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Introduce bpf_object__prepare API: additional intermediate preparation step that performs ELF processing, relocations, prepares final state of BPF program instructions (accessible with bpf_program__insns()), creates and (potentially) pins maps, and stops short of loading BPF programs. We anticipate few use cases for this API, such as: * Use prepare to initialize bpf_token, without loading freplace programs, unlocking possibility to lookup BTF of other programs. * Execute prepare to obtain finalized BPF program instructions without loading programs, enabling tools like veristat to process one program at a time, without incurring cost of ELF parsing and processing. Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko <yatsenko@meta.com> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250303135752.158343-4-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
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