From: Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com>
To: dtrace@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] libdtrace: resolve BTF type tags when importing BTF into CTF
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:30:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260720133100.77573-2-doob@me.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260720133100.77573-1-doob@me.com>
Without this fix, running any DTrace commands results in:
```
dtrace: invalid probe specifier ::::
"/usr/lib64/dtrace/6.12.0/procfs.d", line 131: operator -> cannot be
applied to pointer to type "void"; must be applied to a struct or
union pointer
```
The issue occurs on kernels which have BTF with type tags. The fix is
to treat `BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG` as a transparent modifier, resolving
straight to `type->type`.
Signed-off-by: Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com>
---
libdtrace/dt_btf.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/libdtrace/dt_btf.c b/libdtrace/dt_btf.c
index 1f793397..1414dd1e 100644
--- a/libdtrace/dt_btf.c
+++ b/libdtrace/dt_btf.c
@@ -672,10 +672,28 @@ dt_btf_add_to_ctf(dtrace_hdl_t *dtp, dt_btf_t *btf, ctf_dict_t *ctf,
return ctfid == CTF_ERR ? dt_ctf_error(dtp, ctf) : ctfid;
}
+ case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG: {
+ /*
+ * A type tag (e.g. __rcu, __user, __percpu) is a transparent
+ * annotation on the type it wraps. CTF has no equivalent, so
+ * we resolve straight through to the underlying type, just as
+ * we do for const/volatile/restrict. Treating it as ignored
+ * (mapping it to void) would leave every tagged member -- such
+ * as task_struct.real_parent (__rcu) -- resolving to "void",
+ * which breaks translator compilation on kernels whose BTF
+ * carries type tags.
+ */
+ ctfid = dt_btf_add_to_ctf(dtp, btf, ctf, type->type);
+ if (ctfid == CTF_ERR)
+ return CTF_ERR; /* errno already set */
+
+ btf->ctfids[type_id] = ctfid;
+
+ return ctfid;
+ }
case BTF_KIND_VAR:
case BTF_KIND_DATASEC:
case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
- case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
case BTF_KIND_ENUM64:
case BTF_KIND_FUNC:
return btf->ctfids[0]; /* Ignored for CTF */
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-20 13:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-20 13:30 [PATCH 0/3] Fix DTrace on modern kernels and in containers Jacob Carlborg
2026-07-20 13:30 ` Jacob Carlborg [this message]
2026-07-20 13:30 ` [PATCH 2/3] libdtrace: derive io provider dev_name from the device model Jacob Carlborg
2026-07-20 13:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] libdtrace: match BEGIN/END PID in the tracer's own PID namespace Jacob Carlborg
2026-07-20 16:33 ` [PATCH 0/3] Fix DTrace on modern kernels and in containers Kris Van Hees
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