Re: [PATCH bpf v2 3/3] tools/resolve_btfids: Skip unresolved symbol warning for empty BTF sets

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On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 6:47 AM Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
<memxor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> resolve_btfids prints a warning when it finds an unresolved symbol,
> (id == 0) in id_patch. This can be the case for BTF sets that are empty
> (due to disabled config options), hence printing warnings for certain
> builds, most recently seen in [0].
>
> The reason behind this is because id->cnt aliases id->id in btf_id

do we need to alias this, btw? We are trying to save 4 bytes on 800+
struct (addr[ADDR_CNT] is big) and instead are getting more confusion
in the code.

> struct, leading to empty set showing up as ID 0 when we get to id_patch,
> which triggers the warning. Since sets are an exception here, accomodate
> by reusing hole in btf_id for bool is_set member, setting it to true for
> BTF set when setting id->cnt, and use that to skip extraneous warning.
>
>   [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1b99ae14-abb4-d18f-cc6a-d7e523b25542@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Before:
>
> ; ./tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids -v -b vmlinux net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.ko
> adding symbol tcp_cubic_kfunc_ids
> WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol tcp_cubic_kfunc_ids
> patching addr     0: ID       0 [tcp_cubic_kfunc_ids]
> sorting  addr     4: cnt      0 [tcp_cubic_kfunc_ids]
> update ok for net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.ko
>
> After:
>
> ; ./tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids -v -b vmlinux net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.ko
> adding symbol tcp_cubic_kfunc_ids
> patching addr     0: ID       0 [tcp_cubic_kfunc_ids]
> sorting  addr     4: cnt      0 [tcp_cubic_kfunc_ids]
> update ok for net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.ko
>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

Jiri, can you please take a look as well?

> Fixes: 0e32dfc80bae ("bpf: Enable TCP congestion control kfunc from modules")
> Reported-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
> index a59cb0ee609c..73409e27be01 100644
> --- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
> +++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
> @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct btf_id {
>                 int      cnt;
>         };
>         int              addr_cnt;
> +       bool             is_set;
>         Elf64_Addr       addr[ADDR_CNT];
>  };
>
> @@ -451,8 +452,10 @@ static int symbols_collect(struct object *obj)
>                          * in symbol's size, together with 'cnt' field hence
>                          * that - 1.
>                          */
> -                       if (id)
> +                       if (id) {
>                                 id->cnt = sym.st_size / sizeof(int) - 1;
> +                               id->is_set = true;
> +                       }
>                 } else {
>                         pr_err("FAILED unsupported prefix %s\n", prefix);
>                         return -1;
> @@ -568,9 +571,8 @@ static int id_patch(struct object *obj, struct btf_id *id)
>         int *ptr = data->d_buf;
>         int i;
>
> -       if (!id->id) {
> +       if (!id->id && !id->is_set)
>                 pr_err("WARN: resolve_btfids: unresolved symbol %s\n", id->name);
> -       }
>
>         for (i = 0; i < id->addr_cnt; i++) {
>                 unsigned long addr = id->addr[i];
> --
> 2.34.0
>



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