Re: [PATCH bpf-next 5/6] libbpf: add split BTF support for btf__load_from_kernel_by_id()

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On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 7:15 AM Quentin Monnet <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add a new API function btf__load_from_kernel_by_id_split(), which takes
> a pointer to a base BTF object in order to support split BTF objects
> when retrieving BTF information from the kernel.
>
> Reference: https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/issues/314
>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.c      | 10 ++++++++--
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.h      |  2 ++
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> index 05b63b63083a..15967dd80ffb 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> @@ -1383,7 +1383,8 @@ struct btf *btf_get_from_fd(int btf_fd, struct btf *base_btf)
>         return btf;
>  }
>
> -int btf__load_from_kernel_by_id(__u32 id, struct btf **btf)
> +int btf__load_from_kernel_by_id_split(__u32 id, struct btf **btf,
> +                                     struct btf *base_btf)

here all those struct btf pointers are even more confusing, let's
return the resulting struct btf * as a direct result value

>  {
>         struct btf *res;
>         int err, btf_fd;

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