From: Mykola Lysenko <nickolay.lysenko@gmail.com>
To: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org,
eddyz87@gmail.com, martin.lau@linux.dev, song@kernel.org,
yonghong.song@linux.dev, jolsa@kernel.org, memxor@gmail.com,
Mykola Lysenko <nickolay.lysenko@gmail.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH bpf-next 1/3] selftests/bpf: extract BPF skeleton generation into a helper script
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:49:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260721174909.8044-2-nickolay.lysenko@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260721174909.8044-1-nickolay.lysenko@gmail.com>
The four skeleton generation recipes (regular, light, signed light and
linked) are near-identical five-step pipelines - link via "bpftool gen
object" three times, compare the second and third results as a
regression test for bpftool's determinism, generate the skeleton (and
possibly subskeleton), remove intermediates - duplicated with small
variations inside DEFINE_TEST_RUNNER_RULES, where every line pays the
double-expansion escaping tax.
Move the pipeline into gen_bpf_skel.sh; the differences between the four
variants become flags (--lskel, --sign, --subskel, --infix). The
distinct linked/llinked intermediate infixes are kept: tests listed in
LSKELS_EXTRA generate both a .skel.h and a .lskel.h from the same
.bpf.o, and distinct intermediate names are what keeps parallel builds
from racing. The determinism check gets an escape hatch
(--no-determinism-check) but remains on by default; behavior is
unchanged.
Generated skeletons are byte-identical to the previous recipes' output.
Suggested-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5 shellcheck
Signed-off-by: Mykola Lysenko <nickolay.lysenko@gmail.com>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 87 +++++-------------
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/gen_bpf_skel.sh | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/gen_bpf_skel.sh
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index b642ee489..e3a27403c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -631,81 +631,38 @@ $(TRUNNER_BPF_OBJS): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.bpf.o: \
$$($$<-$2-CFLAGS),$(TRUNNER_BINARY))
$(TRUNNER_BPF_SKELS): %.skel.h: %.bpf.o $(BPFTOOL) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
- $(Q)$(if $(PERMISSIVE),if [ ! -f $$< ]; then \
- $$(RM) $$@ $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h); \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- exit 0; \
- fi;) \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'GEN-SKEL' '[$(TRUNNER_BINARY)] $$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.linked1.o) $$< && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.linked2.o) $$(<:.o=.linked1.o) && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.linked3.o) $$(<:.o=.linked2.o) && \
- diff $$(<:.o=.linked2.o) $$(<:.o=.linked3.o) && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $$(<:.o=.linked3.o) name $$(notdir $$(<:.bpf.o=)) > $$@ && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen subskeleton $$(<:.o=.linked3.o) name $$(notdir $$(<:.bpf.o=)) > $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h) $(if $(PERMISSIVE),|| { \
- $$(RM) $$@ $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h); \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- }) && \
- rm -f $$(<:.o=.linked1.o) $$(<:.o=.linked2.o) $$(<:.o=.linked3.o)
+ $(Q)BPFTOOL=$$(BPFTOOL) ./gen_bpf_skel.sh --tag '$(TRUNNER_BINARY)' \
+ --name $$(notdir $$(<:.bpf.o=)) --infix linked \
+ --skel $$@ --subskel $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h) $$< $(if $(PERMISSIVE),|| { \
+ $$(RM) $$@ $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h); \
+ printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; })
$(TRUNNER_BPF_LSKELS): %.lskel.h: %.bpf.o $(BPFTOOL) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
- $(Q)$(if $(PERMISSIVE),if [ ! -f $$< ]; then \
- $$(RM) $$@; \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- exit 0; \
- fi;) \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'GEN-SKEL' '[$(TRUNNER_BINARY)] $$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.llinked1.o) $$< && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.llinked2.o) $$(<:.o=.llinked1.o) && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.llinked3.o) $$(<:.o=.llinked2.o) && \
- diff $$(<:.o=.llinked2.o) $$(<:.o=.llinked3.o) && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton -L $$(<:.o=.llinked3.o) name $$(notdir $$(<:.bpf.o=_lskel)) > $$@ $(if $(PERMISSIVE),|| { \
