From: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>,
Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de>, Wen Yang <wen.yang@linux.dev>,
Tobias Schaffner <tobias.schaffner@siemens.com>,
Viktor Malik <vmalik@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 00/15] rv: Add support for BPF monitors
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 17:20:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261001152042.124445-1-gmonaco@redhat.com> (raw)
Extend the rv userspace tool to load BPF monitors, those can be found in
specific locations (e.g. /usr/share/rv/bpf_monitors/) and are plain
object files including BTF data.
This type of BPF monitors can be generated from rvgen using the -b flag
just like in-kernel monitors and, after manual adaptation, can be built
and run transparently by the rv userspace tool.
Only DA monitors are supported (as they are the only class the rv tool
currenly supports) and the tool aims to work in the same way for both
in-kernel and BPF monitors.
The da_monitor header is adapted to be included directly in BPF programs
and share as much logic as possible.
BPF monitors are implemented purely in BPF and as such require the rv
userspace tool for any operation:
* listing: find properly formatted objects in specific locations
* running: load trace handlers for events
* tracing: read event/errors from the ring buffer
* reactors: link a react() function over the object
Selftests (make -C tools/verification/rv check) are present to validate
and demonstrate the usage, which is mostly equivalent to the standard rv
tool usage.
Patch 1 adds tracepoints required in a later monitor example.
Patch 2 improves the rv tool selftest reporting.
Patches 3-4 prepare the kernel headers for BPF support.
Patch 5 adds a feature check for tools/build.
Patch 6-8 prepare and add support for BPF monitors in the rv tool.
Patch 9-11 prepare and include BPF monitors examples.
Patch 12 adds support for BPF reactors.
Patch 13 adds support for generating BPF monitors in rvgen.
Patch 14-15 adds BPF selftests (make check) for the rv and rvgen tools.
Changes since RFC [1]:
* Drop struct_ops integration to favour a BPF-only implementation.
* Implement BPF reactors with a dynamic linker.
* Don't pin programs and maps.
* Improve handler performance when not tracing.
[1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260831090524.106845-1-gmonaco@redhat.com
To: linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Cc: Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de>
Cc: Wen Yang <wen.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Tobias Schaffner <tobias.schaffner@siemens.com>
Cc: Viktor Malik <vmalik@redhat.com>
Gabriele Monaco (14):
tools/rv: Skip empty pid error in selftest if command failed
rv: Refactor da_trace() functions to get strings internally
rv: Cast result of model_get_*_name()
tools/rv: Move argument parsing from in_kernel to utils
tools/build: Add a feature test for bpftool-btf
tools/rv: Implement BPF monitor discovery and listing
tools/rv: Implement BPF monitor loading and tracing
tools/rv: Copy stripped bpf_atomic.h from libarena
tools/rv: Add BPF monitors
tools/rv: Define CONFIG_X86_64 statically for BPF monitors
tools/rv: Add reactors support to BPF monitors
verification/rvgen: Add support for BPF monitors
tools/rv: Add selftest for rv bpf monitors
verification/rvgen: Add selftest for rvgen -b
Nam Cao (1):
sched: Add task enqueue/dequeue trace points
include/rv/automata.h | 4 +-
include/rv/da_monitor.h | 61 +-
include/trace/events/sched.h | 8 +
kernel/sched/core.c | 12 +-
kernel/sched/sched.h | 2 +
tools/build/Makefile.feature | 1 +
tools/build/feature/Makefile | 7 +-
tools/verification/models/nohz.dot | 16 +
tools/verification/models/tqueue.dot | 15 +
tools/verification/rv/Makefile | 54 +-
tools/verification/rv/Makefile.config | 49 +
tools/verification/rv/Makefile.rv | 10 +
tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/.gitignore | 2 +
.../verification/rv/bpf_monitors/bpf_atomic.h | 105 ++
.../rv/bpf_monitors/da_monitor_bpf.h | 374 +++++++
tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/nohz.c | 42 +
tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/nohz.h | 49 +
tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/tqueue.c | 30 +
tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/tqueue.h | 47 +
tools/verification/rv/bpf_reactors/.gitignore | 2 +
tools/verification/rv/bpf_reactors/panic.c | 15 +
tools/verification/rv/bpf_reactors/printk.c | 13 +
tools/verification/rv/include/bpf_monitor.h | 22 +
tools/verification/rv/include/utils.h | 19 +-
tools/verification/rv/src/Build | 5 +
tools/verification/rv/src/bpf_monitor.c | 982 ++++++++++++++++++
tools/verification/rv/src/in_kernel.c | 176 +---
tools/verification/rv/src/rv.c | 5 +
tools/verification/rv/src/utils.c | 98 +-
tools/verification/rv/tests/rv_list.t | 6 +-
