I'd like to cut down the memory usage of parsing vmlinux BTF in ebpf-go.
With some upcoming changes the library is sitting at 5MiB for a parse.
Most of that memory is simply copying the BTF blob into user space.
By allowing vmlinux BTF to be mmapped read-only into user space I can
cut memory usage by about 75%.
Signed-off-by: Lorenz Bauer <l...@isovalent.com>
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Lorenz Bauer (2):
btf: allow mmap of vmlinux btf
selftests: bpf: add a test for mmapable vmlinux BTF
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 3 +-
kernel/bpf/sysfs_btf.c | 25 ++++++-
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf_sysfs.c | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 38d976c32d85ef12dcd2b8a231196f7049548477
change-id: 20250501-vmlinux-mmap-2ec5563c3ef1
Best regards,
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Lorenz Bauer <l...@isovalent.com>
