From: Donglin Peng <dolinux.peng@gmail.com>
To: ast@kernel.org, andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com, eddyz87@gmail.com
Cc: zhangxiaoqin@xiaomi.com, ihor.solodrai@linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
Donglin Peng <pengdonglin@xiaomi.com>,
Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v12 07/11] btf: Verify BTF sorting
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 20:59:59 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260109130003.3313716-8-dolinux.peng@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260109130003.3313716-1-dolinux.peng@gmail.com>
From: Donglin Peng <pengdonglin@xiaomi.com>
This patch checks whether the BTF is sorted by name in ascending order.
If sorted, binary search will be used when looking up types.
Specifically, vmlinux and kernel module BTFs are always sorted during
the build phase with anonymous types placed before named types, so we
only need to identify the starting ID of named types.
Cc: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>
Cc: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Cc: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
Cc: Xiaoqin Zhang <zhangxiaoqin@xiaomi.com>
Signed-off-by: Donglin Peng <pengdonglin@xiaomi.com>
---
kernel/bpf/btf.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index d1f4b984100d..12eecf59d71f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -550,6 +550,46 @@ u32 btf_nr_types(const struct btf *btf)
return total;
}
+/* Note that vmlinux and kernel module BTFs are always sorted
+ * during the building phase.
+ */
+static void btf_check_sorted(struct btf *btf)
+{
+ u32 i, n, named_start_id = 0;
+
+ n = btf_nr_types(btf);
+ if (btf_is_vmlinux(btf)) {
+ for (i = btf_start_id(btf); i < n; i++) {
+ const struct btf_type *t = btf_type_by_id(btf, i);
+ const char *n = btf_name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off);
+
+ if (n[0] != '\0') {
+ btf->named_start_id = i;
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+ return;
+ }
+
+ for (i = btf_start_id(btf) + 1; i < n; i++) {
+ const struct btf_type *ta = btf_type_by_id(btf, i - 1);
+ const struct btf_type *tb = btf_type_by_id(btf, i);
+ const char *na = btf_name_by_offset(btf, ta->name_off);
+ const char *nb = btf_name_by_offset(btf, tb->name_off);
+
+ if (strcmp(na, nb) > 0)
+ return;
+
+ if (named_start_id == 0 && na[0] != '\0')
+ named_start_id = i - 1;
+ if (named_start_id == 0 && nb[0] != '\0')
+ named_start_id = i;
+ }
+
+ if (named_start_id)
+ btf->named_start_id = named_start_id;
+}
+
/* btf_named_start_id - Get the named starting ID for the BTF
* @btf: Pointer to the target BTF object
* @own: Flag indicating whether to query only the current BTF (true = current BTF only,
@@ -6302,6 +6342,7 @@ static struct btf *btf_parse_base(struct btf_verifier_env *env, const char *name
if (err)
goto errout;
+ btf_check_sorted(btf);
refcount_set(&btf->refcnt, 1);
return btf;
@@ -6436,6 +6477,7 @@ static struct btf *btf_parse_module(const char *module_name, const void *data,
}
btf_verifier_env_free(env);
+ btf_check_sorted(btf);
refcount_set(&btf->refcnt, 1);
return btf;
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-09 13:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-09 12:59 [PATCH bpf-next v12 00/11] Improve the performance of BTF type lookups with binary search Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 12:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 01/11] libbpf: Add BTF permutation support for type reordering Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 12:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 02/11] selftests/bpf: Add test cases for btf__permute functionality Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 12:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 03/11] tools/resolve_btfids: Support BTF sorting feature Donglin Peng
2026-01-14 0:29 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-14 1:44 ` Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 12:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 04/11] libbpf: Optimize type lookup with binary search for sorted BTF Donglin Peng
2026-01-14 0:29 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-14 1:49 ` Donglin Peng
2026-01-14 2:21 ` Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 12:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 05/11] libbpf: Verify BTF sorting Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 12:59 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 06/11] btf: Optimize type lookup with binary search Donglin Peng
2026-01-14 0:29 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-14 1:49 ` Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 12:59 ` Donglin Peng [this message]
2026-01-14 0:29 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 07/11] btf: Verify BTF sorting Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-14 2:17 ` Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 13:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 08/11] bpf: Skip anonymous types in type lookup for performance Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 13:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 09/11] bpf: Optimize the performance of find_bpffs_btf_enums Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 13:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 10/11] libbpf: Optimize the performance of determine_ptr_size Donglin Peng
2026-01-14 0:29 ` Andrii Nakryiko
2026-01-14 2:00 ` Donglin Peng
2026-01-09 13:00 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 11/11] btf: Refactor the code by calling str_is_empty Donglin Peng
2026-01-14 0:30 ` [PATCH bpf-next v12 00/11] Improve the performance of BTF type lookups with binary search patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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