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: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v1 2/4] libbpf: Render decl_tags in btf_dump
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:20:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917012037.1396254-3-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260917012037.1396254-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG is an attribute on a declaration: with kind_flag=0
the tag name is the argument of a btf_decl_tag(), and with kind_flag=1
it encodes a complete __attribute__.
When doing btf_dump, render both forms at every declaration btf_dump
emits - a record, a record member and a typedef:
struct foo { ... } __attribute__((bar));
struct foo { int a __attribute__((bar)); };
typedef struct { ... } __attribute__((bar)) foo_t;
A decl tag is a standalone type pointing at its target. Build an
index of decl tags in btf_dump_resize(). Keep it as a flat array
sorted by (target ID, tag ID). This allows for a stable emission order
in btf_dump_emit_decl_tags(). Tag IDs are unique, so the comparison is
a total order and qsort not being stable does not matter.
Only composite and typedef targets are indexed. Valid BTF allows for
decl_tags on many types, however btf_dump only supports records,
record members and typedefs and ignores datasec, var and func.
btf_dump_emit_decl_tags() binary searches for where the target's
entries would begin and walks tags while the target matches. A record
shares its target with its members, so the component_idx is matched
there.
A record attribute goes after the closing brace, where
__attribute__((packed)) already goes. A member attribute goes after
the bit-field width: clang rejects one between the declarator and the
':'. A typedef takes it after the declarator, so a typedef of an
anonymous record can carry two groups at once, one binding to the
record and one to the typedef.
Every decl tag in vmlinux BTF is a bpf_kfunc or bpf_fastcall tag on a
FUNC, which has no declaration in the C output, so generated vmlinux.h
does not change.
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
---
tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 94 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
index 635fa969e145..1e8236c8b9a5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ struct btf_dump_data {
bool is_array_char;
};
+struct decl_tag_desc {
+ __u32 target_id;
+ __u32 tag_id;
+};
+
struct btf_dump {
const struct btf *btf;
btf_dump_printf_fn_t printf_fn;
@@ -93,6 +98,11 @@ struct btf_dump {
const char **cached_names;
size_t cached_names_cap;
+ /* decl tags, sorted by (target ID, tag ID) */
+ struct decl_tag_desc *decl_tags;
+ size_t decl_tags_cnt;
+ size_t decl_tags_cap;
+
/* topo-sorted list of dependent type definitions */
__u32 *emit_queue;
int emit_queue_cap;
@@ -192,9 +202,37 @@ struct btf_dump *btf_dump__new(const struct btf *btf,
return libbpf_err_ptr(err);
}
+static int btf_dump_cmp_decl_tags(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+ const struct decl_tag_desc *x = a, *y = b;
+
+ if (x->target_id != y->target_id)
+ return x->target_id < y->target_id ? -1 : 1;
+ return x->tag_id < y->tag_id ? -1 : 1;
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_push_decl_tag(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id, const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+ const struct btf_type *target = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, t->type);
+
+ if (!target || (!btf_is_composite(target) && !btf_is_typedef(target)))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (libbpf_ensure_mem((void **)&d->decl_tags, &d->decl_tags_cap,
+ sizeof(*d->decl_tags), d->decl_tags_cnt + 1))
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ d->decl_tags[d->decl_tags_cnt++] = (struct decl_tag_desc) {
+ .target_id = t->type,
+ .tag_id = id,
+ };
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int btf_dump_resize(struct btf_dump *d)
{
int err, last_id = btf__type_cnt(d->btf) - 1;
+ size_t cnt = d->decl_tags_cnt;
const struct btf_type *t;
__u32 i;
@@ -220,8 +258,18 @@ static int btf_dump_resize(struct btf_dump *d)
err = btf_dump_mark_referenced(d, t);
if (err)
return err;
+
+ if (btf_is_decl_tag(t)) {
+ err = btf_dump_push_decl_tag(d, i, t);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
}
+ if (d->decl_tags_cnt != cnt)
+ qsort(d->decl_tags, d->decl_tags_cnt, sizeof(*d->decl_tags),
+ btf_dump_cmp_decl_tags);
+
d->last_id = last_id;
return 0;
}
@@ -256,6 +304,7 @@ void btf_dump__free(struct btf_dump *d)
}
}
free(d->cached_names);
+ free(d->decl_tags);
free(d->emit_queue);
free(d->decl_stack);
btf_dump_free_names(d->type_names);
@@ -962,6 +1011,47 @@ static void btf_dump_emit_struct_fwd(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
btf_dump_type_name(d, id));
}
+static void btf_dump_emit_decl_tag(struct btf_dump *d, const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+ const char *name = btf_name_of(d, t->name_off);
+
+ if (btf_kflag(t))
+ btf_dump_printf(d, " __attribute__((%s))", name);
+ else
+ btf_dump_printf(d, " __attribute__((btf_decl_tag(\"%s\")))", name);
+}
+
+/*
+ * btf_dump_resize() keeps d->decl_tags sorted by (target ID, tag ID), so the
+ * tags of one type form a run that binary search finds the start of, in a
+ * fixed order so that the same BTF always renders the same C.
