libbpf: Probe percpu data feature

libbpf needs a reliable way to distinguish kernels that can support
global percpu data from those that cannot.

Add a dedicated feature probe, so libbpf can make capability decisions
early and fail predictably when global percpu data is unavailable.

Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260813152324.97937-5-leon.hwang@linux.dev

2 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/features.c b/tools/lib/bpf/features.c
index b7e388f99d0b..ef9581c11303 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/features.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/features.c
@@ -620,6 +620,38 @@ static int probe_bpf_syscall_common_attrs(int token_fd)
 	return probe_sys_bpf_ext();
 }
 
+static int probe_kern_percpu_data(int token_fd)
+{
+	struct bpf_insn insns[] = {
+		BPF_LD_MAP_VALUE(BPF_REG_1, 0, 0),
+		BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_1, 0),
+		BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	};
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, map_opts,
+		.token_fd = token_fd,
+		.map_flags = token_fd ? BPF_F_TOKEN_FD : 0,
+	);
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_prog_load_opts, prog_opts,
+		.token_fd = token_fd,
+		.prog_flags = token_fd ? BPF_F_TOKEN_FD : 0,
+	);
+	int ret, map, insn_cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(insns);
+
+	map = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY, "libbpf_percpu", sizeof(int), 8, 1,
+			     &map_opts);
+	if (map < 0) {
+		pr_warn("Error in %s(): %s. Couldn't create simple percpu_array map.\n",
+			__func__, errstr(map));
+		return map;
+	}
+
+	insns[0].imm = map;
+
+	ret = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, &prog_opts);
+	close(map);
+	return probe_fd(ret);
+}
+
 typedef int (*feature_probe_fn)(int /* token_fd */);
 
 static struct kern_feature_cache feature_cache;
@@ -707,6 +739,9 @@ static struct kern_feature_desc {
 	[FEAT_BPF_SYSCALL_COMMON_ATTRS] = {
 		"BPF syscall common attributes support", probe_bpf_syscall_common_attrs,
 	},
+	[FEAT_PERCPU_DATA] = {
+		"kernel supports percpu data", probe_kern_percpu_data,
+	},
 };
 
 bool feat_supported(struct kern_feature_cache *cache, enum kern_feature_id feat_id)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
index 7a74abb904f8..4c46d34fc055 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ enum kern_feature_id {
 	FEAT_BTF_LAYOUT,
 	/* Kernel supports BPF syscall common attributes */
 	FEAT_BPF_SYSCALL_COMMON_ATTRS,
+	/* Kernel supports percpu data */
+	FEAT_PERCPU_DATA,
 	__FEAT_CNT,
 };