3 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index 86a1847e4a9f..88efa2bb7137 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -316,6 +316,28 @@ __s32 btf__find_by_name(const struct btf *btf, const char *type_name)
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
+__s32 btf__find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf, const char *type_name,
+			     __u32 kind)
+{
+	__u32 i;
+
+	if (kind == BTF_KIND_UNKN || !strcmp(type_name, "void"))
+		return 0;
+
+	for (i = 1; i <= btf->nr_types; i++) {
+		const struct btf_type *t = btf->types[i];
+		const char *name;
+
+		if (btf_kind(t) != kind)
+			continue;
+		name = btf__name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off);
+		if (name && !strcmp(type_name, name))
+			return i;
+	}
+
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
 void btf__free(struct btf *btf)
 {
 	if (!btf)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
index b18994116a44..d9ac73a02cde 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ LIBBPF_API int btf__finalize_data(struct bpf_object *obj, struct btf *btf);
 LIBBPF_API int btf__load(struct btf *btf);
 LIBBPF_API __s32 btf__find_by_name(const struct btf *btf,
 				   const char *type_name);
+LIBBPF_API __s32 btf__find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf,
+					const char *type_name, __u32 kind);
 LIBBPF_API __u32 btf__get_nr_types(const struct btf *btf);
 LIBBPF_API const struct btf_type *btf__type_by_id(const struct btf *btf,
 						  __u32 id);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
index 9f39ee06b2d4..420e69bfe699 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map
@@ -204,4 +204,5 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.6 {
 		bpf_program__is_tracing;
 		bpf_program__set_tracing;
 		bpf_program__size;
+		btf__find_by_name_kind;
 } LIBBPF_0.0.5;