libbpf-tools: add string helpers, filter ksyms by regex #4964
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The goal is offer the basis of what is required, in terms of regex handling, to implement the C equivalent of what
b.attach_kprobe(event_re=...)
does in Python. The first client that will be making use of it is a CO-RE port ofvfscount
:This could also be useful to, for instance, add regex support to the
libbpf-tools/funclatency
tool which is currently lacking this feature when compared to the Python version:bcc/libbpf-tools/funclatency.c
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