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Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:17:51 +0800
From: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
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Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: fix error when st-prefix_ops and ops from differ btf

When a module registers a struct_ops, the struct_ops type and its
corresponding map_value type ("bpf_struct_ops_") may reside in different
btf objects, here are four possible case:

+--------+---------------+-------------+---------------------------------+
|        |bpf_struct_ops_| xxx_ops     |                                 |
+--------+---------------+-------------+---------------------------------+
| case 0 | btf_vmlinux   | bft_vmlinux | be used and reg only in vmlinux |
+--------+---------------+-------------+---------------------------------+
| case 1 | btf_vmlinux   | mod_btf     | INVALID                         |
+--------+---------------+-------------+---------------------------------+
| case 2 | mod_btf       | btf_vmlinux | reg in mod but be used both in  |
|        |               |             | vmlinux and mod.                |
+--------+---------------+-------------+---------------------------------+
| case 3 | mod_btf       | mod_btf     | be used and reg only in mod     |
+--------+---------------+-------------+---------------------------------+

Currently we figure out the mod_btf by searching with the struct_ops type,
which makes it impossible to figure out the mod_btf when the struct_ops
type is in btf_vmlinux while it's corresponding map_value type is in
mod_btf (case 2).

The fix is to use the corresponding map_value type ("bpf_struct_ops_")
as the lookup anchor instead of the struct_ops type to figure out the
`btf` and `mod_btf` via find_ksym_btf_id(), and then we can locate
the kern_type_id via btf__find_by_name_kind() with the `btf` we just
obtained from find_ksym_btf_id().

With this change the lookup obtains the correct btf and mod_btf for case 2,
preserves correct behavior for other valid cases, and still fails as
expected for the invalid scenario (case 1).

Fixes: 590a00888250 ("bpf: libbpf: Add STRUCT_OPS support")
Signed-off-by: D. Wythe <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 5161c2b39875..a93eed660404 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -1018,35 +1018,34 @@ find_struct_ops_kern_types(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *tname_raw,
 	const struct btf_member *kern_data_member;
 	struct btf *btf = NULL;
 	__s32 kern_vtype_id, kern_type_id;
-	char tname[256];
+	char tname[256], stname[256];
 	__u32 i;
 
 	snprintf(tname, sizeof(tname), "%.*s",
 		 (int)bpf_core_essential_name_len(tname_raw), tname_raw);
 
-	kern_type_id = find_ksym_btf_id(obj, tname, BTF_KIND_STRUCT,
-					&btf, mod_btf);
-	if (kern_type_id < 0) {
-		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s is not found in kernel BTF\n",
-			tname);
-		return kern_type_id;
-	}
-	kern_type = btf__type_by_id(btf, kern_type_id);
+	snprintf(stname, sizeof(stname), "%s%.*s", STRUCT_OPS_VALUE_PREFIX,
+		 (int)strlen(tname), tname);
 
-	/* Find the corresponding "map_value" type that will be used
-	 * in map_update(BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS).  For example,
-	 * find "struct bpf_struct_ops_tcp_congestion_ops" from the
-	 * btf_vmlinux.
+	/* Look for the corresponding "map_value" type that will be used
+	 * in map_update(BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS) first, figure out the btf
+	 * and the mod_btf.
+	 * For example, find "struct bpf_struct_ops_tcp_congestion_ops".
 	 */
-	kern_vtype_id = find_btf_by_prefix_kind(btf, STRUCT_OPS_VALUE_PREFIX,
-						tname, BTF_KIND_STRUCT);
+	kern_vtype_id = find_ksym_btf_id(obj, stname, BTF_KIND_STRUCT, &btf, mod_btf);
 	if (kern_vtype_id < 0) {
-		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s%s is not found in kernel BTF\n",
-			STRUCT_OPS_VALUE_PREFIX, tname);
+		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s is not found in kernel BTF\n", stname);
 		return kern_vtype_id;
 	}
 	kern_vtype = btf__type_by_id(btf, kern_vtype_id);
 
+	kern_type_id = btf__find_by_name_kind(btf, tname, BTF_KIND_STRUCT);
+	if (kern_type_id < 0) {
+		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s is not found in kernel BTF\n", tname);
+		return kern_type_id;
+	}
+	kern_type = btf__type_by_id(btf, kern_type_id);
+
 	/* Find "struct tcp_congestion_ops" from
 	 * struct bpf_struct_ops_tcp_congestion_ops {
 	 *	[ ... ]
@@ -1059,8 +1058,8 @@ find_struct_ops_kern_types(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *tname_raw,
 			break;
 	}
 	if (i == btf_vlen(kern_vtype)) {
-		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s data is not found in struct %s%s\n",
-			tname, STRUCT_OPS_VALUE_PREFIX, tname);
+		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s data is not found in struct %s\n",
+			tname, stname);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-- 
2.45.0

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