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Minimize the usage of class-agnostic gelf_xxx() APIs from libelf. These APIs require copying ELF data structures into local GElf_xxx structs and have a more cumbersome API. BPF ELF file is defined to be always 64-bit ELF object, even when intended to be run on 32-bit host architectures, so there is no need to do class-agnostic conversions everywhere. BPF static linker implementation within libbpf has been using Elf64-specific types since initial implementation. Add two simple helpers, elf_sym_by_idx() and elf_rel_by_idx(), for more succinct direct access to ELF symbol and relocation records within ELF data itself and switch all the GElf_xxx usage into Elf64_xxx equivalents. The only remaining place within libbpf.c that's still using gelf API is gelf_getclass(), as there doesn't seem to be a direct way to get underlying ELF bitness. No functional changes intended. Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20211021014404.2635234-4-andrii@kernel.org
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.