[bpf-next,v1,0/8] libbpf, selftests/bpf: Support cross-endian usage

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Tony Ambardar Aug. 21, 2024, 9:09 a.m. UTC

Hello all,

This patch series targets a long-standing BPF usability issue - the lack
of general cross-compilation support - by enabling cross-endian usage of
libbpf and cross-endian build targets for selftests/bpf. Use cases range
from better BPF support for embedded systems based on e.g. big-endian
MIPS, to more build/test options for s390x systems.

Initial development and testing used mips64, since this arch makes
switching the build byte-order trivial and is thus very handy for A/B
testing. However, it lacks some key features (bpf2bpf call, kfuncs, etc)
making for poor selftests/bpf coverage.

Final testing takes the kernel and selftests/bpf cross-built from x86_64
to s390x, and runs the result under QEMU/s390x. That same configuration
could also be used on kernel-patches/bpf CI for regression testing endian
support or perhaps load-sharing s390x builds across x86_64 systems.

This thread includes some background regarding testing on QEMU/s390x and
the generally favourable results (3 failures running test_progs):
    https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/ZsEcsaa3juxxQBUf@kodidev-ubuntu/

Feedback and suggestions are welcome!

Best regards,
Tony


Tony Ambardar (8):
  libbpf: Improve log message formatting
  libbpf: Fix header comment typos for BTF.ext
  libbpf: Fix output .symtab byte-order during linking
  libbpf: Support BTF.ext loading and output in either endianness
  libbpf: Support opening bpf objects of either endianness
  libbpf: Support linking bpf objects of either endianness
  libbpf: Support creating light skeleton of either endianness
  selftests/bpf: Support cross-endian building

 tools/lib/bpf/bpf_gen_internal.h     |   1 +
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.c                  | 167 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.h                  |   2 +
 tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c             |   2 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/btf_relocate.c         |   2 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/gen_loader.c           | 179 +++++++++++++++++++++------
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c               |  26 +++-
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map             |   2 +
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h      |  17 ++-
 tools/lib/bpf/linker.c               | 108 +++++++++++++---
 tools/lib/bpf/relo_core.c            |   2 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/skel_internal.h        |   3 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile |   7 +-
 13 files changed, 438 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)