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From: Tony Ambardar <tony.ambardar@gmail.com>
To: dwarves@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Tony Ambardar" <tony.ambardar@gmail.com>,
	"Alan Maguire" <alan.maguire@oracle.com>,
	"Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@kernel.org>,
	"Andrii Nakryiko" <andrii@kernel.org>,
	"Alexei Starovoitov" <ast@kernel.org>,
	"Daniel Borkmann" <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	"Alexis Lothoré" <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH dwarves v3] dwarf_loader: Fix skipped encoding of function BTF on 32-bit systems
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 23:37:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250522063719.1885902-1-tony.ambardar@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250502070318.1561924-1-tony.ambardar@gmail.com>

I encountered an issue building BTF kernels for 32-bit armhf, where many
functions are missing in BTF data:

  LD      vmlinux
  BTFIDS  vmlinux
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol vfs_truncate
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol vfs_fallocate
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu_node
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_pick_any_cpu_node
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_pick_any_cpu
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_kick_cpu
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_exit_bstr
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dsq_nr_queued
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dsq_move_vtime
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dsq_move_to_local
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dsq_move
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dsq_insert_vtime
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dsq_insert
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dispatch_vtime_from_dsq
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dispatch_vtime
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dispatch_from_dsq_set_vtime
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dispatch_from_dsq_set_slice
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dispatch_from_dsq
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_dispatch
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_destroy_dsq
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_create_dsq
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol scx_bpf_consume
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_throw
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_sock_ops_enable_tx_tstamp
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_percpu_obj_new_impl
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_obj_new_impl
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_lookup_user_key
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_lookup_system_key
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_iter_task_vma_new
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_iter_scx_dsq_new
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_get_kmem_cache
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_dynptr_from_xdp
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_dynptr_from_skb
WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol bpf_cgroup_from_id
  NM      System.map

After further debugging this can be reproduced more simply:

$ pahole -J -j --btf_features=decl_tag,consistent_func,decl_tag_kfuncs .tmp_vmlinux_armhf
btf_encoder__tag_kfunc: failed to find kfunc 'scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl' in BTF
btf_encoder__tag_kfuncs: failed to tag kfunc 'scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl'

$ pfunct -Fbtf -E -f scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl .tmp_vmlinux_armhf
<nothing>

$ pfunct -Fdwarf -E -f scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl .tmp_vmlinux_armhf
s32 scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl(struct task_struct * p, s32 prev_cpu, u64 wake_flags, bool * is_idle);

$ pahole -J -j --btf_features=decl_tag,decl_tag_kfuncs .tmp_vmlinux_armhf

$ pfunct -Fbtf -E -f scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl .tmp_vmlinux_armhf
bpf_kfunc s32 scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl(struct task_struct * p, s32 prev_cpu, u64 wake_flags, bool * is_idle);

The key things to note are the pahole 'consistent_func' feature and the u64
'wake_flags' parameter vs. arm 32-bit registers. These point to existing
code handling arguments larger than register-size, allowing them to be
BTF encoded but only if structs.

Generalize the code for any argument type larger than register size (i.e.
size > cu->addr_size). This should work for integral or aggregate types,
and also avoids a bug in the current code where a register-sized struct
could be mistaken for larger. Note that zero-sized arguments will still
be marked as inconsistent and not encoded.

Fixes: a53c58158b76 ("dwarf_loader: Mark functions that do not use expected registers for params")
Tested-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar <tony.ambardar@gmail.com>
---
v2 -> v3:
 - Added Tested-by: from Alexis and Alan.
 - Revert support for encoding 0-sized structs (as v1) after discussion:
   https://lore.kernel.org/dwarves/9a41b21f-c0ae-4298-bf95-09d0cdc3f3ab@oracle.com/
 - Inline param__is_wide() and clarify some naming/wording.

v1 -> v2:
 - Update to preserve existing behaviour where zero-sized struct params
   still permit the function to be encoded, as noted by Alan.

---
 dwarf_loader.c | 37 ++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dwarf_loader.c b/dwarf_loader.c
index e1ba7bc..134a76b 100644
--- a/dwarf_loader.c
+++ b/dwarf_loader.c
@@ -2914,23 +2914,9 @@ out:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool param__is_struct(struct cu *cu, struct tag *tag)
+static inline bool param__is_wide(struct cu *cu, struct tag *tag)
 {
-	struct tag *type = cu__type(cu, tag->type);
-
-	if (!type)
-		return false;
-
-	switch (type->tag) {
-	case DW_TAG_structure_type:
-		return true;
-	case DW_TAG_const_type:
-	case DW_TAG_typedef:
-		/* handle "typedef struct", const parameter */
-		return param__is_struct(cu, type);
-	default:
-		return false;
-	}
+	return tag__size(tag, cu) > cu->addr_size;
 }
 
 static int cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(struct cu *cu)
@@ -2942,9 +2928,9 @@ static int cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(struct cu *cu)
 		struct tag *tag = pt->entries[i];
 		struct parameter *pos;
 		struct function *fn = tag__function(tag);
-		bool has_unexpected_reg = false, has_struct_param = false;
+		bool has_unexpected_reg = false, has_wide_param = false;
 
-		/* mark function as optimized if parameter is, or
+		/* Mark function as optimized if parameter is, or
 		 * if parameter does not have a location; at this
 		 * point location presence has been marked in
 		 * abstract origins for cases where a parameter
@@ -2953,10 +2939,11 @@ static int cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(struct cu *cu)
 		 *
 		 * Also mark functions which, due to optimization,
 		 * use an unexpected register for a parameter.
-		 * Exception is functions which have a struct
-		 * as a parameter, as multiple registers may
-		 * be used to represent it, throwing off register
-		 * to parameter mapping.
+		 * Exception is functions with a wide parameter,
+		 * as single register won't be used to represent
+		 * it, throwing off register to parameter mapping.
+		 * Examples include large structs or 64-bit types
+		 * on a 32-bit arch.
 		 */
 		ftype__for_each_parameter(&fn->proto, pos) {
 			if (pos->optimized || !pos->has_loc)
@@ -2967,11 +2954,11 @@ static int cu__resolve_func_ret_types_optimized(struct cu *cu)
 		}
 		if (has_unexpected_reg) {
 			ftype__for_each_parameter(&fn->proto, pos) {
-				has_struct_param = param__is_struct(cu, &pos->tag);
-				if (has_struct_param)
+				has_wide_param = param__is_wide(cu, &pos->tag);
+				if (has_wide_param)
 					break;
 			}
-			if (!has_struct_param)
+			if (!has_wide_param)
 				fn->proto.unexpected_reg = 1;
 		}
 
-- 
2.34.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-05-22  6:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-10  8:33 [PATCH dwarves v1] dwarf_loader: Fix skipped encoding of function BTF on 32-bit systems Tony Ambardar
2025-04-10 12:20 ` Alan Maguire
2025-04-16 10:33   ` Tony Ambardar
2025-05-02  7:03     ` [PATCH dwarves v2] " Tony Ambardar
2025-05-08  9:38       ` Alexis Lothoré
2025-05-09  5:21         ` Tony Ambardar
2025-05-09  8:33           ` Alexis Lothoré
2025-05-12  8:41             ` Tony Ambardar
2025-05-08 13:24       ` Alan Maguire
2025-05-09  5:22         ` Tony Ambardar
2025-05-22  6:37       ` Tony Ambardar [this message]
2025-06-24 16:14         ` [PATCH dwarves v3] " Alan Maguire
2025-06-30 10:01           ` Alan Maguire
2025-06-30 13:51             ` Jiri Olsa
2025-06-30 17:32               ` Alan Maguire

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