From: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
To: ast@kernel.org, andrii@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com, jolsa@kernel.org
Cc: daniel@iogearbox.net, ihor.solodrai@linux.dev,
yonghong.song@linux.dev, song@kernel.org, qmo@kernel.org,
martin.lau@linux.dev, memxor@gmail.com, emil@etsalapatis.com,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, nsc@kernel.org, puranjay@kernel.org,
yatsenko@meta.com, Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 08/11] bpftool: Document support for multi-split BTF
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:41:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916074118.1007116-9-alan.maguire@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916074118.1007116-1-alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Document the ability to pass multiple levels of split BTF, using
"-B base-btf" options.
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
---
tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst
index cf75a7fa2d6b..c6dc445cd4a1 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-btf.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
**bpftool** [*OPTIONS*] **btf** *COMMAND*
-*OPTIONS* := { |COMMON_OPTIONS| | { **-B** | **--base-btf** } }
+*OPTIONS* := { |COMMON_OPTIONS| | [{ **-B** | **--base-btf**} *FILE*]... }
*COMMANDS* := { **dump** | **help** }
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ OPTIONS
objects for kernel modules. To avoid duplicating all kernel symbols
required by modules, BTF objects for modules are "split", they are
built incrementally on top of the kernel (vmlinux) BTF object. So the
- base BTF reference should usually point to the kernel BTF.
+ base BTF reference should usually point to the kernel BTF. Multiple
+ base BTF objects can be passed, where the first is assumed to be the
+ root BTF, followed by split BTF based upon it, followed by split
+ BTF based upon the first split BTF and so on.
When the main BTF object to process (for example, the module BTF to
dump) is passed as a *FILE*, bpftool attempts to autodetect the path
--
2.43.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-16 7:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-16 7:41 [PATCH v3 bpf-next 00/11] Support inline functions in BTF Alan Maguire
2026-09-16 7:41 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 01/11] btf: Extend UAPI to support BTF location (inline site) info Alan Maguire
2026-09-16 9:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-16 7:41 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 02/11] libbpf: Add support for BTF kinds LOC[_PARAM|_PROTO|SEC] Alan Maguire
2026-09-16 7:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-16 9:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-16 7:41 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 03/11] selftests/bpf: Test helper support for BTF_KIND_LOC[_PARAM|_PROTO|SEC] Alan Maguire
2026-09-16 8:44 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-18 18:34 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-09-16 7:41 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 04/11] selftests/bpf: Add LOC_PARAM, LOC_PROTO, LOCSEC to field iter tests Alan Maguire
2026-09-18 18:43 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-09-16 7:41 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 05/11] selftests/bpf: Add LOC_PARAM, LOC_PROTO, LOCSEC to dedup split tests Alan Maguire
2026-09-18 18:46 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-09-16 7:41 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 06/11] selftests/bpf: BTF distill tests to ensure LOC[_PARAM|_PROTO] add to split BTF Alan Maguire
2026-09-18 19:59 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-09-21 18:36 ` Alan Maguire
2026-09-16 7:41 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 07/11] bpftool: Handle multi-split BTF by supporting multiple base BTFs Alan Maguire
2026-09-16 7:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-16 9:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-16 7:41 ` Alan Maguire [this message]
2026-09-16 7:41 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 09/11] bpftool: Add ability to dump LOC_PARAM, LOC_PROTO and LOCSEC Alan Maguire
2026-09-16 7:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-16 9:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-16 22:07 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-09-17 8:27 ` Alan Maguire
2026-09-17 22:00 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-09-18 9:19 ` Alan Maguire
2026-09-18 13:01 ` Jiri Olsa
2026-09-17 16:06 ` Quentin Monnet
2026-09-17 17:32 ` Alan Maguire
2026-09-18 7:29 ` Alan Maguire
2026-09-18 20:51 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-09-21 18:47 ` Alan Maguire
2026-09-21 21:46 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-09-22 11:59 ` Quentin Monnet
2026-09-23 8:47 ` Alan Maguire
2026-09-16 7:41 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 10/11] selftests/bpf: Test bpftool dump of BTF location info Alan Maguire
2026-09-16 7:56 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-16 9:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-09-16 7:41 ` [PATCH v3 bpf-next 11/11] Documentation/bpf: Describe new location-related BTF kinds Alan Maguire
2026-09-16 8:01 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-16 9:03 ` bot+bpf-ci
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