tree 69e093bc04315734365aa942f6e590039a9ac8b0
parent b34870fc9ff15fe46c4066faeeec437a4e63e2d8
author Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> 1363781507 +0000
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1363880141 -0400

filter: add minimal BPF JIT image disassembler

This is a minimal stand-alone user space helper, that allows for debugging or
verification of emitted BPF JIT images. This is in particular useful for
emitted opcode debugging, since minor bugs in the JIT compiler can be fatal.
The disassembler is architecture generic and uses libopcodes and libbfd.

How to get to the disassembly, example:

  1) `echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable`
  2) Load a BPF filter (e.g. `tcpdump -p -n -s 0 -i eth1 host 192.168.20.0/24`)
  3) Run e.g. `bpf_jit_disasm -o` to disassemble the most recent JIT code output

`bpf_jit_disasm -o` will display the related opcodes to a particular instruction
as well. Example for x86_64:

$ ./bpf_jit_disasm
94 bytes emitted from JIT compiler (pass:3, flen:9)
ffffffffa0356000 + <x>:
   0:	push   %rbp
   1:	mov    %rsp,%rbp
   4:	sub    $0x60,%rsp
   8:	mov    %rbx,-0x8(%rbp)
   c:	mov    0x68(%rdi),%r9d
  10:	sub    0x6c(%rdi),%r9d
  14:	mov    0xe0(%rdi),%r8
  1b:	mov    $0xc,%esi
  20:	callq  0xffffffffe0d01b71
  25:	cmp    $0x86dd,%eax
  2a:	jne    0x000000000000003d
  2c:	mov    $0x14,%esi
  31:	callq  0xffffffffe0d01b8d
  36:	cmp    $0x6,%eax
[...]
  5c:	leaveq
  5d:	retq

$ ./bpf_jit_disasm -o
94 bytes emitted from JIT compiler (pass:3, flen:9)
ffffffffa0356000 + <x>:
   0:	push   %rbp
	55
   1:	mov    %rsp,%rbp
	48 89 e5
   4:	sub    $0x60,%rsp
	48 83 ec 60
   8:	mov    %rbx,-0x8(%rbp)
	48 89 5d f8
   c:	mov    0x68(%rdi),%r9d
	44 8b 4f 68
  10:	sub    0x6c(%rdi),%r9d
	44 2b 4f 6c
[...]
  5c:	leaveq
	c9
  5d:	retq
	c3

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>