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bpf: Have bpf_rdonly_cast() take a const pointer
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Since 20d59ee ("libbpf: add bpf_core_cast() macro"), libbpf is now
exporting a const arg version of bpf_rdonly_cast(). This causes the
following conflicting type error when generating kfunc prototypes from
BTF:

In file included from skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c:5:
/home/dxu/dev/linux/tools/bpf/bpftool/bootstrap/libbpf/include/bpf/bpf_core_read.h:297:14: error: conflicting types for 'bpf_rdonly_cast'
extern void *bpf_rdonly_cast(const void *obj__ign, __u32 btf_id__k) __ksym __weak;
             ^
./vmlinux.h:135625:14: note: previous declaration is here
extern void *bpf_rdonly_cast(void *obj__ign, u32 btf_id__k) __weak __ksym;

This is b/c the kernel defines bpf_rdonly_cast() with non-const arg.
Since const arg is more permissive and thus backwards compatible, we
change the kernel definition as well to avoid conflicting type errors.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu <dxu@dxuuu.xyz>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/dfd3823f11ffd2d4c838e961d61ec9ae8a646773.1707080349.git.dxu@dxuuu.xyz
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danobi authored and anakryiko committed Feb 13, 2024
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions kernel/bpf/helpers.c
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Expand Up @@ -2484,9 +2484,9 @@ __bpf_kfunc void *bpf_cast_to_kern_ctx(void *obj)
return obj;
}

__bpf_kfunc void *bpf_rdonly_cast(void *obj__ign, u32 btf_id__k)
__bpf_kfunc void *bpf_rdonly_cast(const void *obj__ign, u32 btf_id__k)
{
return obj__ign;
return (void *)obj__ign;
}

__bpf_kfunc void bpf_rcu_read_lock(void)
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