| c5c1e313 | 23-Feb-2026 |
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> |
resolve_btfids: Fix memory leaks reported by ASAN
Running resolve_btfids with ASAN reveals memory leaks in btf_id
handling.
- Change get_id() to use a local buffer
- Make btf_id__add() strdup the n
resolve_btfids: Fix memory leaks reported by ASAN
Running resolve_btfids with ASAN reveals memory leaks in btf_id
handling.
- Change get_id() to use a local buffer
- Make btf_id__add() strdup the name internally
- Add btf_id__free_all() that frees all nodese of a tree
- Call the cleanup function on exit for every tree
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260223190736.649171-8-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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| 9d199965 | 20-Jan-2026 |
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> |
resolve_btfids: Support for KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS
Implement BTF modifications in resolve_btfids to support BPF kernel
functions with implicit arguments.
For a kfunc marked with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS flag, a
resolve_btfids: Support for KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS
Implement BTF modifications in resolve_btfids to support BPF kernel
functions with implicit arguments.
For a kfunc marked with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS flag, a new function
prototype is added to BTF that does not have implicit arguments. The
kfunc's prototype is then updated to a new one in BTF. This prototype
is the intended interface for the BPF programs.
A <func_name>_impl function is added to BTF to make the original kfunc
prototype searchable for the BPF verifier. If a <func_name>_impl
function already exists in BTF, its interpreted as a legacy case, and
this step is skipped.
Whether an argument is implicit is determined by its type:
currently only `struct bpf_prog_aux *` is supported.
As a result, the BTF associated with kfunc is changed from
__bpf_kfunc bpf_foo(int arg1, struct bpf_prog_aux *aux);
into
bpf_foo_impl(int arg1, struct bpf_prog_aux *aux);
__bpf_kfunc bpf_foo(int arg1);
For more context see previous discussions and patches [1][2].
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/dwarves/ba1650aa-fafd-49a8-bea4-bdddee7c38c9@linux.dev/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251029190113.3323406-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120222638.3976562-6-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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| 1a8fa7fa | 31-Dec-2025 |
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> |
resolve_btfids: Implement --patch_btfids
Recent changes in BTF generation [1] rely on ${OBJCOPY} command to
update .BTF_ids section data in target ELF files.
This exposed a bug in llvm-objcopy --up
resolve_btfids: Implement --patch_btfids
Recent changes in BTF generation [1] rely on ${OBJCOPY} command to
update .BTF_ids section data in target ELF files.
This exposed a bug in llvm-objcopy --update-section code path, that
may lead to corruption of a target ELF file. Specifically, because of
the bug st_shndx of some symbols may be (incorrectly) set to 0xffff
(SHN_XINDEX) [2][3].
While there is a pending fix for LLVM, it'll take some time before it
lands (likely in 22.x). And the kernel build must keep working with
older LLVM toolchains in the foreseeable future.
Using GNU objcopy for .BTF_ids update would work, but it would require
changes to LLVM-based build process, likely breaking existing build
environments as discussed in [2].
To work around llvm-objcopy bug, implement --patch_btfids code path in
resolve_btfids as a drop-in replacement for:
${OBJCOPY} --update-section .BTF_ids=${btf_ids} ${elf}
Which works specifically for .BTF_ids section:
${RESOLVE_BTFIDS} --patch_btfids ${btf_ids} ${elf}
This feature in resolve_btfids can be removed at some point in the
future, when llvm-objcopy with a relevant bugfix becomes common.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251219181321.1283664-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251224005752.201911-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/
[3] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/168060#issuecomment-3533552952
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251231012558.1699758-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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| 522397d0 | 19-Dec-2025 |
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> |
resolve_btfids: Change in-place update with raw binary output
Currently resolve_btfids updates .BTF_ids section of an ELF file
in-place, based on the contents of provided BTF, usually within the
sam
resolve_btfids: Change in-place update with raw binary output
Currently resolve_btfids updates .BTF_ids section of an ELF file
in-place, based on the contents of provided BTF, usually within the
same input file, and optionally a BTF base.
Change resolve_btfids behavior to enable BTF transformations as part
of its main operation. To achieve this, in-place ELF write in
resolve_btfids is replaced with generation of the following binaries:
* ${1}.BTF with .BTF section data
* ${1}.BTF_ids with .BTF_ids section data if it existed in ${1}
* ${1}.BTF.base with .BTF.base section data for out-of-tree modules
The execution of resolve_btfids and consumption of its output is
orchestrated by scripts/gen-btf.sh introduced in this patch.
The motivation for emitting binary data is that it allows simplifying
resolve_btfids implementation by delegating ELF update to the $OBJCOPY
tool [1], which is already widely used across the codebase.
There are two distinct paths for BTF generation and resolve_btfids
application in the kernel build: for vmlinux and for kernel modules.
For the vmlinux binary a .BTF section is added in a roundabout way to
ensure correct linking. The patch doesn't change this approach, only
the implementation is a little different.
