[PATCH v2 bpf-next] bpftool: Make skeleton C++ compatible with explicit casts
From: WanLi Niu
Date: Wed Dec 31 2025 - 05:30:51 EST
From: WanLi Niu <niuwl1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fix C++ compilation errors in generated skeleton by adding explicit
pointer casts and using integer subtraction for offset calculation.
error: invalid conversion from 'void*' to 'trace_bpf*' [-fpermissive]
| skel = skel_alloc(sizeof(*skel));
| ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |
| void*
error: invalid use of 'void'
| skel->ctx.sz = (void *)&skel->links - (void *)skel;
Signed-off-by: WanLi Niu <niuwl1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
index 993c7d9484a4..71446a776130 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
@@ -731,10 +731,10 @@ static int gen_trace(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *obj_name, const char *h
{ \n\
struct %1$s *skel; \n\
\n\
- skel = skel_alloc(sizeof(*skel)); \n\
+ skel = (struct %1$s *)skel_alloc(sizeof(*skel)); \n\
if (!skel) \n\
goto cleanup; \n\
- skel->ctx.sz = (void *)&skel->links - (void *)skel; \n\
+ skel->ctx.sz = (__u64)&skel->links - (__u64)skel; \n\
",
obj_name, opts.data_sz);
bpf_object__for_each_map(map, obj) {
--
2.39.1