From: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>,
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Cc: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v3 6/6] docs, resolve_btfids: Document kfunc BTF annotation emission
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 20:20:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260807032029.78092-7-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260807032029.78092-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
resolve_btfids now emits the bpf_kfunc and bpf_fastcall BTF decl tags and
the arena address_space(1) type attribute for kfuncs, which were
previously produced by pahole.
Reflect this in the in-tree comments and documentation.
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
---
Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst | 7 +++++++
Documentation/process/changes.rst | 5 -----
tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c | 11 +++++++++++
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst b/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
index cbde86d082cc..021be6d93dfb 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/kfuncs.rst
@@ -472,6 +472,13 @@ type. An example is shown below::
}
late_initcall(init_subsystem);
+At kernel build time the ``resolve_btfids`` tool finds all kfuncs declared with
+``BTF_KFUNCS_START()`` and emits their BTF annotations into the kernel's BTF.
+For each kfunc it emits a ``bpf_kfunc`` BTF decl tag, a ``bpf_fastcall`` decl
+tag when the kfunc is flagged ``KF_FASTCALL``, and the ``address_space(1)`` type
+attribute on the return value and/or arguments flagged ``KF_ARENA_RET``,
+``KF_ARENA_ARG1`` or ``KF_ARENA_ARG2`` (see section 2.8).
+
2.7 Specifying no-cast aliases with ___init
--------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index 1ca8c5f73ad0..0aa232b117b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -147,11 +147,6 @@ Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system
generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel
modules as well. This requires pahole v1.22 or later.
-Since Linux 7.0, kfuncs annotated with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS require pahole v1.26
-or later. Without it, such kfuncs will have incorrect BTF prototypes in
-vmlinux, causing BPF programs to fail to load with a "func_proto incompatible
-with vmlinux" error. Many sched_ext kfuncs are affected.
-
It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distro packages or from
https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/.
diff --git a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
index a1b921e86ef0..d2e4176339da 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@
* __BTF_ID__func__vfs_fallocate__5:
* .zero 4
* .word (1 << 3) | (1 << 1) | (1 << 2)
+ *
+ * In addition to resolving BTF IDs, resolve_btfids performs kernel-specific
+ * BTF-to-BTF transformations for kfuncs found in BTF_SET8_KFUNCS sets. For
+ * each such kfunc it:
+ *
+ * - emits a "bpf_kfunc" decl tag, and "bpf_fastcall" when KF_FASTCALL is set;
+ * - wraps the return value and/or arguments flagged KF_ARENA_RET,
+ * KF_ARENA_ARG1 or KF_ARENA_ARG2 with the "address_space(1)" type attribute;
+ * - rewrites the prototype of KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS kfuncs.
+ *
+ * These kfunc annotations were historically produced by pahole.
*/
#define _GNU_SOURCE
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-07 3:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-07 3:20 [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/6] resolve_btfids: Implement BTF tags emission for kfuncs Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-07 3:20 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/6] resolve_btfids: Deduplicate BTF after btf2btf transformations Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-07 3:20 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/6] resolve_btfids: Process KF_ARENA_* flags in resolve_btfids Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-07 3:20 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/6] selftests/bpf: Verify arena type tags in resolve_btfids test Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-07 3:20 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 4/6] resolve_btfids: Emit bpf_kfunc and bpf_fastcall decl tags Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-07 3:20 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 5/6] selftests/bpf: Verify decl tags emission in resolve_btfids test Ihor Solodrai
2026-08-07 4:38 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-07 3:20 ` Ihor Solodrai [this message]
2026-08-07 4:38 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 6/6] docs, resolve_btfids: Document kfunc BTF annotation emission bot+bpf-ci
2026-08-07 5:10 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/6] resolve_btfids: Implement BTF tags emission for kfuncs patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260807032029.78092-7-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev \
--to=ihor.solodrai@linux.dev \
--cc=alan.maguire@oracle.com \
--cc=andrii@kernel.org \
--cc=ast@kernel.org \
--cc=bpf@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=daniel@iogearbox.net \
--cc=eddyz87@gmail.com \
--cc=emil@etsalapatis.com \
--cc=jolsa@kernel.org \
--cc=memxor@gmail.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox