[PATCH bpf-next v2 0/4] resolve_btfids: Support for BTF modifications
From: Ihor Solodrai
Date: Thu Nov 27 2025 - 13:53:27 EST
This series changes resolve_btfids and kernel build scripts to enable
BTF transformations in resolve_btfids. Main motivation for enhancing
resolve_btfids is to reduce dependency of the kernel build on pahole
capabilities [1] and enable BTF features and optimizations [2][3]
particular to the kernel.
Patches #1-#3 in the series are non-functional refactoring in
resolve_btfids. The last patch (#4) makes significant changes in
resolve_btfids and introduces scripts/gen-btf.sh. Implementation
changes are described in detail in the patch description.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/dwarves/ba1650aa-fafd-49a8-bea4-bdddee7c38c9@xxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251029190113.3323406-1-ihor.solodrai@xxxxxxxxx/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251119031531.1817099-1-dolinux.peng@xxxxxxxxx/
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v1->v2:
- gen-btf.sh and other shell script fixes (Donglin)
- update selftests build (Donglin)
- generate .BTF.base only when KBUILD_EXTMOD is set (Alan)
- proper endianness handling for cross-compilation
- change elf_begin mode from ELF_C_RDWR_MMAP to ELF_C_READ_MMAP_PRIVATE
- remove compressed_section_fix()
- nit NULL check in patch #3 (suggested by AI)
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251126012656.3546071-1-ihor.solodrai@xxxxxxxxx/
Ihor Solodrai (4):
resolve_btfids: rename object btf field to btf_path
resolve_btfids: factor out load_btf()
resolve_btfids: introduce enum btf_id_kind
resolve_btfids: change in-place update with raw binary output
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
scripts/Makefile.modfinal | 5 +-
scripts/gen-btf.sh | 167 ++++++++++++++
scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 42 +---
tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c | 331 +++++++++++++++++----------
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 5 +
6 files changed, 395 insertions(+), 156 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 scripts/gen-btf.sh
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