Align bpf_program__clone() with bpf_object_load_prog() by gating
BTF func/line info on FEAT_BTF_FUNC kernel support, and resolve
caller-provided prog_btf_fd before checking obj->btf so that callers
with their own BTF can use clone() even when the object has no BTF
loaded.
While at it, treat func_info and line_info fields as atomic groups
to prevent mismatches between pointer and count from different sources.
Move bpf_program__clone() to libbpf 1.8.
Fixes: 970bd2dced ("libbpf: Introduce bpf_program__clone()")
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260401151640.356419-1-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Support encoding of BTF layout data via btf__new_empty_opts().
Current supported opts are base_btf and add_layout.
Layout information is maintained in btf.c in the layouts[] array;
when BTF is created with the add_layout option it represents the
current view of supported BTF kinds.
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260326145444.2076244-5-alan.maguire@oracle.com
Add bpf_program__clone() API that loads a single BPF program from a
prepared BPF object into the kernel, returning a file descriptor owned
by the caller.
After bpf_object__prepare(), callers can use bpf_program__clone() to
load individual programs with custom bpf_prog_load_opts, instead of
loading all programs at once via bpf_object__load(). Non-zero fields in
opts override the defaults derived from the program and object
internals; passing NULL opts populates everything automatically.
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260317-veristat_prepare-v4-1-74193d4cc9d9@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Currently libbpf supports bpf_program__attach_cgroup() with signature:
LIBBPF_API struct bpf_link *
bpf_program__attach_cgroup(const struct bpf_program *prog, int cgroup_fd);
To support mprog style attachment, additionsl fields like flags,
relative_{fd,id} and expected_revision are needed.
Add a new API:
LIBBPF_API struct bpf_link *
bpf_program__attach_cgroup_opts(const struct bpf_program *prog, int cgroup_fd,
const struct bpf_cgroup_opts *opts);
where bpf_cgroup_opts contains all above needed fields.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250606163146.2429212-1-yonghong.song@linux.dev
Introducing new libbpf API getters for BTF.ext func and line info,
namely:
bpf_program__func_info
bpf_program__func_info_cnt
bpf_program__line_info
bpf_program__line_info_cnt
This change enables scenarios, when user needs to load bpf_program
directly using `bpf_prog_load`, instead of higher-level
`bpf_object__load`. Line and func info are required for checking BTF
info in verifier; verification may fail without these fields if, for
example, program calls `bpf_obj_new`.
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250408234417.452565-2-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Introduce bpf_object__prepare API: additional intermediate preparation
step that performs ELF processing, relocations, prepares final state of
BPF program instructions (accessible with bpf_program__insns()), creates
and (potentially) pins maps, and stops short of loading BPF programs.
We anticipate few use cases for this API, such as:
* Use prepare to initialize bpf_token, without loading freplace
programs, unlocking possibility to lookup BTF of other programs.
* Execute prepare to obtain finalized BPF program instructions without
loading programs, enabling tools like veristat to process one program at
a time, without incurring cost of ELF parsing and processing.
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250303135752.158343-4-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Add the following functions to libbpf API:
* btf__add_type_attr()
* btf__add_decl_attr()
These functions allow to add to BTF the type tags and decl tags with
info->kflag set to 1. The kflag indicates that the tag directly
encodes an __attribute__ and not a normal tag.
See Documentation/bpf/btf.rst changes in the subsequent patch for
details on the semantics.
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250130201239.1429648-2-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev
The new_fd and add_fd functions correspond to the original new and
add_file functions, but accept an FD instead of a file name. This
gives API consumers the option of using anonymous files/memfds to
avoid writing ELFs to disk.
This new API will be useful for performing linking as part of
bpftrace's JIT compilation.
The add_buf function is a convenience wrapper that does the work of
creating a memfd for the caller.
Signed-off-by: Alastair Robertson <ajor@meta.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20241211164030.573042-3-ajor@meta.com
Support for handling BTF data of either endianness was added in [1], but
did not include BTF.ext data for lack of use cases. Later, support for
static linking [2] provided a use case, but this feature and later ones
were restricted to native-endian usage.
Add support for BTF.ext handling in either endianness. Convert BTF.ext data
to native endianness when read into memory for further processing, and
support raw data access that restores the original byte-order for output.
Add internal header functions for byte-swapping func, line, and core info
records.
Add new API functions btf_ext__endianness() and btf_ext__set_endianness()
for query and setting byte-order, as already exist for BTF data.
