Re: [PATCH v4] tracing/probes: Allow use of BTF names to dereference pointers

From: Steven Rostedt

Date: Tue May 19 2026 - 12:38:58 EST


On Tue, 19 May 2026 12:28:36 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I added a struct_btf (I can change it to typecast_btf) and have a
> helper function that is:

Actually, I'm going to keep it as struct_btf as it is a btf for a
structure. I did change the flag to be TYPECAST though.

-- Steve


>
> static struct btf *ctx_btf(struct traceprobe_parse_context *ctx)
> {
> return ctx->flags & TPARG_FL_STRUCT ?
> ctx->struct_btf : ctx->btf;
> }