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1 files changed, 58 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 9e66b1880020..c26871263f1f 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -1342,8 +1342,10 @@ union bpf_attr {
/* or valid module BTF object fd or 0 to attach to vmlinux */
__u32 attach_btf_obj_fd;
};
- __u32 :32; /* pad */
+ __u32 core_relo_cnt; /* number of bpf_core_relo */
__aligned_u64 fd_array; /* array of FDs */
+ __aligned_u64 core_relos;
+ __u32 core_relo_rec_size; /* sizeof(struct bpf_core_relo) */
};
struct { /* anonymous struct used by BPF_OBJ_* commands */
@@ -6393,4 +6395,59 @@ enum bpf_core_relo_kind {
BPF_CORE_ENUMVAL_VALUE = 11, /* enum value integer value */
};
+/*
+ * "struct bpf_core_relo" is used to pass relocation data form LLVM to libbpf
+ * and from libbpf to the kernel.
+ *
+ * CO-RE relocation captures the following data:
+ * - insn_off - instruction offset (in bytes) within a BPF program that needs
+ * its insn->imm field to be relocated with actual field info;
+ * - type_id - BTF type ID of the "root" (containing) entity of a relocatable
+ * type or field;
+ * - access_str_off - offset into corresponding .BTF string section. String
+ * interpretation depends on specific relocation kind:
+ * - for field-based relocations, string encodes an accessed field using
+ * a sequence of field and array indices, separated by colon (:). It's
+ * conceptually very close to LLVM's getelementptr ([0]) instruction's
+ * arguments for identifying offset to a field.
+ * - for type-based relocations, strings is expected to be just "0";
+ * - for enum value-based relocations, string contains an index of enum
+ * value within its enum type;
+ * - kind - one of enum bpf_core_relo_kind;
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * struct sample {
+ * int a;
+ * struct {
+ * int b[10];
+ * };
+ * };
+ *
+ * struct sample *s = ...;
+ * int *x = &s->a; // encoded as "0:0" (a is field #0)
+ * int *y = &s->b[5]; // encoded as "0:1:0:5" (anon struct is field #1,
+ * // b is field #0 inside anon struct, accessing elem #5)
+ * int *z = &s[10]->b; // encoded as "10:1" (ptr is used as an array)
+ *
+ * type_id for all relocs in this example will capture BTF type id of
+ * `struct sample`.
+ *
+ * Such relocation is emitted when using __builtin_preserve_access_index()
+ * Clang built-in, passing expression that captures field address, e.g.:
+ *
+ * bpf_probe_read(&dst, sizeof(dst),
+ * __builtin_preserve_access_index(&src->a.b.c));
+ *
+ * In this case Clang will emit field relocation recording necessary data to
+ * be able to find offset of embedded `a.b.c` field within `src` struct.
+ *
+ * [0] https://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#getelementptr-instruction
+ */
+struct bpf_core_relo {
+ __u32 insn_off;
+ __u32 type_id;
+ __u32 access_str_off;
+ enum bpf_core_relo_kind kind;
+};
+
#endif /* _UAPI__LINUX_BPF_H__ */