libbpf: Clarify raw-address single kprobe attach behavior

bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts() documents single-kprobe attach
through func_name, with an optional offset. For the PMU-based path,
func_name = NULL with an absolute address in offset already works as
well, but that is not described in the API.

This commit clarifies this existing non-legacy behavior. For PMU-based
attach, callers can use func_name = NULL with an absolute address in
offset as the raw-address form. For legacy tracefs/debugfs kprobes,
reject this form explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Hoyeon Lee <hoyeon.lee@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260401143116.185049-3-hoyeon.lee@suse.com
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Hoyeon Lee authored and Andrii Nakryiko committed 2026-04-09 15:12:21 -07:00
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commit 100089d560
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@@ -11843,6 +11843,8 @@ bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts(const struct bpf_program *prog,
default:
return libbpf_err_ptr(-EINVAL);
}
if (!func_name && legacy)
return libbpf_err_ptr(-EOPNOTSUPP);
if (!legacy) {
pfd = perf_event_open_probe(false /* uprobe */, retprobe,
@@ -11863,20 +11865,20 @@ bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts(const struct bpf_program *prog,
}
if (pfd < 0) {
err = pfd;
pr_warn("prog '%s': failed to create %s '%s+0x%zx' perf event: %s\n",
pr_warn("prog '%s': failed to create %s '%s%s0x%zx' perf event: %s\n",
prog->name, retprobe ? "kretprobe" : "kprobe",
func_name, offset,
errstr(err));
func_name ?: "", func_name ? "+" : "",
offset, errstr(err));
goto err_out;
}
link = bpf_program__attach_perf_event_opts(prog, pfd, &pe_opts);
err = libbpf_get_error(link);
if (err) {
close(pfd);
pr_warn("prog '%s': failed to attach to %s '%s+0x%zx': %s\n",
pr_warn("prog '%s': failed to attach to %s '%s%s0x%zx': %s\n",
prog->name, retprobe ? "kretprobe" : "kprobe",
func_name, offset,
errstr(err));
func_name ?: "", func_name ? "+" : "",
offset, errstr(err));
goto err_clean_legacy;
}
if (legacy) {
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@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ struct bpf_kprobe_opts {
size_t sz;
/* custom user-provided value fetchable through bpf_get_attach_cookie() */
__u64 bpf_cookie;
/* function's offset to install kprobe to */
/* function offset, or raw address if func_name == NULL */
size_t offset;
/* kprobe is return probe */
bool retprobe;
@@ -565,11 +565,36 @@ struct bpf_kprobe_opts {
enum probe_attach_mode attach_mode;
size_t :0;
};
#define bpf_kprobe_opts__last_field attach_mode
/**
* @brief **bpf_program__attach_kprobe()** attaches a BPF program to a
* kernel function entry or return.
*
* @param prog BPF program to attach
* @param retprobe Attach to function return
* @param func_name Name of the kernel function to attach to
* @return Reference to the newly created BPF link; or NULL is returned on
* error, error code is stored in errno
*/
LIBBPF_API struct bpf_link *
bpf_program__attach_kprobe(const struct bpf_program *prog, bool retprobe,
const char *func_name);
/**
* @brief **bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts()** is just like
* bpf_program__attach_kprobe() except with an options struct
* for various configurations.
*
* @param prog BPF program to attach
* @param func_name Name of the kernel function to attach to. If NULL,
* opts->offset is treated as a raw kernel address. Raw-address attach
* is supported with PROBE_ATTACH_MODE_PERF and PROBE_ATTACH_MODE_LINK.
* @param opts Options for altering program attachment
* @return Reference to the newly created BPF link; or NULL is returned on
* error, error code is stored in errno
*/
LIBBPF_API struct bpf_link *
bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts(const struct bpf_program *prog,
const char *func_name,