Ilya Leoshkevich says:
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Some BPF programs compiled on s390 fail to load, because s390
arch-specific linux headers contain float and double types.
Introduce support for such types by representing them using the new
BTF_KIND_FLOAT. This series deals with libbpf, bpftool, in-kernel BTF
parser as well as selftests and documentation.
There are also pahole and LLVM parts:
* https://github.com/iii-i/dwarves/commit/btf-kind-float-v2
* https://reviews.llvm.org/D83289
but they should go in after the libbpf part is integrated.
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v0: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/
20210210030317.78820-1-iii@linux.ibm.com/
v0 -> v1: Per Andrii's suggestion, remove the unnecessary trailing u32.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/
20210216011216.3168-1-iii@linux.ibm.com/
v1 -> v2: John noticed that sanitization corrupts BTF, because new and
old sizes don't match. Per Yonghong's suggestion, use a
modifier type (which has the same size as the float type) as
a replacement.
Per Yonghong's suggestion, add size and alignment checks to
the kernel BTF parser.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/
20210219022543.20893-1-iii@linux.ibm.com/
v2 -> v3: Based on Yonghong's suggestions: Use BTF_KIND_CONST instead of
BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF and make sure that the C code generated from
the sanitized BTF is well-formed; fix size calculation in
tests and use NAME_TBD everywhere; limit allowed sizes to 2,
4, 8, 12 and 16 (this should also fix m68k and nds32le
builds).
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/
20210220034959.27006-1-iii@linux.ibm.com/
v3 -> v4: More fixes for the Yonghong's findings: fix the outdated
comment in bpf_object__sanitize_btf() and add the error
handling there (I've decided to check uint_id and uchar_id
too in order to simplify debugging); add bpftool output
example; use div64_u64_rem() instead of % in order to fix the
linker error.
Also fix the "invalid BTF_INFO" test (new commit, #4).
v4: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/
20210222214917.83629-1-iii@linux.ibm.com/
v4 -> v5: Fixes for the Andrii's findings: Use BTF_KIND_STRUCT instead
of BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF for sanitization; check byte_sz in
libbpf; move btf__add_float; remove relo support; add a dedup
test (new commit, #7).
v5: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/
20210223231459.99664-1-iii@linux.ibm.com/
v5 -> v6: Fixes for further findings by Andrii: split whitespace issue
fix into a separate patch; add 12-byte float to "float test #1,
well-formed".
v6: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/
20210224234535.106970-1-iii@linux.ibm.com/
v6 -> v7: John suggested to add a comment explaining why sanitization
does not preserve the type name, as well as what effect it has
on running the code on the older kernels.
Yonghong has asked to add a comment explaining why we are not
checking the alignment very precisely in the kernel.
John suggested to add a bpf_core_field_size test (commit #9).
Based on Alexei's feedback [1] I'm proceeding with the BTF_KIND_FLOAT
approach.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAADnVQKWPODWZ2RSJ5FJhfYpxkuV0cvSAL1O+FSr9oP1ercoBg@mail.gmail.com/
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Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>