If VAR in non-sanitized BTF was size less than 4, converting such VAR
into an INT with size=4 will cause BTF validation failure due to
violationg of STRUCT (into which DATASEC was converted) member size.
Fix by conservatively using size=1.
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@xxxxxx>
---
tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 87168f21ef43..d8833ff6c4a1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -1377,8 +1377,13 @@ static void bpf_object__sanitize_btf(struct bpf_object *obj)
if (!has_datasec && kind == BTF_KIND_VAR) {
/* replace VAR with INT */
t->info = BTF_INFO_ENC(BTF_KIND_INT, 0, 0);
- t->size = sizeof(int);
- *(int *)(t+1) = BTF_INT_ENC(0, 0, 32);
+ /*
+ * using size = 1 is the safest choice, 4 will be too
+ * big and cause kernel BTF validation failure if
+ * original variable took less than 4 bytes
+ */
+ t->size = 1;
+ *(int *)(t+1) = BTF_INT_ENC(0, 0, 8);
} else if (!has_datasec && kind == BTF_KIND_DATASEC) {
/* replace DATASEC with STRUCT */
struct btf_var_secinfo *v = (void *)(t + 1);
--
2.17.1
