[PATCH bpf-next v2 1/2] bpf: Have bpf_rdonly_cast() take a const pointer

From: Daniel Xu
Date: Sun Feb 04 2024 - 16:07:18 EST


Since 20d59ee55172 ("libbpf: add bpf_core_cast() macro"), libbpf is now
exporting a const arg version of bpf_rdonly_cast(). This causes the
following conflicting type error when generating kfunc prototypes from
BTF:

In file included from skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c:5:
/home/dxu/dev/linux/tools/bpf/bpftool/bootstrap/libbpf/include/bpf/bpf_core_read.h:297:14: error: conflicting types for 'bpf_rdonly_cast'
extern void *bpf_rdonly_cast(const void *obj__ign, __u32 btf_id__k) __ksym __weak;
^
/vmlinux.h:135625:14: note: previous declaration is here
extern void *bpf_rdonly_cast(void *obj__ign, u32 btf_id__k) __weak __ksym;

This is b/c the kernel defines bpf_rdonly_cast() with non-const arg.
Since const arg is more permissive and thus backwards compatible, we
change the kernel definition as well to avoid conflicting type errors.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu <dxu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/helpers.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index 4db1c658254c..3503949b4c1b 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -2484,9 +2484,9 @@ __bpf_kfunc void *bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx(void *obj)
return obj;
}

-__bpf_kfunc void *bpf_rdonly_cast(void *obj__ign, u32 btf_id__k)
+__bpf_kfunc void *bpf_rdonly_cast(const void *obj__ign, u32 btf_id__k)
{
- return obj__ign;
+ return (void *)obj__ign;
}

__bpf_kfunc void bpf_rcu_read_lock(void)
--
2.42.1