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In libbpf, when determining whether we need to load vmlinux btf, we're
currently (among other things) checking whether there is any struct_ops
program present in the object. This works for most realistic struct_ops
maps, as a struct_ops map is of course typically composed of one or more
struct_ops programs. However, that technically need not be the case. A
struct_ops interface could be defined which allows a map to be specified
which one or more non-prog fields, and which provides default behavior
if no struct_ops progs is actually provided otherwise. For sched_ext,
for example, you technically only need to specify the name of the
scheduler in the struct_ops map, with the core scheduler logic providing
default behavior if no prog is actually specified.
If we were to define and try to load such a struct_ops map, we would
crash in libbpf when initializing it as obj->btf_vmlinux will be NULL:
Reading symbols from minimal...
(gdb) r
Starting program: minimal_example
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x000055555558308c in btf__type_cnt (btf=0x0) at btf.c:612
612 return btf->start_id + btf->nr_types;
(gdb) bt
type_name=0x5555555d99e3 "sched_ext_ops", kind=4) at btf.c:914
kind=4) at btf.c:942
type=0x7fffffffe558, type_id=0x7fffffffe548, ...
data_member=0x7fffffffe568) at libbpf.c:948
kern_btf=0x0) at libbpf.c:1017
at libbpf.c:8059
So as to account for such bare-bones struct_ops maps, let's update
obj_needs_vmlinux_btf() to also iterate over an obj's maps and check
whether any of them are struct_ops maps.
Signed-off-by: David Vernet <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Alan Maguire <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/[email protected]
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