examples/lua/uprobe-readline.lua

#!/usr/bin/env bcc-lua
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-- Trace readline() call from all bash instances (print bash commands from all running shells).
-- This is rough equivallent to `bashreadline`
-- Source: http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2016-02-08/linux-ebpf-bcc-uprobes.html
local ffi = require('ffi')
local bpf = require('bpf')
local S = require('syscall')
-- Kernel-space part of the program
local probe = bpf.uprobe('/bin/bash:readline', function (ptregs)
	local line = ffi.new('char [40]')              -- Create a 40 byte buffer on stack
	ffi.copy(line, ffi.cast('char *', ptregs.ax))  -- Cast `ax` to string pointer and copy to buffer
	print('%s\n', line)                            -- Print to trace_pipe
end, true, -1, 0)
-- User-space part of the program
local ok, err = pcall(function()
	local log = bpf.tracelog()
	print('            TASK-PID   CPU#         TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION')
	print('               | |      |               |         |')
	while true do
		print(log:read())
	end
end)