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authorAndrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>2020-01-09 19:42:46 -0800
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>2020-01-09 21:17:01 -0800
commit492ab0205f500ebd20b4f0c9e95a1ba007b0c542 (patch)
tree46cf10d9d9f327bc4d67268d1b91934a9303e0b5 /tools/lib
parentf5bfcd953d811dbb8913de36b96b38da6bb62135 (diff)
libbpf: Make bpf_map order and indices stable
Currently, libbpf re-sorts bpf_map structs after all the maps are added and initialized, which might change their relative order and invalidate any bpf_map pointer or index taken before that. This is inconvenient and error-prone. For instance, it can cause .kconfig map index to point to a wrong map. Furthermore, libbpf itself doesn't rely on any specific ordering of bpf_maps, so it's just an unnecessary complication right now. This patch drops sorting of maps and makes their relative positions fixed. If efficient index is ever needed, it's better to have a separate array of pointers as a search index, instead of reordering bpf_map struct in-place. This will be less error-prone and will allow multiple independent orderings, if necessary (e.g., either by section index or by name). Fixes: 166750bc1dd2 ("libbpf: Support libbpf-provided extern variables") Reported-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200110034247.1220142-1-andriin@fb.com
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/lib')
-rw-r--r--tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c14
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 35a4422ef655..ee2620b2aa55 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -1123,16 +1123,6 @@ bpf_object__init_kversion(struct bpf_object *obj, void *data, size_t size)
return 0;
}
-static int compare_bpf_map(const void *_a, const void *_b)
-{
- const struct bpf_map *a = _a;
- const struct bpf_map *b = _b;
-
- if (a->sec_idx != b->sec_idx)
- return a->sec_idx - b->sec_idx;
- return a->sec_offset - b->sec_offset;
-}
-
static bool bpf_map_type__is_map_in_map(enum bpf_map_type type)
{
if (type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY_OF_MAPS ||
@@ -2196,10 +2186,6 @@ static int bpf_object__init_maps(struct bpf_object *obj,
if (err)
return err;
- if (obj->nr_maps) {
- qsort(obj->maps, obj->nr_maps, sizeof(obj->maps[0]),
- compare_bpf_map);
- }
return 0;
}