From: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>,
Song Liu <song@kernel.org>,
Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
kernel-patches-bot@fb.com
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v5 5/9] bpftool: Generate skeleton for global percpu data
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 22:51:09 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260608145113.65857-6-leon.hwang@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260608145113.65857-1-leon.hwang@linux.dev>
Enhance bpftool to generate skeletons that properly handle global percpu
variables. The generated skeleton now includes a dedicated structure for
percpu data, allowing users to initialize and access percpu variables more
efficiently.
For global percpu variables, the skeleton now includes a nested
structure, e.g.:
struct test_global_percpu_data {
struct bpf_object_skeleton *skeleton;
struct bpf_object *obj;
struct {
struct bpf_map *percpu;
} maps;
// ...
struct test_global_percpu_data__percpu {
int data;
char run;
struct {
char set;
int i;
int nums[7];
} struct_data;
int nums[7];
} *percpu;
// ...
};
* The "struct test_global_percpu_data__percpu *percpu" points to
initialized data, which is actually "maps.percpu->mmaped".
* Before loading the skeleton, updating the
"struct test_global_percpu_data__percpu *percpu" modifies the initial
value of the corresponding global percpu variables.
* After loading the skeleton, "maps.percpu->mmaped" has been marked as
read-only in libbpf. If users want to update the global percpu
variables, they have to update the "maps.percpu" map instead.
Signed-off-by: Leon Hwang <leon.hwang@linux.dev>
---
tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
index 6ae7262ebe0c..e0c5c643fe9e 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void get_header_guard(char *guard, const char *obj_name, const char *suff
static bool get_map_ident(const struct bpf_map *map, char *buf, size_t buf_sz)
{
- static const char *sfxs[] = { ".data", ".rodata", ".bss", ".kconfig" };
+ static const char *sfxs[] = { ".data", ".rodata", ".bss", ".percpu", ".kconfig" };
const char *name = bpf_map__name(map);
int i, n;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static bool get_map_ident(const struct bpf_map *map, char *buf, size_t buf_sz)
static bool get_datasec_ident(const char *sec_name, char *buf, size_t buf_sz)
{
- static const char *pfxs[] = { ".data", ".rodata", ".bss", ".kconfig" };
+ static const char *pfxs[] = { ".data", ".rodata", ".bss", ".percpu", ".kconfig" };
int i, n;
/* recognize hard coded LLVM section name */
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ static const struct btf_type *find_type_for_map(struct btf *btf, const char *map
return NULL;
}
+static bool bpf_map_is_percpu_data(const struct bpf_map *map)
+{
+ return bpf_map__is_internal(map) && bpf_map__type(map) == BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY;
+}
+
static bool is_mmapable_map(const struct bpf_map *map, char *buf, size_t sz)
{
size_t tmp_sz;
@@ -263,13 +268,12 @@ static bool is_mmapable_map(const struct bpf_map *map, char *buf, size_t sz)
return true;
}
- if (!bpf_map__is_internal(map) || !(bpf_map__map_flags(map) & BPF_F_MMAPABLE))
- return false;
-
- if (!get_map_ident(map, buf, sz))
- return false;
+ if (bpf_map__is_internal(map) &&
+ ((bpf_map__map_flags(map) & BPF_F_MMAPABLE) || bpf_map_is_percpu_data(map)) &&
+ get_map_ident(map, buf, sz))
+ return true;
- return true;
+ return false;
}
static int codegen_datasecs(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *obj_name)
@@ -669,7 +673,7 @@ static void codegen_destroy(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *obj_name)
if (!get_map_ident(map, ident, sizeof(ident)))
continue;
if (bpf_map__is_internal(map) &&
- (bpf_map__map_flags(map) & BPF_F_MMAPABLE))
+ ((bpf_map__map_flags(map) & BPF_F_MMAPABLE) || bpf_map_is_percpu_data(map)))
printf("\tskel_free_map_data(skel->%1$s, skel->maps.%1$s.initial_value, %2$zu);\n",
ident, bpf_map_mmap_sz(map));
codegen("\
@@ -847,7 +851,7 @@ static int gen_trace(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *obj_name, const char *h
bpf_object__for_each_map(map, obj) {
const char *mmap_flags;
- if (!is_mmapable_map(map, ident, sizeof(ident)))
+ if (!is_mmapable_map(map, ident, sizeof(ident)) || bpf_map_is_percpu_data(map))
continue;
if (bpf_map__map_flags(map) & BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG)
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-08 14:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-08 14:51 [PATCH bpf-next v5 0/9] bpf: Introduce global percpu data Leon Hwang
2026-06-08 14:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 1/9] bpf: Drop duplicate blank lines in verifier Leon Hwang
2026-06-08 14:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 2/9] bpf: Introduce global percpu data Leon Hwang
2026-06-08 15:13 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-08 15:56 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-06-08 14:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 3/9] libbpf: Probe percpu data feature Leon Hwang
2026-06-08 15:05 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-08 14:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 4/9] libbpf: Add support for global percpu data Leon Hwang
2026-06-08 14:51 ` Leon Hwang [this message]
2026-06-08 15:11 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 5/9] bpftool: Generate skeleton " sashiko-bot
2026-06-08 15:29 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-06-08 14:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 6/9] selftests/bpf: Add tests to verify " Leon Hwang
2026-06-08 15:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-08 14:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 7/9] selftests/bpf: Add tests to verify verifier log for " Leon Hwang
2026-06-08 15:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-08 14:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 8/9] selftests/bpf: Add test to verify xlated insns " Leon Hwang
2026-06-08 15:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-08 14:51 ` [PATCH bpf-next v5 9/9] selftests/bpf: Add test to verify bpf_iter " Leon Hwang
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