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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst index 4d565d202ce3..b5361b8621c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst +++ b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst @@ -691,6 +691,42 @@ kernel API, the ``insn_off`` is the instruction offset in the unit of ``struct bpf_insn``. For ELF API, the ``insn_off`` is the byte offset from the beginning of section (``btf_ext_info_sec->sec_name_off``). +4.2 .BTF_ids section +==================== + +The .BTF_ids section encodes BTF ID values that are used within the kernel. + +This section is created during the kernel compilation with the help of +macros defined in ``include/linux/btf_ids.h`` header file. Kernel code can +use them to create lists and sets (sorted lists) of BTF ID values. + +The ``BTF_ID_LIST`` and ``BTF_ID`` macros define unsorted list of BTF ID values, +with following syntax:: + + BTF_ID_LIST(list) + BTF_ID(type1, name1) + BTF_ID(type2, name2) + +resulting in following layout in .BTF_ids section:: + + __BTF_ID__type1__name1__1: + .zero 4 + __BTF_ID__type2__name2__2: + .zero 4 + +The ``u32 list[];`` variable is defined to access the list. + +The ``BTF_ID_UNUSED`` macro defines 4 zero bytes. It's used when we +want to define unused entry in BTF_ID_LIST, like:: + + BTF_ID_LIST(bpf_skb_output_btf_ids) + BTF_ID(struct, sk_buff) + BTF_ID_UNUSED + BTF_ID(struct, task_struct) + +All the BTF ID lists and sets are compiled in the .BTF_ids section and +resolved during the linking phase of kernel build by ``resolve_btfids`` tool. + 5. Using BTF ************ |