1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
index 4d0e913bbb22..1bbd1d9830c8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/trace_helpers.c
@@ -90,6 +90,33 @@ long ksym_get_addr(const char *name)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* open kallsyms and read symbol addresses on the fly. Without caching all symbols,
+ * this is faster than load + find.
+ */
+int kallsyms_find(const char *sym, unsigned long long *addr)
+{
+	char type, name[500];
+	unsigned long long value;
+	int err = 0;
+	FILE *f;
+
+	f = fopen("/proc/kallsyms", "r");
+	if (!f)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	while (fscanf(f, "%llx %c %499s%*[^\n]\n", &value, &type, name) > 0) {
+		if (strcmp(name, sym) == 0) {
+			*addr = value;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+	err = -ENOENT;
+
+out:
+	fclose(f);
+	return err;
+}
+
 void read_trace_pipe(void)
 {
 	int trace_fd;