On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This patch exposes the btf_custom_path feature to bpftool, allowing users
> to specify a custom BTF file when loading BPF programs using prog load or
> prog loadall commands.
>
> The argument 'btf_custom_path' in libbpf is used for those kernes that
> don't have CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF enabled but still want to perform CO-RE
> relocations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst | 7 ++++++-
> tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool | 2 +-
> tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
> index d6304e01afe0..e60a829ab8d0 100644
> --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
> +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-prog.rst
> @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ bpftool prog pin *PROG* *FILE*
> Note: *FILE* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not contain a dot
> character ('.'), which is reserved for future extensions of *bpffs*.
>
> -bpftool prog { load | loadall } *OBJ* *PATH* [type *TYPE*] [map { idx *IDX* | name *NAME* } *MAP*] [{ offload_dev | xdpmeta_dev } *NAME*] [pinmaps *MAP_DIR*] [autoattach]
> +bpftool prog { load | loadall } *OBJ* *PATH* [type *TYPE*] [map { idx *IDX* | name *NAME* } *MAP*] [{ offload_dev | xdpmeta_dev } *NAME*] [pinmaps *MAP_DIR*] [autoattach] [kernel_btf *BTF_DIR*]
> Load bpf program(s) from binary *OBJ* and pin as *PATH*. **bpftool prog
> load** pins only the first program from the *OBJ* as *PATH*. **bpftool prog
> loadall** pins all programs from the *OBJ* under *PATH* directory. **type**
> @@ -153,6 +153,11 @@ bpftool prog { load | loadall } *OBJ* *PATH* [type *TYPE*] [map { idx *IDX* | na
> program does not support autoattach, bpftool falls back to regular pinning
> for that program instead.
>
> + The **kernel_btf** option allows specifying an external BTF file to replace
> + the system's own vmlinux BTF file for CO-RE relocations. NOTE that any
> + other feature (e.g., fentry/fexit programs, struct_ops, etc) will require
> + actual kernel BTF like /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux.
> +
> Note: *PATH* must be located in *bpffs* mount. It must not contain a dot
> character ('.'), which is reserved for future extensions of *bpffs*.
>
> diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
> index 1ce409a6cbd9..609938c287b7 100644
> --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
> +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/bash-completion/bpftool
> @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ _bpftool()
> ;;
> *)
> COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "map" -- "$cur" ) )
> - _bpftool_once_attr 'type pinmaps autoattach'
> + _bpftool_once_attr 'type pinmaps autoattach kernel_btf'
> _bpftool_one_of_list 'offload_dev xdpmeta_dev'
> return 0
> ;;
> diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
> index f010295350be..3b6a361dd0f8 100644
> --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
> +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
> @@ -1681,8 +1681,17 @@ static int load_with_options(int argc, char **argv, bool first_prog_only)
> } else if (is_prefix(*argv, "autoattach")) {
> auto_attach = true;
> NEXT_ARG();
> + } else if (is_prefix(*argv, "kernel_btf")) {
> + NEXT_ARG();
> +
> + if (!REQ_ARGS(1))
> + goto err_free_reuse_maps;
> +
> + open_opts.btf_custom_path = GET_ARG();
> } else {
> - p_err("expected no more arguments, 'type', 'map' or 'dev', got: '%s'?",
> + p_err("expected no more arguments, "
> + "'type', 'map', 'dev', 'offload_dev', 'xdpmeta_dev', 'pinmaps', "
> + "'autoattach', or 'kernel_btf', got: '%s'?",
> *argv);
> goto err_free_reuse_maps;
> }
> @@ -2474,6 +2483,7 @@ static int do_help(int argc, char **argv)
> " [map { idx IDX | name NAME } MAP]\\\n"
> " [pinmaps MAP_DIR]\n"
> " [autoattach]\n"
> + " [kernel_btf BTF_DIR]\n"
Is it a DIR or a FILE/PATH?
> " %1$s %2$s attach PROG ATTACH_TYPE [MAP]\n"
> " %1$s %2$s detach PROG ATTACH_TYPE [MAP]\n"
> " %1$s %2$s run PROG \\\n"
> --
> 2.47.1
>
>
