Merge branch 'libbpf: Resolve unambigous forward declarations'
Eduard Zingerman says:
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The patch-set is consists of the following parts:
- An update for libbpf's hashmap interface from void* -> void* to a
polymorphic one, allowing to use both long and void* keys and values
w/o additional casts. Interface functions are hidden behind
auxiliary macro that add casts as necessary.
This simplifies many use cases in libbpf as hashmaps there are
mostly integer to integer and required awkward looking incantations
like `(void *)(long)off` previously. Also includes updates for perf
as it copies map implementation from libbpf.
- A change to `lib/bpf/btf.c:btf__dedup` that adds a new pass named
"Resolve unambiguous forward declaration". This pass builds a
hashmap `name_off -> uniquely named struct or union` and uses it to
replace FWD types by structs or unions. This is necessary for corner
cases when FWD is not used as a part of some struct or union
definition de-duplicated by `btf_dedup_struct_types`.
The goal of the patch-set is to resolve forward declarations that
don't take part in type graphs comparisons if declaration name is
unambiguous.
Example:
CU #1:
struct foo; // standalone forward declaration
struct foo *some_global;
CU #2:
struct foo { int x; };
struct foo *another_global;
Currently the de-duplicated BTF for this example looks as follows:
[1] STRUCT 'foo' size=4 vlen=1 ...
[2] INT 'int' size=4 ...
[3] PTR '(anon)' type_id=1
[4] FWD 'foo' fwd_kind=struct
[5] PTR '(anon)' type_id=4
The goal of this patch-set is to simplify it as follows:
[1] STRUCT 'foo' size=4 vlen=1
'x' type_id=2 bits_offset=0
[2] INT 'int' size=4 bits_offset=0 nr_bits=32 encoding=SIGNED
[3] PTR '(anon)' type_id=1
For defconfig kernel with BTF enabled this removes 63 forward
declarations.
For allmodconfig kernel with BTF enabled this removes ~5K out of ~21K
forward declarations in ko objects. This unlocks some additional
de-duplication in ko objects, but impact is tiny: ~13K less BTF ids
out of ~2M.
Changelog:
v3 -> v4
Changes suggested by Andrii:
- hashmap interface rework to allow use of integer and pointer keys
an values w/o casts as suggested in [1].
v2 -> v3
Changes suggested by Andrii:
- perf's util/hashtable.{c,h} are synchronized with libbpf
implementation, perf's source code updated accordingly;
- changes to libbpf, bpf selftests and perf are combined in a single
patch to simplify bisecting;
- hashtable interface updated to be long -> long instead of
uintptr_t -> uintptr_t;
- btf_dedup_resolve_fwds updated to correctly use IS_ERR / PTR_ERR
macro;
- test cases for btf_dedup_resolve_fwds are updated for better
clarity.
v1 -> v2
- Style fixes in btf_dedup_resolve_fwd and btf_dedup_resolve_fwds as
suggested by Alan.
[v1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20221102110905.2433622-1-eddyz87@gmail.com/
[v2] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20221103033430.2611623-1-eddyz87@gmail.com/
[v3] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20221106202910.4193104-1-eddyz87@gmail.com/
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAEf4BzZ8KFneEJxFAaNCCFPGqp20hSpS2aCj76uRk3-qZUH5xg@mail.gmail.com/
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Signed-off-by: 
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
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