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Currently libbpf is very strict about parsing BPF program instruction sections. No gaps are allowed between sequential BPF programs within a given ELF section. Libbpf enforced that by keeping track of the next section offset that should start a new BPF (sub)program and cross-checks that by searching for a corresponding STT_FUNC ELF symbol. But this is too restrictive once we allow to have weak BPF programs and link together two or more BPF object files. In such case, some weak BPF programs might be "overridden" by either non-weak BPF program with the same name and signature, or even by another weak BPF program that just happened to be linked first. That, in turn, leaves BPF instructions of the "lost" BPF (sub)program intact, but there is no corresponding ELF symbol, because no one is going to be referencing it. Libbpf already correctly handles such cases in the sense that it won't append such dead code to actual BPF programs loaded into kernel. So the only change that needs to be done is to relax the logic of parsing BPF instruction sections. Instead of assuming next BPF (sub)program section offset, iterate available STT_FUNC ELF symbols to discover all available BPF subprograms and programs. Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210423181348.1801389-6-andrii@kernel.org
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.