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  1 =====================                               1 =====================
  2 BPF Type Format (BTF)                               2 BPF Type Format (BTF)
  3 =====================                               3 =====================
  4                                                     4 
  5 1. Introduction                                     5 1. Introduction
  6 ===============                                !!   6 ***************
  7                                                     7 
  8 BTF (BPF Type Format) is the metadata format w      8 BTF (BPF Type Format) is the metadata format which encodes the debug info
  9 related to BPF program/map. The name BTF was u      9 related to BPF program/map. The name BTF was used initially to describe data
 10 types. The BTF was later extended to include f     10 types. The BTF was later extended to include function info for defined
 11 subroutines, and line info for source/line inf     11 subroutines, and line info for source/line information.
 12                                                    12 
 13 The debug info is used for map pretty print, f     13 The debug info is used for map pretty print, function signature, etc. The
 14 function signature enables better bpf program/     14 function signature enables better bpf program/function kernel symbol. The line
 15 info helps generate source annotated translate     15 info helps generate source annotated translated byte code, jited code and
 16 verifier log.                                      16 verifier log.
 17                                                    17 
 18 The BTF specification contains two parts,          18 The BTF specification contains two parts,
 19   * BTF kernel API                                 19   * BTF kernel API
 20   * BTF ELF file format                            20   * BTF ELF file format
 21                                                    21 
 22 The kernel API is the contract between user sp     22 The kernel API is the contract between user space and kernel. The kernel
 23 verifies the BTF info before using it. The ELF     23 verifies the BTF info before using it. The ELF file format is a user space
 24 contract between ELF file and libbpf loader.       24 contract between ELF file and libbpf loader.
 25                                                    25 
 26 The type and string sections are part of the B     26 The type and string sections are part of the BTF kernel API, describing the
 27 debug info (mostly types related) referenced b     27 debug info (mostly types related) referenced by the bpf program. These two
 28 sections are discussed in details in :ref:`BTF     28 sections are discussed in details in :ref:`BTF_Type_String`.
 29                                                    29 
 30 .. _BTF_Type_String:                               30 .. _BTF_Type_String:
 31                                                    31 
 32 2. BTF Type and String Encoding                    32 2. BTF Type and String Encoding
 33 ===============================                !!  33 *******************************
 34                                                    34 
 35 The file ``include/uapi/linux/btf.h`` provides     35 The file ``include/uapi/linux/btf.h`` provides high-level definition of how
 36 types/strings are encoded.                         36 types/strings are encoded.
 37                                                    37 
 38 The beginning of data blob must be::               38 The beginning of data blob must be::
 39                                                    39 
 40     struct btf_header {                            40     struct btf_header {
 41         __u16   magic;                             41         __u16   magic;
 42         __u8    version;                           42         __u8    version;
 43         __u8    flags;                             43         __u8    flags;
 44         __u32   hdr_len;                           44         __u32   hdr_len;
 45                                                    45 
 46         /* All offsets are in bytes relative t     46         /* All offsets are in bytes relative to the end of this header */
 47         __u32   type_off;       /* offset of t     47         __u32   type_off;       /* offset of type section       */
 48         __u32   type_len;       /* length of t     48         __u32   type_len;       /* length of type section       */
 49         __u32   str_off;        /* offset of s     49         __u32   str_off;        /* offset of string section     */
 50         __u32   str_len;        /* length of s     50         __u32   str_len;        /* length of string section     */
 51     };                                             51     };
 52                                                    52 
 53 The magic is ``0xeB9F``, which has different e     53 The magic is ``0xeB9F``, which has different encoding for big and little
 54 endian systems, and can be used to test whethe     54 endian systems, and can be used to test whether BTF is generated for big- or
 55 little-endian target. The ``btf_header`` is de     55 little-endian target. The ``btf_header`` is designed to be extensible with
 56 ``hdr_len`` equal to ``sizeof(struct btf_heade     56 ``hdr_len`` equal to ``sizeof(struct btf_header)`` when a data blob is
 57 generated.                                         57 generated.
 58                                                    58 
 59 2.1 String Encoding                                59 2.1 String Encoding
 60 -------------------                            !!  60 ===================
 61                                                    61 
 62 The first string in the string section must be     62 The first string in the string section must be a null string. The rest of
 63 string table is a concatenation of other null-     63 string table is a concatenation of other null-terminated strings.
 64                                                    64 
 65 2.2 Type Encoding                                  65 2.2 Type Encoding
 66 -----------------                              !!  66 =================
 67                                                    67 
 68 The type id ``0`` is reserved for ``void`` typ     68 The type id ``0`` is reserved for ``void`` type. The type section is parsed
 69 sequentially and type id is assigned to each r     69 sequentially and type id is assigned to each recognized type starting from id
 70 ``1``. Currently, the following types are supp     70 ``1``. Currently, the following types are supported::
 71                                                    71 
 72     #define BTF_KIND_INT            1       /*     72     #define BTF_KIND_INT            1       /* Integer      */
 73     #define BTF_KIND_PTR            2       /*     73     #define BTF_KIND_PTR            2       /* Pointer      */
 74     #define BTF_KIND_ARRAY          3       /*     74     #define BTF_KIND_ARRAY          3       /* Array        */
 75     #define BTF_KIND_STRUCT         4       /*     75     #define BTF_KIND_STRUCT         4       /* Struct       */
 76     #define BTF_KIND_UNION          5       /*     76     #define BTF_KIND_UNION          5       /* Union        */
 77     #define BTF_KIND_ENUM           6       /* !!  77     #define BTF_KIND_ENUM           6       /* Enumeration  */
 78     #define BTF_KIND_FWD            7       /*     78     #define BTF_KIND_FWD            7       /* Forward      */
 79     #define BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF        8       /*     79     #define BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF        8       /* Typedef      */
 80     #define BTF_KIND_VOLATILE       9       /*     80     #define BTF_KIND_VOLATILE       9       /* Volatile     */
 81     #define BTF_KIND_CONST          10      /*     81     #define BTF_KIND_CONST          10      /* Const        */
 82     #define BTF_KIND_RESTRICT       11      /*     82     #define BTF_KIND_RESTRICT       11      /* Restrict     */
 83     #define BTF_KIND_FUNC           12      /*     83     #define BTF_KIND_FUNC           12      /* Function     */
 84     #define BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO     13      /*     84     #define BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO     13      /* Function Proto       */
 85     #define BTF_KIND_VAR            14      /*     85     #define BTF_KIND_VAR            14      /* Variable     */
 86     #define BTF_KIND_DATASEC        15      /*     86     #define BTF_KIND_DATASEC        15      /* Section      */
 87     #define BTF_KIND_FLOAT          16      /* << 
 88     #define BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG       17      /* << 
 89     #define BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG       18      /* << 
 90     #define BTF_KIND_ENUM64         19      /* << 
 91                                                    87 
 92 Note that the type section encodes debug info,     88 Note that the type section encodes debug info, not just pure types.
 93 ``BTF_KIND_FUNC`` is not a type, and it repres     89 ``BTF_KIND_FUNC`` is not a type, and it represents a defined subprogram.
 94                                                    90 
 95 Each type contains the following common data::     91 Each type contains the following common data::
 96                                                    92 
 97     struct btf_type {                              93     struct btf_type {
 98         __u32 name_off;                            94         __u32 name_off;
 99         /* "info" bits arrangement                 95         /* "info" bits arrangement
100          * bits  0-15: vlen (e.g. # of struct'     96          * bits  0-15: vlen (e.g. # of struct's members)
101          * bits 16-23: unused                      97          * bits 16-23: unused
102          * bits 24-28: kind (e.g. int, ptr, ar !!  98          * bits 24-27: kind (e.g. int, ptr, array...etc)
103          * bits 29-30: unused                  !!  99          * bits 28-30: unused
104          * bit     31: kind_flag, currently us    100          * bit     31: kind_flag, currently used by
105          *             struct, union, fwd, enu !! 101          *             struct, union and fwd
106          */                                       102          */
107         __u32 info;                               103         __u32 info;
108         /* "size" is used by INT, ENUM, STRUCT !! 104         /* "size" is used by INT, ENUM, STRUCT and UNION.
109          * "size" tells the size of the type i    105          * "size" tells the size of the type it is describing.
110          *                                        106          *
111          * "type" is used by PTR, TYPEDEF, VOL    107          * "type" is used by PTR, TYPEDEF, VOLATILE, CONST, RESTRICT,
112          * FUNC, FUNC_PROTO, DECL_TAG and TYPE !! 108          * FUNC and FUNC_PROTO.
113          * "type" is a type_id referring to an    109          * "type" is a type_id referring to another type.
114          */                                       110          */
115         union {                                   111         union {
116                 __u32 size;                       112                 __u32 size;
117                 __u32 type;                       113                 __u32 type;
118         };                                        114         };
119     };                                            115     };
120                                                   116 
121 For certain kinds, the common data are followe    117 For certain kinds, the common data are followed by kind-specific data. The
122 ``name_off`` in ``struct btf_type`` specifies     118 ``name_off`` in ``struct btf_type`` specifies the offset in the string table.
