[bpf-next,0/8] Libbpf-side __arg_ctx fallback support

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Andrii Nakryiko Dec. 20, 2023, 11:31 p.m. UTC

Support __arg_ctx global function argument tag semantics even on older kernels
that don't natively support it through btf_decl_tag("arg:ctx").

Patches #2-#6 are preparatory work to allow to postpone BTF loading into the
kernel until after all the BPF program relocations (including global func
appending to main programs) are done. Patch #4 is perhaps the most important
and establishes pre-created stable placeholder FDs, so that relocations can
embed valid map FDs into ldimm64 instructions.

Once BTF is done after relocation, what's left is to adjust BTF information to
have each main program's copy of each used global subprog to point to its own
adjusted FUNC -> FUNC_PROTO type chain (if they use __arg_ctx) in such a way
as to satisfy type expectations of BPF verifier regarding the PTR_TO_CTX
argument definition. See patch #7 for details.

Patch #8 adds few more __arg_ctx use cases (edge cases like multiple arguments
having __arg_ctx, etc) to test_global_func_ctx_args.c, to make it simple to
validate that this logic indeed works on old kernels. It does.

Andrii Nakryiko (8):
  libbpf: make uniform use of btf__fd() accessor inside libbpf
  libbpf: use explicit map reuse flag to skip map creation steps
  libbpf: don't rely on map->fd as an indicator of map being created
  libbpf: use stable map placeholder FDs
  libbpf: move exception callbacks assignment logic into relocation step
  libbpf: move BTF loading step after relocation step
  libbpf: implement __arg_ctx fallback logic
  selftests/bpf: add arg:ctx cases to test_global_funcs tests

 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c                        | 548 +++++++++++++-----
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h               |  24 +
 .../bpf/progs/test_global_func_ctx_args.c     |  49 ++
 3 files changed, 474 insertions(+), 147 deletions(-)