From: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
To: andrii@kernel.org, ast@kernel.org
Cc: daniel@iogearbox.net, martin.lau@linux.dev, eddyz87@gmail.com,
song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev, jolsa@kernel.org,
qmo@kernel.org, ihor.solodrai@linux.dev,
mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com, dwarves@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v16 bpf-next 3/9] libbpf: Use layout to compute an unknown kind size
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:54:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326145444.2076244-4-alan.maguire@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260326145444.2076244-1-alan.maguire@oracle.com>
This allows BTF parsing to proceed even if we do not know the
kind. Fall back to base BTF layout if layout information is
not in split BTF.
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
---
tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index 2c6c524175c0..291691171ca7 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -386,7 +386,42 @@ static int btf_parse_layout_sec(struct btf *btf)
return 0;
}
-static int btf_type_size(const struct btf_type *t)
+/* for unknown kinds, consult kind layout. */
+static int btf_type_size_unknown(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+ __u32 l_cnt = btf->hdr.layout_len / sizeof(struct btf_layout);
+ struct btf_layout *l = btf->layout;
+ __u16 vlen = btf_vlen(t);
+ __u32 kind = btf_kind(t);
+
+ /* Fall back to base BTF if needed as they share layout information */
+ if (!l) {
+ struct btf *base_btf = btf->base_btf;
+
+ if (base_btf) {
+ l = base_btf->layout;
+ l_cnt = base_btf->hdr.layout_len / sizeof(struct btf_layout);
+ }
+ }
+ if (!l || kind >= l_cnt) {
+ pr_debug("Unsupported BTF_KIND: %u\n", btf_kind(t));
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (l[kind].info_sz % 4) {
+ pr_debug("Unsupported info_sz %u for kind %u\n",
+ l[kind].info_sz, kind);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (l[kind].elem_sz % 4) {
+ pr_debug("Unsupported elem_sz %u for kind %u\n",
+ l[kind].elem_sz, kind);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ return sizeof(struct btf_type) + l[kind].info_sz + vlen * l[kind].elem_sz;
+}
+
+static int btf_type_size(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t)
{
const int base_size = sizeof(struct btf_type);
__u16 vlen = btf_vlen(t);
@@ -422,8 +457,7 @@ static int btf_type_size(const struct btf_type *t)
case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
return base_size + sizeof(struct btf_decl_tag);
default:
- pr_debug("Unsupported BTF_KIND:%u\n", btf_kind(t));
- return -EINVAL;
+ return btf_type_size_unknown(btf, t);
}
}
@@ -521,7 +555,7 @@ static int btf_parse_type_sec(struct btf *btf)
if (btf->swapped_endian)
btf_bswap_type_base(next_type);
- type_size = btf_type_size(next_type);
+ type_size = btf_type_size(btf, next_type);
if (type_size < 0)
return type_size;
if (next_type + type_size > end_type) {
@@ -2102,7 +2136,7 @@ static int btf_add_type(struct btf_pipe *p, const struct btf_type *src_type)
__u32 *str_off;
int sz, err;
- sz = btf_type_size(src_type);
+ sz = btf_type_size(p->src, src_type);
if (sz < 0)
return libbpf_err(sz);
@@ -2192,7 +2226,7 @@ int btf__add_btf(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *src_btf)
struct btf_field_iter it;
__u32 *type_id, *str_off;
- sz = btf_type_size(t);
+ sz = btf_type_size(src_btf, t);
if (sz < 0) {
/* unlikely, has to be corrupted src_btf */
err = sz;
@@ -5560,7 +5594,7 @@ static int btf_dedup_compact_types(struct btf_dedup *d)
continue;
t = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, id);
- len = btf_type_size(t);
+ len = btf_type_size(d->btf, t);
if (len < 0)
return len;
@@ -6222,7 +6256,7 @@ int btf__permute(struct btf *btf, __u32 *id_map, __u32 id_map_cnt,
id = order_map[i];
t = btf__type_by_id(btf, id);
- type_size = btf_type_size(t);
+ type_size = btf_type_size(btf, t);
memcpy(nt, t, type_size);
/* fix up referenced IDs for BTF */
@@ -6248,7 +6282,7 @@ int btf__permute(struct btf *btf, __u32 *id_map, __u32 id_map_cnt,
for (nt = new_types, i = 0; i < id_map_cnt - start_offs; i++) {
btf->type_offs[i] = nt - new_types;
- nt += btf_type_size(nt);
+ nt += btf_type_size(btf, nt);
}
free(order_map);
--
2.39.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 14:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-26 14:54 [PATCH v16 bpf-next 0/9] Add BTF layout to BTF Alan Maguire
2026-03-26 14:54 ` [PATCH v16 bpf-next 1/9] btf: Add BTF kind layout encoding to UAPI Alan Maguire
2026-03-26 15:53 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-03-26 14:54 ` [PATCH v16 bpf-next 2/9] libbpf: Support layout section handling in BTF Alan Maguire
2026-03-26 14:54 ` Alan Maguire [this message]
2026-03-26 14:54 ` [PATCH v16 bpf-next 4/9] libbpf: Add layout encoding support Alan Maguire
2026-03-26 14:54 ` [PATCH v16 bpf-next 5/9] libbpf: BTF validation can use layout for unknown kinds Alan Maguire
2026-03-26 14:54 ` [PATCH v16 bpf-next 6/9] libbpf: Support sanitization of BTF layout for older kernels Alan Maguire
2026-03-26 14:54 ` [PATCH v16 bpf-next 7/9] btf: support kernel parsing of BTF with layout info Alan Maguire
2026-03-26 14:54 ` [PATCH v16 bpf-next 8/9] selftests/bpf: Test kind encoding/decoding Alan Maguire
2026-03-26 14:54 ` [PATCH v16 bpf-next 9/9] kbuild, bpf: Specify "layout" optional feature Alan Maguire
2026-03-26 21:20 ` [PATCH v16 bpf-next 0/9] Add BTF layout to BTF patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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