+ *
+ * component_idx is not stored in d->decl_tags: a record and its members share
+ * a target ID, so it is read from each tag.
+ */
+static void btf_dump_emit_decl_tags(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id, int comp_idx)
+{
+ size_t i, lo = 0, hi = d->decl_tags_cnt, mid;
+ const struct btf_type *t;
+
+ /* lower bound on target_id */
+ while (lo < hi) {
+ mid = lo + (hi - lo) / 2;
+
+ if (d->decl_tags[mid].target_id < id)
+ lo = mid + 1;
+ else
+ hi = mid;
+ }
+
+ for (i = lo; i < d->decl_tags_cnt && d->decl_tags[i].target_id == id; i++) {
+ t = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, d->decl_tags[i].tag_id);
+
+ if (btf_decl_tag(t)->component_idx == comp_idx)
+ btf_dump_emit_decl_tag(d, t);
+ }
+}
+
static void btf_dump_emit_struct_def(struct btf_dump *d,
__u32 id,
const struct btf_type *t,
@@ -1007,6 +1097,8 @@ static void btf_dump_emit_struct_def(struct btf_dump *d,
prev_bitfield = false;
}
+ /* after the bit-field width; an attribute cannot precede it */
+ btf_dump_emit_decl_tags(d, id, i);
btf_dump_printf(d, ";");
}
@@ -1026,6 +1118,7 @@ static void btf_dump_emit_struct_def(struct btf_dump *d,
}
if (packed)
btf_dump_printf(d, " __attribute__((packed))");
+ btf_dump_emit_decl_tags(d, id, -1);
}
static const char *missing_base_types[][2] = {
@@ -1203,6 +1296,7 @@ static void btf_dump_emit_typedef_def(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
btf_dump_printf(d, "typedef ");
btf_dump_emit_type_decl(d, t->type, name, lvl);
+ btf_dump_emit_decl_tags(d, id, -1);
}
static int btf_dump_push_decl_stack_id(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id)
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 1:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-17 1:20 [PATCH bpf-next v1 0/4] libbpf: Render decl_tags in btf_dump Ihor Solodrai
2026-09-17 1:20 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 1/4] libbpf: Walk types in btf_dump_resize(), not in mark_referenced() Ihor Solodrai
2026-09-17 22:32 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-09-17 1:20 ` Ihor Solodrai [this message]
2026-09-17 1:30 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 2/4] libbpf: Render decl_tags in btf_dump sashiko-bot
2026-09-17 2:12 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-09-17 3:25 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-09-17 22:46 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-09-17 23:59 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-09-22 16:59 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-09-22 19:43 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-09-17 1:20 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 3/4] selftests/bpf: Test btf_dump rendering of decl_tags Ihor Solodrai
2026-09-17 10:30 ` Alan Maguire
2026-09-17 17:38 ` Ihor Solodrai
2026-09-17 23:18 ` Eduard Zingerman
2026-09-17 1:20 ` [PATCH bpf-next v1 4/4] selftests/bpf: Show the tag kflag in the raw BTF dump helper Ihor Solodrai
2026-09-17 1:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-17 23:21 ` Eduard Zingerman
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