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Add a BTF dumper for typed data, so that the user can dump a typed
version of the data provided.

The API is

int btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
                             void *data, size_t data_sz,
                             const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts);

...where the id is the BTF id of the data pointed to by the "void *"
argument; for example the BTF id of "struct sk_buff" for a
"struct skb *" data pointer.  Options supported are

 - a starting indent level (indent_lvl)
 - a user-specified indent string which will be printed once per
   indent level; if NULL, tab is chosen but any string <= 32 chars
   can be provided.
 - a set of boolean options to control dump display, similar to those
   used for BPF helper bpf_snprintf_btf().  Options are
        - compact : omit newlines and other indentation
        - skip_names: omit member names
        - emit_zeroes: show zero-value members

Default output format is identical to that dumped by bpf_snprintf_btf(),
for example a "struct sk_buff" representation would look like this:

struct sk_buff){
	(union){
		(struct){
			.next = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
			.prev = (struct sk_buff *)0xffffffffffffffff,
		(union){
			.dev = (struct net_device *)0xffffffffffffffff,
			.dev_scratch = (long unsigned int)18446744073709551615,
		},
	},
...

If the data structure is larger than the *data_sz*
number of bytes that are available in *data*, as much
of the data as possible will be dumped and -E2BIG will
be returned.  This is useful as tracers will sometimes
not be able to capture all of the data associated with
a type; for example a "struct task_struct" is ~16k.
Being able to specify that only a subset is available is
important for such cases.  On success, the amount of data
dumped is returned.

Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/1626362126-27775-2-git-send-email-alan.maguire@oracle.com
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Alan Maguire authored and Andrii Nakryiko committed Jul 16, 2021
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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions tools/lib/bpf/btf.h
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Expand Up @@ -184,6 +184,25 @@ LIBBPF_API int
btf_dump__emit_type_decl(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
const struct btf_dump_emit_type_decl_opts *opts);


struct btf_dump_type_data_opts {
/* size of this struct, for forward/backward compatibility */
size_t sz;
const char *indent_str;
int indent_level;
/* below match "show" flags for bpf_show_snprintf() */
bool compact; /* no newlines/indentation */
bool skip_names; /* skip member/type names */
bool emit_zeroes; /* show 0-valued fields */
size_t :0;
};
#define btf_dump_type_data_opts__last_field emit_zeroes

LIBBPF_API int
btf_dump__dump_type_data(struct btf_dump *d, __u32 id,
const void *data, size_t data_sz,
const struct btf_dump_type_data_opts *opts);

/*
* A set of helpers for easier BTF types handling
*/
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