123 The following sections detail encoding of each    119 The following sections detail encoding of each kind.
124                                                   120 
125 2.2.1 BTF_KIND_INT                                121 2.2.1 BTF_KIND_INT
126 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                122 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
127                                                   123 
128 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         124 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
129  * ``name_off``: any valid offset                 125  * ``name_off``: any valid offset
130  * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                          126  * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
131  * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_INT                    127  * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_INT
132  * ``info.vlen``: 0                               128  * ``info.vlen``: 0
133  * ``size``: the size of the int type in bytes    129  * ``size``: the size of the int type in bytes.
134                                                   130 
135 ``btf_type`` is followed by a ``u32`` with the    131 ``btf_type`` is followed by a ``u32`` with the following bits arrangement::
136                                                   132 
137   #define BTF_INT_ENCODING(VAL)   (((VAL) & 0x    133   #define BTF_INT_ENCODING(VAL)   (((VAL) & 0x0f000000) >> 24)
138   #define BTF_INT_OFFSET(VAL)     (((VAL) & 0x    134   #define BTF_INT_OFFSET(VAL)     (((VAL) & 0x00ff0000) >> 16)
139   #define BTF_INT_BITS(VAL)       ((VAL)  & 0x    135   #define BTF_INT_BITS(VAL)       ((VAL)  & 0x000000ff)
140                                                   136 
141 The ``BTF_INT_ENCODING`` has the following att    137 The ``BTF_INT_ENCODING`` has the following attributes::
142                                                   138 
143   #define BTF_INT_SIGNED  (1 << 0)                139   #define BTF_INT_SIGNED  (1 << 0)
144   #define BTF_INT_CHAR    (1 << 1)                140   #define BTF_INT_CHAR    (1 << 1)
145   #define BTF_INT_BOOL    (1 << 2)                141   #define BTF_INT_BOOL    (1 << 2)
146                                                   142 
147 The ``BTF_INT_ENCODING()`` provides extra info    143 The ``BTF_INT_ENCODING()`` provides extra information: signedness, char, or
148 bool, for the int type. The char and bool enco    144 bool, for the int type. The char and bool encoding are mostly useful for
149 pretty print. At most one encoding can be spec    145 pretty print. At most one encoding can be specified for the int type.
150                                                   146 
151 The ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` specifies the number of    147 The ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` specifies the number of actual bits held by this int
152 type. For example, a 4-bit bitfield encodes ``    148 type. For example, a 4-bit bitfield encodes ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` equals to 4.
153 The ``btf_type.size * 8`` must be equal to or     149 The ``btf_type.size * 8`` must be equal to or greater than ``BTF_INT_BITS()``
154 for the type. The maximum value of ``BTF_INT_B    150 for the type. The maximum value of ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` is 128.
155                                                   151 
156 The ``BTF_INT_OFFSET()`` specifies the startin    152 The ``BTF_INT_OFFSET()`` specifies the starting bit offset to calculate values
157 for this int. For example, a bitfield struct m    153 for this int. For example, a bitfield struct member has:
158                                                   154 
159  * btf member bit offset 100 from the start of    155  * btf member bit offset 100 from the start of the structure,
160  * btf member pointing to an int type,            156  * btf member pointing to an int type,
161  * the int type has ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 2`` a    157  * the int type has ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 2`` and ``BTF_INT_BITS() = 4``
162                                                   158 
163 Then in the struct memory layout, this member     159 Then in the struct memory layout, this member will occupy ``4`` bits starting
164 from bits ``100 + 2 = 102``.                      160 from bits ``100 + 2 = 102``.
165                                                   161 
166 Alternatively, the bitfield struct member can     162 Alternatively, the bitfield struct member can be the following to access the
167 same bits as the above:                           163 same bits as the above:
168                                                   164 
169  * btf member bit offset 102,                     165  * btf member bit offset 102,
170  * btf member pointing to an int type,            166  * btf member pointing to an int type,
171  * the int type has ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 0`` a    167  * the int type has ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 0`` and ``BTF_INT_BITS() = 4``
172                                                   168 
173 The original intention of ``BTF_INT_OFFSET()``    169 The original intention of ``BTF_INT_OFFSET()`` is to provide flexibility of
174 bitfield encoding. Currently, both llvm and pa    170 bitfield encoding. Currently, both llvm and pahole generate
175 ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 0`` for all int types.       171 ``BTF_INT_OFFSET() = 0`` for all int types.
176                                                   172 
177 2.2.2 BTF_KIND_PTR                                173 2.2.2 BTF_KIND_PTR
178 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                174 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
179                                                   175 
180 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         176 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
181   * ``name_off``: 0                               177   * ``name_off``: 0
182   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                         178   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
183   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_PTR                   179   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_PTR
184   * ``info.vlen``: 0                              180   * ``info.vlen``: 0
185   * ``type``: the pointee type of the pointer     181   * ``type``: the pointee type of the pointer
186                                                   182 
187 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.      183 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.
188                                                   184 
189 2.2.3 BTF_KIND_ARRAY                              185 2.2.3 BTF_KIND_ARRAY
190 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                              186 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
191                                                   187 
192 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         188 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
193   * ``name_off``: 0                               189   * ``name_off``: 0
194   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                         190   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
195   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_ARRAY                 191   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_ARRAY
196   * ``info.vlen``: 0                              192   * ``info.vlen``: 0
197   * ``size/type``: 0, not used                    193   * ``size/type``: 0, not used
198                                                   194 
199 ``btf_type`` is followed by one ``struct btf_a    195 ``btf_type`` is followed by one ``struct btf_array``::
200                                                   196 
201     struct btf_array {                            197     struct btf_array {
202         __u32   type;                             198         __u32   type;
203         __u32   index_type;                       199         __u32   index_type;
204         __u32   nelems;                           200         __u32   nelems;
205     };                                            201     };
206                                                   202 
207 The ``struct btf_array`` encoding:                203 The ``struct btf_array`` encoding:
208   * ``type``: the element type                    204   * ``type``: the element type
209   * ``index_type``: the index type                205   * ``index_type``: the index type
210   * ``nelems``: the number of elements for thi    206   * ``nelems``: the number of elements for this array (``0`` is also allowed).
211                                                   207 
212 The ``index_type`` can be any regular int type    208 The ``index_type`` can be any regular int type (``u8``, ``u16``, ``u32``,
213 ``u64``, ``unsigned __int128``). The original     209 ``u64``, ``unsigned __int128``). The original design of including
214 ``index_type`` follows DWARF, which has an ``i    210 ``index_type`` follows DWARF, which has an ``index_type`` for its array type.
215 Currently in BTF, beyond type verification, th    211 Currently in BTF, beyond type verification, the ``index_type`` is not used.
216                                                   212 
217 The ``struct btf_array`` allows chaining throu    213 The ``struct btf_array`` allows chaining through element type to represent
218 multidimensional arrays. For example, for ``in    214 multidimensional arrays. For example, for ``int a[5][6]``, the following type
219 information illustrates the chaining:             215 information illustrates the chaining:
220                                                   216 
221   * [1]: int                                      217   * [1]: int
222   * [2]: array, ``btf_array.type = [1]``, ``bt    218   * [2]: array, ``btf_array.type = [1]``, ``btf_array.nelems = 6``
223   * [3]: array, ``btf_array.type = [2]``, ``bt    219   * [3]: array, ``btf_array.type = [2]``, ``btf_array.nelems = 5``
224                                                   220 
225 Currently, both pahole and llvm collapse multi    221 Currently, both pahole and llvm collapse multidimensional array into
226 one-dimensional array, e.g., for ``a[5][6]``,     222 one-dimensional array, e.g., for ``a[5][6]``, the ``btf_array.nelems`` is
227 equal to ``30``. This is because the original     223 equal to ``30``. This is because the original use case is map pretty print
228 where the whole array is dumped out so one-dim    224 where the whole array is dumped out so one-dimensional array is enough. As
229 more BTF usage is explored, pahole and llvm ca    225 more BTF usage is explored, pahole and llvm can be changed to generate proper
230 chained representation for multidimensional ar    226 chained representation for multidimensional arrays.