Before this patch it worked as follows:
* pahole consumed .tmp_vmlinux1 [2] and added .BTF section with
llvm-objcopy [3] to it
* then everything except the .BTF section was stripped from .tmp_vmlinux1
into a .tmp_vmlinux1.bpf.o object [2], later linked into vmlinux
* resolve_btfids was executed later on vmlinux.unstripped [4],
updating it in-place
After this patch gen-btf.sh implements the following:
* pahole consumes .tmp_vmlinux1 and produces a *detached* file with
raw BTF data
* resolve_btfids consumes .tmp_vmlinux1 and detached BTF to produce
(potentially modified) .BTF, and .BTF_ids sections data
* a .tmp_vmlinux1.bpf.o object is then produced with objcopy copying
BTF output of resolve_btfids
* .BTF_ids data gets embedded into vmlinux.unstripped in
link-vmlinux.sh by objcopy --update-section
For kernel modules, creating a special .bpf.o file is not necessary,
and so embedding of sections data produced by resolve_btfids is
straightforward with objcopy.
With this patch an ELF file becomes effectively read-only within
resolve_btfids, which allows deleting elf_update() call and satellite
code (like compressed_section_fix [5]).
Endianness handling of .BTF_ids data is also changed. Previously the
"flags" part of the section was bswapped in sets_patch() [6], and then
Elf_Type was modified before elf_update() to signal to libelf that
bswap may be necessary. With this patch we explicitly bswap entire
data buffer on load and on dump.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/131b4190-9c49-4f79-a99d-c00fac97fa44@linux.dev/
[2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh?h=v6.18#n110
[3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/pahole/pahole.git/tree/btf_encoder.c?h=v1.31#n1803
[4] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh?h=v6.18#n284
[5] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200819092342.259004-1-jolsa@kernel.org/
[6] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/cover.1707223196.git.vmalik@redhat.com/
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251219181825.1289460-3-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
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| fb348d4f | 19-Dec-2025 |
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> |
resolve_btfids: Always build with -Wall -Werror
resolve_btfids builds without compiler warnings currently, so let's
enforce this for future changes with '-Wall -Werror' flags [1].
[1] https://lore.
resolve_btfids: Always build with -Wall -Werror
resolve_btfids builds without compiler warnings currently, so let's
enforce this for future changes with '-Wall -Werror' flags [1].
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/1957a60b-6c45-42a7-b525-a6e335a735ff@linux.dev/
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251219181321.1283664-5-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
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| a4fa885b | 19-Dec-2025 |
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> |
resolve_btfids: Introduce enum btf_id_kind
Instead of using multiple flags, make struct btf_id tagged with an
enum value indicating its kind in the context of resolve_btfids.
Signed-off-by: Ihor So
resolve_btfids: Introduce enum btf_id_kind
Instead of using multiple flags, make struct btf_id tagged with an
enum value indicating its kind in the context of resolve_btfids.
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251219181321.1283664-4-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
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| 5f347a0f | 19-Dec-2025 |
Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> |
resolve_btfids: Factor out load_btf()
Increase the lifetime of parsed BTF in resolve_btfids by factoring
load_btf() routine out of symbols_resolve() and storing the base_btf
and btf pointers in the
resolve_btfids: Factor out load_btf()
Increase the lifetime of parsed BTF in resolve_btfids by factoring
load_btf() routine out of symbols_resolve() and storing the base_btf
and btf pointers in the struct object.
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251219181321.1283664-3-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
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| 903fad43 | 06-Feb-2024 |
Viktor Malik <vmalik@redhat.com> |
tools/resolve_btfids: Fix cross-compilation to non-host endianness
The .BTF_ids section is pre-filled with zeroed BTF ID entries during the
build and afterwards patched by resolve_btfids with correc
tools/resolve_btfids: Fix cross-compilation to non-host endianness
The .BTF_ids section is pre-filled with zeroed BTF ID entries during the
build and afterwards patched by resolve_btfids with correct values.
Since resolve_btfids always writes in host-native endianness, it relies
on libelf to do the translation when the target ELF is cross-compiled to
a different endianness (this was introduced in commit 61e8aeda9398
("bpf: Fix libelf endian handling in resolv_btfids")).
Unfortunately, the translation will corrupt the flags fields of SET8
entries because these were written during vmlinux compilation and are in
the correct endianness already. This will lead to numerous selftests
failures such as:
$ sudo ./test_verifier 502 502
#502/p sleepable fentry accept FAIL
Failed to load prog 'Invalid argument'!
bpf_fentry_test1 is not sleepable
verification time 34 usec
stack depth 0
processed 0 insns (limit 1000000) max_states_per_insn 0 total_states 0 peak_states 0 mark_read 0
Summary: 0 PASSED, 0 SKIPPED, 1 FAILED
Since it's not possible to instruct libelf to translate just certain
values, let's manually bswap the flags (both global and entry flags) in
resolve_btfids when needed, so that libelf then translates everything
correctly.
Fixes: ef2c6f370a63 ("tools/resolve_btfids: Add support for 8-byte BTF sets")
Signed-off-by: Viktor Malik <vmalik@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/7b6bff690919555574ce0f13d2a5996cacf7bf69.1707223196.git.vmalik@redhat.com
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