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[v6,bpf-next,1/3] libbpf: BTF dumper support for typed data

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Alan Maguire July 15, 2021, 3:15 p.m. UTC
Add a BTF dumper for typed data, so that the user can dump a typed
version of the data provided.

The API is

int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
                             void *data, size_t data_sz,
                             const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts);

...where the id is the BTF id of the data pointed to by the "void *"
argument; for example the BTF id of "struct sk_buff" for a
"struct skb *" data pointer.  Options supported are

 - a starting indent level (indent_lvl)
 - a user-specified indent string which will be printed once per
   indent level; if NULL, tab is chosen but any string <= 32 chars
   can be provided.
 - a set of boolean options to control dump display, similar to those
   used for BPF helper bpf_snprintf_btf().  Options are
        - compact : omit newlines and other indentation
        - skip_names: omit member names
        - emit_zeroes: show zero-value members

Default output format is identical to that dumped by bpf_snprintf_btf(),
for example a "struct sk_buff" representation would look like this:

struct sk_buff){
	(union){
		(struct){
			.next = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
			.prev = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
		(union){
			.dev = (struct net_device *)0xffffffffffffffff,
			.dev_scratch = (long unsigned int)18446744073709551615,
		},
	},
...

If the data structure is larger than the *data_sz*
number of bytes that are available in *data*, as much
of the data as possible will be dumped and -E2BIG will
be returned.  This is useful as tracers will sometimes
not be able to capture all of the data associated with
a type; for example a "struct task_struct" is ~16k.
Being able to specify that only a subset is available is
important for such cases.  On success, the amount of data
dumped is returned.

Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.h      |  19 ++
 tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c | 819 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map |   1 +
 3 files changed, 834 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Comments

Andrii Nakryiko July 16, 2021, 6:24 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 8:15 AM Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> Add a BTF dumper for typed data, so that the user can dump a typed
> version of the data provided.
>
> The API is
>
> int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
>                              void *data, size_t data_sz,
>                              const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts);
>
> ...where the id is the BTF id of the data pointed to by the "void *"
> argument; for example the BTF id of "struct sk_buff" for a
> "struct skb *" data pointer.  Options supported are
>
>  - a starting indent level (indent_lvl)
>  - a user-specified indent string which will be printed once per
>    indent level; if NULL, tab is chosen but any string <= 32 chars
>    can be provided.
>  - a set of boolean options to control dump display, similar to those
>    used for BPF helper bpf_snprintf_btf().  Options are
>         - compact : omit newlines and other indentation
>         - skip_names: omit member names
>         - emit_zeroes: show zero-value members
>
> Default output format is identical to that dumped by bpf_snprintf_btf(),
> for example a "struct sk_buff" representation would look like this:
>
> struct sk_buff){
>         (union){
>                 (struct){
>                         .next = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
>                         .prev = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
>                 (union){
>                         .dev = (struct net_device *)0xffffffffffffffff,
>                         .dev_scratch = (long unsigned int)18446744073709551615,
>                 },
>         },
> ...
>
> If the data structure is larger than the *data_sz*
> number of bytes that are available in *data*, as much
> of the data as possible will be dumped and -E2BIG will
> be returned.  This is useful as tracers will sometimes
> not be able to capture all of the data associated with
> a type; for example a "struct task_struct" is ~16k.
> Being able to specify that only a subset is available is
> important for such cases.  On success, the amount of data
> dumped is returned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
> ---

Ok, this looks great. I think I found a few residual problems, so
please see comments below and address them. But I'm inclined to land
this patch set as is because it's in a good shape already, and it is
pretty, so it's hard and time-consuming to weed through minor (at this
point) changes between versions. So please send follow-up patch(es)
with fixes. Hopefully soon enough before the libbpf release. Thanks a
lot for working on this and persevering, this is a great API!

I'll apply a patch set to bpf-next when it will open up for new patches. Thanks.

>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.h      |  19 ++
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c | 819 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map |   1 +
>  3 files changed, 834 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

I also wanted to call out this ^^ versus:

a) initial kernel-sharing version:

  >  18 files changed, 3236 insertions(+), 1319 deletions(-)

b) initial libbpf-only version:

  >  6 files changed, 1251 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

And the API actually gained in supported features and correctness.

>

[...]

> +
> +union float_data {
> +       long double ld;
> +       double d;
> +       float f;
> +};

clever

> +
> +static int btf_dump_float_data(struct btf_dump *d,
> +                              const struct btf_type *t,
> +                              __u32 type_id,
> +                              const void *data)
> +{
> +       const union float_data *flp = data;
> +       union float_data fl;
> +       int sz = t->size;
> +
> +       /* handle unaligned data; copy to local union */
> +       if (((uintptr_t)data) % sz) {
> +               memcpy(&fl, data, sz);
> +               flp = &fl;
> +       }
> +
> +       switch (sz) {
> +       case 16:
> +               btf_dump_type_values(d, "%Lf", flp->ld);
> +               break;
> +       case 8:
> +               btf_dump_type_values(d, "%lf", flp->d);
> +               break;
> +       case 4:
> +               btf_dump_type_values(d, "%f", flp->f);
> +               break;
> +       default:
> +               pr_warn("unexpected size %d for id [%u]\n", sz, type_id);
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +       }
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +

[...]

> +
> +static int btf_dump_array_data(struct btf_dump *d,
> +                              const struct btf_type *t,
> +                              __u32 id,
> +                              const void *data)
> +{
> +       const struct btf_array *array = btf_array(t);
> +       const struct btf_type *elem_type;
> +       __u32 i, elem_size = 0, elem_type_id;
> +       bool is_array_member;
> +
> +       elem_type_id = array->type;
> +       elem_type = skip_mods_and_typedefs(d->btf, elem_type_id, NULL);
> +       elem_size = btf__resolve_size(d->btf, elem_type_id);
> +       if (elem_size <= 0) {
> +               pr_warn("unexpected elem size %d for array type [%u]\n", elem_size, id);
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +       }
> +
> +       if (btf_is_int(elem_type)) {
> +               /*
> +                * BTF_INT_CHAR encoding never seems to be set for
> +                * char arrays, so if size is 1 and element is
> +                * printable as a char, we'll do that.
> +                */
> +               if (elem_size == 1)
> +                       d->typed_dump->is_array_char = true;
> +       }
> +
> +       /* note that we increment depth before calling btf_dump_print() below;
> +        * this is intentional.  btf_dump_data_newline() will not print a
> +        * newline for depth 0 (since this leaves us with trailing newlines
> +        * at the end of typed display), so depth is incremented first.
> +        * For similar reasons, we decrement depth before showing the closing
> +        * parenthesis.
> +        */
> +       d->typed_dump->depth++;
> +       btf_dump_printf(d, "[%s", btf_dump_data_newline(d));
> +
> +       /* may be a multidimensional array, so store current "is array member"
> +        * status so we can restore it correctly later.
> +        */
> +       is_array_member = d->typed_dump->is_array_member;
> +       d->typed_dump->is_array_member = true;
> +       for (i = 0; i < array->nelems; i++, data += elem_size) {
> +               if (d->typed_dump->is_array_terminated)
> +                       break;

I suspect this logic breaks for multi-dimensional char arrays. Please
check and add follow-up tests and fixes, no need to address that in
this patch set, you've suffered enough.


> +               btf_dump_dump_type_data(d, NULL, elem_type, elem_type_id, data, 0, 0);
> +       }
> +       d->typed_dump->is_array_member = is_array_member;
> +       d->typed_dump->depth--;
> +       btf_dump_data_pfx(d);
> +       btf_dump_type_values(d, "]");
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int btf_dump_struct_data(struct btf_dump *d,
> +                               const struct btf_type *t,
> +                               __u32 id,
> +                               const void *data)
> +{
> +       const struct btf_member *m = btf_members(t);
> +       __u16 n = btf_vlen(t);
> +       int i, err;
> +
> +       /* note that we increment depth before calling btf_dump_print() below;
> +        * this is intentional.  btf_dump_data_newline() will not print a
> +        * newline for depth 0 (since this leaves us with trailing newlines
> +        * at the end of typed display), so depth is incremented first.
> +        * For similar reasons, we decrement depth before showing the closing
> +        * parenthesis.
> +        */

ah, ok, I see. I sort of randomly stumbled on this from a purely
aesthetic reasons, but I'm happy we clarified this because it's
completely non-obvious

> +       d->typed_dump->depth++;
> +       btf_dump_printf(d, "{%s", btf_dump_data_newline(d));
> +
> +       for (i = 0; i < n; i++, m++) {
> +               const struct btf_type *mtype;
> +               const char *mname;
> +               __u32 moffset;
> +               __u8 bit_sz;
> +
> +               mtype = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, m->type);
> +               mname = btf_name_of(d, m->name_off);
> +               moffset = btf_member_bit_offset(t, i);
> +
> +               bit_sz = btf_member_bitfield_size(t, i);
> +               err = btf_dump_dump_type_data(d, mname, mtype, m->type, data + moffset / 8,
> +                                             moffset % 8, bit_sz);
> +               if (err < 0)
> +                       return err;
> +       }
> +       d->typed_dump->depth--;
> +       btf_dump_data_pfx(d);
> +       btf_dump_type_values(d, "}");
> +       return err;
> +}
> +
> +static int btf_dump_ptr_data(struct btf_dump *d,
> +                             const struct btf_type *t,
> +                             __u32 id,
> +                             const void *data)
> +{
> +       btf_dump_type_values(d, "%p", *(void **)data);

Wait, you fixed pointer zero checking logic and misaligned reads for
ints/floats, but none of that for actually printing pointers?...
Please send a follow-up fix.

> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int btf_dump_get_enum_value(struct btf_dump *d,
> +                                  const struct btf_type *t,
> +                                  const void *data,
> +                                  __u32 id,
> +                                  __s64 *value)
> +{
> +       int sz = t->size;
> +
> +       /* handle unaligned enum value */
> +       if (((uintptr_t)data) % sz) {

nit: probably worth a small helper with obvious name to avoid extra
comments and all those ((()))

> +               *value = (__s64)btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(d, t, data, 0, 0);
> +               return 0;
> +       }

[...]

> +               elem_type_id = array->type;
> +               elem_size = btf__resolve_size(d->btf, elem_type_id);
> +               elem_type = skip_mods_and_typedefs(d->btf, elem_type_id, NULL);
> +
> +               ischar = btf_is_int(elem_type) && elem_size == 1;
> +
> +               /* check all elements; if _any_ element is nonzero, all
> +                * of array is displayed.  We make an exception however
> +                * for char arrays where the first element is 0; these
> +                * are considered zeroed also, even if later elements are
> +                * non-zero because the string is terminated.
> +                */
> +               for (i = 0; i < array->nelems; i++) {
> +                       if (i == 0 && ischar && *(char *)data == 0)
> +                               return -ENODATA;

same here, this might be too aggressive for something like char a[2][10] ?

> +                       err = btf_dump_type_data_check_zero(d, elem_type,
> +                                                           elem_type_id,
> +                                                           data +
> +                                                           (i * elem_size),
> +                                                           bits_offset, 0);
> +                       if (err != -ENODATA)
> +                               return err;
> +               }
> +               return -ENODATA;
> +       }
> +       case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
> +       case BTF_KIND_UNION: {
> +               const struct btf_member *m = btf_members(t);
> +               __u16 n = btf_vlen(t);
> +
> +               /* if any struct/union member is non-zero, the struct/union
> +                * is considered non-zero and dumped.
> +                */
> +               for (i = 0; i < n; i++, m++) {
> +                       const struct btf_type *mtype;
> +                       __u32 moffset;
> +
> +                       mtype = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, m->type);
> +                       moffset = btf_member_bit_offset(t, i);
> +
> +                       /* btf_int_bits() does not store member bitfield size;
> +                        * bitfield size needs to be stored here so int display
> +                        * of member can retrieve it.
> +                        */
> +                       bit_sz = btf_member_bitfield_size(t, i);
> +                       err = btf_dump_type_data_check_zero(d, mtype, m->type, data + moffset / 8,
> +                                                           moffset % 8, bit_sz);
> +                       if (err != ENODATA)
> +                               return err;
> +               }
> +               return -ENODATA;
> +       }
> +       case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
> +               if (btf_dump_get_enum_value(d, t, data, id, &value))
> +                       return 0;

why not propagating error here?

> +               if (value == 0)
> +                       return -ENODATA;
> +               return 0;
> +       default:
> +               return 0;
> +       }
> +}
> +

[...]

> +       case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
> +               err = btf_dump_array_data(d, t, id, data);
> +               break;
> +       case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
> +       case BTF_KIND_UNION:
> +               err = btf_dump_struct_data(d, t, id, data);
> +               break;
> +       case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
> +               /* handle bitfield and int enum values */
> +               if (bit_sz) {
> +                       unsigned __int128 print_num;
> +                       __s64 enum_val;
> +
> +                       print_num = btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(d, t, data, bits_offset, bit_sz);
> +                       enum_val = (__s64)print_num;
> +                       err = btf_dump_enum_data(d, t, id, &enum_val);

this is broken on big-endian, no? Basically almost always it will be
printing either 0, -1 or 0xffffffff?..

> +               } else
> +                       err = btf_dump_enum_data(d, t, id, data);
> +               break;
> +       case BTF_KIND_VAR:
> +               err = btf_dump_var_data(d, t, id, data);
> +               break;
> +       case BTF_KIND_DATASEC:
> +               err = btf_dump_datasec_data(d, t, id, data);
> +               break;
> +       default:
> +               pr_warn("unexpected kind [%u] for id [%u]\n",
> +                       BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info), id);
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +       }
> +       if (err < 0)
> +               return err;
> +       return size;
> +}
> +
> +int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
> +                            const void *data, size_t data_sz,
> +                            const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts)
> +{
> +       const struct btf_type *t;
> +       int ret;
> +
> +       if (!OPTS_VALID(opts, btf_dump_type_data_opts))
> +               return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
> +
> +       t = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, id);
> +       if (!t)
> +               return libbpf_err(-ENOENT);
> +
> +       d->typed_dump = calloc(1, sizeof(struct btf_dump_data));

just realized this doesn't have to be calloc()'ed, it can be on the
stack zero-initialized variable; feel free to switch in the follow up
as well

> +       if (!d->typed_dump)
> +               return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);

then we won't need to handle this at all

> +
> +       d->typed_dump->data_end = data + data_sz;
> +       d->typed_dump->indent_lvl = OPTS_GET(opts, indent_level, 0);
> +       /* default indent string is a tab */
> +       if (!opts->indent_str)
> +               d->typed_dump->indent_str[0] = '\t';

[...]
Andrii Nakryiko July 16, 2021, 8:55 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 11:24 PM Andrii Nakryiko
<andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 8:15 AM Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Add a BTF dumper for typed data, so that the user can dump a typed
> > version of the data provided.
> >
> > The API is
> >
> > int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
> >                              void *data, size_t data_sz,
> >                              const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts);
> >
> > ...where the id is the BTF id of the data pointed to by the "void *"
> > argument; for example the BTF id of "struct sk_buff" for a
> > "struct skb *" data pointer.  Options supported are
> >
> >  - a starting indent level (indent_lvl)
> >  - a user-specified indent string which will be printed once per
> >    indent level; if NULL, tab is chosen but any string <= 32 chars
> >    can be provided.
> >  - a set of boolean options to control dump display, similar to those
> >    used for BPF helper bpf_snprintf_btf().  Options are
> >         - compact : omit newlines and other indentation
> >         - skip_names: omit member names
> >         - emit_zeroes: show zero-value members
> >
> > Default output format is identical to that dumped by bpf_snprintf_btf(),
> > for example a "struct sk_buff" representation would look like this:
> >
> > struct sk_buff){
> >         (union){
> >                 (struct){
> >                         .next = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
> >                         .prev = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
> >                 (union){
> >                         .dev = (struct net_device *)0xffffffffffffffff,
> >                         .dev_scratch = (long unsigned int)18446744073709551615,
> >                 },
> >         },
> > ...
> >
> > If the data structure is larger than the *data_sz*
> > number of bytes that are available in *data*, as much
> > of the data as possible will be dumped and -E2BIG will
> > be returned.  This is useful as tracers will sometimes
> > not be able to capture all of the data associated with
> > a type; for example a "struct task_struct" is ~16k.
> > Being able to specify that only a subset is available is
> > important for such cases.  On success, the amount of data
> > dumped is returned.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
> > ---
>
> Ok, this looks great. I think I found a few residual problems, so
> please see comments below and address them. But I'm inclined to land
> this patch set as is because it's in a good shape already, and it is
> pretty, so it's hard and time-consuming to weed through minor (at this
> point) changes between versions. So please send follow-up patch(es)
> with fixes. Hopefully soon enough before the libbpf release. Thanks a
> lot for working on this and persevering, this is a great API!
>
> I'll apply a patch set to bpf-next when it will open up for new patches. Thanks.

Applied to bpf-next.