231                                                   227 
232 2.2.4 BTF_KIND_STRUCT                             228 2.2.4 BTF_KIND_STRUCT
233 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                             229 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
234 2.2.5 BTF_KIND_UNION                              230 2.2.5 BTF_KIND_UNION
235 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                              231 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
236                                                   232 
237 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         233 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
238   * ``name_off``: 0 or offset to a valid C ide    234   * ``name_off``: 0 or offset to a valid C identifier
239   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 or 1                    235   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 or 1
240   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_STRUCT or BTF_KIND    236   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_STRUCT or BTF_KIND_UNION
241   * ``info.vlen``: the number of struct/union     237   * ``info.vlen``: the number of struct/union members
242   * ``info.size``: the size of the struct/unio    238   * ``info.size``: the size of the struct/union in bytes
243                                                   239 
244 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` numb    240 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_member``.::
245                                                   241 
246     struct btf_member {                           242     struct btf_member {
247         __u32   name_off;                         243         __u32   name_off;
248         __u32   type;                             244         __u32   type;
249         __u32   offset;                           245         __u32   offset;
250     };                                            246     };
251                                                   247 
252 ``struct btf_member`` encoding:                   248 ``struct btf_member`` encoding:
253   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifi    249   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier
254   * ``type``: the member type                     250   * ``type``: the member type
255   * ``offset``: <see below>                       251   * ``offset``: <see below>
256                                                   252 
257 If the type info ``kind_flag`` is not set, the    253 If the type info ``kind_flag`` is not set, the offset contains only bit offset
258 of the member. Note that the base type of the     254 of the member. Note that the base type of the bitfield can only be int or enum
259 type. If the bitfield size is 32, the base typ    255 type. If the bitfield size is 32, the base type can be either int or enum
260 type. If the bitfield size is not 32, the base    256 type. If the bitfield size is not 32, the base type must be int, and int type
261 ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` encodes the bitfield size.     257 ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` encodes the bitfield size.
262                                                   258 
263 If the ``kind_flag`` is set, the ``btf_member.    259 If the ``kind_flag`` is set, the ``btf_member.offset`` contains both member
264 bitfield size and bit offset. The bitfield siz    260 bitfield size and bit offset. The bitfield size and bit offset are calculated
265 as below.::                                       261 as below.::
266                                                   262 
267   #define BTF_MEMBER_BITFIELD_SIZE(val)   ((va    263   #define BTF_MEMBER_BITFIELD_SIZE(val)   ((val) >> 24)
268   #define BTF_MEMBER_BIT_OFFSET(val)      ((va    264   #define BTF_MEMBER_BIT_OFFSET(val)      ((val) & 0xffffff)
269                                                   265 
270 In this case, if the base type is an int type,    266 In this case, if the base type is an int type, it must be a regular int type:
271                                                   267 
272   * ``BTF_INT_OFFSET()`` must be 0.               268   * ``BTF_INT_OFFSET()`` must be 0.
273   * ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` must be equal to ``{1,2    269   * ``BTF_INT_BITS()`` must be equal to ``{1,2,4,8,16} * 8``.
274                                                   270 
275 Commit 9d5f9f701b18 introduced ``kind_flag`` a !! 271 The following kernel patch introduced ``kind_flag`` and explained why both
276 exist.                                         !! 272 modes exist:
                                                   >> 273 
                                                   >> 274   https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9d5f9f701b1891466fb3dbb1806ad97716f95cc3#diff-fa650a64fdd3968396883d2fe8215ff3
277                                                   275 
278 2.2.6 BTF_KIND_ENUM                               276 2.2.6 BTF_KIND_ENUM
279 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                               277 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
280                                                   278 
281 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         279 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
282   * ``name_off``: 0 or offset to a valid C ide    280   * ``name_off``: 0 or offset to a valid C identifier
283   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 for unsigned, 1 for  !! 281   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
284   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_ENUM                  282   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_ENUM
285   * ``info.vlen``: number of enum values          283   * ``info.vlen``: number of enum values
286   * ``size``: 1/2/4/8                          !! 284   * ``size``: 4
287                                                   285 
288 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` numb    286 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_enum``.::
289                                                   287 
290     struct btf_enum {                             288     struct btf_enum {
291         __u32   name_off;                         289         __u32   name_off;
292         __s32   val;                              290         __s32   val;
293     };                                            291     };
294                                                   292 
295 The ``btf_enum`` encoding:                        293 The ``btf_enum`` encoding:
296   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifi    294   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier
297   * ``val``: any value                            295   * ``val``: any value
298                                                   296 
299 If the original enum value is signed and the s << 
300 that value will be sign extended into 4 bytes. << 
301 the value will be truncated into 4 bytes.      << 
302                                                << 
303 2.2.7 BTF_KIND_FWD                                297 2.2.7 BTF_KIND_FWD
304 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                298 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
305                                                   299 
306 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         300 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
307   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifi    301   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier
308   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 for struct, 1 for un    302   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 for struct, 1 for union
309   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_FWD                   303   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_FWD
310   * ``info.vlen``: 0                              304   * ``info.vlen``: 0
311   * ``type``: 0                                   305   * ``type``: 0
312                                                   306 
313 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.      307 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.
314                                                   308 
315 2.2.8 BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF                            309 2.2.8 BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF
316 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                            310 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
317                                                   311 
318 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         312 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
319   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifi    313   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier
320   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                         314   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
321   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF               315   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF
322   * ``info.vlen``: 0                              316   * ``info.vlen``: 0
323   * ``type``: the type which can be referred b    317   * ``type``: the type which can be referred by name at ``name_off``
324                                                   318 
325 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.      319 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.
326                                                   320 
327 2.2.9 BTF_KIND_VOLATILE                           321 2.2.9 BTF_KIND_VOLATILE
328 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                           322 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
329                                                   323 
330 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         324 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
331   * ``name_off``: 0                               325   * ``name_off``: 0
332   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                         326   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
333   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_VOLATILE              327   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_VOLATILE
334   * ``info.vlen``: 0                              328   * ``info.vlen``: 0
335   * ``type``: the type with ``volatile`` quali    329   * ``type``: the type with ``volatile`` qualifier
336                                                   330 
337 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.      331 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.
338                                                   332 
339 2.2.10 BTF_KIND_CONST                             333 2.2.10 BTF_KIND_CONST
340 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                             334 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
341                                                   335 
342 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         336 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
343   * ``name_off``: 0                               337   * ``name_off``: 0
344   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                         338   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
345   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_CONST                 339   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_CONST
346   * ``info.vlen``: 0                              340   * ``info.vlen``: 0
347   * ``type``: the type with ``const`` qualifie    341   * ``type``: the type with ``const`` qualifier
348                                                   342 
349 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.      343 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.
350                                                   344 
351 2.2.11 BTF_KIND_RESTRICT                          345 2.2.11 BTF_KIND_RESTRICT
352 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                          346 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
353                                                   347 
354 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         348 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
355   * ``name_off``: 0                               349   * ``name_off``: 0
356   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                         350   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
357   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_RESTRICT              351   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_RESTRICT
358   * ``info.vlen``: 0                              352   * ``info.vlen``: 0
359   * ``type``: the type with ``restrict`` quali    353   * ``type``: the type with ``restrict`` qualifier
360                                                   354 
361 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.      355 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.
362                                                   356 
363 2.2.12 BTF_KIND_FUNC                              357 2.2.12 BTF_KIND_FUNC
364 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                              358 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
365                                                   359 
366 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         360 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
367   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifi    361   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier
368   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                         362   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
369   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_FUNC                  363   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_FUNC
370   * ``info.vlen``: linkage information (BTF_FU !! 364   * ``info.vlen``: 0
371                    or BTF_FUNC_EXTERN - see :r << 
372   * ``type``: a BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO type          365   * ``type``: a BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO type
373                                                   366 
374 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.      367 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.
375                                                   368 
376 A BTF_KIND_FUNC defines not a type, but a subp    369 A BTF_KIND_FUNC defines not a type, but a subprogram (function) whose
377 signature is defined by ``type``. The subprogr    370 signature is defined by ``type``. The subprogram is thus an instance of that
378 type. The BTF_KIND_FUNC may in turn be referen    371 type. The BTF_KIND_FUNC may in turn be referenced by a func_info in the
379 :ref:`BTF_Ext_Section` (ELF) or in the argumen    372 :ref:`BTF_Ext_Section` (ELF) or in the arguments to :ref:`BPF_Prog_Load`
380 (ABI).                                            373 (ABI).
381                                                   374 
382 Currently, only linkage values of BTF_FUNC_STA << 
383 supported in the kernel.                       << 
384                                                << 
385 2.2.13 BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO                        375 2.2.13 BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO
386 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                        376 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
387                                                   377 
388 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         378 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
389   * ``name_off``: 0                               379   * ``name_off``: 0
390   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                         380   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
391   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO            381   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO
392   * ``info.vlen``: # of parameters                382   * ``info.vlen``: # of parameters
393   * ``type``: the return type                     383   * ``type``: the return type
394                                                   384 
395 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` numb    385 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_param``.::
396                                                   386 
397     struct btf_param {                            387     struct btf_param {
398         __u32   name_off;                         388         __u32   name_off;
399         __u32   type;                             389         __u32   type;
400     };                                            390     };
401                                                   391 
402 If a BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO type is referred by a    392 If a BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO type is referred by a BTF_KIND_FUNC type, then
403 ``btf_param.name_off`` must point to a valid C    393 ``btf_param.name_off`` must point to a valid C identifier except for the
404 possible last argument representing the variab    394 possible last argument representing the variable argument. The btf_param.type
405 refers to parameter type.                         395 refers to parameter type.
