History log of /linux-master/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Build
Revision Date Author Comments
# 56a2df76 01-Feb-2023 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>

tools/resolve_btfids: Compile resolve_btfids as host program

Making resolve_btfids to be compiled as host program so
we can avoid cross compile issues as reported by Nathan.

Also we no longer need HOST_OVERRIDES for BINARY target,
just for 'prepare' targets.

Fixes: 13e07691a16f ("tools/resolve_btfids: Alter how HOSTCC is forced")
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20230202112839.1131892-1-jolsa@kernel.org


# fbbb68de 11-Jul-2020 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>

bpf: Add resolve_btfids tool to resolve BTF IDs in ELF object

The resolve_btfids tool scans elf object for .BTF_ids section
and resolves its symbols with BTF ID values.

It will be used to during linking time to resolve arrays of BTF
ID values used in verifier, so these IDs do not need to be
resolved in runtime.

The expected layout of .BTF_ids section is described in main.c
header. Related kernel changes are coming in following changes.

Build issue reported by 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20200711215329.41165-2-jolsa@kernel.org