>
> >  tools/lib/bpf/btf.h      |  19 ++
> >  tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c | 819 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map |   1 +
> >  3 files changed, 834 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> I also wanted to call out this ^^ versus:
>
> a) initial kernel-sharing version:
>
>   >  18 files changed, 3236 insertions(+), 1319 deletions(-)
>
> b) initial libbpf-only version:
>
>   >  6 files changed, 1251 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> And the API actually gained in supported features and correctness.
>
> >
>
> [...]
>
> > +
> > +union float_data {
> > +       long double ld;
> > +       double d;
> > +       float f;
> > +};
>
> clever
>
> > +
> > +static int btf_dump_float_data(struct btf_dump *d,
> > +                              const struct btf_type *t,
> > +                              __u32 type_id,
> > +                              const void *data)
> > +{
> > +       const union float_data *flp = data;
> > +       union float_data fl;
> > +       int sz = t->size;
> > +
> > +       /* handle unaligned data; copy to local union */
> > +       if (((uintptr_t)data) % sz) {
> > +               memcpy(&fl, data, sz);
> > +               flp = &fl;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       switch (sz) {
> > +       case 16:
> > +               btf_dump_type_values(d, "%Lf", flp->ld);
> > +               break;
> > +       case 8:
> > +               btf_dump_type_values(d, "%lf", flp->d);
> > +               break;
> > +       case 4:
> > +               btf_dump_type_values(d, "%f", flp->f);
> > +               break;
> > +       default:
> > +               pr_warn("unexpected size %d for id [%u]\n", sz, type_id);
> > +               return -EINVAL;
> > +       }
> > +       return 0;
> > +}
> > +
>
> [...]
>
> > +
> > +static int btf_dump_array_data(struct btf_dump *d,
> > +                              const struct btf_type *t,
> > +                              __u32 id,
> > +                              const void *data)
> > +{
> > +       const struct btf_array *array = btf_array(t);
> > +       const struct btf_type *elem_type;
> > +       __u32 i, elem_size = 0, elem_type_id;
> > +       bool is_array_member;
> > +
> > +       elem_type_id = array->type;
> > +       elem_type = skip_mods_and_typedefs(d->btf, elem_type_id, NULL);
> > +       elem_size = btf__resolve_size(d->btf, elem_type_id);
> > +       if (elem_size <= 0) {
> > +               pr_warn("unexpected elem size %d for array type [%u]\n", elem_size, id);
> > +               return -EINVAL;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       if (btf_is_int(elem_type)) {
> > +               /*
> > +                * BTF_INT_CHAR encoding never seems to be set for
> > +                * char arrays, so if size is 1 and element is
> > +                * printable as a char, we'll do that.
> > +                */
> > +               if (elem_size == 1)
> > +                       d->typed_dump->is_array_char = true;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       /* note that we increment depth before calling btf_dump_print() below;
> > +        * this is intentional.  btf_dump_data_newline() will not print a
> > +        * newline for depth 0 (since this leaves us with trailing newlines
> > +        * at the end of typed display), so depth is incremented first.
> > +        * For similar reasons, we decrement depth before showing the closing
> > +        * parenthesis.
> > +        */
> > +       d->typed_dump->depth++;
> > +       btf_dump_printf(d, "[%s", btf_dump_data_newline(d));
> > +
> > +       /* may be a multidimensional array, so store current "is array member"
> > +        * status so we can restore it correctly later.
> > +        */
> > +       is_array_member = d->typed_dump->is_array_member;
> > +       d->typed_dump->is_array_member = true;
> > +       for (i = 0; i < array->nelems; i++, data += elem_size) {
> > +               if (d->typed_dump->is_array_terminated)
> > +                       break;
>
> I suspect this logic breaks for multi-dimensional char arrays. Please
> check and add follow-up tests and fixes, no need to address that in
> this patch set, you've suffered enough.
>
>
> > +               btf_dump_dump_type_data(d, NULL, elem_type, elem_type_id, data, 0, 0);
> > +       }
> > +       d->typed_dump->is_array_member = is_array_member;
> > +       d->typed_dump->depth--;
> > +       btf_dump_data_pfx(d);
> > +       btf_dump_type_values(d, "]");
> > +
> > +       return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int btf_dump_struct_data(struct btf_dump *d,
> > +                               const struct btf_type *t,
> > +                               __u32 id,
> > +                               const void *data)
> > +{
> > +       const struct btf_member *m = btf_members(t);
> > +       __u16 n = btf_vlen(t);
> > +       int i, err;
> > +
> > +       /* note that we increment depth before calling btf_dump_print() below;
> > +        * this is intentional.  btf_dump_data_newline() will not print a
> > +        * newline for depth 0 (since this leaves us with trailing newlines
> > +        * at the end of typed display), so depth is incremented first.
> > +        * For similar reasons, we decrement depth before showing the closing
> > +        * parenthesis.
> > +        */
>
> ah, ok, I see. I sort of randomly stumbled on this from a purely
> aesthetic reasons, but I'm happy we clarified this because it's
> completely non-obvious
>
> > +       d->typed_dump->depth++;
> > +       btf_dump_printf(d, "{%s", btf_dump_data_newline(d));
> > +
> > +       for (i = 0; i < n; i++, m++) {
> > +               const struct btf_type *mtype;
> > +               const char *mname;
> > +               __u32 moffset;
> > +               __u8 bit_sz;
> > +
> > +               mtype = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, m->type);
> > +               mname = btf_name_of(d, m->name_off);
> > +               moffset = btf_member_bit_offset(t, i);
> > +
> > +               bit_sz = btf_member_bitfield_size(t, i);
> > +               err = btf_dump_dump_type_data(d, mname, mtype, m->type, data + moffset / 8,
> > +                                             moffset % 8, bit_sz);
> > +               if (err < 0)
> > +                       return err;
> > +       }
> > +       d->typed_dump->depth--;
> > +       btf_dump_data_pfx(d);
> > +       btf_dump_type_values(d, "}");
> > +       return err;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int btf_dump_ptr_data(struct btf_dump *d,
> > +                             const struct btf_type *t,
> > +                             __u32 id,
> > +                             const void *data)
> > +{
> > +       btf_dump_type_values(d, "%p", *(void **)data);
>
> Wait, you fixed pointer zero checking logic and misaligned reads for
> ints/floats, but none of that for actually printing pointers?...
> Please send a follow-up fix.
>
> > +       return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int btf_dump_get_enum_value(struct btf_dump *d,
> > +                                  const struct btf_type *t,
> > +                                  const void *data,
> > +                                  __u32 id,
> > +                                  __s64 *value)
> > +{
> > +       int sz = t->size;
> > +
> > +       /* handle unaligned enum value */
> > +       if (((uintptr_t)data) % sz) {
>
> nit: probably worth a small helper with obvious name to avoid extra
> comments and all those ((()))
>
> > +               *value = (__s64)btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(d, t, data, 0, 0);
> > +               return 0;
> > +       }
>
> [...]
>
> > +               elem_type_id = array->type;
> > +               elem_size = btf__resolve_size(d->btf, elem_type_id);
> > +               elem_type = skip_mods_and_typedefs(d->btf, elem_type_id, NULL);
> > +
> > +               ischar = btf_is_int(elem_type) && elem_size == 1;
> > +
> > +               /* check all elements; if _any_ element is nonzero, all
> > +                * of array is displayed.  We make an exception however
> > +                * for char arrays where the first element is 0; these
> > +                * are considered zeroed also, even if later elements are
> > +                * non-zero because the string is terminated.
> > +                */
> > +               for (i = 0; i < array->nelems; i++) {
> > +                       if (i == 0 && ischar && *(char *)data == 0)
> > +                               return -ENODATA;
>
> same here, this might be too aggressive for something like char a[2][10] ?
>
> > +                       err = btf_dump_type_data_check_zero(d, elem_type,
> > +                                                           elem_type_id,
> > +                                                           data +
> > +                                                           (i * elem_size),
> > +                                                           bits_offset, 0);
> > +                       if (err != -ENODATA)
> > +                               return err;
> > +               }
> > +               return -ENODATA;
> > +       }
> > +       case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
> > +       case BTF_KIND_UNION: {
> > +               const struct btf_member *m = btf_members(t);
> > +               __u16 n = btf_vlen(t);
> > +
> > +               /* if any struct/union member is non-zero, the struct/union
> > +                * is considered non-zero and dumped.
> > +                */
> > +               for (i = 0; i < n; i++, m++) {
> > +                       const struct btf_type *mtype;
> > +                       __u32 moffset;
> > +
> > +                       mtype = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, m->type);
> > +                       moffset = btf_member_bit_offset(t, i);
> > +
> > +                       /* btf_int_bits() does not store member bitfield size;
> > +                        * bitfield size needs to be stored here so int display
> > +                        * of member can retrieve it.
> > +                        */
> > +                       bit_sz = btf_member_bitfield_size(t, i);
> > +                       err = btf_dump_type_data_check_zero(d, mtype, m->type, data + moffset / 8,
> > +                                                           moffset % 8, bit_sz);
> > +                       if (err != ENODATA)
> > +                               return err;
> > +               }
> > +               return -ENODATA;
> > +       }
> > +       case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
> > +               if (btf_dump_get_enum_value(d, t, data, id, &value))
> > +                       return 0;
>
> why not propagating error here?
>
> > +               if (value == 0)
> > +                       return -ENODATA;
> > +               return 0;
> > +       default:
> > +               return 0;
> > +       }
> > +}
> > +
>
> [...]
>
> > +       case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
> > +               err = btf_dump_array_data(d, t, id, data);
> > +               break;
> > +       case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
> > +       case BTF_KIND_UNION:
> > +               err = btf_dump_struct_data(d, t, id, data);
> > +               break;
> > +       case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
> > +               /* handle bitfield and int enum values */
> > +               if (bit_sz) {
> > +                       unsigned __int128 print_num;
> > +                       __s64 enum_val;
> > +
> > +                       print_num = btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(d, t, data, bits_offset, bit_sz);
> > +                       enum_val = (__s64)print_num;
> > +                       err = btf_dump_enum_data(d, t, id, &enum_val);
>
> this is broken on big-endian, no? Basically almost always it will be
> printing either 0, -1 or 0xffffffff?..
>
> > +               } else
> > +                       err = btf_dump_enum_data(d, t, id, data);
> > +               break;
> > +       case BTF_KIND_VAR:
> > +               err = btf_dump_var_data(d, t, id, data);
> > +               break;
> > +       case BTF_KIND_DATASEC:
> > +               err = btf_dump_datasec_data(d, t, id, data);
> > +               break;
> > +       default:
> > +               pr_warn("unexpected kind [%u] for id [%u]\n",
> > +                       BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info), id);
> > +               return -EINVAL;
> > +       }
> > +       if (err < 0)
> > +               return err;
> > +       return size;
> > +}
> > +
> > +int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
> > +                            const void *data, size_t data_sz,
> > +                            const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts)
> > +{
> > +       const struct btf_type *t;
> > +       int ret;
> > +
> > +       if (!OPTS_VALID(opts, btf_dump_type_data_opts))
> > +               return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
> > +
> > +       t = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, id);
> > +       if (!t)
> > +               return libbpf_err(-ENOENT);
> > +
> > +       d->typed_dump = calloc(1, sizeof(struct btf_dump_data));
>
> just realized this doesn't have to be calloc()'ed, it can be on the
> stack zero-initialized variable; feel free to switch in the follow up
> as well
>
> > +       if (!d->typed_dump)
> > +               return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
>
> then we won't need to handle this at all
>
> > +
> > +       d->typed_dump->data_end = data + data_sz;
> > +       d->typed_dump->indent_lvl = OPTS_GET(opts, indent_level, 0);
> > +       /* default indent string is a tab */
> > +       if (!opts->indent_str)
> > +               d->typed_dump->indent_str[0] = '\t';
>
> [...]
Andrii Nakryiko July 16, 2021, 9:58 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 8:15 AM Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> Add a BTF dumper for typed data, so that the user can dump a typed
> version of the data provided.
>
> The API is
>
> int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
>                              void *data, size_t data_sz,
>                              const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts);
>
> ...where the id is the BTF id of the data pointed to by the "void *"
> argument; for example the BTF id of "struct sk_buff" for a
> "struct skb *" data pointer.  Options supported are
>
>  - a starting indent level (indent_lvl)
>  - a user-specified indent string which will be printed once per
>    indent level; if NULL, tab is chosen but any string <= 32 chars
>    can be provided.
>  - a set of boolean options to control dump display, similar to those
>    used for BPF helper bpf_snprintf_btf().  Options are
>         - compact : omit newlines and other indentation
>         - skip_names: omit member names
>         - emit_zeroes: show zero-value members
>
> Default output format is identical to that dumped by bpf_snprintf_btf(),
> for example a "struct sk_buff" representation would look like this:
>
> struct sk_buff){
>         (union){
>                 (struct){
>                         .next = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
>                         .prev = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
>                 (union){
>                         .dev = (struct net_device *)0xffffffffffffffff,
>                         .dev_scratch = (long unsigned int)18446744073709551615,
>                 },
>         },
> ...
>
> If the data structure is larger than the *data_sz*
> number of bytes that are available in *data*, as much
> of the data as possible will be dumped and -E2BIG will
> be returned.  This is useful as tracers will sometimes
> not be able to capture all of the data associated with
> a type; for example a "struct task_struct" is ~16k.
> Being able to specify that only a subset is available is
> important for such cases.  On success, the amount of data
> dumped is returned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.h      |  19 ++
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c | 819 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map |   1 +
>  3 files changed, 834 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>

