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* [PATCH bpf-next v4 0/3] Normalize enum values in libbpf and bpftool
@ 2026-11-07  2:07 Hungyu Lin
  2026-11-07  2:07 ` [PATCH bpf-next v4 1/3] libbpf: Normalize enum values according to signedness Hungyu Lin
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From: Hungyu Lin @ 2026-11-07  2:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ast, bpf
  Cc: andrii, qmo, daniel, yonghong.song, eddyz87, ihor.solodrai,
	shuah, linux-kselftest, linux-kernel, Hungyu Lin

This series fixes enum signedness in libbpf and bpftool data dumps
using the shared btf_enum_value() helper suggested by Alexei. It also
uses the helper for enum-backed map fields, where sign extension can
change the requested map_extra value.

Ordinary enums are interpreted according to kflag. When kflag is
clear, values are treated as unsigned, including BTF from producers
that did not record signedness.

The helper returns __u64, consistent with btf_enum64_value(). bpftool
casts to __s64 at signed numeric output. CO-RE relocation handling is
left for a separate change.

Changes in v4:
- Return __u64 from btf_enum_value(), as requested by Andrii.
- Rely on kflag for name matching; remove legacy comparisons and
  bpftool's cached match and priority logic, as requested by Andrii.
- Remove the legacy and ambiguous narrow-alias test cases. Keep signed
  controls, unsigned names, numeric output and width-boundary coverage.
- Add an open-only skeleton test for the map_extra parser.
- Drop four libbpf numeric-fallback cases that do not exercise this change.
- Rebase onto bpf-next commit 3e1821848412.

Tested on arm64 (Linux 6.12.68, GCC 13.3, Clang 18.1). libbpf and
bpftool build with -Werror. Without patches 1 and 2, 9 of the 18 new
subtests in btf_dump, bpftool_map_dump and map_extra fail. With the
series, all 18 pass; the 23 existing subtests pass in both cases.

v3: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20261101103221.51534-1-dennylin0707@gmail.com/

Thanks,
Hungyu

Hungyu Lin (3):
  libbpf: Normalize enum values according to signedness
  bpftool: Preserve unsigned enum values in data dumps
  selftests/bpf: Cover enum signedness in data dumps and map fields

 tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c                |  23 ++-
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.h                           |   6 +
 tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c                      |   2 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c                        |   2 +-
 .../bpf/prog_tests/bpftool_map_dump.c         | 162 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_dump.c       |  77 +++++++++
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/map_extra.c      |  19 ++
 .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_map_extra.c      |  12 ++
 8 files changed, 293 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/map_extra.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_map_extra.c


base-commit: 3e18218484126afb9da722080659c038cb2256ab
-- 
2.43.0


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