[PATCH v15 bpf-next 3/9] libbpf: Use layout to compute an unknown kind size

Alan Maguire <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:44:44 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.dwarves,org.kernel.vger.bpf
Message-ID <[email protected]>
This allows BTF parsing to proceed even if we do not know the
kind.  Fall back to base BTF layout if layout information is
not in split BTF.

Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <[email protected]>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index 9e7991498708..f4e3785179dd 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -379,7 +379,32 @@ static int btf_parse_layout_sec(struct btf *btf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int btf_type_size(const struct btf_type *t)
+/* for unknown kinds, consult kind layout. */
+static int btf_type_size_unknown(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	__u32 layout_kinds = btf->hdr.layout_len / sizeof(struct btf_layout);
+	struct btf_layout *l = btf->layout;
+	__u16 vlen = btf_vlen(t);
+	__u32 kind = btf_kind(t);
+
+	/* Fall back to base BTF if needed as they share layout information */
+	if (!l) {
+		struct btf *base_btf = btf->base_btf;
+
+		if (base_btf) {
+			l = base_btf->layout;
+			layout_kinds = base_btf->hdr.layout_len / sizeof(struct btf_layout);
+		}
+	}
+	if (!l || kind >= layout_kinds) {
+		pr_debug("Unsupported BTF_KIND: %u\n", btf_kind(t));
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return sizeof(struct btf_type) + l[kind].info_sz + vlen * l[kind].elem_sz;
+}
+
+static int btf_type_size(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t)
 {
 	const int base_size = sizeof(struct btf_type);
 	__u16 vlen = btf_vlen(t);
@@ -415,8 +440,7 @@ static int btf_type_size(const struct btf_type *t)
 	case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
 		return base_size + sizeof(struct btf_decl_tag);
 	default:
-		pr_debug("Unsupported BTF_KIND:%u\n", btf_kind(t));
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return btf_type_size_unknown(btf, t);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -514,7 +538,7 @@ static int btf_parse_type_sec(struct btf *btf)
 		if (btf->swapped_endian)
 			btf_bswap_type_base(next_type);
 
-		type_size = btf_type_size(next_type);
+		type_size = btf_type_size(btf, next_type);
 		if (type_size < 0)
 			return type_size;
 		if (next_type + type_size > end_type) {
@@ -2089,7 +2113,7 @@ static int btf_add_type(struct btf_pipe *p, const struct btf_type *src_type)
 	__u32 *str_off;
 	int sz, err;
 
-	sz = btf_type_size(src_type);
+	sz = btf_type_size(p->src, src_type);
 	if (sz < 0)
 		return libbpf_err(sz);
 
@@ -2179,7 +2203,7 @@ int btf__add_btf(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *src_btf)
 		struct btf_field_iter it;
 		__u32 *type_id, *str_off;
 
-		sz = btf_type_size(t);
+		sz = btf_type_size(src_btf, t);
 		if (sz < 0) {
 			/* unlikely, has to be corrupted src_btf */
 			err = sz;
@@ -5546,7 +5570,7 @@ static int btf_dedup_compact_types(struct btf_dedup *d)
 			continue;
 
 		t = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, id);
-		len = btf_type_size(t);
+		len = btf_type_size(d->btf, t);
 		if (len < 0)
 			return len;
 
@@ -6208,7 +6232,7 @@ int btf__permute(struct btf *btf, __u32 *id_map, __u32 id_map_cnt,
 
 		id = order_map[i];
 		t = btf__type_by_id(btf, id);
-		type_size = btf_type_size(t);
+		type_size = btf_type_size(btf, t);
 		memcpy(nt, t, type_size);
 
 		/* fix up referenced IDs for BTF */
@@ -6234,7 +6258,7 @@ int btf__permute(struct btf *btf, __u32 *id_map, __u32 id_map_cnt,
 
 	for (nt = new_types, i = 0; i < id_map_cnt - start_offs; i++) {
 		btf->type_offs[i] = nt - new_types;
-		nt += btf_type_size(nt);
+		nt += btf_type_size(btf, nt);
 	}
 
 	free(order_map);
-- 
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