kernel/linux.git/tools/bpf, branch v7.0-rc7

resolve_btfids: Fix linker flags detection

2026-03-07T16:51:51+00:00

The "|| echo -lzstd" default makes zstd an unconditional link dependency of resolve_btfids. On systems where libzstd-dev is not installed and pkg-config fails, the linker fails: ld: cannot find -lzstd: No such file or directory libzstd is a transitive dependency of libelf, so the -lzstd flag is strictly necessary only for static builds [1]. Remove ZSTD_LIBS variable, and instead set LIBELF_LIBS depending on whether the build is static or not. Use $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) as primary source of the flags list. Also add a default value for HOSTPKG_CONFIG in case it's not built via the toplevel Makefile. Pass it from selftests/bpf too. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/4ff82800-2daa-4b9f-95a9-6f512859ee70@linux.dev/ Reported-by: BPF CI Bot (Claude Opus 4.6) Reported-by: Vitaly Chikunov Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/aaWqMcK-2AQw5dx8@altlinux.org/ Fixes: 4021848a903e ("selftests/bpf: Pass through build flags to bpftool and resolve_btfids") Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai Reviewed-by: Paul Chaignon Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260305014730.3123382-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

resolve_btfids: Fix memory leaks reported by ASAN

2026-02-24T16:19:49+00:00

Running resolve_btfids with ASAN reveals memory leaks in btf_id handling. - Change get_id() to use a local buffer - Make btf_id__add() strdup the name internally - Add btf_id__free_all() that frees all nodese of a tree - Call the cleanup function on exit for every tree Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260223190736.649171-8-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

selftests/bpf: Pass through build flags to bpftool and resolve_btfids

2026-02-24T16:19:49+00:00

EXTRA_* and SAN_* build flags were not correctly propagated to bpftool and resolve_btids when building selftests/bpf. This led to various build errors on attempt to build with SAN_CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address", for example. Fix the makefiles to address this: - Pass SAN_CFLAGS/SAN_LDFLAGS to bpftool and resolve_btfids build - Propagate EXTRA_LDFLAGS to resolve_btfids link command - Use pkg-config to detect zlib and zstd for resolve_btfids, similar libelf handling Also check for ASAN flag in selftests/bpf/Makefile for convenience. Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260223190736.649171-7-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

bpftool: Fix truncated netlink dumps

2026-02-18T00:54:03+00:00

Netlink requires that the recv buffer used during dumps is at least min(PAGE_SIZE, 8k) (see the man page). Otherwise the messages will get truncated. Make sure bpftool follows this requirement, avoid missing information on systems with large pages. Acked-by: Quentin Monnet Fixes: 7084566a236f ("tools/bpftool: Remove libbpf_internal.h usage in bpftool") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260217194150.734701-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

resolve_btfids: Refactor the sort_btf_by_name function

2026-02-04T18:17:19+00:00

Preserve original relative order of anonymous or same-named types to improve the consistency. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260202120114.3707141-1-dolinux.peng@gmail.com

bpftool: Fix dependencies for static build

2026-01-28T21:26:41+00:00

When building selftests/bpf with EXTRA_LDFLAGS=-static the follwoing error happens: LINK /ws/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/build/bpftool/bootstrap/bpftool /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/15/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.a(libcrypto-lib-dso_dlfcn.o): in function `dlfcn_globallookup': [...] /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/15/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.a(libcrypto-lib-c_zlib.o): in function `zlib_oneshot_expand_block': (.text+0xc64): undefined reference to `uncompress' /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/15/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.a(libcrypto-lib-c_zlib.o): in function `zlib_oneshot_compress_block': (.text+0xce4): undefined reference to `compress' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [Makefile:252: /ws/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/build/bpftool/bootstrap/bpftool] Error 1 make: *** [Makefile:327: /ws/linux/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/sbin/bpftool] Error 2 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... This is caused by wrong order of dependencies in the Makefile. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260128211255.376933-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev

bpftool: add fsession support

2026-01-25T02:49:36+00:00

Add BPF_TRACE_FSESSION to bpftool. Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260124062008.8657-10-dongml2@chinatelecom.cn Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

resolve_btfids: Support for KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS

2026-01-21T00:15:57+00:00

Implement BTF modifications in resolve_btfids to support BPF kernel functions with implicit arguments. For a kfunc marked with KF_IMPLICIT_ARGS flag, a new function prototype is added to BTF that does not have implicit arguments. The kfunc's prototype is then updated to a new one in BTF. This prototype is the intended interface for the BPF programs. A _impl function is added to BTF to make the original kfunc prototype searchable for the BPF verifier. If a _impl function already exists in BTF, its interpreted as a legacy case, and this step is skipped. Whether an argument is implicit is determined by its type: currently only `struct bpf_prog_aux *` is supported. As a result, the BTF associated with kfunc is changed from __bpf_kfunc bpf_foo(int arg1, struct bpf_prog_aux *aux); into bpf_foo_impl(int arg1, struct bpf_prog_aux *aux); __bpf_kfunc bpf_foo(int arg1); For more context see previous discussions and patches [1][2]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/dwarves/ba1650aa-fafd-49a8-bea4-bdddee7c38c9@linux.dev/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251029190113.3323406-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/ Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120222638.3976562-6-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

resolve_btfids: Introduce finalize_btf() step

2026-01-21T00:15:56+00:00

Since recently [1][2] resolve_btfids executes final adjustments to the kernel/module BTF before it's embedded into the target binary. To keep the implementation simple, a clear and stable "pipeline" of how BTF data flows through resolve_btfids would be helpful. Some BTF modifications may change the ids of the types, so it is important to maintain correct order of operations with respect to .BTF_ids resolution too. This patch refactors the BTF handling to establish the following sequence: - load target ELF sections - load .BTF_ids symbols - this will be a dependency of btf2btf transformations in subsequent patches - load BTF and its base as is - (*) btf2btf transformations will happen here - finalize_btf(), introduced in this patch - does distill base and sort BTF - resolve and patch .BTF_ids This approach helps to avoid fixups in .BTF_ids data in case the ids change at any point of BTF processing, because symbol resolution happens on the finalized, ready to dump, BTF data. This also gives flexibility in BTF transformations, because they will happen on BTF that is not distilled and/or sorted yet, allowing to freely add, remove and modify BTF types. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20251219181321.1283664-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260109130003.3313716-1-dolinux.peng@gmail.com/ Acked-by: Eduard Zingerman Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120222638.3976562-5-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov

bpftool: Add 'prepend' option for tcx attach to insert at chain start

2026-01-16T22:51:23+00:00

Add support for the 'prepend' option when attaching tcx_ingress and tcx_egress programs. This option allows inserting a BPF program at the beginning of the TCX chain instead of appending it at the end. The implementation uses BPF_F_BEFORE flag which automatically inserts the program at the beginning of the chain when no relative reference is specified. This change includes: - Modify do_attach_tcx() to support prepend insertion using BPF_F_BEFORE - Update documentation to describe the new 'prepend' option - Add bash completion support for the 'prepend' option on tcx attach types - Add example usage in the documentation - Add validation to reject 'overwrite' for non-XDP attach types The 'prepend' option is only valid for tcx_ingress and tcx_egress attach types. For XDP attach types, the existing 'overwrite' option remains available. Example usage: # bpftool net attach tcx_ingress name tc_prog dev lo prepend This feature is useful when the order of program execution in the TCX chain matters and users need to ensure certain programs run first. Co-developed-by: Siwan Kim Signed-off-by: Siwan Kim Signed-off-by: Gyutae Bae Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260112034516.22723-1-gyutae.opensource@navercorp.com