406                                                   396 
407 If the function has variable arguments, the la    397 If the function has variable arguments, the last parameter is encoded with
408 ``name_off = 0`` and ``type = 0``.                398 ``name_off = 0`` and ``type = 0``.
409                                                   399 
410 2.2.14 BTF_KIND_VAR                               400 2.2.14 BTF_KIND_VAR
411 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                               401 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
412                                                   402 
413 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         403 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
414   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifi    404   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier
415   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                         405   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
416   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_VAR                   406   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_VAR
417   * ``info.vlen``: 0                              407   * ``info.vlen``: 0
418   * ``type``: the type of the variable            408   * ``type``: the type of the variable
419                                                   409 
420 ``btf_type`` is followed by a single ``struct     410 ``btf_type`` is followed by a single ``struct btf_variable`` with the
421 following data::                                  411 following data::
422                                                   412 
423     struct btf_var {                              413     struct btf_var {
424         __u32   linkage;                          414         __u32   linkage;
425     };                                            415     };
426                                                   416 
427 ``btf_var.linkage`` may take the values: BTF_V !! 417 ``struct btf_var`` encoding:
428 see :ref:`BTF_Var_Linkage_Constants`.          !! 418   * ``linkage``: currently only static variable 0, or globally allocated
                                                   >> 419                  variable in ELF sections 1
429                                                   420 
430 Not all type of global variables are supported    421 Not all type of global variables are supported by LLVM at this point.
431 The following is currently available:             422 The following is currently available:
432                                                   423 
433   * static variables with or without section a    424   * static variables with or without section attributes
434   * global variables with section attributes      425   * global variables with section attributes
435                                                   426 
436 The latter is for future extraction of map key    427 The latter is for future extraction of map key/value type id's from a
437 map definition.                                   428 map definition.
438                                                   429 
439 2.2.15 BTF_KIND_DATASEC                           430 2.2.15 BTF_KIND_DATASEC
440 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                           431 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
441                                                   432 
442 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:         433 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
443   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid name assoc    434   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid name associated with a variable or
444                   one of .data/.bss/.rodata       435                   one of .data/.bss/.rodata
445   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                         436   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
446   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_DATASEC               437   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_DATASEC
447   * ``info.vlen``: # of variables                 438   * ``info.vlen``: # of variables
448   * ``size``: total section size in bytes (0 a    439   * ``size``: total section size in bytes (0 at compilation time, patched
449               to actual size by BPF loaders su    440               to actual size by BPF loaders such as libbpf)
450                                                   441 
451 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` numb    442 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_var_secinfo``.::
452                                                   443 
453     struct btf_var_secinfo {                      444     struct btf_var_secinfo {
454         __u32   type;                             445         __u32   type;
455         __u32   offset;                           446         __u32   offset;
456         __u32   size;                             447         __u32   size;
457     };                                            448     };
458                                                   449 
459 ``struct btf_var_secinfo`` encoding:              450 ``struct btf_var_secinfo`` encoding:
460   * ``type``: the type of the BTF_KIND_VAR var    451   * ``type``: the type of the BTF_KIND_VAR variable
461   * ``offset``: the in-section offset of the v    452   * ``offset``: the in-section offset of the variable
462   * ``size``: the size of the variable in byte    453   * ``size``: the size of the variable in bytes
463                                                   454 
464 2.2.16 BTF_KIND_FLOAT                          << 
465 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                          << 
466                                                << 
467 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:      << 
468  * ``name_off``: any valid offset              << 
469  * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                       << 
470  * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_FLOAT               << 
471  * ``info.vlen``: 0                            << 
472  * ``size``: the size of the float type in byt << 
473                                                << 
474 No additional type data follow ``btf_type``.   << 
475                                                << 
476 2.2.17 BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG                       << 
477 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                       << 
478                                                << 
479 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:      << 
480  * ``name_off``: offset to a non-empty string  << 
481  * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                       << 
482  * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG            << 
483  * ``info.vlen``: 0                            << 
484  * ``type``: ``struct``, ``union``, ``func``,  << 
485                                                << 
486 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``struct btf_decl_ << 
487                                                << 
488     struct btf_decl_tag {                      << 
489         __u32   component_idx;                 << 
490     };                                         << 
491                                                << 
492 The ``name_off`` encodes btf_decl_tag attribut << 
493 The ``type`` should be ``struct``, ``union``,  << 
494 For ``var`` or ``typedef`` type, ``btf_decl_ta << 
495 For the other three types, if the btf_decl_tag << 
496 applied to the ``struct``, ``union`` or ``func << 
497 ``btf_decl_tag.component_idx`` must be ``-1``. << 
498 the attribute is applied to a ``struct``/``uni << 
499 a ``func`` argument, and ``btf_decl_tag.compon << 
500 valid index (starting from 0) pointing to a me << 
501                                                << 
502 2.2.18 BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG                       << 
503 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                       << 
504                                                << 
505 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:      << 
506  * ``name_off``: offset to a non-empty string  << 
507  * ``info.kind_flag``: 0                       << 
508  * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG            << 
509  * ``info.vlen``: 0                            << 
510  * ``type``: the type with ``btf_type_tag`` at << 
511                                                << 
512 Currently, ``BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG`` is only emitt << 
513 It has the following btf type chain:           << 
514 ::                                             << 
515                                                << 
516   ptr -> [type_tag]*                           << 
517       -> [const | volatile | restrict | typede << 
518       -> base_type                             << 
519                                                << 
520 Basically, a pointer type points to zero or mo << 
521 type_tag, then zero or more const/volatile/res << 
522 and finally the base type. The base type is on << 
523 int, ptr, array, struct, union, enum, func_pro << 
524                                                << 
525 2.2.19 BTF_KIND_ENUM64                         << 
526 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                         << 
527                                                << 
528 ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:      << 
529   * ``name_off``: 0 or offset to a valid C ide << 
530   * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 for unsigned, 1 for  << 
531   * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_ENUM64             << 
532   * ``info.vlen``: number of enum values       << 
533   * ``size``: 1/2/4/8                          << 
534                                                << 
535 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` numb << 
536                                                << 
537     struct btf_enum64 {                        << 
538         __u32   name_off;                      << 
539         __u32   val_lo32;                      << 
540         __u32   val_hi32;                      << 
541     };                                         << 
542                                                << 
543 The ``btf_enum64`` encoding:                   << 
544   * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifi << 
545   * ``val_lo32``: lower 32-bit value for a 64- << 
546   * ``val_hi32``: high 32-bit value for a 64-b << 
547                                                << 
548 If the original enum value is signed and the s << 
549 that value will be sign extended into 8 bytes. << 
550                                                << 
551 2.3 Constant Values                            << 
552 -------------------                            << 
553                                                << 
554 .. _BTF_Function_Linkage_Constants:            << 
555                                                << 
556 2.3.1 Function Linkage Constant Values         << 
557 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~         << 
558 .. table:: Function Linkage Values and Meaning << 
559                                                << 
560   ===================  =====  ===========      << 
561   kind                 value  description      << 
562   ===================  =====  ===========      << 
563   ``BTF_FUNC_STATIC``  0x0    definition of su << 
564   ``BTF_FUNC_GLOBAL``  0x1    definition of su << 
565   ``BTF_FUNC_EXTERN``  0x2    declaration of a << 
566   ===================  =====  ===========      << 
567                                                << 
568                                                << 
569 .. _BTF_Var_Linkage_Constants:                 << 
570                                                << 
571 2.3.2 Variable Linkage Constant Values         << 
572 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~         << 
573 .. table:: Variable Linkage Values and Meaning << 
574                                                << 
575   ============================  =====  ======= << 
576   kind                          value  descrip << 
577   ============================  =====  ======= << 
578   ``BTF_VAR_STATIC``            0x0    definit << 
579   ``BTF_VAR_GLOBAL_ALLOCATED``  0x1    definit << 
580   ``BTF_VAR_GLOBAL_EXTERN``     0x2    declara << 
581   ============================  =====  ======= << 
582                                                << 
583 3. BTF Kernel API                                 455 3. BTF Kernel API
584 =================                              !! 456 *****************
585                                                   457 
586 The following bpf syscall command involves BTF    458 The following bpf syscall command involves BTF:
587    * BPF_BTF_LOAD: load a blob of BTF data int    459    * BPF_BTF_LOAD: load a blob of BTF data into kernel
588    * BPF_MAP_CREATE: map creation with btf key    460    * BPF_MAP_CREATE: map creation with btf key and value type info.
589    * BPF_PROG_LOAD: prog load with btf functio    461    * BPF_PROG_LOAD: prog load with btf function and line info.
590    * BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID: get a btf fd           462    * BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID: get a btf fd
591    * BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD: btf, func_info, l    463    * BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD: btf, func_info, line_info
592      and other btf related info are returned.     464      and other btf related info are returned.