tools/verification/rv/tests/rv_mon.t | 61 +-
tools/verification/rvgen/__main__.py | 15 +-
tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/dot2c.py | 15 +-
tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/dot2k.py | 22 +-
tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/generator.py | 26 +-
.../rvgen/rvgen/templates/dot2k/main_bpf.c | 21 +
.../tests/golden/da_bpf_cpu/da_bpf_cpu.c | 35 +
.../tests/golden/da_bpf_cpu/da_bpf_cpu.h | 47 +
.../tests/golden/da_bpf_obj/da_bpf_obj.c | 49 +
.../tests/golden/da_bpf_obj/da_bpf_obj.h | 47 +
.../verification/rvgen/tests/rvgen_monitor.t | 11 +
tools/verification/tests/engine.sh | 5 +-
42 files changed, 2392 insertions(+), 193 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/verification/models/nohz.dot
create mode 100644 tools/verification/models/tqueue.dot
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/.gitignore
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/bpf_atomic.h
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/da_monitor_bpf.h
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/nohz.c
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/nohz.h
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/tqueue.c
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/bpf_monitors/tqueue.h
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/bpf_reactors/.gitignore
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/bpf_reactors/panic.c
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/bpf_reactors/printk.c
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/include/bpf_monitor.h
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rv/src/bpf_monitor.c
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rvgen/rvgen/templates/dot2k/main_bpf.c
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rvgen/tests/golden/da_bpf_cpu/da_bpf_cpu.c
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rvgen/tests/golden/da_bpf_cpu/da_bpf_cpu.h
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rvgen/tests/golden/da_bpf_obj/da_bpf_obj.c
create mode 100644 tools/verification/rvgen/tests/golden/da_bpf_obj/da_bpf_obj.h
base-commit: 238650ef6c7c7cca08e032527329424c9fbd70e5
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2026-10-01 15:20 Gabriele Monaco [this message]
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] sched: Add task enqueue/dequeue trace points Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-01 15:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-10-02 7:09 ` Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 10:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-10-02 11:55 ` Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 19:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-10-02 19:40 ` Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 0:42 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] tools/rv: Skip empty pid error in selftest if command failed Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 0:42 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] rv: Refactor da_trace() functions to get strings internally Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] rv: Cast result of model_get_*_name() Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] tools/rv: Move argument parsing from in_kernel to utils Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 0:25 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 06/15] tools/build: Add a feature test for bpftool-btf Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] tools/rv: Implement BPF monitor discovery and listing Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 0:42 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 08/15] tools/rv: Implement BPF monitor loading and tracing Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 0:43 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] tools/rv: Copy stripped bpf_atomic.h from libarena Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 0:42 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] tools/rv: Add BPF monitors Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 0:43 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] tools/rv: Define CONFIG_X86_64 statically for " Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] tools/rv: Add reactors support to " Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 0:43 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] verification/rvgen: Add support for " Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 0:25 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] tools/rv: Add selftest for rv bpf monitors Gabriele Monaco
2026-10-02 0:43 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 15:20 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] verification/rvgen: Add selftest for rvgen -b Gabriele Monaco
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