Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/3] Annotate kfuncs in .BTF_ids section

[Jiri Olsa]

On Sat, Jan 06, 2024 at 11:24:07AM -0700, Daniel Xu wrote:
> === Description ===
> 
> This is a bpf-treewide change that annotates all kfuncs as such inside
> .BTF_ids. This annotation eventually allows us to automatically generate
> kfunc prototypes from bpftool.
> 
> We store this metadata inside a yet-unused flags field inside struct
> btf_id_set8 (thanks Kumar!). pahole will be taught where to look.
> 
> More details about the full chain of events are available in commit 3's
> description.
> 
> The accompanying pahole changes (still needs some cleanup) can be viewed
> here on this "frozen" branch [0].

so the plan is to have bpftool support to generate header file
with detected kfuncs?

jirka

> 
> [0]: https://github.com/danobi/pahole/tree/kfunc_btf-mailed
> 
> === Changelog ===
> 
> Changes from v2:
> * Only WARN() for vmlinux kfuncs
> 
> Changes from v1:
> * Move WARN_ON() up a call level
> * Also return error when kfunc set is not properly tagged
> * Use BTF_KFUNCS_START/END instead of flags
> * Rename BTF_SET8_KFUNC to BTF_SET8_KFUNCS
> 
> Daniel Xu (3):
>   bpf: btf: Support flags for BTF_SET8 sets
>   bpf: btf: Add BTF_KFUNCS_START/END macro pair
>   bpf: treewide: Annotate BPF kfuncs in BTF
> 
>  drivers/hid/bpf/hid_bpf_dispatch.c            |  8 +++----
>  fs/verity/measure.c                           |  4 ++--
>  include/linux/btf_ids.h                       | 21 +++++++++++++++----
>  kernel/bpf/btf.c                              |  8 +++++++
>  kernel/bpf/cpumask.c                          |  4 ++--
>  kernel/bpf/helpers.c                          |  8 +++----
>  kernel/bpf/map_iter.c                         |  4 ++--
>  kernel/cgroup/rstat.c                         |  4 ++--
>  kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c                      |  8 +++----
>  net/bpf/test_run.c                            |  8 +++----
>  net/core/filter.c                             | 16 +++++++-------
>  net/core/xdp.c                                |  4 ++--
>  net/ipv4/bpf_tcp_ca.c                         |  4 ++--
>  net/ipv4/fou_bpf.c                            |  4 ++--
>  net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c                            |  4 ++--
>  net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c                          |  4 ++--
>  net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c                          |  4 ++--
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bpf.c              |  4 ++--
>  net/netfilter/nf_nat_bpf.c                    |  4 ++--
>  net/xfrm/xfrm_interface_bpf.c                 |  4 ++--
>  net/xfrm/xfrm_state_bpf.c                     |  4 ++--
>  .../selftests/bpf/bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.c   |  8 +++----
>  22 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.42.1
>