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Re: [PATCH] libbpf: Use the correct fd when attaching to perf events

From: Andrii Nakryiko <hidden>
Date: 2021-03-13 01:32:39
Also in: bpf, lkml

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 1:43 PM Sultan Alsawaf [off-list ref] wrote:
From: Sultan Alsawaf <redacted>

We should be using the program fd here, not the perf event fd.
Why? Can you elaborate on what issue you ran into with the current code?
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Fixes: 63f2f5ee856ba ("libbpf: add ability to attach/detach BPF program to perf event")
Signed-off-by: Sultan Alsawaf <redacted>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index d43cc3f29dae..3d20d57d4af5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -9538,7 +9538,7 @@ struct bpf_link *bpf_program__attach_perf_event(struct bpf_program *prog,
        if (!link)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        link->detach = &bpf_link__detach_perf_event;
-       link->fd = pfd;
+       link->fd = prog_fd;

        if (ioctl(pfd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF, prog_fd) < 0) {
                err = -errno;
--
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