Libbpf eBPF macro PT_REGS_IP
The PT_REGS_IP macro make it easy to extract the instruction pointer from struct pt_regs style contexts in an architecture-independent way.
Usage
Since the struct pt_regs type represents the state of the CPU registers, it is different for every architecture. The PT_REGS_IP macro picks the correct register in the struct pt_regs type depending on the calling convention of the architecture.
The instruction pointer tells you the address of the next instruction, a common use case is for profiling.
The architecture for which the eBPF program is compiled is determined by setting one of the __TARGET_ARCH_{arch} macros. These are typically set by passing a flag to the compiler, such as -D__TARGET_ARCH_x86 for x86. This allows for easy cross-compilation of eBPF programs for different architectures by changing the compiler invocation.
Example
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