On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:45:24 -0700 Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > what you're asking for we already have. It's called BTF. Cool. > pahole takes vmlinux dwarf and convert it into ~1Mbyte of BTF that includes > all kernel types. > With gzip it can be compressed further if necessary. > We also have a prototype to generate all_vmlinux_types.h from BTF. > But it's not a substitute for kernel headers. > We've had a long discussion during last LPC regarding this: > http://vger.kernel.org/lpc-bpf2018.html#session-2 > tldr: many tracing use cases will be solved with BTF, but kernel headers > are here to stay. Is this work a result of that session? (I was only able to attend part of the BPF sessions due to conflicts). I guess I should watch the videos. -- Steve
