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libbpf: Support initialized global variables
authorAndrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:07:43 +0000 (23:07 -0800)
committerAlexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:58:45 +0000 (16:58 -0800)
commit5111fd9bb6aa8d9a812be001341ac9a79863bfc6
tree1f046a91c4fdc56fabf6559e47fd5793a08df058
parent0c20fb36f697744e9aeb48a3a2925320ed39f24c
libbpf: Support initialized global variables

Initialized global variables are no different in ELF from static variables,
and don't require any extra support from libbpf. But they are matching
semantics of global data (backed by BPF maps) more closely, preventing
LLVM/Clang from aggressively inlining constant values and not requiring
volatile incantations to prevent those. This patch enables global variables.
It still disables uninitialized variables, which will be put into special COM
(common) ELF section, because BPF doesn't allow uninitialized data to be
accessed.

Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20191121070743.1309473-5-andriin@fb.com
14 files changed:
tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_arrays.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_bitfields_direct.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_bitfields_probed.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_existence.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_flavors.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_ints.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_kernel.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_misc.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_mods.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_nesting.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_primitives.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_ptr_as_arr.c
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_core_reloc_size.c