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    bpf: allow for key-less BTF in array map · 2824ecb7
    Daniel Borkmann authored
    Given we'll be reusing BPF array maps for global data/bss/rodata
    sections, we need a way to associate BTF DataSec type as its map
    value type. In usual cases we have this ugly BPF_ANNOTATE_KV_PAIR()
    macro hack e.g. via 38d5d3b3 ("bpf: Introduce BPF_ANNOTATE_KV_PAIR")
    to get initial map to type association going. While more use cases
    for it are discouraged, this also won't work for global data since
    the use of array map is a BPF loader detail and therefore unknown
    at compilation time. For array maps with just a single entry we make
    an exception in terms of BTF in that key type is declared optional
    if value type is of DataSec type. The latter LLVM is guaranteed to
    emit and it also aligns with how we regard global data maps as just
    a plain buffer area reusing existing map facilities for allowing
    things like introspection with existing tools.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
    Acked-by: default avatarMartin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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