[Bug]: ebpf.plugin runs the wrong action for most command-line options; --unittest never runs the unit tests

Lisez src/collectors/ebpf.plugin/ebpf.c, en particulier ebpf_parse_args(), ainsi que src/collectors/ebpf.plugin/ebpf_apps.h et la définition de long_options[]. Exécutez ebpf.plugin --help, --global et --unittest pour reproduire le dispatch décalé, puis vérifiez que chaque option documentée sélectionne l’action prévue et que --unittest se termine avec le résultat du test unitaire.

Bug description

ebpf.plugin picks the action for a long option by the option's position in long_options[] (switch (option_index) in ebpf_parse_args(), src/collectors/ebpf.plugin/ebpf.c). That only works while the array lines up with enum ebpf_main_index (src/collectors/ebpf.plugin/ebpf_apps.h).

#15214 (commit 929b19f48, first released in v1.41.0) added EBPF_MODULE_FUNCTION_IDX to the enum without a matching entry in long_options[]. Since then, every option from --all onwards runs the action of the option after it:

An unrecognized option is affected too. It leaves option_index at its previous value (0 at startup), so it's treated as --process.

⚠️ Impact:

• ebpf.plugin --unittest hasn't run its unit tests since v1.41.0, so any regression they'd catch has gone unnoticed.
• Running the plugin by hand with options does something other than what --help documents. --version and --unittest even start the collector.
• Normal operation isn't affected: netdata starts the plugin with only the update-frequency argument.

The table is from master @ 4464a9ed7. v2.11.1 has the same shift, with the modules later moved to ebpf-go.plugin still in its option list.

Expected behavior

Every option does what ebpf.plugin --help documents. --unittest runs the unit tests and exits with their result.

Steps to reproduce

Both commands below exit immediately.

1. sudo /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ebpf.plugin --help prints the version (ebpf.plugin v2.11.1) instead of the help text.
2. sudo /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ebpf.plugin --global prints the help text instead of disabling the per-application and cgroup charts.

Installation method

kickstart.sh

System info

Linux <hostname> 7.0.0-31-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Aug  1 04:26:38 UTC 2026 x86_64 GNU/Linux
/etc/lsb-release:DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
/etc/lsb-release:DISTRIB_RELEASE=26.04
/etc/lsb-release:DISTRIB_CODENAME=resolute
/etc/lsb-release:DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS"
/etc/os-release:PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS"
/etc/os-release:NAME="Ubuntu"
/etc/os-release:VERSION_ID="26.04"
/etc/os-release:VERSION="26.04.1 LTS (Resolute Raccoon)"
/etc/os-release:VERSION_CODENAME=resolute
/etc/os-release:ID=ubuntu
/etc/os-release:ID_LIKE=debian
/etc/os-release:UBUNTU_CODENAME=resolute
/etc/os-release:LOGO=ubuntu-logo

