Re: [PATCH] libbpf: Support raw btf placed in the default path

[Andrii Nakryiko]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 7:05 AM chentao.ct
<chentao.kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Now only elf btf can be placed in the default path, raw btf should
> also can be there.
>

It's not clear what you are trying to achieve. Do you want libbpf to
attempt to load /boot/vmlinux-%1$s as raw BTF as well (so you can sort
of sneak in pregenerated BTF), or what exactly?
btf__load_vmlinux_btf() code already supports loading raw BTF, it just
needs to be explicitly specified in locations table.

So with your change locations[i].raw_btf check doesn't make sense and
we need to clean this up.

But first, let's discuss the use case, instead of your specific solution.


> Signed-off-by: chentao.ct <chentao.kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> index bb1e06e..b22b5b3 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
> @@ -4661,7 +4661,7 @@ struct btf *btf__load_vmlinux_btf(void)
>         } locations[] = {
>                 /* try canonical vmlinux BTF through sysfs first */
>                 { "/sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux", true /* raw BTF */ },
> -               /* fall back to trying to find vmlinux ELF on disk otherwise */
> +               /* fall back to trying to find vmlinux RAW/ELF on disk otherwise */
>                 { "/boot/vmlinux-%1$s" },
>                 { "/lib/modules/%1$s/vmlinux-%1$s" },
>                 { "/lib/modules/%1$s/build/vmlinux" },
> @@ -4686,7 +4686,7 @@ struct btf *btf__load_vmlinux_btf(void)
>                 if (locations[i].raw_btf)
>                         btf = btf__parse_raw(path);
>                 else
> -                       btf = btf__parse_elf(path, NULL);
> +                       btf = btf__parse(path, NULL);
>                 err = libbpf_get_error(btf);
>                 pr_debug("loading kernel BTF '%s': %d\n", path, err);
>                 if (err)
> --
> 2.2.1
>