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author | Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> | 2022-06-07 09:27:24 +0300 |
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committer | Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> | 2022-06-07 20:20:44 +0300 |
commit | 61dbd5982964074ffa01a1a6af13b8137a2f6ca7 (patch) | |
tree | 5057ab32761f617e8ebb62d2f315c765daef8b41 /Documentation/bpf | |
parent | f4db3dd5284d9e0be2abc2f6e1dbdfe93da5681c (diff) | |
download | linux-61dbd5982964074ffa01a1a6af13b8137a2f6ca7.tar.xz |
docs/bpf: Update documentation for BTF_KIND_ENUM64 support
Add BTF_KIND_ENUM64 documentation in btf.rst.
Also fixed a typo for section number for BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG
from 2.2.17 to 2.2.18, and fixed a type size issue for
BTF_KIND_ENUM.
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220607062724.3728215-1-yhs@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/bpf')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/bpf/btf.rst | 43 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst index 7940da9bc6c1..f49aeef62d0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ sequentially and type id is assigned to each recognized type starting from id #define BTF_KIND_ARRAY 3 /* Array */ #define BTF_KIND_STRUCT 4 /* Struct */ #define BTF_KIND_UNION 5 /* Union */ - #define BTF_KIND_ENUM 6 /* Enumeration */ + #define BTF_KIND_ENUM 6 /* Enumeration up to 32-bit values */ #define BTF_KIND_FWD 7 /* Forward */ #define BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF 8 /* Typedef */ #define BTF_KIND_VOLATILE 9 /* Volatile */ @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ sequentially and type id is assigned to each recognized type starting from id #define BTF_KIND_FLOAT 16 /* Floating point */ #define BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG 17 /* Decl Tag */ #define BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG 18 /* Type Tag */ + #define BTF_KIND_ENUM64 19 /* Enumeration up to 64-bit values */ Note that the type section encodes debug info, not just pure types. ``BTF_KIND_FUNC`` is not a type, and it represents a defined subprogram. @@ -101,10 +102,10 @@ Each type contains the following common data:: * bits 24-28: kind (e.g. int, ptr, array...etc) * bits 29-30: unused * bit 31: kind_flag, currently used by - * struct, union and fwd + * struct, union, fwd, enum and enum64. */ __u32 info; - /* "size" is used by INT, ENUM, STRUCT and UNION. + /* "size" is used by INT, ENUM, STRUCT, UNION and ENUM64. * "size" tells the size of the type it is describing. * * "type" is used by PTR, TYPEDEF, VOLATILE, CONST, RESTRICT, @@ -281,10 +282,10 @@ modes exist: ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: * ``name_off``: 0 or offset to a valid C identifier - * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 for unsigned, 1 for signed * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_ENUM * ``info.vlen``: number of enum values - * ``size``: 4 + * ``size``: 1/2/4/8 ``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_enum``.:: @@ -297,6 +298,10 @@ The ``btf_enum`` encoding: * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier * ``val``: any value +If the original enum value is signed and the size is less than 4, +that value will be sign extended into 4 bytes. If the size is 8, +the value will be truncated into 4 bytes. + 2.2.7 BTF_KIND_FWD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -493,7 +498,7 @@ the attribute is applied to a ``struct``/``union`` member or a ``func`` argument, and ``btf_decl_tag.component_idx`` should be a valid index (starting from 0) pointing to a member or an argument. -2.2.17 BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG +2.2.18 BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: @@ -516,6 +521,32 @@ type_tag, then zero or more const/volatile/restrict/typedef and finally the base type. The base type is one of int, ptr, array, struct, union, enum, func_proto and float types. +2.2.19 BTF_KIND_ENUM64 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement: + * ``name_off``: 0 or offset to a valid C identifier + * ``info.kind_flag``: 0 for unsigned, 1 for signed + * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_ENUM64 + * ``info.vlen``: number of enum values + * ``size``: 1/2/4/8 + +``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_enum64``.:: + + struct btf_enum64 { + __u32 name_off; + __u32 val_lo32; + __u32 val_hi32; + }; + +The ``btf_enum64`` encoding: + * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier + * ``val_lo32``: lower 32-bit value for a 64-bit value + * ``val_hi32``: high 32-bit value for a 64-bit value + +If the original enum value is signed and the size is less than 8, +that value will be sign extended into 8 bytes. + 3. BTF Kernel API ================= |