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Lorenz Bauer says: ==================== Allow mmap of /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux 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 <lmb@isovalent.com> --- Changes in v5: - Fix error return of btf_parse_raw_mmap (Andrii) - Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250510-vmlinux-mmap-v4-0-69e424b2a672@isovalent.com Changes in v4: - Go back to remap_pfn_range for aarch64 compat - Dropped btf_new_no_copy (Andrii) - Fixed nits in selftests (Andrii) - Clearer error handling in the mmap handler (Andrii) - Fixed build on s390 - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250505-vmlinux-mmap-v3-0-5d53afa060e8@isovalent.com Changes in v3: - Remove slightly confusing calculation of trailing (Alexei) - Use vm_insert_page (Alexei) - Simplified libbpf code - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250502-vmlinux-mmap-v2-0-95c271434519@isovalent.com Changes in v2: - Use btf__new in selftest - Avoid vm_iomap_memory in btf_vmlinux_mmap - Add VM_DONTDUMP - Add support to libbpf - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250501-vmlinux-mmap-v1-0-aa2724572598@isovalent.com --- ==================== Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250520-vmlinux-mmap-v5-0-e8c941acc414@isovalent.com Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
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