bpf: introduce bpf_perf_event_output() helper

This helper is used to send raw data from eBPF program into
special PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE/PERF_COUNT_SW_BPF_OUTPUT perf_event.
User space needs to perf_event_open() it (either for one or all cpus) and
store FD into perf_event_array (similar to bpf_perf_event_read() helper)
before eBPF program can send data into it.

Today the programs triggered by kprobe collect the data and either store
it into the maps or print it via bpf_trace_printk() where latter is the debug
facility and not suitable to stream the data. This new helper replaces
such bpf_trace_printk() usage and allows programs to have dedicated
channel into user space for post-processing of the raw data collected.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 564f1f091991..2e032426cfb7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -287,6 +287,17 @@ enum bpf_func_id {
 	 * Return: realm if != 0
 	 */
 	BPF_FUNC_get_route_realm,
+
+	/**
+	 * bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, map, index, data, size) - output perf raw sample
+	 * @ctx: struct pt_regs*
+	 * @map: pointer to perf_event_array map
+	 * @index: index of event in the map
+	 * @data: data on stack to be output as raw data
+	 * @size: size of data
+	 * Return: 0 on success
+	 */
+	BPF_FUNC_perf_event_output,
 	__BPF_FUNC_MAX_ID,
 };