593                                                   465 
594 The workflow typically looks like:                466 The workflow typically looks like:
595 ::                                                467 ::
596                                                   468 
597   Application:                                    469   Application:
598       BPF_BTF_LOAD                                470       BPF_BTF_LOAD
599           |                                       471           |
600           v                                       472           v
601       BPF_MAP_CREATE and BPF_PROG_LOAD            473       BPF_MAP_CREATE and BPF_PROG_LOAD
602           |                                       474           |
603           V                                       475           V
604       ......                                      476       ......
605                                                   477 
606   Introspection tool:                             478   Introspection tool:
607       ......                                      479       ......
608       BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_NEXT_ID (get prog/map    480       BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_NEXT_ID (get prog/map id's)
609           |                                       481           |
610           V                                       482           V
611       BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_FD_BY_ID (get a prog/    483       BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_FD_BY_ID (get a prog/map fd)
612           |                                       484           |
613           V                                       485           V
614       BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD (get bpf_prog_inf    486       BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD (get bpf_prog_info/bpf_map_info with btf_id)
615           |                                       487           |                                     |
616           V                                       488           V                                     |
617       BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID (get btf_fd)           489       BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID (get btf_fd)         |
618           |                                       490           |                                     |
619           V                                       491           V                                     |
620       BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD (get btf)            492       BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD (get btf)          |
621           |                                       493           |                                     |
622           V                                       494           V                                     V
623       pretty print types, dump func signatures    495       pretty print types, dump func signatures and line info, etc.
624                                                   496 
625                                                   497 
626 3.1 BPF_BTF_LOAD                                  498 3.1 BPF_BTF_LOAD
627 ----------------                               !! 499 ================
628                                                   500 
629 Load a blob of BTF data into kernel. A blob of    501 Load a blob of BTF data into kernel. A blob of data, described in
630 :ref:`BTF_Type_String`, can be directly loaded    502 :ref:`BTF_Type_String`, can be directly loaded into the kernel. A ``btf_fd``
631 is returned to a userspace.                       503 is returned to a userspace.
632                                                   504 
633 3.2 BPF_MAP_CREATE                                505 3.2 BPF_MAP_CREATE
634 ------------------                             !! 506 ==================
635                                                   507 
636 A map can be created with ``btf_fd`` and speci    508 A map can be created with ``btf_fd`` and specified key/value type id.::
637                                                   509 
638     __u32   btf_fd;         /* fd pointing to     510     __u32   btf_fd;         /* fd pointing to a BTF type data */
639     __u32   btf_key_type_id;        /* BTF typ    511     __u32   btf_key_type_id;        /* BTF type_id of the key */
640     __u32   btf_value_type_id;      /* BTF typ    512     __u32   btf_value_type_id;      /* BTF type_id of the value */
641                                                   513 
642 In libbpf, the map can be defined with extra a    514 In libbpf, the map can be defined with extra annotation like below:
643 ::                                                515 ::
644                                                   516 
645     struct {                                   !! 517     struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") btf_map = {
646         __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);      !! 518         .type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
647         __type(key, int);                      !! 519         .key_size = sizeof(int),
648         __type(value, struct ipv_counts);      !! 520         .value_size = sizeof(struct ipv_counts),
649         __uint(max_entries, 4);                !! 521         .max_entries = 4,
650     } btf_map SEC(".maps");                    !! 522     };
651                                                !! 523     BPF_ANNOTATE_KV_PAIR(btf_map, int, struct ipv_counts);
652 During ELF parsing, libbpf is able to extract  !! 524 
653 them to BPF_MAP_CREATE attributes automaticall !! 525 Here, the parameters for macro BPF_ANNOTATE_KV_PAIR are map name, key and
                                                   >> 526 value types for the map. During ELF parsing, libbpf is able to extract
                                                   >> 527 key/value type_id's and assign them to BPF_MAP_CREATE attributes
                                                   >> 528 automatically.
654                                                   529 
655 .. _BPF_Prog_Load:                                530 .. _BPF_Prog_Load:
656                                                   531 
657 3.3 BPF_PROG_LOAD                                 532 3.3 BPF_PROG_LOAD
658 -----------------                              !! 533 =================
659                                                   534 
660 During prog_load, func_info and line_info can     535 During prog_load, func_info and line_info can be passed to kernel with proper
661 values for the following attributes:              536 values for the following attributes:
662 ::                                                537 ::
663                                                   538 
664     __u32           insn_cnt;                     539     __u32           insn_cnt;
665     __aligned_u64   insns;                        540     __aligned_u64   insns;
666     ......                                        541     ......
667     __u32           prog_btf_fd;    /* fd poin    542     __u32           prog_btf_fd;    /* fd pointing to BTF type data */
668     __u32           func_info_rec_size;     /*    543     __u32           func_info_rec_size;     /* userspace bpf_func_info size */
669     __aligned_u64   func_info;      /* func in    544     __aligned_u64   func_info;      /* func info */
670     __u32           func_info_cnt;  /* number     545     __u32           func_info_cnt;  /* number of bpf_func_info records */
671     __u32           line_info_rec_size;     /*    546     __u32           line_info_rec_size;     /* userspace bpf_line_info size */
672     __aligned_u64   line_info;      /* line in    547     __aligned_u64   line_info;      /* line info */
673     __u32           line_info_cnt;  /* number     548     __u32           line_info_cnt;  /* number of bpf_line_info records */
674                                                   549 
675 The func_info and line_info are an array of be    550 The func_info and line_info are an array of below, respectively.::
676                                                   551 
677     struct bpf_func_info {                        552     struct bpf_func_info {
678         __u32   insn_off; /* [0, insn_cnt - 1]    553         __u32   insn_off; /* [0, insn_cnt - 1] */
679         __u32   type_id;  /* pointing to a BTF    554         __u32   type_id;  /* pointing to a BTF_KIND_FUNC type */
680     };                                            555     };
681     struct bpf_line_info {                        556     struct bpf_line_info {
682         __u32   insn_off; /* [0, insn_cnt - 1]    557         __u32   insn_off; /* [0, insn_cnt - 1] */
683         __u32   file_name_off; /* offset to st    558         __u32   file_name_off; /* offset to string table for the filename */
684         __u32   line_off; /* offset to string     559         __u32   line_off; /* offset to string table for the source line */
685         __u32   line_col; /* line number and c    560         __u32   line_col; /* line number and column number */
686     };                                            561     };
687                                                   562 
688 func_info_rec_size is the size of each func_in    563 func_info_rec_size is the size of each func_info record, and
689 line_info_rec_size is the size of each line_in    564 line_info_rec_size is the size of each line_info record. Passing the record
690 size to kernel make it possible to extend the     565 size to kernel make it possible to extend the record itself in the future.
691                                                   566 
692 Below are requirements for func_info:             567 Below are requirements for func_info:
693   * func_info[0].insn_off must be 0.              568   * func_info[0].insn_off must be 0.
694   * the func_info insn_off is in strictly incr    569   * the func_info insn_off is in strictly increasing order and matches
695     bpf func boundaries.                          570     bpf func boundaries.
696                                                   571 
697 Below are requirements for line_info:             572 Below are requirements for line_info:
698   * the first insn in each func must have a li    573   * the first insn in each func must have a line_info record pointing to it.
699   * the line_info insn_off is in strictly incr    574   * the line_info insn_off is in strictly increasing order.
700                                                   575 
701 For line_info, the line number and column numb    576 For line_info, the line number and column number are defined as below:
702 ::                                                577 ::
703                                                   578 
704     #define BPF_LINE_INFO_LINE_NUM(line_col)      579     #define BPF_LINE_INFO_LINE_NUM(line_col)        ((line_col) >> 10)
705     #define BPF_LINE_INFO_LINE_COL(line_col)      580     #define BPF_LINE_INFO_LINE_COL(line_col)        ((line_col) & 0x3ff)
706                                                   581 
707 3.4 BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_NEXT_ID                    582 3.4 BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_NEXT_ID
708 ------------------------------                 !! 583 ==============================
709                                                   584 
710 In kernel, every loaded program, map or btf ha    585 In kernel, every loaded program, map or btf has a unique id. The id won't
711 change during the lifetime of a program, map,     586 change during the lifetime of a program, map, or btf.
712                                                   587 
713 The bpf syscall command BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_NEX    588 The bpf syscall command BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_NEXT_ID returns all id's, one for
714 each command, to user space, for bpf program o    589 each command, to user space, for bpf program or maps, respectively, so an
715 inspection tool can inspect all programs and m    590 inspection tool can inspect all programs and maps.
716                                                   591 
717 3.5 BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_FD_BY_ID                   592 3.5 BPF_{PROG,MAP}_GET_FD_BY_ID
718 -------------------------------                !! 593 ===============================
719                                                   594 
720 An introspection tool cannot use id to get det    595 An introspection tool cannot use id to get details about program or maps.