Netdata build info

Packaging:
    Netdata Version ____________________________________________ : v2.11.1
    Installation Type __________________________________________ : binpkg-deb
    Package Architecture _______________________________________ : x86_64
    Package Distro _____________________________________________ : ubuntu 26.04
    Configure Options __________________________________________ : cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_STANDARD=11 -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=' -fexceptions -fno-omit-frame-pointer -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='  -fexceptions -fno-omit-frame-pointer -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables' -DCMAKE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS='_GNU_SOURCE' -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=' -fexceptions -rdynamic' -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=''
Default Directories:
    User Configurations ________________________________________ : /etc/netdata
    Stock Configurations _______________________________________ : /usr/lib/netdata/conf.d
    Stock Data Files ___________________________________________ : /usr/share/netdata
    Ephemeral Databases (metrics data, metadata) _______________ : /var/cache/netdata
    Permanent Databases ________________________________________ : /var/lib/netdata
    Plugins ____________________________________________________ : /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d
    Static Web Files ___________________________________________ : /usr/share/netdata/web
    Log Files __________________________________________________ : /var/log/netdata
    Lock Files _________________________________________________ : /var/lib/netdata/lock
    Home _______________________________________________________ : /var/lib/netdata
Operating System:
    Kernel _____________________________________________________ : Linux
    Kernel Version _____________________________________________ : 7.0.0-31-generic
    Operating System ___________________________________________ : Ubuntu
    Operating System ID ________________________________________ : ubuntu
    Operating System ID Like ___________________________________ : debian
    Operating System Version ___________________________________ : 26.04.1 LTS (Resolute Raccoon)
    Operating System Version ID ________________________________ : 26.04
    Detection __________________________________________________ : /etc/os-release
Hardware:
    CPU Cores __________________________________________________ : 4
    CPU Frequency ______________________________________________ : 2400000000
    RAM Bytes __________________________________________________ : 16178053120
    Disk Capacity ______________________________________________ : 137438953472
    CPU Architecture ___________________________________________ : x86_64
    Virtualization Technology __________________________________ : vmware
    Virtualization Detection ___________________________________ : systemd-detect-virt
Container:
    Container __________________________________________________ : none
    Container Detection ________________________________________ : systemd-detect-virt
    Container Orchestrator _____________________________________ : none
    Container Operating System _________________________________ : none
    Container Operating System ID ______________________________ : none
    Container Operating System ID Like _________________________ : none
    Container Operating System Version _________________________ : none
    Container Operating System Version ID ______________________ : none
    Container Operating System Detection _______________________ : none
Features:
    Built For __________________________________________________ : Linux
    Netdata Cloud ______________________________________________ : YES
    Health (trigger alerts and send notifications) _____________ : YES
    Streaming (stream metrics to parent Netdata servers) _______ : YES
    Back-filling (of higher database tiers) ____________________ : YES
    Replication (fill the gaps of parent Netdata servers) ______ : YES
    Streaming and Replication Compression ______________________ : YES (zstd lz4 gzip brotli)
    Contexts (index all active and archived metrics) ___________ : YES
    Tiering (multiple dbs with different metrics resolution) ___ : YES (5)
    Machine Learning ___________________________________________ : YES
    Memory Allocator ___________________________________________ : system
Database Engines:
    sqlite _____________________________________________________ : 3.53.4
    dbengine (compression) _____________________________________ : YES (zstd lz4)
    alloc ______________________________________________________ : YES
    ram ________________________________________________________ : YES
    none _______________________________________________________ : YES
Connectivity Capabilities:
    ACLK (Agent-Cloud Link: MQTT over WebSockets over TLS) _____ : YES
    static (Netdata internal web server) _______________________ : YES
    WebRTC (experimental) ______________________________________ : NO
    Native HTTPS (TLS Support) _________________________________ : YES
    TLS Host Verification ______________________________________ : YES
Libraries:
    LZ4 (extremely fast lossless compression algorithm) ________ : YES
    ZSTD (fast, lossless compression algorithm) ________________ : YES
    zlib (lossless data-compression library) ___________________ : YES
    Brotli (generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm) ____ : YES
    protobuf (platform-neutral data serialization protocol) ____ : YES (system)
    OpenSSL (cryptography) _____________________________________ : YES
    libdatachannel (stand-alone WebRTC data channels) __________ : NO
    JSON-C (lightweight JSON manipulation) _____________________ : YES
    libcap (Linux capabilities system operations) ______________ : NO
    libcrypto (cryptographic functions) ________________________ : YES
    libyaml (library for parsing and emitting YAML) ____________ : YES
    libmnl (library for working with netfilter) ________________ : YES
    stacktraces (library for getting stack traces) _____________ : libbacktrace (mmap, threads, data)
Plugins:
    apps (monitor processes) ___________________________________ : YES
    cgroups (monitor containers and VMs) _______________________ : YES
    cgroup-network (associate interfaces to CGROUPS) ___________ : YES
    proc (monitor Linux systems) _______________________________ : YES
    tc (monitor Linux network QoS) _____________________________ : YES
    diskspace (monitor Linux mount points) _____________________ : YES
    freebsd (monitor FreeBSD systems) __________________________ : NO
    macos (monitor MacOS systems) ______________________________ : NO
    macos-logs (monitor macOS unified logs) ____________________ : NO
    windows (monitor Windows systems) __________________________ : NO
    statsd (collect custom application metrics) ________________ : YES
    timex (check system clock synchronization) _________________ : YES
    idlejitter (check system latency and jitter) _______________ : YES
    bash (support shell data collection jobs - charts.d) _______ : YES
    debugfs (kernel debugging metrics) _________________________ : YES
    cups (monitor printers and print jobs) _____________________ : YES
    ebpf (monitor system calls) ________________________________ : YES
    freeipmi (monitor enterprise server H/W) ___________________ : YES
    network-viewer (monitor TCP/UDP IPv4/6 sockets) ____________ : YES
    systemd-journal (monitor journal logs) _____________________ : YES
    windows-events (monitor Windows events) ____________________ : NO
    nfacct (gather netfilter accounting) _______________________ : YES
    perf (collect kernel performance events) ___________________ : YES
    slabinfo (monitor kernel object caching) ___________________ : YES
    Xen ________________________________________________________ : YES
    Xen VBD Error Tracking _____________________________________ : NO
Exporters:
    AWS Kinesis ________________________________________________ : NO
    GCP PubSub _________________________________________________ : NO
    MongoDB ____________________________________________________ : NO
    Prometheus (OpenMetrics) Exporter __________________________ : YES
    Prometheus Remote Write ____________________________________ : YES
    Graphite ___________________________________________________ : YES
    Graphite HTTP / HTTPS ______________________________________ : YES
    JSON _______________________________________________________ : YES
    JSON HTTP / HTTPS __________________________________________ : YES
    OpenTSDB ___________________________________________________ : YES
    OpenTSDB HTTP / HTTPS ______________________________________ : YES
    All Metrics API ____________________________________________ : YES
    Shell (use metrics in shell scripts) _______________________ : YES
Debug/Developer Features:
    Trace All Netdata Allocations (with charts) ________________ : NO
    Developer Mode (more runtime checks, slower) _______________ : NO
Runtime Information:
    Profile ____________________________________________________ : standalone
    Stream Parent (accept data from Children) __________________ : NO
    Stream Child (send data to a Parent) _______________________ : NO
    Total System Memory ________________________________________ : 16178053120
    Available System Memory ____________________________________ : 3741184000

Additional info

Found while adding a regression test to --unittest for another ebpf.plugin bug.