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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2020-07-13 18:04:05 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2020-07-13 18:04:05 -0700
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next
Alexei Starovoitov says: ==================== pull-request: bpf-next 2020-07-13 The following pull-request contains BPF updates for your *net-next* tree. We've added 36 non-merge commits during the last 7 day(s) which contain a total of 62 files changed, 2242 insertions(+), 468 deletions(-). The main changes are: 1) Avoid trace_printk warning banner by switching bpf_trace_printk to use its own tracing event, from Alan. 2) Better libbpf support on older kernels, from Andrii. 3) Additional AF_XDP stats, from Ciara. 4) build time resolution of BTF IDs, from Jiri. 5) BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_RELEASE hook, from Stanislav. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@@ -691,6 +691,42 @@ kernel API, the ``insn_off`` is the instruction offset in the unit of ``struct
bpf_insn``. For ELF API, the ``insn_off`` is the byte offset from the
beginning of section (``btf_ext_info_sec->sec_name_off``).
+4.2 .BTF_ids section
+====================
+
+The .BTF_ids section encodes BTF ID values that are used within the kernel.
+
+This section is created during the kernel compilation with the help of
+macros defined in ``include/linux/btf_ids.h`` header file. Kernel code can
+use them to create lists and sets (sorted lists) of BTF ID values.
+
+The ``BTF_ID_LIST`` and ``BTF_ID`` macros define unsorted list of BTF ID values,
+with following syntax::
+
+ BTF_ID_LIST(list)
+ BTF_ID(type1, name1)
+ BTF_ID(type2, name2)
+
+resulting in following layout in .BTF_ids section::
+
+ __BTF_ID__type1__name1__1:
+ .zero 4
+ __BTF_ID__type2__name2__2:
+ .zero 4
+
+The ``u32 list[];`` variable is defined to access the list.
+
+The ``BTF_ID_UNUSED`` macro defines 4 zero bytes. It's used when we
+want to define unused entry in BTF_ID_LIST, like::
+
+ BTF_ID_LIST(bpf_skb_output_btf_ids)
+ BTF_ID(struct, sk_buff)
+ BTF_ID_UNUSED
+ BTF_ID(struct, task_struct)
+
+All the BTF ID lists and sets are compiled in the .BTF_ids section and
+resolved during the linking phase of kernel build by ``resolve_btfids`` tool.
+
5. Using BTF
************