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* [PATCH bpf-next 00/10] BPF static linking
@ 2021-03-10  4:04 Andrii Nakryiko
  2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 01/10] libbpf: expose btf_type_by_id() internally Andrii Nakryiko
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  0 siblings, 10 replies; 18+ messages in thread
From: Andrii Nakryiko @ 2021-03-10  4:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bpf, netdev, ast, daniel; +Cc: andrii, kernel-team

This patch set adds new libbpf APIs and their bpftool integration that allows
to perform static linking of BPF object files. Currently no extern resolution
across object files is performed. This is going to be the focus of the follow
up patches. But, given amount of code and logic necessary to perform just
basic functionality of linking together mostly independent BPF object files,
it was decided to land basic BPF linker code and logic first and extend it
afterwards.

The motivation for BPF static linking is to provide the functionality that is
naturally assumed for user-space development process: ability to structure
application's code without artificial restrictions of having all the code and
data (variables and maps) inside a single source code file.

This enables better engineering practices of splitting code into
well-encapsulated parts. It provides ability to hide internal state from other
parts of the code base through static variables and maps. It is also a first
steps towards having generic reusable BPF libraries.

Please see individual patches (mostly #5 and #6) for more details. Patch #9
passes all test_progs' individual BPF .o files through BPF static linker,
which is supposed to be a no-op operation, so is essentially validating that
BPF static linker doesn't produce corrupted ELF object files. Patch #10 adds
Makefile infra to be able to specify multi-file BPF object files and adds the
first multi-file test to validate correctness.

Andrii Nakryiko (10):
  libbpf: expose btf_type_by_id() internally
  libbpf: add internal helper to get raw BTF strings section
  libbpf: generalize BTF and BTF.ext type ID and strings iteration
  libbpf: add generic BTF type shallow copy API
  libbpf: add BPF static linker APIs
  libbpf: add BPF static linker BTF and BTF.ext support
  bpftool: add `gen bpfo` command to perform BPF static linking
  selftests/bpf: re-generate vmlinux.h and BPF skeletons if bpftool
    changed
  selftests/bpf: pass all BPF .o's through BPF static linker
  selftests/bpf: add multi-file statically linked BPF object file test

 tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c                       |   46 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/Build                           |    2 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.c                           |  454 ++--
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.h                           |    2 +
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c                        |   11 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h                        |   13 +
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map                      |    5 +
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h               |   33 +
 tools/lib/bpf/linker.c                        | 1945 +++++++++++++++++
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/.gitignore        |    1 +
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile          |   21 +-
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/static_linked.c  |   40 +
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked1.c |   30 +
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked2.c |   31 +
 14 files changed, 2444 insertions(+), 190 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/lib/bpf/linker.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/static_linked.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked1.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked2.c

-- 
2.24.1


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2021-03-10  4:04 [PATCH bpf-next 00/10] BPF static linking Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 01/10] libbpf: expose btf_type_by_id() internally Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 02/10] libbpf: add internal helper to get raw BTF strings section Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 03/10] libbpf: generalize BTF and BTF.ext type ID and strings iteration Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 04/10] libbpf: add generic BTF type shallow copy API Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 05/10] libbpf: add BPF static linker APIs Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-11  2:34   ` Alexei Starovoitov
2021-03-11  3:29     ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 06/10] libbpf: add BPF static linker BTF and BTF.ext support Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 07/10] bpftool: add `gen bpfo` command to perform BPF static linking Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-11 11:31   ` Quentin Monnet
2021-03-11 18:45     ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-12 18:07       ` Quentin Monnet
2021-03-13 18:37         ` Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-13 21:27           ` Quentin Monnet
2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 08/10] selftests/bpf: re-generate vmlinux.h and BPF skeletons if bpftool changed Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 09/10] selftests/bpf: pass all BPF .o's through BPF static linker Andrii Nakryiko
2021-03-10  4:04 ` [PATCH bpf-next 10/10] selftests/bpf: add multi-file statically linked BPF object file test Andrii Nakryiko

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