From: Jay Wang <wanjay@amazon.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 9/9] kbuild, bpf: allow building the vmlinux BTF as a module
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 23:53:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261001235332.8074-1-wanjay@amazon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6e565a3c5689de1d5ba05904e3d7f477373bca8e10be75fea4b6adc048ab6ac4@mail.kernel.org>
All three are addressed in v4:
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20261001225214.12351-1-wanjay@amazon.com/
- The ftrace argument printer is a real problem: it can run from
ftrace_dump() with interrupts disabled. print_function_args() now
only prints the arguments if the vmlinux BTF is already loaded
(bpf_peek_btf_vmlinux(), patch 5/12), like bpf_snprintf_btf(); in v4
the lookup it uses would not load the BTF anyway. Tested with
func-args on and sysrq-z as the first thing touching BTF after boot,
on a kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP.
- The opening of the changelog now names the exceptions: BPF_PRELOAD,
users of kernel types that run before btf_vmlinux.ko can be loaded,
and code that assumes the vmlinux BTF has id 1.
- btf.rst now lists the requests that load the BTF, including struct_ops
maps, kprobe events with BTF arguments, tracepoint btf_ids files and
bpffs delegate_* options.
PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS and FUNCTION_TRACE_ARGS do stay enabled with =m,
which is intended: creating a probe with BTF arguments loads the BTF, in
process context, and the argument printer uses it once it is there.
Jay
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-01 23:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-25 22:42 [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/9] bpf: make the vmlinux BTF an on-demand loadable module (CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF=m) to save ~5.4 MB memory Jay Wang
2026-09-25 22:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/9] bpf: pass the vmlinux BTF to btf_parse_module() and let it adopt the data Jay Wang
2026-09-25 22:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/9] bpf: split the kfunc, dtor kfunc and struct_ops registration bodies Jay Wang
2026-09-25 22:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 3/9] bpf: fetch the vmlinux BTF where kernel types enter a program Jay Wang
2026-09-25 22:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 4/9] bpf: take the vmlinux BTF from the btf_vmlinux module Jay Wang
2026-09-25 23:23 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 23:51 ` Jay Wang
2026-09-26 8:29 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-10-01 23:51 ` Jay Wang
2026-09-25 22:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 5/9] bpf: defer vmlinux kfunc and struct_ops registrations Jay Wang
2026-09-25 23:34 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 23:52 ` Jay Wang
2026-09-25 22:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 6/9] bpf: keep module BTF until the vmlinux BTF is available Jay Wang
2026-09-25 22:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 7/9] bpf: expose deferred .BTF.base module BTF in sysfs from module load Jay Wang
2026-09-25 23:23 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 23:52 ` Jay Wang
2026-09-25 22:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 8/9] bpf, trace, net: prepare CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF checks for a tristate Jay Wang
2026-09-25 23:23 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 23:53 ` Jay Wang
2026-09-25 22:42 ` [PATCH bpf-next v3 9/9] kbuild, bpf: allow building the vmlinux BTF as a module Jay Wang
2026-09-25 23:34 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-10-01 23:53 ` Jay Wang [this message]
2026-09-28 10:00 ` Alan Maguire
[not found] ` <DM6PR18MB2666F6B235D5B356AA157A7DA98D2@DM6PR18MB2666.namprd18.prod.outlook.com>
2026-09-29 18:25 ` Alan Maguire
2026-10-01 23:53 ` Jay Wang
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