[PATCH v3 bpf-next] bpftool: Make skeleton C++ compatible with explicit casts
From: WanLi Niu
Date: Sat Jan 03 2026 - 21:18:33 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.
Use struct outer::inner syntax under __cplusplus to access nested skeleton map
structs, ensuring C++ compilation compatibility while preserving C support
error: invalid conversion from 'void*' to '<obj_name>*' [-fpermissive]
| skel = skel_alloc(sizeof(*skel));
| ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |
| void*
error: arithmetic on pointers to void
| skel->ctx.sz = (void *)&skel->links - (void *)skel;
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
error: assigning to 'struct <obj_name>__<ident> *' from incompatible type 'void *'
| skel-><ident> = skel_prep_map_data((void *)data, 4096,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| sizeof(data) - 1);
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
error: assigning to 'struct <obj_name>__<ident> *' from incompatible type 'void *'
| skel-><ident> = skel_finalize_map_data(&skel->maps.<ident>.initial_value,
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| 4096, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, skel->maps.<ident>.map_fd);
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Signed-off-by: WanLi Niu <niuwl1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong <dongml2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
changelog:
v3:
- Fix two additional <obj_name>__<ident> type mismatches as suggested by Yonghong Song
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251231102929.3843-1-kiraskyler@xxxxxxx/
- Use generic (struct %1$s *) instead of project-specific (struct trace_bpf *)
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251231092541.3352-1-kiraskyler@xxxxxxx/
---
tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
index 993c7d9484a4..010861b7d0ea 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
@@ -731,10 +731,10 @@ static int gen_trace(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *obj_name, const char *h
{ \n\
struct %1$s *skel; \n\
\n\
- skel = skel_alloc(sizeof(*skel)); \n\
+ skel = (struct %1$s *)skel_alloc(sizeof(*skel)); \n\
if (!skel) \n\
goto cleanup; \n\
- skel->ctx.sz = (void *)&skel->links - (void *)skel; \n\
+ skel->ctx.sz = (__u64)&skel->links - (__u64)skel; \n\
",
obj_name, opts.data_sz);
bpf_object__for_each_map(map, obj) {
@@ -755,13 +755,17 @@ static int gen_trace(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *obj_name, const char *h
\n\
\"; \n\
\n\
+ #ifdef __cplusplus \n\
+ skel->%1$s = (struct %3$s::%3$s__%1$s *)skel_prep_map_data((void *)data, %2$zd,\n\
+ #else \n\
skel->%1$s = skel_prep_map_data((void *)data, %2$zd,\n\
+ #endif \n\
sizeof(data) - 1);\n\
if (!skel->%1$s) \n\
goto cleanup; \n\
skel->maps.%1$s.initial_value = (__u64) (long) skel->%1$s;\n\
} \n\
- ", ident, bpf_map_mmap_sz(map));
+ ", ident, bpf_map_mmap_sz(map), obj_name);
}
codegen("\
\n\
@@ -857,12 +861,16 @@ static int gen_trace(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *obj_name, const char *h
codegen("\
\n\
+ #ifdef __cplusplus \n\
+ skel->%1$s = (struct %4$s::%4$s__%1$s *)skel_finalize_map_data(&skel->maps.%1$s.initial_value,\n\
+ #else \n\
skel->%1$s = skel_finalize_map_data(&skel->maps.%1$s.initial_value, \n\
+ #endif \n\
%2$zd, %3$s, skel->maps.%1$s.map_fd);\n\
if (!skel->%1$s) \n\
return -ENOMEM; \n\
",
- ident, bpf_map_mmap_sz(map), mmap_flags);
+ ident, bpf_map_mmap_sz(map), mmap_flags, obj_name);
}
codegen("\
\n\
--
2.39.1