libbpf: Make btf_parse_elf process .BTF.base transparently

Update btf_parse_elf() to check if .BTF.base section is present.
The logic is as follows:

  if .BTF.base section exists:
     distilled_base := btf_new(.BTF.base)
  if distilled_base:
     btf := btf_new(.BTF, .base_btf=distilled_base)
     if base_btf:
        btf_relocate(btf, base_btf)
  else:
     btf := btf_new(.BTF)
  return btf

In other words:
- if .BTF.base section exists, load BTF from it and use it as a base
  for .BTF load;
- if base_btf is specified and .BTF.base section exist, relocate newly
  loaded .BTF against base_btf.

Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240613095014.357981-6-alan.maguire@oracle.com

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
index 8a93120b7385..b68d216837a9 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define BTF_ELF_SEC ".BTF"
 #define BTF_EXT_ELF_SEC ".BTF.ext"
+#define BTF_BASE_ELF_SEC ".BTF.base"
 #define MAPS_ELF_SEC ".maps"
 
 struct btf;