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authorAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>2022-07-05 20:56:48 -0700
committerAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>2022-07-05 21:15:19 -0700
commitb8a195dc299391bc171c47971974ec6d5ea6fb14 (patch)
tree63e855285962578ce692db6cdfbc96ed5f6a82c3 /tools/lib/bpf/bpf_core_read.h
parentec6209c8d42f815bc3bef10934637ca92114cd1b (diff)
libbpf: add bpf_core_type_matches() helper macro
This patch finalizes support for the proposed type match relation in libbpf by adding bpf_core_type_matches() macro which emits TYPE_MATCH relocation. Clang support for this relocation was added in [0]. [0] https://reviews.llvm.org/D126838 Signed-off-by: Daniel Müller <deso@posteo.net>¬ Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>¬ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220628160127.607834-7-deso@posteo.net¬
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diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_core_read.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_core_read.h
index 2308f4990e96..496e6a8ee0dc 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_core_read.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_core_read.h
@@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ enum bpf_enum_value_kind {
__builtin_preserve_type_info(*(typeof(type) *)0, BPF_TYPE_EXISTS)
/*
+ * Convenience macro to check that provided named type
+ * (struct/union/enum/typedef) "matches" that in a target kernel.
+ * Returns:
+ * 1, if the type matches in the target kernel's BTF;
+ * 0, if the type does not match any in the target kernel
+ */
+#define bpf_core_type_matches(type) \
+ __builtin_preserve_type_info(*(typeof(type) *)0, BPF_TYPE_MATCHES)
+
+/*
* Convenience macro to get the byte size of a provided named type
* (struct/union/enum/typedef) in a target kernel.
* Returns: