From: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>
To: andrii@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com
Cc: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, Paul Houssel <paulhoussel2@gmail.com>,
Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf v2 1/2] libbpf: fix deduplication of typedef with base definitions
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:33:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260417083319.32716-1-atenart@kernel.org> (raw)
When deduplicating definitions for a module, typedef defined in the base
are not removed. This is because the hash used for base types differs
from the one used in the deduplication logic in btf_dedup_struct_type.
This was introduced by the referenced commit when moving the typedef
deduplication logic handling from btf_dedup_ref_type to
btf_dedup_struct_type, as this also changed the hash logic
(btf_hash_common to btf_hash_typedef).
This also impacts other types referencing those typedef (e.g. const). In
my test, the BTF section size of the openvswitch module went from 31KB
to 45KB.
Cc: Paul Houssel <paulhoussel2@gmail.com>
Fixes: 3781413465df ("libbpf: Fix BTF dedup to support recursive typedef definitions").
Reviewed-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>
---
tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index ceb57b46a878..771aeaa0262b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -4578,12 +4578,14 @@ static int btf_dedup_prep(struct btf_dedup *d)
case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
case BTF_KIND_PTR:
case BTF_KIND_FWD:
- case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
case BTF_KIND_FUNC:
case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
h = btf_hash_common(t);
break;
+ case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+ h = btf_hash_typedef(t);
+ break;
case BTF_KIND_INT:
case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
h = btf_hash_int_decl_tag(t);
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-17 8:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-17 8:33 Antoine Tenart [this message]
2026-04-17 8:33 ` [PATCH bpf v2 2/2] selftests/bpf: ensure typedef are deduplicated in split BTF Antoine Tenart
2026-04-17 22:10 ` [PATCH bpf v2 1/2] libbpf: fix deduplication of typedef with base definitions Alan Maguire
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