Re: [PATCH bpf-next v4 00/12] bpf: make the vmlinux BTF an on-demand loadable module (CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF=m) to save ~5.4 MB memory

[Alexei Starovoitov]

On Sat, Oct 03, 2026 at 12:45 PM Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The only overall cost is if when we wind up using vmlinux BTF with the compressed
> .BTF section, since we have to do a full vmlinux BTF allocation (on top of the
> spac taken up by the compressed .BTF section) right? So slight penalty if vmlinux
> is used, but big gain if not.

I think it can be copied compressed into vmalloc area and
freed after decompress, so memory usage should be exactly the same.