721 A file descriptor needs to be obtained first f    596 A file descriptor needs to be obtained first for reference-counting purpose.
722                                                   597 
723 3.6 BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD                        598 3.6 BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD
724 --------------------------                     !! 599 ==========================
725                                                   600 
726 Once a program/map fd is acquired, an introspe    601 Once a program/map fd is acquired, an introspection tool can get the detailed
727 information from kernel about this fd, some of    602 information from kernel about this fd, some of which are BTF-related. For
728 example, ``bpf_map_info`` returns ``btf_id`` a    603 example, ``bpf_map_info`` returns ``btf_id`` and key/value type ids.
729 ``bpf_prog_info`` returns ``btf_id``, func_inf    604 ``bpf_prog_info`` returns ``btf_id``, func_info, and line info for translated
730 bpf byte codes, and jited_line_info.              605 bpf byte codes, and jited_line_info.
731                                                   606 
732 3.7 BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID                          607 3.7 BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID
733 ------------------------                       !! 608 ========================
734                                                   609 
735 With ``btf_id`` obtained in ``bpf_map_info`` a    610 With ``btf_id`` obtained in ``bpf_map_info`` and ``bpf_prog_info``, bpf
736 syscall command BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID can retri    611 syscall command BPF_BTF_GET_FD_BY_ID can retrieve a btf fd. Then, with
737 command BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD, the btf blob,     612 command BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD, the btf blob, originally loaded into the
738 kernel with BPF_BTF_LOAD, can be retrieved.       613 kernel with BPF_BTF_LOAD, can be retrieved.
739                                                   614 
740 With the btf blob, ``bpf_map_info``, and ``bpf    615 With the btf blob, ``bpf_map_info``, and ``bpf_prog_info``, an introspection
741 tool has full btf knowledge and is able to pre    616 tool has full btf knowledge and is able to pretty print map key/values, dump
742 func signatures and line info, along with byte    617 func signatures and line info, along with byte/jit codes.
743                                                   618 
744 4. ELF File Format Interface                      619 4. ELF File Format Interface
745 ============================                   !! 620 ****************************
746                                                   621 
747 4.1 .BTF section                                  622 4.1 .BTF section
748 ----------------                               !! 623 ================
749                                                   624 
750 The .BTF section contains type and string data    625 The .BTF section contains type and string data. The format of this section is
751 same as the one describe in :ref:`BTF_Type_Str    626 same as the one describe in :ref:`BTF_Type_String`.
752                                                   627 
753 .. _BTF_Ext_Section:                              628 .. _BTF_Ext_Section:
754                                                   629 
755 4.2 .BTF.ext section                              630 4.2 .BTF.ext section
756 --------------------                           !! 631 ====================
757                                                   632 
758 The .BTF.ext section encodes func_info, line_i !! 633 The .BTF.ext section encodes func_info and line_info which needs loader
759 which needs loader manipulation before loading !! 634 manipulation before loading into the kernel.
760                                                   635 
761 The specification for .BTF.ext section is defi    636 The specification for .BTF.ext section is defined at ``tools/lib/bpf/btf.h``
762 and ``tools/lib/bpf/btf.c``.                      637 and ``tools/lib/bpf/btf.c``.
763                                                   638 
764 The current header of .BTF.ext section::          639 The current header of .BTF.ext section::
765                                                   640 
766     struct btf_ext_header {                       641     struct btf_ext_header {
767         __u16   magic;                            642         __u16   magic;
768         __u8    version;                          643         __u8    version;
769         __u8    flags;                            644         __u8    flags;
770         __u32   hdr_len;                          645         __u32   hdr_len;
771                                                   646 
772         /* All offsets are in bytes relative t    647         /* All offsets are in bytes relative to the end of this header */
773         __u32   func_info_off;                    648         __u32   func_info_off;
774         __u32   func_info_len;                    649         __u32   func_info_len;
775         __u32   line_info_off;                    650         __u32   line_info_off;
776         __u32   line_info_len;                    651         __u32   line_info_len;
777                                                << 
778         /* optional part of .BTF.ext header */ << 
779         __u32   core_relo_off;                 << 
780         __u32   core_relo_len;                 << 
781     };                                            652     };
782                                                   653 
783 It is very similar to .BTF section. Instead of    654 It is very similar to .BTF section. Instead of type/string section, it
784 contains func_info, line_info and core_relo su !! 655 contains func_info and line_info section. See :ref:`BPF_Prog_Load` for details
785 See :ref:`BPF_Prog_Load` for details about fun !! 656 about func_info and line_info record format.
786 record format.                                 << 
787                                                   657 
788 The func_info is organized as below.::            658 The func_info is organized as below.::
789                                                   659 
790      func_info_rec_size              /* __u32  !! 660      func_info_rec_size
791      btf_ext_info_sec for section #1 /* func_i    661      btf_ext_info_sec for section #1 /* func_info for section #1 */
792      btf_ext_info_sec for section #2 /* func_i    662      btf_ext_info_sec for section #2 /* func_info for section #2 */
793      ...                                          663      ...
794                                                   664 
795 ``func_info_rec_size`` specifies the size of `    665 ``func_info_rec_size`` specifies the size of ``bpf_func_info`` structure when
796 .BTF.ext is generated. ``btf_ext_info_sec``, d    666 .BTF.ext is generated. ``btf_ext_info_sec``, defined below, is a collection of
797 func_info for each specific ELF section.::        667 func_info for each specific ELF section.::
798                                                   668 
799      struct btf_ext_info_sec {                    669      struct btf_ext_info_sec {
800         __u32   sec_name_off; /* offset to sec    670         __u32   sec_name_off; /* offset to section name */
801         __u32   num_info;                         671         __u32   num_info;
802         /* Followed by num_info * record_size     672         /* Followed by num_info * record_size number of bytes */
803         __u8    data[0];                          673         __u8    data[0];
804      };                                           674      };
805                                                   675 
806 Here, num_info must be greater than 0.            676 Here, num_info must be greater than 0.
807                                                   677 
808 The line_info is organized as below.::            678 The line_info is organized as below.::
809                                                   679 
810      line_info_rec_size              /* __u32  !! 680      line_info_rec_size
811      btf_ext_info_sec for section #1 /* line_i    681      btf_ext_info_sec for section #1 /* line_info for section #1 */
812      btf_ext_info_sec for section #2 /* line_i    682      btf_ext_info_sec for section #2 /* line_info for section #2 */
813      ...                                          683      ...
814                                                   684 
815 ``line_info_rec_size`` specifies the size of `    685 ``line_info_rec_size`` specifies the size of ``bpf_line_info`` structure when
816 .BTF.ext is generated.                            686 .BTF.ext is generated.
817                                                   687 
818 The interpretation of ``bpf_func_info->insn_of    688 The interpretation of ``bpf_func_info->insn_off`` and
819 ``bpf_line_info->insn_off`` is different betwe    689 ``bpf_line_info->insn_off`` is different between kernel API and ELF API. For
820 kernel API, the ``insn_off`` is the instructio    690 kernel API, the ``insn_off`` is the instruction offset in the unit of ``struct
821 bpf_insn``. For ELF API, the ``insn_off`` is t    691 bpf_insn``. For ELF API, the ``insn_off`` is the byte offset from the
822 beginning of section (``btf_ext_info_sec->sec_    692 beginning of section (``btf_ext_info_sec->sec_name_off``).
823                                                   693 
824 The core_relo is organized as below.::         << 
825                                                << 
826      core_relo_rec_size              /* __u32  << 
827      btf_ext_info_sec for section #1 /* core_r << 
828      btf_ext_info_sec for section #2 /* core_r << 
829                                                << 
830 ``core_relo_rec_size`` specifies the size of ` << 
831 structure when .BTF.ext is generated. All ``bp << 
832 within a single ``btf_ext_info_sec`` describe  << 
833 section named by ``btf_ext_info_sec->sec_name_ << 
834                                                << 
835 See :ref:`Documentation/bpf/llvm_reloc.rst <bt << 
836 for more information on CO-RE relocations.     << 
837                                                << 
838 4.2 .BTF_ids section                              694 4.2 .BTF_ids section
839 --------------------                           !! 695 ====================
840                                                   696 
841 The .BTF_ids section encodes BTF ID values tha    697 The .BTF_ids section encodes BTF ID values that are used within the kernel.
842                                                   698 
843 This section is created during the kernel comp    699 This section is created during the kernel compilation with the help of
844 macros defined in ``include/linux/btf_ids.h``     700 macros defined in ``include/linux/btf_ids.h`` header file. Kernel code can
845 use them to create lists and sets (sorted list    701 use them to create lists and sets (sorted lists) of BTF ID values.
