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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:45:47 +0800
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Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/5] bpf: make tracing program
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On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:35=E2=80=AFAM =E6=A2=A6=E9=BE=99=E8=91=A3 <dongm=
englong.8@bytedance.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 9:24=E2=80=AFAM Alexei Starovoitov
> <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 7:51=E2=80=AFPM Menglong Dong
> > <dongmenglong.8@bytedance.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > For now, the BPF program of type BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING is not allowed=
 to
> > > be attached to multiple hooks, and we have to create a BPF program fo=
r
> > > each kernel function, for which we want to trace, even through all th=
e
> > > program have the same (or similar) logic. This can consume extra memo=
ry,
> > > and make the program loading slow if we have plenty of kernel functio=
n to
> > > trace.
> >
> > Should this be combined with multi link ?
> > (As was recently done for kprobe_multi and uprobe_multi).
> > Loading fentry prog once and attaching it through many bpf_links
> > to multiple places is a nice addition,
> > but we should probably add a multi link right away too.
>
> I was planning to implement the multi link for tracing after this
> series in another series. I can do it together with this series
> if you prefer.
>

Should I introduce the multi link for tracing first, then this series?
(Furthermore, this series seems not necessary.)

> Thanks!
> Menglong Dong