.). | |
323 | ||
324 | Compatibility between helper functions and program types can generally be found | |
325 | in the files where helper functions are defined. Look for the **struct | |
326 | bpf_func_proto** objects and for functions returning them: these functions | |
327 | contain a list of helpers that a given program type can call. Note that the | |
328 | **default:** label of the **switch ... case** used to filter helpers can call | |
329 | other functions, themselves allowing access to additional helpers. The | |
330 | requirement for GPL license is also in those **struct bpf_func_proto**. | |
331 | ||
332 | Compatibility between helper functions and map types can be found in the | |
333 | **check_map_func_compatibility**\ () function in file *kernel/bpf/verifier.c*. | |
334 | ||
335 | Helper functions that invalidate the checks on **data** and **data_end** | |
336 | pointers for network processing are listed in function | |
337 | **bpf_helper_changes_pkt_data**\ () in file *net/core/filter.c*. | |
338 | ||
339 | SEE ALSO | |
340 | ======== | |
341 | ||
342 | **bpf**\ (2), | |
343 | **cgroups**\ (7), | |
344 | **ip**\ (8), | |
345 | **perf_event_open**\ (2), | |
346 | **sendmsg**\ (2), | |
347 | **socket**\ (7), | |
348 | **tc-bpf**\ (8)''' | |
349 | print(footer) | |
350 | ||
351 | def print_proto(self, helper): | |
352 | """ | |
353 | Format function protocol with bold and italics markers. This makes RST | |
354 | file less readable, but gives nice results in the manual page. | |
355 | """ | |
356 | proto = helper.proto_break_down() | |
357 | ||
358 | print('**%s %s%s(' % (proto['ret_type'], | |
359 | proto['ret_star'].replace('*', '\\*'), | |
360 | proto['name']), | |
361 | end='') | |
362 | ||
363 | comma = '' | |
364 | for a in proto['args']: | |
365 | one_arg = '{}{}'.format(comma, a['type']) | |
366 | if a['name']: | |
367 | if a['star']: | |
368 | one_arg += ' {}**\ '.format(a['star'].replace('*', '\\*')) | |
369 | else: | |
370 | one_arg += '** ' | |
371 | one_arg += '*{}*\\ **'.format(a['name']) | |
372 | comma = ', ' | |
373 | print(one_arg, end='') | |
374 | ||
375 | print(')**') | |
376 | ||
377 | def print_one(self, helper): | |
378 | self.print_proto(helper) | |
379 | ||
380 | if (helper.desc): | |
381 | print('\tDescription') | |
382 | # Do not strip all newline characters: formatted code at the end of | |
383 | # a section must be followed by a blank line. | |
384 | for line in re.sub('\n$', '', helper.desc, count=1).split('\n'): | |
385 | print('{}{}'.format('\t\t' if line else '', line)) | |
386 | ||
387 | if (helper.ret): | |
388 | print('\tReturn') | |
389 | for line in helper.ret.rstrip().split('\n'): | |
390 | print('{}{}'.format('\t\t' if line else '', line)) | |
391 | ||
392 | print('') | |
393 | ||
394 | ############################################################################### | |
395 | ||
396 | # If script is launched from scripts/ from kernel tree and can access | |
397 | # ../include/uapi/linux/bpf.h, use it as a default name for the file to parse, | |
398 | # otherwise the --filename argument will be required from the command line. | |
399 | script = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]) | |
400 | linuxRoot = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(script)) | |
401 | bpfh = os.path.join(linuxRoot, 'include/uapi/linux/bpf.h') | |
402 | ||
403 | argParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=""" | |
404 | Parse eBPF header file and generate documentation for eBPF helper functions. | |
405 | The RST-formatted output produced can be turned into a manual page with the | |
406 | rst2man utility. | |
407 | """) | |
408 | if (os.path.isfile(bpfh)): | |
409 | argParser.add_argument('--filename', help='path to include/uapi/linux/bpf.h', | |
410 | default=bpfh) | |
411 | else: | |
412 | argParser.add_argument('--filename', help='path to include/uapi/linux/bpf.h') | |
413 | args = argParser.parse_args() | |
414 | ||
415 | # Parse file. | |
416 | headerParser = HeaderParser(args.filename) | |
417 | headerParser.run() | |
418 | ||
419 | # Print formatted output to standard output. | |
420 | printer = PrinterRST(headerParser.helpers) | |
421 | printer.print_all() |