Re: [PATCH v2 16/23] libbpf: introduce bpf_map__attach_struct_ops_opts()

From: Roman Gushchin

Date: Tue Oct 28 2025 - 13:07:16 EST


bot+bpf-ci@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

> ```
> commit b58d54ed56054e3a550e02c324982feb20a2671e
> Author: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> libbpf: introduce bpf_map__attach_struct_ops_opts()
>
> This commit introduces a new API function that extends the existing
> bpf_map__attach_struct_ops() to accept additional options, specifically
> allowing attachment of struct_ops maps to cgroups via a relative_fd.
>
>> diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
>> index b90574f39..be56a5dee 100644
>> --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
>> +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
>> @@ -13196,12 +13196,19 @@ static int bpf_link__detach_struct_ops(struct bpf_link *link)
>> return close(link->fd);
>> }
>>
>> -struct bpf_link *bpf_map__attach_struct_ops(const struct bpf_map *map)
>> +struct bpf_link *bpf_map__attach_struct_ops_opts(const struct bpf_map *map,
>> + const struct bpf_struct_ops_opts *opts)
>> {
>> + DECLARE_LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_link_create_opts, link_opts);
>> struct bpf_link_struct_ops *link;
>> __u32 zero = 0;
>> int err, fd;
>>
>> + if (!OPTS_VALID(opts, bpf_struct_ops_opts)) {
>> + pr_warn("map '%s': invalid opts\n", map->name);
>> + return libbpf_err_ptr(-EINVAL);
>> + }
>> +
>> if (!bpf_map__is_struct_ops(map)) {
>> pr_warn("map '%s': can't attach non-struct_ops map\n", map->name);
>> return libbpf_err_ptr(-EINVAL);
>
> [ ... ]
>
>> link = calloc(1, sizeof(*link));
>> if (!link)
>> return libbpf_err_ptr(-EINVAL);
>
> Should this return -ENOMEM instead of -EINVAL? All other calloc failures
> in libbpf.c return -ENOMEM (see lines 11006, 11802, 12288, 12746, 12829,
> 12891, 13089, 13129 in the same file).

This code was introduced by e9fc3ce99b34 ("libbpf: Streamline error
reporting for high-level APIs"), so it's new. I agree that ENOMEM is
correct, however it might be too late to fix. I'll let libbpf
maintainers to decide.

>
> [ ... ]
>
>> - fd = bpf_link_create(map->fd, 0, BPF_STRUCT_OPS, NULL);
>> + link_opts.cgroup.relative_fd = OPTS_GET(opts, relative_fd, 0);
>> +
>> + fd = bpf_link_create(map->fd, 0, BPF_STRUCT_OPS, &link_opts);
>
> Is the expected_revision field being propagated correctly? The new
> bpf_struct_ops_opts structure includes an expected_revision field
> (see libbpf.h), and bpf_link_create() with BPF_STRUCT_OPS reads
> opts->cgroup.expected_revision (see bpf.c line 889), but this code only
> sets relative_fd in link_opts. Should it also include:
>
> link_opts.cgroup.expected_revision = OPTS_GET(opts,
> expected_revision, 0);

Correct, fixed.

Thanks!