BPF List
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
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>,
	Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org, Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>,
	Cupertino Miranda <cupertino.miranda@oracle.com>,
	David Faust <david.faust@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	"Jose E . Marchesi" <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>,
	Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta@linux.dev>,
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v4 01/17] Revert "libbpf: Render the arena type tag with its address space"
Date: Thu,  5 Nov 2026 10:58:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105175845.30357-2-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105175845.30357-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>

This reverts commit 7418d9291c57ea563b5fa706dea0883effe5d295.
This reverts commit 31ef8ab6dfc7152e4b64bcae19a3e07b10dd8fea.

The commit made btf_dump print the plain "arena" type tag as
__attribute__((address_space(1))) followed by the tag, special-casing
one tag name in the generic renderer. How a kernel type tag is spelled
in a generated header is up to the tool that generates it, so render
every plain type tag the same way again.

No libbpf release contains the reverted change. libbpf v1.8.0 is
synced up to commit acff58e30517 ("libbpf: Fix cleanup on invalid
CO-RE relocation offsets").

Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>

---

Later in this series bpftool spells "arena" as __bpf_arena in the
generated vmlinux.h, through decl tags in its own split BTF.
---
 tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c                         |  3 ---
 .../testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_dump.c  | 16 +++-------------
 .../bpf/progs/struct_ops_arena_member_render.c   |  8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
index ea9a34db4c00..ad43bbd3b442 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
@@ -1595,9 +1595,6 @@ static void btf_dump_emit_type_chain(struct btf_dump *d,
 			name = btf_name_of(d, t->name_off);
 			if (btf_kflag(t))
 				btf_dump_printf(d, " __attribute__((%s))", name);
-			else if (strcmp(name, "arena") == 0)
-				/* the tag denotes a pointer into the BPF arena address space */
-				btf_dump_printf(d, " __attribute__((address_space(1))) __attribute__((btf_type_tag(\"arena\")))");
 			else
 				btf_dump_printf(d, " __attribute__((btf_type_tag(\"%s\")))", name);
 			break;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_dump.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_dump.c
index dbef014f75ac..5a5ee001ac8b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_dump.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_dump.c
@@ -604,10 +604,8 @@ static void test_btf_dump_type_tags(void)
 	 * struct s {
 	 *   void __attribute__((btf_type_tag(\"void_tag\"))) *p1;
 	 *   void __attribute__((void_attr)) *p2;
-	 *   void __arena *p3;
 	 * };
 	 *
-	 * The arena tag is rendered with the address space it denotes.
 	 */
 
 	id = btf__add_type_tag(btf, "void_tag", 0);
@@ -620,25 +618,17 @@ static void test_btf_dump_type_tags(void)
 	id = btf__add_ptr(btf, id);
 	ASSERT_EQ(id, 4, "void_ptr_id2");
 
-	id = btf__add_type_tag(btf, "arena", 0);
-	ASSERT_EQ(id, 5, "arena_tag_id");
-	id = btf__add_ptr(btf, id);
-	ASSERT_EQ(id, 6, "void_ptr_id3");
-
-	id = btf__add_struct(btf, "s", 24);
-	ASSERT_EQ(id, 7, "struct_id");
+	id = btf__add_struct(btf, "s", 8);
+	ASSERT_EQ(id, 5, "struct_id");
 	err = btf__add_field(btf, "p1", 2, 0, 0);
 	ASSERT_OK(err, "field_ok1");
-	err = btf__add_field(btf, "p2", 4, 64, 0);
+	err = btf__add_field(btf, "p2", 4, 0, 0);
 	ASSERT_OK(err, "field_ok2");
-	err = btf__add_field(btf, "p3", 6, 128, 0);
-	ASSERT_OK(err, "field_ok3");
 
 	test_ctx__dump_and_compare(&t,
 "struct s {\n"
 "	void __attribute__((btf_type_tag(\"void_tag\"))) *p1;\n"
 "	void __attribute__((void_attr)) *p2;\n"
-"	void __attribute__((address_space(1))) __attribute__((btf_type_tag(\"arena\"))) *p3;\n"
 "};\n\n", "dump_and_compare");
 
 	test_ctx__free(&t);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/struct_ops_arena_member_render.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/struct_ops_arena_member_render.c
index c4e134e14f87..253ffdd86d32 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/struct_ops_arena_member_render.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/struct_ops_arena_member_render.c
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
 
 /*
- * The module types as a vmlinux.h generated by a libbpf that does not render
- * the arena tag with its address space shows them: an attribute on a pointer
- * in the kernel address space, so the program has to cast the member to the
- * arena address space before using it.
+ * The module types as vmlinux.h renders them: the tag is an attribute on a
+ * pointer in the kernel address space, so the program has to cast the member
+ * to the arena address space before using it. That is what a program built
+ * against vmlinux.h sees for a kernel struct with an __arena member.
  */
 #define __arena_tag	__attribute__((btf_type_tag("arena")))
 #define __nullable_tag	__attribute__((btf_type_tag("nullable")))
-- 
2.56.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-05 17:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-05 17:58 [PATCH bpf-next v4 00/17] bpftool: Per-record CO-RE attributes in the C dump Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` Ihor Solodrai [this message]
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 02/17] libbpf: Look up BTF strings without making BTF modifiable Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 18:41   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 03/17] bpftool: Dump C through a split BTF Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 04/17] selftests/bpf: Build BTF fixtures in btf_to_tmpfile() Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 05/17] selftests/bpf: Cover unknown BTF header-extension bytes in bpftool C dumps Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 06/17] libbpf: Let decl tags override how btf_dump renders type tags Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-06  0:24   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 07/17] libbpf, bpftool, resolve_btfids: Dump kflagged BTF tags as is Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 18:16   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-06  0:25   ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 08/17] selftests/bpf: Cover type tag rendering overrides in btf_dump Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 09/17] selftests/bpf: Cover legacy arena type tags in bpftool C dumps Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 10/17] bpftool: Apply __bpf_relocatable per record on BTF dump Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 18:41   ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 11/17] bpftool: Skip __bpf_relocatable on verifier-rewritten context types Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 12/17] bpftool: Emit __bpf_static_offset " Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 13/17] selftests/bpf: Cover record attributes in bpftool BTF dumps Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 14/17] selftests/bpf: Cover context and socket accesses through vmlinux.h Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 15/17] bpftool: Document __bpf_relocatable and __bpf_static_offset Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 16/17] bpftool: Render the arena type tag as __bpf_arena Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-05 17:58 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 17/17] selftests/bpf: Cover the arena type tag in bpftool C dumps Ihor Solodrai
2026-11-06  0:30 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 00/17] bpftool: Per-record CO-RE attributes in the C dump 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=20261105175845.30357-2-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=cupertino.miranda@oracle.com \
    --cc=daniel@iogearbox.net \
    --cc=david.faust@oss.qualcomm.com \
    --cc=eddyz87@gmail.com \
    --cc=irogers@google.com \
    --cc=jose.marchesi@oracle.com \
    --cc=memxor@gmail.com \
    --cc=qmo@kernel.org \
    --cc=vineet.gupta@linux.dev \
    --cc=yonghong.song@linux.dev \
    /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