[...]

> +/* return size of type, or if base type overflows, return -E2BIG. */
> +static int btf_dump_type_data_check_overflow(struct btf_dump *d,
> +                                            const struct btf_type *t,
> +                                            __u32 id,
> +                                            const void *data,
> +                                            __u8 bits_offset)
> +{
> +       __s64 size = btf__resolve_size(d->btf, id);
> +
> +       if (size < 0 || size >= INT_MAX) {
> +               pr_warn("unexpected size [%lld] for id [%u]\n",
> +                       size, id);

ppc64le arch doesn't like the %lld:

 In file included from btf_dump.c:22:
btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_type_data_check_overflow':
libbpf_internal.h:111:22: error: format '%lld' expects argument of
type 'long long int', but argument 3 has type '__s64' {aka 'long int'}
[-Werror=format=]
  111 |  libbpf_print(level, "libbpf: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
      |                      ^~~~~~~~~~
libbpf_internal.h:114:27: note: in expansion of macro '__pr'
  114 | #define pr_warn(fmt, ...) __pr(LIBBPF_WARN, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
      |                           ^~~~
btf_dump.c:1992:3: note: in expansion of macro 'pr_warn'
 1992 |   pr_warn("unexpected size [%lld] for id [%u]\n",
      |   ^~~~~~~
btf_dump.c:1992:32: note: format string is defined here
 1992 |   pr_warn("unexpected size [%lld] for id [%u]\n",
      |                             ~~~^
      |                                |
      |                                long long int
      |                             %ld


Cast to size_t and use %zu.

> +               return -EINVAL;
> +       }
> +

[...]
Naresh Kamboju July 19, 2021, 12:11 p.m. UTC | #4
On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 20:46, Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> Add a BTF dumper for typed data, so that the user can dump a typed
> version of the data provided.
>
> The API is
>
> int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
>                              void *data, size_t data_sz,
>                              const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts);
>
> ...where the id is the BTF id of the data pointed to by the "void *"
> argument; for example the BTF id of "struct sk_buff" for a
> "struct skb *" data pointer.  Options supported are
>
>  - a starting indent level (indent_lvl)
>  - a user-specified indent string which will be printed once per
>    indent level; if NULL, tab is chosen but any string <= 32 chars
>    can be provided.
>  - a set of boolean options to control dump display, similar to those
>    used for BPF helper bpf_snprintf_btf().  Options are
>         - compact : omit newlines and other indentation
>         - skip_names: omit member names
>         - emit_zeroes: show zero-value members
>
> Default output format is identical to that dumped by bpf_snprintf_btf(),
> for example a "struct sk_buff" representation would look like this:
>
> struct sk_buff){
>         (union){
>                 (struct){
>                         .next = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
>                         .prev = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
>                 (union){
>                         .dev = (struct net_device *)0xffffffffffffffff,
>                         .dev_scratch = (long unsigned int)18446744073709551615,
>                 },
>         },
> ...
>
> If the data structure is larger than the *data_sz*
> number of bytes that are available in *data*, as much
> of the data as possible will be dumped and -E2BIG will
> be returned.  This is useful as tracers will sometimes
> not be able to capture all of the data associated with
> a type; for example a "struct task_struct" is ~16k.
> Being able to specify that only a subset is available is
> important for such cases.  On success, the amount of data
> dumped is returned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.h      |  19 ++
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c | 819 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map |   1 +
>  3 files changed, 834 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

<trim>

> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
> index 5dc6b517..929cf93 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c


