libbpf: Modify bpf_printk to choose helper based on arg count
Instead of being a thin wrapper which calls into bpf_trace_printk, libbpf's bpf_printk convenience macro now chooses between bpf_trace_printk and bpf_trace_vprintk. If the arg count (excluding format string) is >3, use bpf_trace_vprintk, otherwise use the older helper. The motivation behind this added complexity - instead of migrating entirely to bpf_trace_vprintk - is to maintain good developer experience for users compiling against new libbpf but running on older kernels. Users who are passing <=3 args to bpf_printk will see no change in their bytecode. __bpf_vprintk functions similarly to BPF_SEQ_PRINTF and BPF_SNPRINTF macros elsewhere in the file - it allows use of bpf_trace_vprintk without manual conversion of varargs to u64 array. Previous implementation of bpf_printk macro is moved to __bpf_printk for use by the new implementation. This does change behavior of bpf_printk calls with >3 args in the "new libbpf, old kernels" scenario. Before this patch, attempting to use 4 args to bpf_printk results in a compile-time error. After this patch, using bpf_printk with 4 args results in a trace_vprintk helper call being emitted and a load-time failure on older kernels. Signed-off-by: Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210917182911.2426606-5-davemarchevsky@fb.com
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