Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: avoid mmap for size 0 sections

[David Faust <david.faust@oracle.com>]

On 7/28/22 07:15, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 01:48:08PM -0700, David Faust wrote:
>> When populating maps in bpf_object__init_global_data_maps(), recognized
>> sections with no data (e.g. a .bss with size 0) lead to an mmap of 0
>> bytes which fails with EINVAL.
>>
>> Add a check to skip mapping sections which are present, but empty.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Faust <david.faust@oracle.com>
>> ---
>>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 4 ++++
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
>> index b01fe01b0761..4e7ceb4f5a27 100644
>> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
>> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
>> @@ -1642,6 +1642,10 @@ static int bpf_object__init_global_data_maps(struct bpf_object *obj)
>>  	for (sec_idx = 1; sec_idx < obj->efile.sec_cnt; sec_idx++) {
>>  		sec_desc = &obj->efile.secs[sec_idx];
>>  
>> +		/* Skip recognized sections with size 0. */
>> +		if (sec_desc->data && sec_desc->data->d_size == 0)
>> +		  continue;
> 
> nit missing tab indent
> 
> also we seem to check for size in bpf_object__elf_collect
> before adding SEC_DATA/SEC_RODATA but not SEC_BSS
> 
> I think the check should be rather in bpf_object__elf_collect
> before we add the desc for it

I see, thanks. Will send an updated patch.

David

> 
> jirka
> 
>> +
>>  		switch (sec_desc->sec_type) {
>>  		case SEC_DATA:
>>  			sec_name = elf_sec_name(obj, elf_sec_by_idx(obj, sec_idx));
>> -- 
>> 2.36.1
>>