Following perf build errors noticed on i386 and arm 32-bit architectures on
linux next 20210719 tag with gcc-11.

metadata:
--------------
   git_repo: https://gitlab.com/Linaro/lkft/mirrors/next/linux-next
   git_short_log: 08076eab6fef ( Add linux-next specific files for 20210719 )
   toolchain: gcc-11
   target_arch: arm and i386


> +static void btf_dump_int128(struct btf_dump *d,
> +                           const struct btf_type *t,
> +                           const void *data)
> +{
> +       __int128 num = *(__int128 *)data;


btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_int128':
btf_dump.c:1559:9: error: expected expression before '__int128'
 1559 |         __int128 num = *(__int128 *)data;
      |         ^~~~~~~~
btf_dump.c:1561:14: error: 'num' undeclared (first use in this function)
 1561 |         if ((num >> 64) == 0)
      |              ^~~
btf_dump.c:1561:14: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only
once for each function it appears in
btf_dump.c: At top level:
btf_dump.c:1568:17: error: '__int128' is not supported on this target
 1568 | static unsigned __int128 btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(struct btf_dump *d,
      |                 ^~~~~~~~
btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_bitfield_get_data':
btf_dump.c:1576:18: error: '__int128' is not supported on this target
 1576 |         unsigned __int128 num = 0, ret;
      |                  ^~~~~~~~
btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_bitfield_check_zero':
btf_dump.c:1608:9: error: expected expression before '__int128'
 1608 |         __int128 check_num;
      |         ^~~~~~~~
btf_dump.c:1610:9: error: 'check_num' undeclared (first use in this function)
 1610 |         check_num = btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(d, t, data,
bits_offset, bit_sz);
      |         ^~~~~~~~~
btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_bitfield_data':
btf_dump.c:1622:18: error: '__int128' is not supported on this target
 1622 |         unsigned __int128 print_num;
      |                  ^~~~~~~~
btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_dump_type_data':
btf_dump.c:2212:34: error: '__int128' is not supported on this target
 2212 |                         unsigned __int128 print_num;
      |                                  ^~~~~~~~


Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@linaro.org>

reference build link,
build: https://builds.tuxbuild.com/1vWeCpIox9EoV35c80bwOvU9nbb/
config: https://builds.tuxbuild.com/1vWeCpIox9EoV35c80bwOvU9nbb/config


steps to reproduce:
---------------------
# TuxMake is a command line tool and Python library that provides
# portable and repeatable Linux kernel builds across a variety of
# architectures, toolchains, kernel configurations, and make targets.
#
# TuxMake supports the concept of runtimes.
# See https://docs.tuxmake.org/runtimes/, for that to work it requires
# that you install podman or docker on your system.
#
# To install tuxmake on your system globally:
# sudo pip3 install -U tuxmake
#
# See https://docs.tuxmake.org/ for complete documentation.


tuxmake --runtime podman --target-arch arm --toolchain gcc-11
--kconfig defconfig --kconfig-add
https://builds.tuxbuild.com/1vWeCpIox9EoV35c80bwOvU9nbb/config


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Alan Maguire July 19, 2021, 2:15 p.m. UTC | #5
On Mon, 19 Jul 2021, Naresh Kamboju wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 20:46, Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Add a BTF dumper for typed data, so that the user can dump a typed
> > version of the data provided.
> 
> <trim>
> 
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
> > index 5dc6b517..929cf93 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
> > +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
> 
> 
> Following perf build errors noticed on i386 and arm 32-bit architectures on
> linux next 20210719 tag with gcc-11.
> 
> metadata:
> --------------
>    git_repo: https://gitlab.com/Linaro/lkft/mirrors/next/linux-next
>    git_short_log: 08076eab6fef ( Add linux-next specific files for 20210719 )
>    toolchain: gcc-11
>    target_arch: arm and i386
> 
> 
> > +static void btf_dump_int128(struct btf_dump *d,
> > +                           const struct btf_type *t,
> > +                           const void *data)
> > +{
> > +       __int128 num = *(__int128 *)data;
> 
> 
> btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_int128':
> btf_dump.c:1559:9: error: expected expression before '__int128'
>  1559 |         __int128 num = *(__int128 *)data;
>       |         ^~~~~~~~
> btf_dump.c:1561:14: error: 'num' undeclared (first use in this function)
>  1561 |         if ((num >> 64) == 0)
>       |              ^~~
> btf_dump.c:1561:14: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only
> once for each function it appears in
> btf_dump.c: At top level:
> btf_dump.c:1568:17: error: '__int128' is not supported on this target
>  1568 | static unsigned __int128 btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(struct btf_dump *d,
>       |                 ^~~~~~~~
> btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_bitfield_get_data':
> btf_dump.c:1576:18: error: '__int128' is not supported on this target
>  1576 |         unsigned __int128 num = 0, ret;
>       |                  ^~~~~~~~
> btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_bitfield_check_zero':
> btf_dump.c:1608:9: error: expected expression before '__int128'
>  1608 |         __int128 check_num;
>       |         ^~~~~~~~
> btf_dump.c:1610:9: error: 'check_num' undeclared (first use in this function)
>  1610 |         check_num = btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(d, t, data,
> bits_offset, bit_sz);
>       |         ^~~~~~~~~
> btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_bitfield_data':
> btf_dump.c:1622:18: error: '__int128' is not supported on this target
>  1622 |         unsigned __int128 print_num;
>       |                  ^~~~~~~~
> btf_dump.c: In function 'btf_dump_dump_type_data':
> btf_dump.c:2212:34: error: '__int128' is not supported on this target
>  2212 |                         unsigned __int128 print_num;
>       |                                  ^~~~~~~~
> 
>

Thanks for the report Naresh! Andrii, I'm thinking the best
approach might be to remove use of int128 and have the bitfield
computations operate on a __u64 representation instead.  With
that change, we would only lose the ability to handle int128
bitfields; what do you think? I hope to have something ready
shortly covering that, the non-propogation of return values
and the endianness issues with enum handling - in fact the
latter goes away if the bitfield computations are done for
64-bit values.

Thanks!

Alan
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
index b54f1c3..374e9f1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
@@ -184,6 +184,25 @@  struct btf_dump_emit_type_decl_opts {
 btf_dump__emit_type_decl(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
 			 const struct btf_dump_emit_type_decl_opts *opts);
 
+
+struct btf_dump_type_data_opts {
+	/* size of this struct, for forward/backward compatibility */
+	size_t sz;
+	const char *indent_str;
+	int indent_level;
+	/* below match "show" flags for bpf_show_snprintf() */
+	bool compact;		/* no newlines/indentation */
+	bool skip_names;	/* skip member/type names */
+	bool emit_zeroes;	/* show 0-valued fields */
+	size_t :0;
+};
+#define btf_dump_type_data_opts__last_field emit_zeroes
+
+LIBBPF_API int
+btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
+			 const void *data, size_t data_sz,
+			 const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts);
+
 /*
  * A set of helpers for easier BTF types handling
  */
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
index 5dc6b517..929cf93 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <endian.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/btf.h>
@@ -53,6 +55,26 @@  struct btf_dump_type_aux_state {
 	__u8 referenced: 1;
 };
 
+/* indent string length; one indent string is added for each indent level */
+#define BTF_DATA_INDENT_STR_LEN			32
+
+/*
+ * Common internal data for BTF type data dump operations.
+ */
+struct btf_dump_data {
+	const void *data_end;		/* end of valid data to show */
+	bool compact;
+	bool skip_names;
+	bool emit_zeroes;
+	__u8 indent_lvl;	/* base indent level */
+	char indent_str[BTF_DATA_INDENT_STR_LEN];
+	/* below are used during iteration */
+	int depth;
+	bool is_array_member;
+	bool is_array_terminated;
+	bool is_array_char;
+};
+
 struct btf_dump {
 	const struct btf *btf;
 	const struct btf_ext *btf_ext;
@@ -60,6 +82,7 @@  struct btf_dump {
 	struct btf_dump_opts opts;
 	int ptr_sz;
 	bool strip_mods;
+	bool skip_anon_defs;
 	int last_id;
 
