On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 1:25 PM Matt Smith <alastorze@xxxxxx> wrote: > > This patch series changes the type of bpf_object_skeleton->data > to const void * and provides a helper method X__elf_bytes(size_t *sz) > for accessing the raw binary data of the compiled embedded BPF object. > > The type change enforces the previously implied behavior of immutability > for this field while casting it to (void *) before assignment allows > for compiling with previous versions of the libbpf headers without > compiler warnings. > > The helper method allows easier access to the BPF binary object data > and is leveraged to populate the skeleton field. The inclusion of > this helper method will allow users to get access to the data without > needing to populate an entire skeleton first. > > Checks are added in the third patch to validate the behavior of the > added method > > Matt Smith (3): > libbpf: Change bpf_object_skelecton data field to const void* > bpftool: Provide a helper method for accessing bpf binary data > selftests/bpf: Add checks for X__elf_bytes skeleton helper > > tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c | 39 ++++++++++++------- > tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h | 2 +- > .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/skeleton.c | 7 ++++ > 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.30.2 > Fixed \n\ alignment and made a few small tweaks. Applied to bpf-next, thanks.
