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What does this PR do?

Introduce ebpf program implementation ported from side-eye.
Strip parts that won't be relevant for foreseeable future (thread profile support, collecting data from multiple frames, etc).
Minor code cleanup, definition reorganiation.
Introduce framing.go for unframing ebpf program output data, with compatibility test.

Motivation

https://datadoghq.atlassian.net/browse/DEBUG-3887

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Uncompressed package size comparison

Comparison with ancestor e133641dcfa90d2216ff06f6f44e0e6ab9024742

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datadog-iot-agent-aarch64-rpm 0.00MB 58.40MB 58.40MB 0.50MB

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Regression Detector Results

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Run ID: 6cfc8b13-60c2-492d-beb8-863cf4162e96

Baseline: e133641
Comparison: a74b80a
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Optimization Goals: ✅ No significant changes detected

Fine details of change detection per experiment

perf experiment goal Δ mean % Δ mean % CI trials links
uds_dogstatsd_to_api_cpu % cpu utilization +2.67 [+1.75, +3.59] 1 Logs
file_tree memory utilization +0.64 [+0.42, +0.86] 1 Logs
tcp_syslog_to_blackhole ingress throughput +0.54 [+0.47, +0.62] 1 Logs
docker_containers_memory memory utilization +0.41 [+0.34, +0.48] 1 Logs
quality_gate_logs % cpu utilization +0.21 [-2.57, +2.99] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard
ddot_logs memory utilization +0.10 [-0.02, +0.22] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_100ms_latency egress throughput +0.08 [-0.54, +0.70] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_500ms_latency egress throughput +0.07 [-0.56, +0.69] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency egress throughput +0.01 [-0.58, +0.61] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency_http2 egress throughput +0.01 [-0.61, +0.63] 1 Logs
tcp_dd_logs_filter_exclude ingress throughput -0.00 [-0.03, +0.02] 1 Logs
uds_dogstatsd_to_api ingress throughput -0.00 [-0.29, +0.28] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency_http1 egress throughput -0.02 [-0.66, +0.63] 1 Logs
ddot_metrics memory utilization -0.02 [-0.12, +0.07] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_1000ms_latency egress throughput -0.05 [-0.67, +0.58] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_1000ms_latency_linear_load egress throughput -0.06 [-0.28, +0.17] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_300ms_latency egress throughput -0.07 [-0.72, +0.58] 1 Logs
quality_gate_idle memory utilization -0.23 [-0.30, -0.15] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard
otlp_ingest_metrics memory utilization -0.30 [-0.46, -0.15] 1 Logs
uds_dogstatsd_20mb_12k_contexts_20_senders memory utilization -0.66 [-0.72, -0.59] 1 Logs
otlp_ingest_logs memory utilization -0.77 [-0.88, -0.65] 1 Logs
docker_containers_cpu % cpu utilization -0.78 [-4.58, +3.01] 1 Logs
quality_gate_idle_all_features memory utilization -1.66 [-1.79, -1.52] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard

Bounds Checks: ❌ Failed

perf experiment bounds_check_name replicates_passed links
docker_containers_memory memory_usage 9/10
docker_containers_cpu simple_check_run 10/10
docker_containers_memory simple_check_run 10/10
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency lost_bytes 10/10
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency memory_usage 10/10
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency_http1 lost_bytes 10/10
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency_http1 memory_usage 10/10
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency_http2 lost_bytes 10/10
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency_http2 memory_usage 10/10
file_to_blackhole_1000ms_latency memory_usage 10/10
file_to_blackhole_1000ms_latency_linear_load memory_usage 10/10
file_to_blackhole_100ms_latency lost_bytes 10/10
file_to_blackhole_100ms_latency memory_usage 10/10
file_to_blackhole_300ms_latency lost_bytes 10/10
file_to_blackhole_300ms_latency memory_usage 10/10
file_to_blackhole_500ms_latency lost_bytes 10/10
file_to_blackhole_500ms_latency memory_usage 10/10
quality_gate_idle intake_connections 10/10 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_idle memory_usage 10/10 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_idle_all_features intake_connections 10/10 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_idle_all_features memory_usage 10/10 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_logs intake_connections 10/10 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_logs lost_bytes 10/10 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_logs memory_usage 10/10 bounds checks dashboard

Explanation

Confidence level: 90.00%
Effect size tolerance: |Δ mean %| ≥ 5.00%

Performance changes are noted in the perf column of each table:

  • ✅ = significantly better comparison variant performance
  • ❌ = significantly worse comparison variant performance
  • ➖ = no significant change in performance

A regression test is an A/B test of target performance in a repeatable rig, where "performance" is measured as "comparison variant minus baseline variant" for an optimization goal (e.g., ingress throughput). Due to intrinsic variability in measuring that goal, we can only estimate its mean value for each experiment; we report uncertainty in that value as a 90.00% confidence interval denoted "Δ mean % CI".