 	/* per-type auxiliary state */
@@ -89,6 +112,10 @@  struct btf_dump {
 	 * name occurrences
 	 */
 	struct hashmap *ident_names;
+	/*
+	 * data for typed display; allocated if needed.
+	 */
+	struct btf_dump_data *typed_dump;
 };
 
 static size_t str_hash_fn(const void *key, void *ctx)
@@ -765,11 +792,11 @@  static void btf_dump_emit_type(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id, __u32 cont_id)
 		break;
 	case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO: {
 		const struct btf_param *p = btf_params(t);
-		__u16 vlen = btf_vlen(t);
+		__u16 n = btf_vlen(t);
 		int i;
 
 		btf_dump_emit_type(d, t->type, cont_id);
-		for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++, p++)
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i++, p++)
 			btf_dump_emit_type(d, p->type, cont_id);
 
 		break;
@@ -852,8 +879,9 @@  static void btf_dump_emit_bit_padding(const struct btf_dump *d,
 static void btf_dump_emit_struct_fwd(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
 				     const struct btf_type *t)
 {
-	btf_dump_printf(d, "%s %s",
+	btf_dump_printf(d, "%s%s%s",
 			btf_is_struct(t) ? "struct" : "union",
+			t->name_off ? " " : "",
 			btf_dump_type_name(d, id));
 }
 
@@ -1259,7 +1287,7 @@  static void btf_dump_emit_type_chain(struct btf_dump *d,
 		case BTF_KIND_UNION:
 			btf_dump_emit_mods(d, decls);
 			/* inline anonymous struct/union */
-			if (t->name_off == 0)
+			if (t->name_off == 0 && !d->skip_anon_defs)
 				btf_dump_emit_struct_def(d, id, t, lvl);
 			else
 				btf_dump_emit_struct_fwd(d, id, t);
@@ -1267,7 +1295,7 @@  static void btf_dump_emit_type_chain(struct btf_dump *d,
 		case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
 			btf_dump_emit_mods(d, decls);
 			/* inline anonymous enum */
-			if (t->name_off == 0)
+			if (t->name_off == 0 && !d->skip_anon_defs)
 				btf_dump_emit_enum_def(d, id, t, lvl);
 			else
 				btf_dump_emit_enum_fwd(d, id, t);
@@ -1392,6 +1420,39 @@  static void btf_dump_emit_type_chain(struct btf_dump *d,
 	btf_dump_emit_name(d, fname, last_was_ptr);
 }
 
