Re: [RFC bpf-next 08/12] libbpf: Add btf__find_by_glob_kind function
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From: Andrii Nakryiko <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-04 19:04:22
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On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 1:39 AM Jiri Olsa [off-list ref] wrote:
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Adding btf__find_by_glob_kind function that returns array of BTF ids that match given kind and allow/deny patterns. int btf__find_by_glob_kind(const struct btf *btf, __u32 kind, const char *allow_pattern, const char *deny_pattern, __u32 **__ids); The __ids array is allocated and needs to be manually freed. The pattern check is done by glob_match function. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> --- tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/lib/bpf/btf.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c index 83fe79ffcb8f..64502b3ef38a 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c@@ -1010,6 +1010,47 @@ __s32 btf__find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf, const char *type_name, return btf_find_by_name_kind(btf, 1, type_name, kind); } +int btf__find_by_glob_kind(const struct btf *btf, __u32 kind, + const char *allow_pattern, const char *deny_pattern, + __u32 **__ids) +{ + __u32 i, nr_types = btf__type_cnt(btf); + int cnt = 0, alloc = 0; + __u32 *ids = NULL; + + for (i = 1; i < nr_types; i++) { + const struct btf_type *t = btf__type_by_id(btf, i); + const char *name; + __u32 *p; + + if (btf_kind(t) != kind) + continue; + name = btf__name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off); + if (!name) + continue; + + if (deny_pattern && glob_match(name, deny_pattern)) + continue; + if (allow_pattern && !glob_match(name, allow_pattern)) + continue; + + if (cnt == alloc) { + alloc = max(16, alloc * 3 / 2); + p = libbpf_reallocarray(ids, alloc, sizeof(__u32)); + if (!p) { + free(ids); + return -ENOMEM; + } + ids = p; + } + ids[cnt] = i; + cnt++; + } + + *__ids = ids; + return cnt; +} + static bool btf_is_modifiable(const struct btf *btf) { return (void *)btf->hdr != btf->raw_data;diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h index b30008c267c0..d7b47bb0ba99 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.h@@ -661,6 +661,9 @@ static inline struct btf_decl_tag *btf_decl_tag(const struct btf_type *t) return (struct btf_decl_tag *)(t + 1); } +int btf__find_by_glob_kind(const struct btf *btf, __u32 kind, + const char *allow_pattern, const char *deny_pattern, + __u32 **__ids);
as AI pointed out, this should be an internal helper, no? Let's also
not use double underscore pattern here,
"collect_btf_ids_by_glob_kind()" perhaps?
Also, you don't seem to be using deny_pattern, where you planning to?
Also, are there functions that we'll have BTF for, but they won't be
attachable? What if I do SEC("fentry.multi/*")? Will it attach or fail
to attach some functions (and thus fail the overall attachment)?
#ifdef __cplusplus } /* extern "C" */ #endif -- 2.52.0