This patch exposes new API btf__get_raw_data() that allows to get a copy of raw BTF data out of struct btf. This is useful for external programs that need to manipulate raw data, e.g., pahole using btf__dedup() to deduplicate BTF type info and then writing it back to file.
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andr...@fb.com> Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubrav...@fb.com> --- tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 6 ++++++ tools/lib/bpf/btf.h | 1 + tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map | 1 + 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c index 24ac64492d8a..8730f6c3be9e 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c @@ -437,6 +437,12 @@ int btf__fd(const struct btf *btf) return btf->fd; } +const void *btf__get_raw_data(const struct btf *btf, __u32 *size) +{ + *size = btf->data_size; + return btf->data; +} + void btf__get_strings(const struct btf *btf, const char **strings, __u32 *str_len) { diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h index 6fbbde95abc0..d6c0a5576fdc 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ LIBBPF_API const struct btf_type *btf__type_by_id(const struct btf *btf, LIBBPF_API __s64 btf__resolve_size(const struct btf *btf, __u32 type_id); LIBBPF_API int btf__resolve_type(const struct btf *btf, __u32 type_id); LIBBPF_API int btf__fd(const struct btf *btf); +LIBBPF_API const void *btf__get_raw_data(const struct btf *btf, __u32 *size); LIBBPF_API void btf__get_strings(const struct btf *btf, const char **strings, __u32 *str_len); LIBBPF_API const char *btf__name_by_offset(const struct btf *btf, __u32 offset); diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map index f5372df143f4..9e10467f8cbb 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map @@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ LIBBPF_0.0.2 { btf__dedup; btf__get_map_kv_tids; btf__get_nr_types; + btf__get_raw_data; btf__get_strings; btf__load; btf_ext__free; -- 2.17.1