Re: [PATCH v4 bpf-next 5/5] tools/bpftool: add support for in-kernel and named BTF in `btf show`

From: Song Liu
Date: Wed Nov 11 2020 - 02:45:19 EST




> On Nov 10, 2020, at 8:19 PM, Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 5:15 PM Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 9, 2020, at 5:19 PM, Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Tested-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
>>
>> With one nit:
>>
>>> ---
>>> tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
>>> index c96b56e8e3a4..ed5e97157241 100644
>>> --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
>>> +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf.c
>>> @@ -742,9 +742,14 @@ show_btf_plain(struct bpf_btf_info *info, int fd,
>>> struct btf_attach_table *btf_map_table)
>>> {
>>> struct btf_attach_point *obj;
>>> + const char *name = u64_to_ptr(info->name);
>>> int n;
>>>
>>> printf("%u: ", info->id);
>>> + if (info->kernel_btf)
>>> + printf("name [%s] ", name);
>>> + else if (name && name[0])
>>> + printf("name %s ", name);
>>
>> Maybe explicitly say "name <anonymous>" for btf without a name? I think
>> it will benefit plain output.
>
> This patch set is already landed. But I can do a follow-up patch to add this.

I realized this was applied soon after sending this. Yeah, a follow-up
patch would be great.

Thanks,
Song