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[bpf-next,v1,1/3] tools/resolve_btfids: Simplify handling cross-endian compilation

Message ID 609abfededc3664da891514fcd687990547b8be4.1726806756.git.tony.ambardar@gmail.com
State New
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Series [bpf-next,v1,1/3] tools/resolve_btfids: Simplify handling cross-endian compilation | expand

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Tony Ambardar Sept. 20, 2024, 7:49 a.m. UTC
Initially, the .BTF_ids section was created zero-filled and then patched
with BTF IDs by resolve_btfids on the build host. Patching was done in
native endianness and thus failed to work for cross-endian compile targets.
This was fixed in [1] by using libelf-based translation to output patched
data in target byte order.

The addition of 8-byte BTF sets in [2] lead to .BTF_ids creation with both
target-endian values and zero-filled data to be later patched. This again
broke cross-endian compilation as the already-correct target-endian values
were translated on output by libelf [1]. The problem was worked around [3]
by manually converting BTF SET8 values to native endianness, so that final
libelf output translation yields data in target byte order.

Simplify and make the code more robust against future changes like [2] by
employing libelf-based endian translation on both input and output, which
is typical of libelf usage.

[1]: 61e8aeda9398 ("bpf: Fix libelf endian handling in resolv_btfids")
[2]: ef2c6f370a63 ("tools/resolve_btfids: Add support for 8-byte BTF sets")
[3]: 903fad439466 ("tools/resolve_btfids: Fix cross-compilation to non-host endianness")

CC: Viktor Malik <vmalik@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar <tony.ambardar@gmail.com>
---
 tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c | 60 ++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
index d54aaa0619df..9f1ab23ed014 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/main.c
@@ -90,14 +90,6 @@ 
 
 #define ADDR_CNT	100
 
-#if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
-# define ELFDATANATIVE	ELFDATA2LSB
-#elif __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
-# define ELFDATANATIVE	ELFDATA2MSB
-#else
-# error "Unknown machine endianness!"
-#endif
-
 struct btf_id {
 	struct rb_node	 rb_node;
 	char		*name;
@@ -125,7 +117,6 @@  struct object {
 		int		 idlist_shndx;
 		size_t		 strtabidx;
 		unsigned long	 idlist_addr;
-		int		 encoding;
 	} efile;
 
 	struct rb_root	sets;
@@ -325,11 +316,30 @@  static int compressed_section_fix(Elf *elf, Elf_Scn *scn, GElf_Shdr *sh)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int btfids_endian_fix(struct object *obj)
+{
+	Elf_Data *btfids = obj->efile.idlist;
+	Elf *elf = obj->efile.elf;
+	int file_byteorder;
+
+	/* This should always succeed due to prior ELF checks */
+	file_byteorder = elf_getident(elf, NULL)[EI_DATA];
+
+	/* Set type to ensure endian translation occurs, and manually invoke
+	 * translation on input since .BTF_ids section as created disables it.
+	 */
+	btfids->d_type = ELF_T_WORD;
+	if (gelf_xlatetom(elf, btfids, btfids, file_byteorder) == NULL) {
+		pr_err("FAILED xlatetom .BTF_ids data: %s\n", elf_errmsg(-1));
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int elf_collect(struct object *obj)
 {
 	Elf_Scn *scn = NULL;
 	size_t shdrstrndx;
-	GElf_Ehdr ehdr;
 	int idx = 0;
 	Elf *elf;
 	int fd;
@@ -361,13 +371,6 @@  static int elf_collect(struct object *obj)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (gelf_getehdr(obj->efile.elf, &ehdr) == NULL) {
-		pr_err("FAILED cannot get ELF header: %s\n",
-			elf_errmsg(-1));
-		return -1;
-	}
-	obj->efile.encoding = ehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA];
-
 	/*
 	 * Scan all the elf sections and look for save data
 	 * from .BTF_ids section and symbols.
@@ -409,6 +412,8 @@  static int elf_collect(struct object *obj)
 			obj->efile.idlist       = data;
 			obj->efile.idlist_shndx = idx;
 			obj->efile.idlist_addr  = sh.sh_addr;
+			if (btfids_endian_fix(obj))
+				return -1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(name, BTF_BASE_ELF_SEC)) {
 			/* If a .BTF.base section is found, do not resolve
 			 * BTF ids relative to vmlinux; resolve relative
@@ -706,24 +711,6 @@  static int sets_patch(struct object *obj)
 			 */
 			BUILD_BUG_ON((u32 *)set8->pairs != &set8->pairs[0].id);
 			qsort(set8->pairs, set8->cnt, sizeof(set8->pairs[0]), cmp_id);
-
-			/*
-			 * When ELF endianness does not match endianness of the
-			 * host, libelf will do the translation when updating
-			 * the ELF. This, however, corrupts SET8 flags which are
-			 * already in the target endianness. So, let's bswap
-			 * them to the host endianness and libelf will then
-			 * correctly translate everything.
-			 */
-			if (obj->efile.encoding != ELFDATANATIVE) {
-				int i;
-
-				set8->flags = bswap_32(set8->flags);
-				for (i = 0; i < set8->cnt; i++) {
-					set8->pairs[i].flags =
-						bswap_32(set8->pairs[i].flags);
-				}
-			}
 		}
 
 		pr_debug("sorting  addr %5lu: cnt %6d [%s]\n",
@@ -748,9 +735,6 @@  static int symbols_patch(struct object *obj)
 	if (sets_patch(obj))
 		return -1;
 
-	/* Set type to ensure endian translation occurs. */
-	obj->efile.idlist->d_type = ELF_T_WORD;
-
 	elf_flagdata(obj->efile.idlist, ELF_C_SET, ELF_F_DIRTY);
 
 	err = elf_update(obj->efile.elf, ELF_C_WRITE);