[1] 3289959b97 ("libbpf: Support BTF loading and raw data output in both endianness")
[2] 8fd27bf69b ("libbpf: Add BPF static linker BTF and BTF.ext support")
Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar <tony.ambardar@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/133407ab20e0dd5c07cab2a6fa7879dee1ffa4bc.1726475448.git.tony.ambardar@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Map distilled base BTF type ids referenced in split BTF and their
references to the base BTF passed in, and if the mapping succeeds,
reparent the split BTF to the base BTF.
Relocation is done by first verifying that distilled base BTF
only consists of named INT, FLOAT, ENUM, FWD, STRUCT and
UNION kinds; then we sort these to speed lookups. Once sorted,
the base BTF is iterated, and for each relevant kind we check
for an equivalent in distilled base BTF. When found, the
mapping from distilled -> base BTF id and string offset is recorded.
In establishing mappings, we need to ensure we check STRUCT/UNION
size when the STRUCT/UNION is embedded in a split BTF STRUCT/UNION,
and when duplicate names exist for the same STRUCT/UNION. Otherwise
size is ignored in matching STRUCT/UNIONs.
Once all mappings are established, we can update type ids
and string offsets in split BTF and reparent it to the new base.
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240613095014.357981-4-alan.maguire@oracle.com
To support more robust split BTF, adding supplemental context for the
base BTF type ids that split BTF refers to is required. Without such
references, a simple shuffling of base BTF type ids (without any other
significant change) invalidates the split BTF. Here the attempt is made
to store additional context to make split BTF more robust.
This context comes in the form of distilled base BTF providing minimal
information (name and - in some cases - size) for base INTs, FLOATs,
STRUCTs, UNIONs, ENUMs and ENUM64s along with modified split BTF that
points at that base and contains any additional types needed (such as
TYPEDEF, PTR and anonymous STRUCT/UNION declarations). This
information constitutes the minimal BTF representation needed to
disambiguate or remove split BTF references to base BTF. The rules
are as follows:
- INT, FLOAT, FWD are recorded in full.
- if a named base BTF STRUCT or UNION is referred to from split BTF, it
will be encoded as a zero-member sized STRUCT/UNION (preserving
size for later relocation checks). Only base BTF STRUCT/UNIONs
that are either embedded in split BTF STRUCT/UNIONs or that have
multiple STRUCT/UNION instances of the same name will _need_ size
checks at relocation time, but as it is possible a different set of
types will be duplicates in the later to-be-resolved base BTF,
we preserve size information for all named STRUCT/UNIONs.
- if an ENUM[64] is named, a ENUM forward representation (an ENUM
with no values) of the same size is used.
- in all other cases, the type is added to the new split BTF.
Avoiding struct/union/enum/enum64 expansion is important to keep the
distilled base BTF representation to a minimum size.
When successful, new representations of the distilled base BTF and new
split BTF that refers to it are returned. Both need to be freed by the
caller.
So to take a simple example, with split BTF with a type referring
to "struct sk_buff", we will generate distilled base BTF with a
0-member STRUCT sk_buff of the appropriate size, and the split BTF
will refer to it instead.
Tools like pahole can utilize such split BTF to populate the .BTF
section (split BTF) and an additional .BTF.base section. Then
when the split BTF is loaded, the distilled base BTF can be used
to relocate split BTF to reference the current (and possibly changed)
base BTF.
So for example if "struct sk_buff" was id 502 when the split BTF was
originally generated, we can use the distilled base BTF to see that
id 502 refers to a "struct sk_buff" and replace instances of id 502
with the current (relocated) base BTF sk_buff type id.
Distilled base BTF is small; when building a kernel with all modules
using distilled base BTF as a test, overall module size grew by only
5.3Mb total across ~2700 modules.
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240613095014.357981-2-alan.maguire@oracle.com
Similarly to `bpf_program`, support `bpf_map` automatic attachment in
`bpf_object__attach_skeleton`. Currently only struct_ops maps could be
attached.
On bpftool side, code-generate links in skeleton struct for struct_ops maps.
Similarly to `bpf_program_skeleton`, set links in `bpf_map_skeleton`.
On libbpf side, extend `bpf_map` with new `autoattach` field to support
enabling or disabling autoattach functionality, introducing
getter/setter for this field.
`bpf_object__(attach|detach)_skeleton` is extended with
attaching/detaching struct_ops maps logic.
Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240605175135.117127-1-yatsenko@meta.com
