Re: [PATCH v2] libbpf: Support raw btf placed in the default path

[Andrii Nakryiko]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 8:40 PM Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 9/12/22 9:43 AM, Tao Chen wrote:
> > Now only elf btf can be placed in the default path(/boot), raw
> > btf should also can be there.
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> There are more default paths than just /boot. Also some grammer
> issues in the above like 'should also can be'.
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> Maybe the commit message can be changed like below.
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> Currently, the default vmlinux files at '/boot/vmlinux-*',
> '/lib/modules/*/vmlinux-*' etc. are parsed with 'btf__parse_elf'
> to extract BTF. It is possible that these files are actually
> raw BTF files similar to /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux. So parse
> these files with 'btf__parse' which tries both raw format and
> ELF format.
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Thanks, Yonghong, I used this description verbatim when applying. Also
added a sentence on why users might use this instead of providing the
btf_custom_path option.

> It would be great if you can add more information on why
> '/boot/vmlinux-*' or '/lib/modules/*/vmlinux-*' might be
> a raw BTF file in your system.
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> > Signed-off-by: Tao Chen <chentao.kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Ack with some commit message changes in the above.
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> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>