+/* show type name as (type_name) */
+static void btf_dump_emit_type_cast(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
+				    bool top_level)
+{
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+
+	/* for array members, we don't bother emitting type name for each
+	 * member to avoid the redundancy of
+	 * .name = (char[4])[(char)'f',(char)'o',(char)'o',]
+	 */
+	if (d->typed_dump->is_array_member)
+		return;
+
+	/* avoid type name specification for variable/section; it will be done
+	 * for the associated variable value(s).
+	 */
+	t = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, id);
+	if (btf_is_var(t) || btf_is_datasec(t))
+		return;
+
+	if (top_level)
+		btf_dump_printf(d, "(");
+
+	d->skip_anon_defs = true;
+	d->strip_mods = true;
+	btf_dump_emit_type_decl(d, id, "", 0);
+	d->strip_mods = false;
+	d->skip_anon_defs = false;
+
+	if (top_level)
+		btf_dump_printf(d, ")");
+}
+
 /* return number of duplicates (occurrences) of a given name */
 static size_t btf_dump_name_dups(struct btf_dump *d, struct hashmap *name_map,
 				 const char *orig_name)
@@ -1442,3 +1503,751 @@  static const char *btf_dump_ident_name(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id)
 {
 	return btf_dump_resolve_name(d, id, d->ident_names);
 }
+
+static int btf_dump_dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+				   const char *fname,
+				   const struct btf_type *t,
+				   __u32 id,
+				   const void *data,
+				   __u8 bits_offset,
+				   __u8 bit_sz);
+
+static const char *btf_dump_data_newline(struct btf_dump *d)
+{
+	return d->typed_dump->compact || d->typed_dump->depth == 0 ? "" : "\n";
+}
+
+static const char *btf_dump_data_delim(struct btf_dump *d)
+{
+	return d->typed_dump->depth == 0 ? "" : ",";
+}
+
+static void btf_dump_data_pfx(struct btf_dump *d)
+{
+	int i, lvl = d->typed_dump->indent_lvl + d->typed_dump->depth;
+
+	if (d->typed_dump->compact)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < lvl; i++)
+		btf_dump_printf(d, "%s", d->typed_dump->indent_str);
+}
+
+/* A macro is used here as btf_type_value[s]() appends format specifiers
+ * to the format specifier passed in; these do the work of appending
+ * delimiters etc while the caller simply has to specify the type values
+ * in the format specifier + value(s).
+ */
+#define btf_dump_type_values(d, fmt, ...)				\
+	btf_dump_printf(d, fmt "%s%s",					\
+			##__VA_ARGS__,					\
+			btf_dump_data_delim(d),				\
+			btf_dump_data_newline(d))
+
+static int btf_dump_unsupported_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+				     const struct btf_type *t,
+				     __u32 id)
+{
+	btf_dump_printf(d, "<unsupported kind:%u>", btf_kind(t));
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+static void btf_dump_int128(struct btf_dump *d,
+			    const struct btf_type *t,
+			    const void *data)
+{
+	__int128 num = *(__int128 *)data;
+
+	if ((num >> 64) == 0)
+		btf_dump_type_values(d, "0x%llx", (long long)num);
+	else
+		btf_dump_type_values(d, "0x%llx%016llx", (long long)num >> 32,
+				     (long long)num);
+}
+
+static unsigned __int128 btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+						    const struct btf_type *t,
+						    const void *data,
+						    __u8 bits_offset,
+						    __u8 bit_sz)
+{
+	__u16 left_shift_bits, right_shift_bits;
+	__u8 nr_copy_bits, nr_copy_bytes;
+	unsigned __int128 num = 0, ret;
+	const __u8 *bytes = data;
+	int i;
+
+	/* Bitfield value retrieval is done in two steps; first relevant bytes are
+	 * stored in num, then we left/right shift num to eliminate irrelevant bits.
+	 */
+	nr_copy_bits = bit_sz + bits_offset;
+	nr_copy_bytes = t->size;
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	for (i = nr_copy_bytes - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		num = num * 256 + bytes[i];
+#elif __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_copy_bytes; i++)
+		num = num * 256 + bytes[i];
+#else
+# error "Unrecognized __BYTE_ORDER__"
+#endif
+	left_shift_bits = 128 - nr_copy_bits;
+	right_shift_bits = 128 - bit_sz;
+
+	ret = (num << left_shift_bits) >> right_shift_bits;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_bitfield_check_zero(struct btf_dump *d,
+					const struct btf_type *t,
+					const void *data,
+					__u8 bits_offset,
+					__u8 bit_sz)
+{
+	__int128 check_num;
+
+	check_num = btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(d, t, data, bits_offset, bit_sz);
+	if (check_num == 0)
+		return -ENODATA;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_bitfield_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+				  const struct btf_type *t,
+				  const void *data,
+				  __u8 bits_offset,
+				  __u8 bit_sz)
+{
+	unsigned __int128 print_num;
+
+	print_num = btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(d, t, data, bits_offset, bit_sz);
+	btf_dump_int128(d, t, &print_num);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* ints, floats and ptrs */
+static int btf_dump_base_type_check_zero(struct btf_dump *d,
+					 const struct btf_type *t,
+					 __u32 id,
+					 const void *data)
+{
+	static __u8 bytecmp[16] = {};
+	int nr_bytes;
+
+	/* For pointer types, pointer size is not defined on a per-type basis.
+	 * On dump creation however, we store the pointer size.
+	 */
+	if (btf_kind(t) == BTF_KIND_PTR)
+		nr_bytes = d->ptr_sz;
+	else
+		nr_bytes = t->size;
+
+	if (nr_bytes < 1 || nr_bytes > 16) {
+		pr_warn("unexpected size %d for id [%u]\n", nr_bytes, id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (memcmp(data, bytecmp, nr_bytes) == 0)
+		return -ENODATA;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_int_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+			     const struct btf_type *t,
+			     __u32 type_id,
+			     const void *data,
+			     __u8 bits_offset)
+{
+	__u8 encoding = btf_int_encoding(t);
+	bool sign = encoding & BTF_INT_SIGNED;
+	int sz = t->size;
+
+	if (sz == 0) {
+		pr_warn("unexpected size %d for id [%u]\n", sz, type_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* handle packed int data - accesses of integers not aligned on
+	 * int boundaries can cause problems on some platforms.
+	 */
+	if (((uintptr_t)data) % sz)
+		return btf_dump_bitfield_data(d, t, data, 0, 0);
+
+	switch (sz) {
+	case 16:
+		btf_dump_int128(d, t, data);
+		break;
+	case 8:
+		if (sign)
+			btf_dump_type_values(d, "%lld", *(long long *)data);
+		else
+			btf_dump_type_values(d, "%llu", *(unsigned long long *)data);
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		if (sign)
+			btf_dump_type_values(d, "%d", *(__s32 *)data);
+		else
+			btf_dump_type_values(d, "%u", *(__u32 *)data);
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		if (sign)
+			btf_dump_type_values(d, "%d", *(__s16 *)data);
+		else
+			btf_dump_type_values(d, "%u", *(__u16 *)data);
+		break;
+	case 1:
+		if (d->typed_dump->is_array_char) {
+			/* check for null terminator */
+			if (d->typed_dump->is_array_terminated)
+				break;
+			if (*(char *)data == '\0') {
+				d->typed_dump->is_array_terminated = true;
+				break;
+			}
+			if (isprint(*(char *)data)) {
+				btf_dump_type_values(d, "'%c'", *(char *)data);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (sign)
+			btf_dump_type_values(d, "%d", *(__s8 *)data);
+		else
+			btf_dump_type_values(d, "%u", *(__u8 *)data);
+		break;
+	default:
+		pr_warn("unexpected sz %d for id [%u]\n", sz, type_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+union float_data {
+	long double ld;
+	double d;
+	float f;
+};
+
+static int btf_dump_float_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+			       const struct btf_type *t,
+			       __u32 type_id,
+			       const void *data)
+{
+	const union float_data *flp = data;
+	union float_data fl;
+	int sz = t->size;
+
+	/* handle unaligned data; copy to local union */
+	if (((uintptr_t)data) % sz) {
+		memcpy(&fl, data, sz);
+		flp = &fl;
+	}
+
+	switch (sz) {
+	case 16:
+		btf_dump_type_values(d, "%Lf", flp->ld);
+		break;
+	case 8:
+		btf_dump_type_values(d, "%lf", flp->d);
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		btf_dump_type_values(d, "%f", flp->f);
+		break;
+	default:
+		pr_warn("unexpected size %d for id [%u]\n", sz, type_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_var_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+			     const struct btf_type *v,
+			     __u32 id,
+			     const void *data)
+{
+	enum btf_func_linkage linkage = btf_var(v)->linkage;
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+	const char *l;
+	__u32 type_id;
+
+	switch (linkage) {
+	case BTF_FUNC_STATIC:
+		l = "static ";
+		break;
+	case BTF_FUNC_EXTERN:
+		l = "extern ";
+		break;
+	case BTF_FUNC_GLOBAL:
+	default:
+		l = "";
+		break;
+	}
+
+	/* format of output here is [linkage] [type] [varname] = (type)value,
+	 * for example "static int cpu_profile_flip = (int)1"
+	 */
+	btf_dump_printf(d, "%s", l);
+	type_id = v->type;
+	t = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, type_id);
+	btf_dump_emit_type_cast(d, type_id, false);
+	btf_dump_printf(d, " %s = ", btf_name_of(d, v->name_off));
+	return btf_dump_dump_type_data(d, NULL, t, type_id, data, 0, 0);
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_array_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+			       const struct btf_type *t,
+			       __u32 id,
+			       const void *data)
+{
+	const struct btf_array *array = btf_array(t);
+	const struct btf_type *elem_type;
+	__u32 i, elem_size = 0, elem_type_id;
+	bool is_array_member;
+
+	elem_type_id = array->type;
+	elem_type = skip_mods_and_typedefs(d->btf, elem_type_id, NULL);
+	elem_size = btf__resolve_size(d->btf, elem_type_id);
+	if (elem_size <= 0) {
+		pr_warn("unexpected elem size %d for array type [%u]\n", elem_size, id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (btf_is_int(elem_type)) {
+		/*
+		 * BTF_INT_CHAR encoding never seems to be set for
+		 * char arrays, so if size is 1 and element is
+		 * printable as a char, we'll do that.
+		 */
+		if (elem_size == 1)
+			d->typed_dump->is_array_char = true;
+	}
+
+	/* note that we increment depth before calling btf_dump_print() below;
+	 * this is intentional.  btf_dump_data_newline() will not print a
+	 * newline for depth 0 (since this leaves us with trailing newlines
+	 * at the end of typed display), so depth is incremented first.
+	 * For similar reasons, we decrement depth before showing the closing
+	 * parenthesis.
+	 */
+	d->typed_dump->depth++;
+	btf_dump_printf(d, "[%s", btf_dump_data_newline(d));
+
+	/* may be a multidimensional array, so store current "is array member"
+	 * status so we can restore it correctly later.
+	 */
+	is_array_member = d->typed_dump->is_array_member;
+	d->typed_dump->is_array_member = true;
+	for (i = 0; i < array->nelems; i++, data += elem_size) {
+		if (d->typed_dump->is_array_terminated)
+			break;
+		btf_dump_dump_type_data(d, NULL, elem_type, elem_type_id, data, 0, 0);
+	}
+	d->typed_dump->is_array_member = is_array_member;
+	d->typed_dump->depth--;
+	btf_dump_data_pfx(d);
+	btf_dump_type_values(d, "]");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_struct_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+				const struct btf_type *t,
+				__u32 id,
+				const void *data)
+{
+	const struct btf_member *m = btf_members(t);
+	__u16 n = btf_vlen(t);
+	int i, err;
+
+	/* note that we increment depth before calling btf_dump_print() below;
+	 * this is intentional.  btf_dump_data_newline() will not print a
+	 * newline for depth 0 (since this leaves us with trailing newlines
+	 * at the end of typed display), so depth is incremented first.
+	 * For similar reasons, we decrement depth before showing the closing
+	 * parenthesis.
+	 */
+	d->typed_dump->depth++;
