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    libbpf: Use Elf64-specific types explicitly for dealing with ELF · ad23b723
    Andrii Nakryiko authored
    Minimize the usage of class-agnostic gelf_xxx() APIs from libelf. These
    APIs require copying ELF data structures into local GElf_xxx structs and
    have a more cumbersome API. BPF ELF file is defined to be always 64-bit
    ELF object, even when intended to be run on 32-bit host architectures,
    so there is no need to do class-agnostic conversions everywhere. BPF
    static linker implementation within libbpf has been using Elf64-specific
    types since initial implementation.
    
    Add two simple helpers, elf_sym_by_idx() and elf_rel_by_idx(), for more
    succinct direct access to ELF symbol and relocation records within ELF
    data itself and switch all the GElf_xxx usage into Elf64_xxx
    equivalents. The only remaining place within libbpf.c that's still using
    gelf API is gelf_getclass(), as there doesn't seem to be a direct way to
    get underlying ELF bitness.
    
    No functional changes intended.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarSong Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20211021014404.2635234-4-andrii@kernel.org
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