[RFC PATCH v3 3/3] btf: Reuse libbpf code for BTF type sorting verification and binary search
From: Donglin Peng
Date: Mon Oct 27 2025 - 10:07:17 EST
The previous commit implemented BTF sorting verification and binary
search algorithm in libbpf. This patch enables this functionality in
the kernel.
Cc: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: pengdonglin <pengdonglin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2->v3:
- Include btf_sort.c directly in btf.c to reduce function call overhead
---
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 0de8fc8a0e0b..df258815a6ca 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <net/sock.h>
#include <net/xdp.h>
#include "../tools/lib/bpf/relo_core.h"
+#include "../tools/lib/bpf/btf_sort.h"
/* BTF (BPF Type Format) is the meta data format which describes
* the data types of BPF program/map. Hence, it basically focus
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ struct btf {
void *nohdr_data;
struct btf_header hdr;
u32 nr_types; /* includes VOID for base BTF */
+ u32 nr_sorted_types; /* All named types in the sorted BTF instance */
u32 types_size;
u32 data_size;
refcount_t refcnt;
@@ -527,6 +529,11 @@ static bool btf_type_is_decl_tag_target(const struct btf_type *t)
btf_type_is_var(t) || btf_type_is_typedef(t);
}
+static u32 btf_start_id(const struct btf *btf)
+{
+ return btf->start_id + (btf->base_btf ? 0 : 1);
+}
+
bool btf_is_vmlinux(const struct btf *btf)
{
return btf->kernel_btf && !btf->base_btf;
@@ -546,22 +553,7 @@ u32 btf_nr_types(const struct btf *btf)
s32 btf_find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf, const char *name, u8 kind)
{
- const struct btf_type *t;
- const char *tname;
- u32 i, total;
-
- total = btf_nr_types(btf);
- for (i = 1; i < total; i++) {
- t = btf_type_by_id(btf, i);
- if (BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info) != kind)
- continue;
-
- tname = btf_name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off);
- if (!strcmp(tname, name))
- return i;
- }
-
- return -ENOENT;
+ return _btf_find_by_name_kind(btf, 1, name, kind);
}
s32 bpf_find_btf_id(const char *name, u32 kind, struct btf **btf_p)
@@ -6230,6 +6222,7 @@ static struct btf *btf_parse_base(struct btf_verifier_env *env, const char *name
if (err)
goto errout;
+ btf_check_sorted(btf, 1);
refcount_set(&btf->refcnt, 1);
return btf;
@@ -6362,6 +6355,7 @@ static struct btf *btf_parse_module(const char *module_name, const void *data,
base_btf = vmlinux_btf;
}
+ btf_check_sorted(btf, btf_nr_types(base_btf));
btf_verifier_env_free(env);
refcount_set(&btf->refcnt, 1);
return btf;
@@ -9577,3 +9571,11 @@ bool btf_param_match_suffix(const struct btf *btf,
param_name += len - suffix_len;
return !strncmp(param_name, suffix, suffix_len);
}
+
+/*
+ * btf_sort.c is included directly to avoid function call overhead
+ * when accessing BTF private data, as this file is shared between
+ * libbpf and kernel and may be called frequently (especially when
+ * funcgraph-args or func-args tracing options are enabled).
+ */
+#include "../../tools/lib/bpf/btf_sort.c"
--
2.34.1