Demos

Relevant source files

The demos under userspace/demos/ are executable examples and integration probes, not production tools. Most follow the same pattern: create a map, build a small BPF program from raw instructions, BPF_PROG_LOAD it, BPF_PROG_ATTACH it to a hook, then read results.

Catalog

All except safety_demo are installed in /bin of the rootfs.

Binary	Role (components.toml)	Purpose	Platform notes
`gpio_demo`	GPIO demo	Loads a BPF program attached to GPIO 17 rising edge that toggles an LED on GPIO 18 (button to LED), then runs indefinitely	GPIO attach is Pi 5 only
`pwm_demo`	PWM demo	Retired. Prints that PWM observation hooks are unsupported (suggests the actuation audit and external capture) and exits 1. The command name is kept	Pi 5 PWM
`timeseries_demo`	time-series map demo	Creates a `TIMESERIES` map, loads a producer program attached to the timer, and reads the latest timestamp and value from userspace	Timer attach
`iio_demo`	IIO demo	Ringbuf map plus a BPF filter attached to IIO device 0 that keeps sensor values within 100 to 900 (the constants `MIN_VALUE` and `MAX_VALUE`); event layout must match `kernel_bpf/src/attach/iio.rs`	IIO attach is Pi 5 only
`syscall_demo`	syscall demo	Exercises `malloc`, `writev`, `pipe`, `dup`, `dup2`, `read`, `write` and `close`
`sys_exit_demo`	task-exit probe	Creates a ringbuf, loads a program on the `sys_exit` hook, polls events (`syscall_nr`, `result`). Four-step banner	Gate: target build and QEMU
`sched_switch_demo`	scheduler demo	Creates a ringbuf, loads a `sched_switch` trace program, attaches it, and prints live scheduler events from the same process
`sched_switch_export_demo`	scheduler export demo	Same hook, but pins the ringbuf at `/sys/fs/bpf/maps/sched_switch_events` with `BPF_OBJ_PIN` so another process can consume it	Used by `smoke-bpf.sh`
`sched_switch_bridge_demo`	scheduler bridge demo	Opens the pinned ringbuf (`BPF_OBJ_GET`), launches a workload (`fork_test` twice and `syscall_demo`), polls up to 120 times and prints events. Tells you to run the export demo first if the object is missing	Consumer half of the pair
`file_io_demo`	filesystem demo	Reads `/bin/init` and writes to `/dev/null`
`fork_test`	process lifecycle probe	`fork`, child prints and exits 42, parent `waitpid` checks status. Also the `execve` target in init’s lifecycle probe	Gate: target build and QEMU
`safety_demo`	safety-state demo	“Legacy BPF reflex demo”: a motor program on the timer (PWM0 channel 1 at 50 percent duty) and a monitored limit-switch reflex on GPIO 17. It states it is not the hard e-stop path	Not in the rootfs (disposition `none`)

safety_demo prints that it is a monitored BPF reflex path and not the hard e-stop. The hard stop path it points to is SYS_ESTOP, the watchdog, and the GPIO24 bench path.

Typical sequence: scheduler tracing

Each sched_switch event is 40 bytes: cpu_id, prev_pid, prev_tid, next_pid, next_tid, all u64. In the development configuration, init spawns the export demo and then the bridge demo. The UART forwarder reads the same pinned object.

Running a demo

Demos are plain executables in /bin. The README lists a “shell + basic utilities”, but the repository only shows init auto-starting the loader; to launch another demo, spawn it from a program via spawn or spawn_restricted, or use whatever shell the kernel provides. Hook availability matters: GPIO, IIO and PWM attach types are listed as Raspberry Pi 5 only in docs/reference/generated/abi.md.