846                                                   702 
847 The ``BTF_ID_LIST`` and ``BTF_ID`` macros defi    703 The ``BTF_ID_LIST`` and ``BTF_ID`` macros define unsorted list of BTF ID values,
848 with following syntax::                           704 with following syntax::
849                                                   705 
850   BTF_ID_LIST(list)                               706   BTF_ID_LIST(list)
851   BTF_ID(type1, name1)                            707   BTF_ID(type1, name1)
852   BTF_ID(type2, name2)                            708   BTF_ID(type2, name2)
853                                                   709 
854 resulting in following layout in .BTF_ids sect    710 resulting in following layout in .BTF_ids section::
855                                                   711 
856   __BTF_ID__type1__name1__1:                      712   __BTF_ID__type1__name1__1:
857   .zero 4                                         713   .zero 4
858   __BTF_ID__type2__name2__2:                      714   __BTF_ID__type2__name2__2:
859   .zero 4                                         715   .zero 4
860                                                   716 
861 The ``u32 list[];`` variable is defined to acc    717 The ``u32 list[];`` variable is defined to access the list.
862                                                   718 
863 The ``BTF_ID_UNUSED`` macro defines 4 zero byt    719 The ``BTF_ID_UNUSED`` macro defines 4 zero bytes. It's used when we
864 want to define unused entry in BTF_ID_LIST, li    720 want to define unused entry in BTF_ID_LIST, like::
865                                                   721 
866       BTF_ID_LIST(bpf_skb_output_btf_ids)         722       BTF_ID_LIST(bpf_skb_output_btf_ids)
867       BTF_ID(struct, sk_buff)                     723       BTF_ID(struct, sk_buff)
868       BTF_ID_UNUSED                               724       BTF_ID_UNUSED
869       BTF_ID(struct, task_struct)                 725       BTF_ID(struct, task_struct)
870                                                   726 
871 The ``BTF_SET_START/END`` macros pair defines  << 
872 and their count, with following syntax::       << 
873                                                << 
874   BTF_SET_START(set)                           << 
875   BTF_ID(type1, name1)                         << 
876   BTF_ID(type2, name2)                         << 
877   BTF_SET_END(set)                             << 
878                                                << 
879 resulting in following layout in .BTF_ids sect << 
880                                                << 
881   __BTF_ID__set__set:                          << 
882   .zero 4                                      << 
883   __BTF_ID__type1__name1__3:                   << 
884   .zero 4                                      << 
885   __BTF_ID__type2__name2__4:                   << 
886   .zero 4                                      << 
887                                                << 
888 The ``struct btf_id_set set;`` variable is def << 
889                                                << 
890 The ``typeX`` name can be one of following::   << 
891                                                << 
892    struct, union, typedef, func                << 
893                                                << 
894 and is used as a filter when resolving the BTF << 
895                                                << 
896 All the BTF ID lists and sets are compiled in     727 All the BTF ID lists and sets are compiled in the .BTF_ids section and
897 resolved during the linking phase of kernel bu    728 resolved during the linking phase of kernel build by ``resolve_btfids`` tool.
898                                                   729 
899 5. Using BTF                                      730 5. Using BTF
900 ============                                   !! 731 ************
901                                                   732 
902 5.1 bpftool map pretty print                      733 5.1 bpftool map pretty print
903 ----------------------------                   !! 734 ============================
904                                                   735 
905 With BTF, the map key/value can be printed bas    736 With BTF, the map key/value can be printed based on fields rather than simply
906 raw bytes. This is especially valuable for lar    737 raw bytes. This is especially valuable for large structure or if your data
907 structure has bitfields. For example, for the     738 structure has bitfields. For example, for the following map,::
908                                                   739 
909       enum A { A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 };              740       enum A { A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 };
910       typedef enum A ___A;                        741       typedef enum A ___A;
911       struct tmp_t {                              742       struct tmp_t {
912            char a1:4;                             743            char a1:4;
913            int  a2:4;                             744            int  a2:4;
914            int  :4;                               745            int  :4;
915            __u32 a3:4;                            746            __u32 a3:4;
916            int b;                                 747            int b;
917            ___A b1:4;                             748            ___A b1:4;
918            enum A b2:4;                           749            enum A b2:4;
919       };                                          750       };
920       struct {                                 !! 751       struct bpf_map_def SEC("maps") tmpmap = {
921            __uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);   !! 752            .type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
922            __type(key, int);                   !! 753            .key_size = sizeof(__u32),
923            __type(value, struct tmp_t);        !! 754            .value_size = sizeof(struct tmp_t),
924            __uint(max_entries, 1);             !! 755            .max_entries = 1,
925       } tmpmap SEC(".maps");                   !! 756       };
                                                   >> 757       BPF_ANNOTATE_KV_PAIR(tmpmap, int, struct tmp_t);
926                                                   758 
927 bpftool is able to pretty print like below:       759 bpftool is able to pretty print like below:
928 ::                                                760 ::
929                                                   761 
930       [{                                          762       [{
931             "key": 0,                             763             "key": 0,
932             "value": {                            764             "value": {
933                 "a1": 0x2,                        765                 "a1": 0x2,
934                 "a2": 0x4,                        766                 "a2": 0x4,
935                 "a3": 0x6,                        767                 "a3": 0x6,
936                 "b": 7,                           768                 "b": 7,
937                 "b1": 0x8,                        769                 "b1": 0x8,
938                 "b2": 0xa                         770                 "b2": 0xa
939             }                                     771             }
940         }                                         772         }
941       ]                                           773       ]
942                                                   774 
943 5.2 bpftool prog dump                             775 5.2 bpftool prog dump
944 ---------------------                          !! 776 =====================
945                                                   777 
946 The following is an example showing how func_i    778 The following is an example showing how func_info and line_info can help prog
947 dump with better kernel symbol names, function    779 dump with better kernel symbol names, function prototypes and line
948 information.::                                    780 information.::
949                                                   781 
950     $ bpftool prog dump jited pinned /sys/fs/b    782     $ bpftool prog dump jited pinned /sys/fs/bpf/test_btf_haskv
951     [...]                                         783     [...]
952     int test_long_fname_2(struct dummy_tracepo    784     int test_long_fname_2(struct dummy_tracepoint_args * arg):
953     bpf_prog_44a040bf25481309_test_long_fname_    785     bpf_prog_44a040bf25481309_test_long_fname_2:
954     ; static int test_long_fname_2(struct dumm    786     ; static int test_long_fname_2(struct dummy_tracepoint_args *arg)
955        0:   push   %rbp                           787        0:   push   %rbp
956        1:   mov    %rsp,%rbp                      788        1:   mov    %rsp,%rbp
957        4:   sub    $0x30,%rsp                     789        4:   sub    $0x30,%rsp
958        b:   sub    $0x28,%rbp                     790        b:   sub    $0x28,%rbp
959        f:   mov    %rbx,0x0(%rbp)                 791        f:   mov    %rbx,0x0(%rbp)
960       13:   mov    %r13,0x8(%rbp)                 792       13:   mov    %r13,0x8(%rbp)
961       17:   mov    %r14,0x10(%rbp)                793       17:   mov    %r14,0x10(%rbp)
962       1b:   mov    %r15,0x18(%rbp)                794       1b:   mov    %r15,0x18(%rbp)
963       1f:   xor    %eax,%eax                      795       1f:   xor    %eax,%eax
964       21:   mov    %rax,0x20(%rbp)                796       21:   mov    %rax,0x20(%rbp)
965       25:   xor    %esi,%esi                      797       25:   xor    %esi,%esi
966     ; int key = 0;                                798     ; int key = 0;
967       27:   mov    %esi,-0x4(%rbp)                799       27:   mov    %esi,-0x4(%rbp)
968     ; if (!arg->sock)                             800     ; if (!arg->sock)
969       2a:   mov    0x8(%rdi),%rdi                 801       2a:   mov    0x8(%rdi),%rdi
970     ; if (!arg->sock)                             802     ; if (!arg->sock)
971       2e:   cmp    $0x0,%rdi                      803       2e:   cmp    $0x0,%rdi
972       32:   je     0x0000000000000070             804       32:   je     0x0000000000000070
973       34:   mov    %rbp,%rsi                      805       34:   mov    %rbp,%rsi
974     ; counts = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&btf_map, &    806     ; counts = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&btf_map, &key);
975     [...]                                         807     [...]
976                                                   808 
977 5.3 Verifier Log                                  809 5.3 Verifier Log
978 ----------------                               !! 810 ================
979                                                   811 
980 The following is an example of how line_info c    812 The following is an example of how line_info can help debugging verification
981 failure.::                                        813 failure.::
982                                                   814 
983        /* The code at tools/testing/selftests/    815        /* The code at tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_noinline.c
984         * is modified as below.                   816         * is modified as below.