- $$(RM) $$@; \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- }) && \
- rm -f $$(<:.o=.llinked1.o) $$(<:.o=.llinked2.o) $$(<:.o=.llinked3.o)
+ $(Q)BPFTOOL=$$(BPFTOOL) ./gen_bpf_skel.sh --tag '$(TRUNNER_BINARY)' \
+ --name $$(notdir $$(<:.bpf.o=_lskel)) --infix llinked --lskel \
+ --skel $$@ $$< $(if $(PERMISSIVE),|| { \
+ $$(RM) $$@; \
+ printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; })
$(TRUNNER_BPF_LSKELS_SIGNED): %.lskel.h: %.bpf.o $(BPFTOOL) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
- $(Q)$(if $(PERMISSIVE),if [ ! -f $$< ]; then \
- $$(RM) $$@; \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- exit 0; \
- fi;) \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'GEN-SKEL' '[$(TRUNNER_BINARY) (signed)] $$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.llinked1.o) $$< && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.llinked2.o) $$(<:.o=.llinked1.o) && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.llinked3.o) $$(<:.o=.llinked2.o) && \
- diff $$(<:.o=.llinked2.o) $$(<:.o=.llinked3.o) && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $(LSKEL_SIGN) $$(<:.o=.llinked3.o) name $$(notdir $$(<:.bpf.o=_lskel)) > $$@ $(if $(PERMISSIVE),|| { \
- $$(RM) $$@; \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- }) && \
- rm -f $$(<:.o=.llinked1.o) $$(<:.o=.llinked2.o) $$(<:.o=.llinked3.o)
+ $(Q)BPFTOOL=$$(BPFTOOL) ./gen_bpf_skel.sh --tag '$(TRUNNER_BINARY) (signed)' \
+ --name $$(notdir $$(<:.bpf.o=_lskel)) --infix llinked \
+ --sign '$(LSKEL_SIGN)' \
+ --skel $$@ $$< $(if $(PERMISSIVE),|| { \
+ $$(RM) $$@; \
+ printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; })
$(LINKED_BPF_OBJS): %: $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%
# .SECONDEXPANSION here allows to correctly expand %-deps variables as prerequisites
.SECONDEXPANSION:
$(TRUNNER_BPF_SKELS_LINKED): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%: $$$$(%-deps) $(BPFTOOL) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
- $(Q)$(if $(PERMISSIVE),for f in $$(addprefix $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/,$$($$(@F)-deps)); do \
- if [ ! -f $$$$f ]; then \
- $$(RM) $$@ $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h); \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- exit 0; \
- fi; \
- done;) \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'LINK-BPF' '[$(TRUNNER_BINARY)] $$(notdir $$(@:.skel.h=.bpf.o))' 1>&2; \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(@:.skel.h=.linked1.o) $$(addprefix $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/,$$($$(@F)-deps)) && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(@:.skel.h=.linked2.o) $$(@:.skel.h=.linked1.o) && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(@:.skel.h=.linked3.o) $$(@:.skel.h=.linked2.o) && \
- diff $$(@:.skel.h=.linked2.o) $$(@:.skel.h=.linked3.o) && \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'GEN-SKEL' '[$(TRUNNER_BINARY)] $$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2 && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $$(@:.skel.h=.linked3.o) name $$(notdir $$(@:.skel.h=)) > $$@ && \
- $$(BPFTOOL) gen subskeleton $$(@:.skel.h=.linked3.o) name $$(notdir $$(@:.skel.h=)) > $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h) $(if $(PERMISSIVE),|| { \
- $$(RM) $$@ $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h); \
- printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; \
- }) && \
- rm -f $$(@:.skel.h=.linked1.o) $$(@:.skel.h=.linked2.o) $$(@:.skel.h=.linked3.o)
+ $(Q)BPFTOOL=$$(BPFTOOL) ./gen_bpf_skel.sh --tag '$(TRUNNER_BINARY)' \
+ --name $$(notdir $$(@:.skel.h=)) --infix linked \
+ --skel $$@ --subskel $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h) \
+ $$(addprefix $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/,$$($$(@F)-deps)) $(if $(PERMISSIVE),|| { \
+ $$(RM) $$@ $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h); \
+ printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'SKIP-SKEL' '$$(notdir $$@)' 1>&2; })
# When the compiler generates a %.d file, only skel basenames (not
# full paths) are specified as prerequisites for corresponding %.o
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/gen_bpf_skel.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/gen_bpf_skel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0b237f639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/gen_bpf_skel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Link BPF object file(s) with "bpftool gen object" and generate a
+# skeleton (or light skeleton) header from the result.
