libbpf: Handle missing BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD gracefully in perf_buffer

perf_buffer__new() is relying on BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD availability for few
sanity checks. OBJ_GET_INFO for maps is actually much more recent feature than
perf_buffer support itself, so this causes unnecessary problems on old kernels
before BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD was added.

This patch makes those sanity checks optional and just assumes best if command
is not supported. If user specified something incorrectly (e.g., wrong map
type), kernel will reject it later anyway, except user won't get a nice
explanation as to why it failed. This seems like a good trade off for
supporting perf_buffer on old kernels.
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200708015318.3827358-6-andriin@fb.com

tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c

@@ -8591,7 +8591,7 @@ static struct perf_buffer *__perf_buffer__new(int map_fd, size_t page_cnt,
 					      struct perf_buffer_params *p)
 {
 	const char *online_cpus_file = "/sys/devices/system/cpu/online";
-	struct bpf_map_info map = {};
+	struct bpf_map_info map;
 	char msg[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 	struct perf_buffer *pb;
 	bool *online = NULL;
@@ -8604,20 +8604,29 @@ static struct perf_buffer *__perf_buffer__new(int map_fd, size_t page_cnt,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
+	/* best-effort sanity checks */
+	memset(&map, 0, sizeof(map));
 	map_info_len = sizeof(map);
 	err = bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd(map_fd, &map, &map_info_len);
 	if (err) {
 		err = -errno;
+		/* if BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD is supported, will return
+		 * -EBADFD, -EFAULT, or -E2BIG on real error
+		 */
+		if (err != -EINVAL) {
 			pr_warn("failed to get map info for map FD %d: %s\n",
 				map_fd, libbpf_strerror_r(err, msg, sizeof(msg)));
 			return ERR_PTR(err);
 		}
-
+		pr_debug("failed to get map info for FD %d; API not supported? Ignoring...\n",
+			 map_fd);
+	} else {
 		if (map.type != BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY) {
 			pr_warn("map '%s' should be BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY\n",
 				map.name);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		}
+	}
 
 	pb = calloc(1, sizeof(*pb));
 	if (!pb)
@@ -8648,7 +8657,7 @@ static struct perf_buffer *__perf_buffer__new(int map_fd, size_t page_cnt,
 			err = pb->cpu_cnt;
 			goto error;
 		}
-		if (map.max_entries < pb->cpu_cnt)
+		if (map.max_entries && map.max_entries < pb->cpu_cnt)
 			pb->cpu_cnt = map.max_entries;
 	}