985         */                                        817         */
986        data = (void *)(long)xdp->data;            818        data = (void *)(long)xdp->data;
987        data_end = (void *)(long)xdp->data_end;    819        data_end = (void *)(long)xdp->data_end;
988        /*                                         820        /*
989        if (data + 4 > data_end)                   821        if (data + 4 > data_end)
990                return XDP_DROP;                   822                return XDP_DROP;
991        */                                         823        */
992        *(u32 *)data = dst->dst;                   824        *(u32 *)data = dst->dst;
993                                                   825 
994     $ bpftool prog load ./test_xdp_noinline.o     826     $ bpftool prog load ./test_xdp_noinline.o /sys/fs/bpf/test_xdp_noinline type xdp
995         ; data = (void *)(long)xdp->data;         827         ; data = (void *)(long)xdp->data;
996         224: (79) r2 = *(u64 *)(r10 -112)         828         224: (79) r2 = *(u64 *)(r10 -112)
997         225: (61) r2 = *(u32 *)(r2 +0)            829         225: (61) r2 = *(u32 *)(r2 +0)
998         ; *(u32 *)data = dst->dst;                830         ; *(u32 *)data = dst->dst;
999         226: (63) *(u32 *)(r2 +0) = r1            831         226: (63) *(u32 *)(r2 +0) = r1
1000         invalid access to packet, off=0 size=    832         invalid access to packet, off=0 size=4, R2(id=0,off=0,r=0)
1001         R2 offset is outside of the packet       833         R2 offset is outside of the packet
1002                                                  834 
1003 6. BTF Generation                                835 6. BTF Generation
1004 =================                             !! 836 *****************
1005                                                  837 
1006 You need latest pahole                           838 You need latest pahole
1007                                                  839 
1008   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/pahole    840   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/pahole/pahole.git/
1009                                                  841 
1010 or llvm (8.0 or later). The pahole acts as a     842 or llvm (8.0 or later). The pahole acts as a dwarf2btf converter. It doesn't
1011 support .BTF.ext and btf BTF_KIND_FUNC type y    843 support .BTF.ext and btf BTF_KIND_FUNC type yet. For example,::
1012                                                  844 
1013       -bash-4.4$ cat t.c                         845       -bash-4.4$ cat t.c
1014       struct t {                                 846       struct t {
1015         int a:2;                                 847         int a:2;
1016         int b:3;                                 848         int b:3;
1017         int c:2;                                 849         int c:2;
1018       } g;                                       850       } g;
1019       -bash-4.4$ gcc -c -O2 -g t.c               851       -bash-4.4$ gcc -c -O2 -g t.c
1020       -bash-4.4$ pahole -JV t.o                  852       -bash-4.4$ pahole -JV t.o
1021       File t.o:                                  853       File t.o:
1022       [1] STRUCT t kind_flag=1 size=4 vlen=3     854       [1] STRUCT t kind_flag=1 size=4 vlen=3
1023               a type_id=2 bitfield_size=2 bit    855               a type_id=2 bitfield_size=2 bits_offset=0
1024               b type_id=2 bitfield_size=3 bit    856               b type_id=2 bitfield_size=3 bits_offset=2
1025               c type_id=2 bitfield_size=2 bit    857               c type_id=2 bitfield_size=2 bits_offset=5
1026       [2] INT int size=4 bit_offset=0 nr_bits    858       [2] INT int size=4 bit_offset=0 nr_bits=32 encoding=SIGNED
1027                                                  859 
1028 The llvm is able to generate .BTF and .BTF.ex    860 The llvm is able to generate .BTF and .BTF.ext directly with -g for bpf target
1029 only. The assembly code (-S) is able to show     861 only. The assembly code (-S) is able to show the BTF encoding in assembly
1030 format.::                                        862 format.::
1031                                                  863 
1032     -bash-4.4$ cat t2.c                          864     -bash-4.4$ cat t2.c
1033     typedef int __int32;                         865     typedef int __int32;
1034     struct t2 {                                  866     struct t2 {
1035       int a2;                                    867       int a2;
1036       int (*f2)(char q1, __int32 q2, ...);       868       int (*f2)(char q1, __int32 q2, ...);
1037       int (*f3)();                               869       int (*f3)();
1038     } g2;                                        870     } g2;
1039     int main() { return 0; }                     871     int main() { return 0; }
1040     int test() { return 0; }                     872     int test() { return 0; }
1041     -bash-4.4$ clang -c -g -O2 --target=bpf t !! 873     -bash-4.4$ clang -c -g -O2 -target bpf t2.c
1042     -bash-4.4$ readelf -S t2.o                   874     -bash-4.4$ readelf -S t2.o
1043       ......                                     875       ......
1044       [ 8] .BTF              PROGBITS            876       [ 8] .BTF              PROGBITS         0000000000000000  00000247
1045            000000000000016e  0000000000000000    877            000000000000016e  0000000000000000           0     0     1
1046       [ 9] .BTF.ext          PROGBITS            878       [ 9] .BTF.ext          PROGBITS         0000000000000000  000003b5
1047            0000000000000060  0000000000000000    879            0000000000000060  0000000000000000           0     0     1
1048       [10] .rel.BTF.ext      REL                 880       [10] .rel.BTF.ext      REL              0000000000000000  000007e0
1049            0000000000000040  0000000000000010    881            0000000000000040  0000000000000010          16     9     8
1050       ......                                     882       ......
1051     -bash-4.4$ clang -S -g -O2 --target=bpf t !! 883     -bash-4.4$ clang -S -g -O2 -target bpf t2.c
1052     -bash-4.4$ cat t2.s                          884     -bash-4.4$ cat t2.s
1053       ......                                     885       ......
1054             .section        .BTF,"",@progbits    886             .section        .BTF,"",@progbits
1055             .short  60319                   #    887             .short  60319                   # 0xeb9f
1056             .byte   1                            888             .byte   1
1057             .byte   0                            889             .byte   0
1058             .long   24                           890             .long   24
1059             .long   0                            891             .long   0
1060             .long   220                          892             .long   220
1061             .long   220                          893             .long   220
1062             .long   122                          894             .long   122
1063             .long   0                       #    895             .long   0                       # BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO(id = 1)
1064             .long   218103808               #    896             .long   218103808               # 0xd000000
1065             .long   2                            897             .long   2
1066             .long   83                      #    898             .long   83                      # BTF_KIND_INT(id = 2)
1067             .long   16777216                #    899             .long   16777216                # 0x1000000
1068             .long   4                            900             .long   4
1069             .long   16777248                #    901             .long   16777248                # 0x1000020
1070       ......                                     902       ......
1071             .byte   0                       #    903             .byte   0                       # string offset=0
1072             .ascii  ".text"                 #    904             .ascii  ".text"                 # string offset=1
1073             .byte   0                            905             .byte   0
1074             .ascii  "/home/yhs/tmp-pahole/t2.    906             .ascii  "/home/yhs/tmp-pahole/t2.c" # string offset=7
1075             .byte   0                            907             .byte   0
1076             .ascii  "int main() { return 0; }    908             .ascii  "int main() { return 0; }" # string offset=33
1077             .byte   0                            909             .byte   0
1078             .ascii  "int test() { return 0; }    910             .ascii  "int test() { return 0; }" # string offset=58
1079             .byte   0                            911             .byte   0
1080             .ascii  "int"                   #    912             .ascii  "int"                   # string offset=83
1081       ......                                     913       ......
1082             .section        .BTF.ext,"",@prog    914             .section        .BTF.ext,"",@progbits
1083             .short  60319                   #    915             .short  60319                   # 0xeb9f
1084             .byte   1                            916             .byte   1
1085             .byte   0                            917             .byte   0
1086             .long   24                           918             .long   24
1087             .long   0                            919             .long   0
1088             .long   28                           920             .long   28
1089             .long   28                           921             .long   28
1090             .long   44                           922             .long   44
1091             .long   8                       #    923             .long   8                       # FuncInfo
1092             .long   1                       #    924             .long   1                       # FuncInfo section string offset=1
1093             .long   2                            925             .long   2
1094             .long   .Lfunc_begin0                926             .long   .Lfunc_begin0
1095             .long   3                            927             .long   3
1096             .long   .Lfunc_begin1                928             .long   .Lfunc_begin1
1097             .long   5                            929             .long   5
1098             .long   16                      #    930             .long   16                      # LineInfo
1099             .long   1                       #    931             .long   1                       # LineInfo section string offset=1
1100             .long   2                            932             .long   2
1101             .long   .Ltmp0                       933             .long   .Ltmp0
1102             .long   7                            934             .long   7
1103             .long   33                           935             .long   33
1104             .long   7182                    #    936             .long   7182                    # Line 7 Col 14
1105             .long   .Ltmp3                       937             .long   .Ltmp3
1106             .long   7                            938             .long   7
1107             .long   58                           939             .long   58
1108             .long   8206                    #    940             .long   8206                    # Line 8 Col 14
1109                                                  941 
1110 7. Testing                                       942 7. Testing
1111 ==========                                    !! 943 **********
1112                                               << 
1113 The kernel BPF selftest `tools/testing/selfte << 
1114 provides an extensive set of BTF-related test << 
1115                                                  944 
1116 .. Links                                      !! 945 Kernel bpf selftest `test_btf.c` provides extensive set of BTF-related tests.
1117 .. _tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bt << 
1118    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kerne << 
                                                      

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