+	btf_dump_printf(d, "{%s", btf_dump_data_newline(d));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i++, m++) {
+		const struct btf_type *mtype;
+		const char *mname;
+		__u32 moffset;
+		__u8 bit_sz;
+
+		mtype = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, m->type);
+		mname = btf_name_of(d, m->name_off);
+		moffset = btf_member_bit_offset(t, i);
+
+		bit_sz = btf_member_bitfield_size(t, i);
+		err = btf_dump_dump_type_data(d, mname, mtype, m->type, data + moffset / 8,
+					      moffset % 8, bit_sz);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+	}
+	d->typed_dump->depth--;
+	btf_dump_data_pfx(d);
+	btf_dump_type_values(d, "}");
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_ptr_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+			      const struct btf_type *t,
+			      __u32 id,
+			      const void *data)
+{
+	btf_dump_type_values(d, "%p", *(void **)data);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_get_enum_value(struct btf_dump *d,
+				   const struct btf_type *t,
+				   const void *data,
+				   __u32 id,
+				   __s64 *value)
+{
+	int sz = t->size;
+
+	/* handle unaligned enum value */
+	if (((uintptr_t)data) % sz) {
+		*value = (__s64)btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(d, t, data, 0, 0);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	switch (t->size) {
+	case 8:
+		*value = *(__s64 *)data;
+		return 0;
+	case 4:
+		*value = *(__s32 *)data;
+		return 0;
+	case 2:
+		*value = *(__s16 *)data;
+		return 0;
+	case 1:
+		*value = *(__s8 *)data;
+		return 0;
+	default:
+		pr_warn("unexpected size %d for enum, id:[%u]\n", t->size, id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_enum_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+			      const struct btf_type *t,
+			      __u32 id,
+			      const void *data)
+{
+	const struct btf_enum *e;
+	__s64 value;
+	int i, err;
+
+	err = btf_dump_get_enum_value(d, t, data, id, &value);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	for (i = 0, e = btf_enum(t); i < btf_vlen(t); i++, e++) {
+		if (value != e->val)
+			continue;
+		btf_dump_type_values(d, "%s", btf_name_of(d, e->name_off));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	btf_dump_type_values(d, "%d", value);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_datasec_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+				 const struct btf_type *t,
+				 __u32 id,
+				 const void *data)
+{
+	const struct btf_var_secinfo *vsi;
+	const struct btf_type *var;
+	__u32 i;
+	int err;
+
+	btf_dump_type_values(d, "SEC(\"%s\") ", btf_name_of(d, t->name_off));
+
+	for (i = 0, vsi = btf_var_secinfos(t); i < btf_vlen(t); i++, vsi++) {
+		var = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, vsi->type);
+		err = btf_dump_dump_type_data(d, NULL, var, vsi->type, data + vsi->offset, 0, 0);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+		btf_dump_printf(d, ";");
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* return size of type, or if base type overflows, return -E2BIG. */
+static int btf_dump_type_data_check_overflow(struct btf_dump *d,
+					     const struct btf_type *t,
+					     __u32 id,
+					     const void *data,
+					     __u8 bits_offset)
+{
+	__s64 size = btf__resolve_size(d->btf, id);
+
+	if (size < 0 || size >= INT_MAX) {
+		pr_warn("unexpected size [%lld] for id [%u]\n",
+			size, id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* Only do overflow checking for base types; we do not want to
+	 * avoid showing part of a struct, union or array, even if we
+	 * do not have enough data to show the full object.  By
+	 * restricting overflow checking to base types we can ensure
+	 * that partial display succeeds, while avoiding overflowing
+	 * and using bogus data for display.
+	 */
+	t = skip_mods_and_typedefs(d->btf, id, NULL);
+	if (!t) {
+		pr_warn("unexpected error skipping mods/typedefs for id [%u]\n",
+			id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+	case BTF_KIND_INT:
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+		if (data + bits_offset / 8 + size > d->typed_dump->data_end)
+			return -E2BIG;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+	return (int)size;
+}
+
+static int btf_dump_type_data_check_zero(struct btf_dump *d,
+					 const struct btf_type *t,
+					 __u32 id,
+					 const void *data,
+					 __u8 bits_offset,
+					 __u8 bit_sz)
+{
+	__s64 value;
+	int i, err;
+
+	/* toplevel exceptions; we show zero values if
+	 * - we ask for them (emit_zeros)
+	 * - if we are at top-level so we see "struct empty { }"
+	 * - or if we are an array member and the array is non-empty and
+	 *   not a char array; we don't want to be in a situation where we
+	 *   have an integer array 0, 1, 0, 1 and only show non-zero values.
+	 *   If the array contains zeroes only, or is a char array starting
+	 *   with a '\0', the array-level check_zero() will prevent showing it;
+	 *   we are concerned with determining zero value at the array member
+	 *   level here.
+	 */
+	if (d->typed_dump->emit_zeroes || d->typed_dump->depth == 0 ||
+	    (d->typed_dump->is_array_member &&
+	     !d->typed_dump->is_array_char))
+		return 0;
+
+	t = skip_mods_and_typedefs(d->btf, id, NULL);
+
+	switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+	case BTF_KIND_INT:
+		if (bit_sz)
+			return btf_dump_bitfield_check_zero(d, t, data, bits_offset, bit_sz);
+		return btf_dump_base_type_check_zero(d, t, id, data);
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+		return btf_dump_base_type_check_zero(d, t, id, data);
+	case BTF_KIND_ARRAY: {
+		const struct btf_array *array = btf_array(t);
+		const struct btf_type *elem_type;
+		__u32 elem_type_id, elem_size;
+		bool ischar;
+
+		elem_type_id = array->type;
+		elem_size = btf__resolve_size(d->btf, elem_type_id);
+		elem_type = skip_mods_and_typedefs(d->btf, elem_type_id, NULL);
+
+		ischar = btf_is_int(elem_type) && elem_size == 1;
+
+		/* check all elements; if _any_ element is nonzero, all
+		 * of array is displayed.  We make an exception however
+		 * for char arrays where the first element is 0; these
+		 * are considered zeroed also, even if later elements are
+		 * non-zero because the string is terminated.
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < array->nelems; i++) {
+			if (i == 0 && ischar && *(char *)data == 0)
+				return -ENODATA;
+			err = btf_dump_type_data_check_zero(d, elem_type,
+							    elem_type_id,
+							    data +
+							    (i * elem_size),
+							    bits_offset, 0);
+			if (err != -ENODATA)
+				return err;
+		}
+		return -ENODATA;
+	}
+	case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_KIND_UNION: {
+		const struct btf_member *m = btf_members(t);
+		__u16 n = btf_vlen(t);
+
+		/* if any struct/union member is non-zero, the struct/union
+		 * is considered non-zero and dumped.
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < n; i++, m++) {
+			const struct btf_type *mtype;
+			__u32 moffset;
+
+			mtype = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, m->type);
+			moffset = btf_member_bit_offset(t, i);
+
+			/* btf_int_bits() does not store member bitfield size;
+			 * bitfield size needs to be stored here so int display
+			 * of member can retrieve it.
+			 */
+			bit_sz = btf_member_bitfield_size(t, i);
+			err = btf_dump_type_data_check_zero(d, mtype, m->type, data + moffset / 8,
+							    moffset % 8, bit_sz);
+			if (err != ENODATA)
+				return err;
+		}
+		return -ENODATA;
+	}
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+		if (btf_dump_get_enum_value(d, t, data, id, &value))
+			return 0;
+		if (value == 0)
+			return -ENODATA;
+		return 0;
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
+/* returns size of data dumped, or error. */
+static int btf_dump_dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d,
+				   const char *fname,
+				   const struct btf_type *t,
+				   __u32 id,
+				   const void *data,
+				   __u8 bits_offset,
+				   __u8 bit_sz)
+{
+	int size, err;
+
+	size = btf_dump_type_data_check_overflow(d, t, id, data, bits_offset);
+	if (size < 0)
+		return size;
+	err = btf_dump_type_data_check_zero(d, t, id, data, bits_offset, bit_sz);
+	if (err) {
+		/* zeroed data is expected and not an error, so simply skip
+		 * dumping such data.  Record other errors however.
+		 */
+		if (err == -ENODATA)
+			return size;
+		return err;
+	}
+	btf_dump_data_pfx(d);
+
+	if (!d->typed_dump->skip_names) {
+		if (fname && strlen(fname) > 0)
+			btf_dump_printf(d, ".%s = ", fname);
+		btf_dump_emit_type_cast(d, id, true);
+	}
+
+	t = skip_mods_and_typedefs(d->btf, id, NULL);
+
+	switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+	case BTF_KIND_UNKN:
+	case BTF_KIND_FWD:
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC:
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO:
+		err = btf_dump_unsupported_data(d, t, id);
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_INT:
+		if (bit_sz)
+			err = btf_dump_bitfield_data(d, t, data, bits_offset, bit_sz);
+		else
+			err = btf_dump_int_data(d, t, id, data, bits_offset);
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+		err = btf_dump_float_data(d, t, id, data);
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+		err = btf_dump_ptr_data(d, t, id, data);
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
+		err = btf_dump_array_data(d, t, id, data);
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_KIND_UNION:
+		err = btf_dump_struct_data(d, t, id, data);
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+		/* handle bitfield and int enum values */
+		if (bit_sz) {
+			unsigned __int128 print_num;
+			__s64 enum_val;
+
+			print_num = btf_dump_bitfield_get_data(d, t, data, bits_offset, bit_sz);
+			enum_val = (__s64)print_num;
+			err = btf_dump_enum_data(d, t, id, &enum_val);
+		} else
+			err = btf_dump_enum_data(d, t, id, data);
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_VAR:
+		err = btf_dump_var_data(d, t, id, data);
+		break;
+	case BTF_KIND_DATASEC:
+		err = btf_dump_datasec_data(d, t, id, data);
+		break;
+	default:
+		pr_warn("unexpected kind [%u] for id [%u]\n",
+			BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info), id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+	return size;
+}
+
+int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
+			     const void *data, size_t data_sz,
+			     const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts)
+{
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!OPTS_VALID(opts, btf_dump_type_data_opts))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	t = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, id);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOENT);
+
+	d->typed_dump = calloc(1, sizeof(struct btf_dump_data));
+	if (!d->typed_dump)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	d->typed_dump->data_end = data + data_sz;
+	d->typed_dump->indent_lvl = OPTS_GET(opts, indent_level, 0);
+	/* default indent string is a tab */
+	if (!opts->indent_str)
+		d->typed_dump->indent_str[0] = '\t';
+	else
+		strncat(d->typed_dump->indent_str, opts->indent_str,
+			sizeof(d->typed_dump->indent_str) - 1);
+
+	d->typed_dump->compact = OPTS_GET(opts, compact, false);
+	d->typed_dump->skip_names = OPTS_GET(opts, skip_names, false);
+	d->typed_dump->emit_zeroes = OPTS_GET(opts, emit_zeroes, false);
+
+	ret = btf_dump_dump_type_data(d, NULL, t, id, data, 0, 0);
+
+	free(d->typed_dump);
+
+	return libbpf_err(ret);
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 944c99d..5bfc107 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -373,5 +373,6 @@  LIBBPF_0.5.0 {
 		bpf_map__initial_value;
 		bpf_map_lookup_and_delete_elem_flags;
 		bpf_object__gen_loader;
+		btf_dump__dump_type_data;
 		libbpf_set_strict_mode;
 } LIBBPF_0.4.0;