[PATCH RFC bpf-next 02/52] libbpf: try to load vmlinux BTF from the kernel first

[Alexander Lobakin]

From: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@xxxxxxxxx>

Try to acquire vmlinux BTF the same way it's being done for module
BTFs. Use btf_load_next_with_info() and resort to the filesystem
lookup only if it fails.
Also, adjust debug messages in btf__load_vmlinux_btf() to reflect
that it actually tries to load vmlinux BTF.

Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index 7e4dbf71fd52..8ecd50923fab 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -4927,6 +4927,25 @@ struct btf *btf_load_next_with_info(__u32 start_id, struct bpf_btf_info *info,
 	}
 }
 
+static struct btf *btf_load_vmlinux_from_kernel(void)
+{
+	char name[BTF_NAME_BUF_LEN] = { };
+	struct bpf_btf_info info;
+	struct btf *btf;
+
+	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+	info.name = ptr_to_u64(name);
+	info.name_len = sizeof(name);
+
+	btf = btf_load_next_with_info(0, &info, NULL, true);
+	if (!libbpf_get_error(btf)) {
+		close(btf->fd);
+		btf__set_fd(btf, -1);
+	}
+
+	return btf;
+}
+
 /*
  * Probe few well-known locations for vmlinux kernel image and try to load BTF
  * data out of it to use for target BTF.
@@ -4953,6 +4972,15 @@ struct btf *btf__load_vmlinux_btf(void)
 	struct btf *btf;
 	int i, err;
 
+	btf = btf_load_vmlinux_from_kernel();
+	err = libbpf_get_error(btf);
+	pr_debug("loading vmlinux BTF from kernel: %d\n", err);
+	if (!err)
+		return btf;
+
+	pr_info("failed to load vmlinux BTF from kernel: %d, will look through filesystem\n",
+		err);
+
 	uname(&buf);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(locations); i++) {
@@ -4966,14 +4994,14 @@ struct btf *btf__load_vmlinux_btf(void)
 		else
 			btf = btf__parse_elf(path, NULL);
 		err = libbpf_get_error(btf);
-		pr_debug("loading kernel BTF '%s': %d\n", path, err);
+		pr_debug("loading vmlinux BTF '%s': %d\n", path, err);
 		if (err)
 			continue;
 
 		return btf;
 	}
 
-	pr_warn("failed to find valid kernel BTF\n");
+	pr_warn("failed to find valid vmlinux BTF\n");
 	return libbpf_err_ptr(-ESRCH);
 }
 
-- 
2.36.1