For each experiment, we decide whether a change in performance is a "regression" -- a change worth investigating further -- if all of the following criteria are true:

  1. Its estimated |Δ mean %| ≥ 5.00%, indicating the change is big enough to merit a closer look.

  2. Its 90.00% confidence interval "Δ mean % CI" does not contain zero, indicating that if our statistical model is accurate, there is at least a 90.00% chance there is a difference in performance between baseline and comparison variants.

  3. Its configuration does not mark it "erratic".

CI Pass/Fail Decision

Passed. All Quality Gates passed.

  • quality_gate_idle, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_idle, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_idle_all_features, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_idle_all_features, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_logs, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_logs, bounds check lost_bytes: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_logs, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.

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@piob-io piob-io changed the title [DEBUG-3887] dyninst/ebpf: Port sideeye ebpf program implementation and compatible go framing [dyninst/ebpf] Port sideeye ebpf program implementation and compatible go framing May 16, 2025
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// The ID of the program that produced this event.
uint32_t prog_id;
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ID of the bpf program or the service being instrumented?

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ID of the ebpf program, corresponding to Program.ID in the ir/program.go.
I am not 100% this is enough to match what we need to match, but this is easy to change.

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// The number of bytes for a stack trace that follows this header.
uint16_t stack_bytes;
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stack_trace_len ? stack_trace_byte_len?

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Done

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// Bytes of the frame pointer from the stack root.
uint32_t frame_byte_depth;
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// Bytes of the frame pointer from the stack root.
uint32_t frame_byte_depth;
// Length in bytes of the frame pointer from the stack root.
uint32_t frame_byte_depth;

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Removed, this is obsolete

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// If the stack_bytes field is 0, then this field is the program counter of
// at the moment of the event.
uint64_t stack_hash_or_pc;
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and otherwise what is it a hash of?

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Simplified and improved comment (it's a hash of the stack pcs that follow this entry).

__attribute((aligned(8))) event_header_t;

// The maximum number of pcs in a captured stack trace.
#define STACK_DEPTH 511
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What's the reason this isn't 512?

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So that whole structure, including the length field, is 4KiB.

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typedef struct data_item_header {
// The type of the data item.
uint32_t type;
// The length of the data item.
uint32_t length;
// The address of the data item in the user process's address space.
uint64_t address;
} __attribute__((aligned(8))) data_item_header_t;
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Is the purpose of type to reference the types full definition in the saved probe IR?

For non-basic types, will the length be the whole type (i.e. structs will be the sum of all fields)?

Also what's the intention of address?

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Yes, exactly, type references types in ir, length is the total size of this data item in the output buffer, which must be equal to the byte_size() property of the type in ir (structs will be the sum of their field lenghts),

When some structure contains a pointer, data item for that structure will contain just the value of that pointer. We will emit another data item for the object that pointer was pointing too. Address can then be used to figure out that this another data item is what the pointer in the first data item pointed to.

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Drop parts that we won't be using anytime soon:
 - capturing "thread profile" (known as "snapshots" in sideeye land)
 - capturing data from functions up the stack (only injected function is processed)

Small refactor around file organization and naming.
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// LOG is a macro that prints a message if the level is less than or equal to
// the DEBUG level.
#define LOG(level, fmt, ...) \
if (level <= DEBUG) { \
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I don't think DEBUG can both be a define and an integer level?

// the DEBUG level.
#define LOG(level, fmt, ...) \
if (level <= DEBUG) { \
bpf_printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
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If you use log_debug we will automatically handle the newline change that was made in 5.9, as long as the program patcher is included on the userspace side.

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__attribute__((unused)) int process_steps = 0;
__attribute__((unused)) int chase_steps = 0;
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__attribute__((unused)) int process_steps = 0;
__attribute__((unused)) int chase_steps = 0;
__maybe_unused int process_steps = 0;
__maybe_unused int chase_steps = 0;

#include "bpf_helpers.h"
#include "vmlinux.h"

#define DEFINE_QUEUE(prefix, elem_t, max_length) \
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How does this compare to BPF_MAP_TYPE_QUEUE?


package output

// This file must be kept in sync with the ../ebpf/framing.h file.
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We have a way to handle this by auto-generating the corresponding Go type definitions. See https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/blob/main/pkg/collector/corechecks/ebpf/probe/ebpfcheck/c_types.go (source) and https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/blob/main/pkg/collector/corechecks/ebpf/probe/ebpfcheck/c_types_linux.go (generated) for an example. You will need to add the file to

def_files = {

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