linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] libbpf: Fix determine_ptr

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Date:   Mon, 23 May 2022 08:45:24 -0700
From:   Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>
To:     Douglas RAILLARD <douglas.raillard@....com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     beata.michalska@....com, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] libbpf: Fix determine_ptr_size() guessing



On 5/23/22 3:29 AM, Douglas RAILLARD wrote:
> From: Douglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@....com>
> 
> One strategy employed by libbpf to guess the pointer size is by finding
> the size of "unsigned long" type. This is achieved by looking for a type
> of with the expected name and checking its size.
> 
> Unfortunately, the C syntax is friendlier to humans than to computers
> as there is some variety in how such a type can be named. Specifically,
> gcc and clang do not use the same name in debug info.
> 
> Lookup all the names for such a type so that libbpf can hope to find the
> information it wants.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@....com>

Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>