+#
+# Usage:
+# BPFTOOL=<bpftool> gen_bpf_skel.sh --name NAME --skel OUT [options] OBJ...
+#
+# --name NAME skeleton object name ("name NAME" for bpftool)
+# --skel OUT output header ("foo.skel.h" or "foo.lskel.h")
+# --subskel OUT also generate a subskeleton header into OUT
+# --lskel generate a light skeleton (bpftool gen skeleton -L)
+# --sign 'ARGS' extra "gen skeleton" args for signing (-S -k .. -i ..)
+# --tag TAG build-log tag, e.g. "test_progs-no_alu32"
+# --infix STR intermediate file infix (default: linked). Callers
+# generating both a .skel.h and a .lskel.h from the
+# same .bpf.o MUST use distinct infixes, or parallel
+# builds race on the intermediate files.
+# --no-determinism-check
+# link the inputs once instead of three times.
+# By default the object is re-linked twice more and
+# the 2nd and 3rd results compared, as a regression
+# test for the determinism of "bpftool gen object".
+#
+# The bpftool binary is taken from $BPFTOOL (default: bpftool from PATH).
+# On failure all outputs and intermediates are removed and the script
+# exits non-zero; permissive-mode skipping is the caller's business
+# (see skip_on_fail in Makefile.buildvars).
+
+set -u
+
+bpftool=${BPFTOOL:-bpftool}
+name='' skel='' subskel='' tag='' sign_args='' infix=linked
+lskel=0 det_check=1
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+ case "$1" in
+ --name) name=$2; shift 2 ;;
+ --skel) skel=$2; shift 2 ;;
+ --subskel) subskel=$2; shift 2 ;;
+ --tag) tag=$2; shift 2 ;;
+ --infix) infix=$2; shift 2 ;;
+ --sign) sign_args=$2; shift 2 ;;
+ --lskel) lskel=1; shift ;;
+ --no-determinism-check) det_check=0; shift ;;
+ --) shift; break ;;
+ -*) echo "$0: unknown option: $1" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+ *) break ;;
+ esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "$name" ] || [ -z "$skel" ] || [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+ echo "usage: $0 --name NAME --skel OUT [options] OBJ..." >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+base=${skel%.skel.h}
+base=${base%.lskel.h}
+t1=$base.${infix}1.o
+t2=$base.${infix}2.o
+t3=$base.${infix}3.o
+
+fail() {
+ rm -f "$skel" ${subskel:+"$subskel"} "$t1" "$t2" "$t3"
+ exit 1
+}
+
+if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
+ printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'LINK-BPF' "${tag:+[$tag] }$(basename "$base").bpf.o" >&2
+fi
+printf ' %-12s %s\n' 'GEN-SKEL' "${tag:+[$tag] }$(basename "$skel")" >&2
+
+"$bpftool" gen object "$t1" "$@" || fail
+final=$t1
+if [ "$det_check" -eq 1 ]; then
+ "$bpftool" gen object "$t2" "$t1" || fail
+ "$bpftool" gen object "$t3" "$t2" || fail
+ if ! cmp -s "$t2" "$t3"; then
+ echo "$0: bpftool gen object is not deterministic for $skel" >&2
+ fail
+ fi
+ final=$t3
+fi
+
+flags=
+[ "$lskel" -eq 1 ] && flags=-L
+# $sign_args intentionally unquoted: it is a list of bpftool arguments
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+"$bpftool" gen skeleton $sign_args $flags "$final" name "$name" > "$skel" || fail
+
+if [ -n "$subskel" ]; then
+ "$bpftool" gen subskeleton "$final" name "$name" > "$subskel" || fail
+fi
+
+rm -f "$t1" "$t2" "$t3"
+exit 0
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-21 17:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-21 17:49 [RFC PATCH bpf-next 0/3] selftests/bpf: restructure the Makefile as a layered build Mykola Lysenko
2026-07-21 17:49 ` Mykola Lysenko [this message]
2026-07-21 17:57 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 1/3] selftests/bpf: extract BPF skeleton generation into a helper script sashiko-bot
2026-07-21 19:43 ` Mykola Lysenko
2026-07-21 17:49 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 2/3] selftests/bpf: move shared build definitions into Makefile.buildvars Mykola Lysenko
2026-07-21 17:49 ` [RFC PATCH bpf-next 3/3] selftests/bpf: build each test runner instance in its own sub-make Mykola Lysenko
2026-07-21 17:58 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-21 19:43 ` Mykola Lysenko
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