Re: [PATCH v5 bpf-next 8/9] libbpf,bpf: share BTF relocate-related code with kernel

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On Tue, 2024-05-28 at 13:24 +0100, Alan Maguire wrote:
> Share relocation implementation with the kernel.  As part of this,
> we also need the type/string visitation functions so add them to a
> btf_common.c file that also gets shared with the kernel. Relocation
> code in kernel and userspace is identical save for the impementation
> of the reparenting of split BTF to the relocated base BTF and
> retrieval of BTF header from "struct btf"; these small functions
> need separate user-space and kernel implementations.
> 
> One other wrinkle on the kernel side is we have to map .BTF.ids in
> modules as they were generated with the type ids used at BTF encoding
> time. btf_relocate() optionally returns an array mapping from old BTF
> ids to relocated ids, so we use that to fix up these references where
> needed for kfuncs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

I think we also need a test or a few tests to verify that ID sets are
converted correctly.

Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>





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