In btf__add_int, the size of the new btf_kind_int type is limited. When the size is greater than 16, btf__add_int fails to be added and -EINVAL is returned. This is usually effective. However, when the built-in type __builtin_aarch64_simd_xi in the NEON instruction is used in the code in the arm64 system, the value of DW_AT_byte_size is 64. This causes btf__add_int to fail to properly add btf information to it. like this: ... <1><cf>: Abbrev Number: 2 (DW_TAG_base_type) <d0> DW_AT_byte_size : 64 // over max size 16 <d1> DW_AT_encoding : 5 (signed) <d2> DW_AT_name : (indirect string, offset: 0x53): __builtin_aarch64_simd_xi <1><d6>: Abbrev Number: 0 ... An easier way to solve this problem is to treat it as a base type and set byte_size to 64. This patch is modified along these lines. Fixes: 4a3b33f8579a ("libbpf: Add BTF writing APIs") Signed-off-by: Xin Liu <liuxin350@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c index 2d0840ef599a..0af121293b65 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c @@ -1934,7 +1934,7 @@ int btf__add_int(struct btf *btf, const char *name, size_t byte_sz, int encoding if (!name || !name[0]) return libbpf_err(-EINVAL); /* byte_sz must be power of 2 */ - if (!byte_sz || (byte_sz & (byte_sz - 1)) || byte_sz > 16) + if (!byte_sz || (byte_sz & (byte_sz - 1)) || byte_sz > 64) return libbpf_err(-EINVAL); if (encoding & ~(BTF_INT_SIGNED | BTF_INT_CHAR | BTF_INT_BOOL)) return libbpf_err(-EINVAL); -- 2.33.0