[bpf-next,v1,0/3] Improve .BTF_ids patching and alignment

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Tony Ambardar Sept. 20, 2024, 7:49 a.m. UTC

Hello all,

This patch series offers improvements to the way .BTF_ids section data is
created and later patched by resolve_btfids.

Patch #1 simplifies the byte-order translation in resolve_btfids while
making it more resilient to future .BTF_ids encoding updates.

Patch #2 makes sure all BTF ID data is 4-byte aligned, and not only the
.BTF_ids used for vmlinux.

Patch #3 syncs the above changes in btf_ids.h to tools/include, obviating
a previous alignment fix in selftests/bpf.

Feedback and suggestions are welcome!

Best regards,
Tony


Tony Ambardar (3):
  tools/resolve_btfids: Simplify handling cross-endian compilation
  bpf: btf: Ensure natural alignment of .BTF_ids section
  tools/bpf, selftests/bpf : Sync btf_ids.h to tools

 include/linux/btf_ids.h                       |  1 +
 tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c               | 60 +++++---------
 tools/include/linux/btf_ids.h                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++--
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/resolve_btfids.c |  6 --
 4 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)