examples/tracing/strlen_count.py

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# strlen_count  Trace strlen() and print a frequency count of strings.
#               For Linux, uses BCC, eBPF. Embedded C.
#
# Written as a basic example of BCC and uprobes.
#
# Also see strlensnoop.
#
# Copyright 2016 Netflix, Inc.
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")

from __future__ import print_function
from bcc import BPF
from bcc.utils import printb
from time import sleep

# load BPF program
b = BPF(text="""
#include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h>

struct key_t {
    char c[80];
};
BPF_HASH(counts, struct key_t);

int count(struct pt_regs *ctx) {
    if (!PT_REGS_PARM1(ctx))
        return 0;

    struct key_t key = {};
    u64 zero = 0, *val;

    bpf_probe_read_user(&key.c, sizeof(key.c), (void *)PT_REGS_PARM1(ctx));
    // could also use `counts.increment(key)`
    val = counts.lookup_or_try_init(&key, &zero);
    if (val) {
      (*val)++;
    }
    return 0;
};
""")
b.attach_uprobe(name="c", sym="strlen", fn_name="count")

# header
print("Tracing strlen()... Hit Ctrl-C to end.")

# sleep until Ctrl-C
try:
    sleep(99999999)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    pass

# print output
print("%10s %s" % ("COUNT", "STRING"))
counts = b.get_table("counts")
for k, v in sorted(counts.items(), key=lambda counts: counts[1].value):
    printb(b"%10d \"%s\"" % (v.value, k.c))