From 630628cb7dc39780660d8fcedc66e0298a82f9da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrii Nakryiko Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:28:36 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] libbpf: BTF is required when externs are present BTF is required to get type information about extern variables. Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20191219002837.3074619-4-andriin@fb.com --- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c index 7b74382c7977..6340b81b555b 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c @@ -1887,7 +1887,8 @@ static void bpf_object__sanitize_btf_ext(struct bpf_object *obj) static bool bpf_object__is_btf_mandatory(const struct bpf_object *obj) { - return obj->efile.btf_maps_shndx >= 0; + return obj->efile.btf_maps_shndx >= 0 || + obj->nr_extern > 0; } static int bpf_object__init_btf(struct bpf_object *obj, -- 2.30.2