linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.16 0976/1017] libbpf: Define BTF_KIND_* constants in btf.h to avoid compilation errors

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Date:   Tue,  5 Apr 2022 09:31:29 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.16 0976/1017] libbpf: Define BTF_KIND_* constants in btf.h to avoid compilation errors

From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>

commit eaa266d83a3730a15de2ceebcc89e8f6290e8cf6 upstream.

The btf.h header included with libbpf contains inline helper functions to
check for various BTF kinds. These helpers directly reference the
BTF_KIND_* constants defined in the kernel header, and because the header
file is included in user applications, this happens in the user application
compile units.

This presents a problem if a user application is compiled on a system with
older kernel headers because the constants are not available. To avoid
this, add #defines of the constants directly in btf.h before using them.

Since the kernel header moved to an enum for BTF_KIND_*, the #defines can
shadow the enum values without any errors, so we only need #ifndef guards
for the constants that predates the conversion to enum. We group these so
there's only one guard for groups of values that were added together.

  [0] Closes: https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/issues/436

Fixes: 223f903e9c83 ("bpf: Rename BTF_KIND_TAG to BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG")
Fixes: 5b84bd10363e ("libbpf: Add support for BTF_KIND_TAG")
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220118141327.34231-1-toke@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.h |   22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
@@ -313,8 +313,28 @@ btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump
 			 const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts);
 
 /*
- * A set of helpers for easier BTF types handling
+ * A set of helpers for easier BTF types handling.
+ *
+ * The inline functions below rely on constants from the kernel headers which
+ * may not be available for applications including this header file. To avoid
+ * compilation errors, we define all the constants here that were added after
+ * the initial introduction of the BTF_KIND* constants.
  */
+#ifndef BTF_KIND_FUNC
+#define BTF_KIND_FUNC		12	/* Function	*/
+#define BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO	13	/* Function Proto	*/
+#endif
+#ifndef BTF_KIND_VAR
+#define BTF_KIND_VAR		14	/* Variable	*/
+#define BTF_KIND_DATASEC	15	/* Section	*/
+#endif
+#ifndef BTF_KIND_FLOAT
+#define BTF_KIND_FLOAT		16	/* Floating point	*/
+#endif
+/* The kernel header switched to enums, so these two were never #defined */
+#define BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG	17	/* Decl Tag */
+#define BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG	18	/* Type Tag */
+
 static inline __u16 btf_kind(const struct btf_type *t)
 {
 	return BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info);