Adding upstream version 6.1.76.upstream/6.1.76

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 4916 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause)
+/* Copyright (c) 2018 Facebook */
+
+#include <byteswap.h>
+#include <endian.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/btf.h>
+#include <gelf.h>
+#include "btf.h"
+#include "bpf.h"
+#include "libbpf.h"
+#include "libbpf_internal.h"
+#include "hashmap.h"
+#include "strset.h"
+
+#define BTF_MAX_NR_TYPES 0x7fffffffU
+#define BTF_MAX_STR_OFFSET 0x7fffffffU
+
+static struct btf_type btf_void;
+
+struct btf {
+	/* raw BTF data in native endianness */
+	void *raw_data;
+	/* raw BTF data in non-native endianness */
+	void *raw_data_swapped;
+	__u32 raw_size;
+	/* whether target endianness differs from the native one */
+	bool swapped_endian;
+
+	/*
+	 * When BTF is loaded from an ELF or raw memory it is stored
+	 * in a contiguous memory block. The hdr, type_data, and, strs_data
+	 * point inside that memory region to their respective parts of BTF
+	 * representation:
+	 *
+	 * +--------------------------------+
+	 * |  Header  |  Types  |  Strings  |
+	 * +--------------------------------+
+	 * ^          ^         ^
+	 * |          |         |
+	 * hdr        |         |
+	 * types_data-+         |
+	 * strs_data------------+
+	 *
+	 * If BTF data is later modified, e.g., due to types added or
+	 * removed, BTF deduplication performed, etc, this contiguous
+	 * representation is broken up into three independently allocated
+	 * memory regions to be able to modify them independently.
+	 * raw_data is nulled out at that point, but can be later allocated
+	 * and cached again if user calls btf__raw_data(), at which point
+	 * raw_data will contain a contiguous copy of header, types, and
+	 * strings:
+	 *
+	 * +----------+  +---------+  +-----------+
+	 * |  Header  |  |  Types  |  |  Strings  |
+	 * +----------+  +---------+  +-----------+
+	 * ^             ^            ^
+	 * |             |            |
+	 * hdr           |            |
+	 * types_data----+            |
+	 * strset__data(strs_set)-----+
+	 *
+	 *               +----------+---------+-----------+
+	 *               |  Header  |  Types  |  Strings  |
+	 * raw_data----->+----------+---------+-----------+
+	 */
+	struct btf_header *hdr;
+
+	void *types_data;
+	size_t types_data_cap; /* used size stored in hdr->type_len */
+
+	/* type ID to `struct btf_type *` lookup index
+	 * type_offs[0] corresponds to the first non-VOID type:
+	 *   - for base BTF it's type [1];
+	 *   - for split BTF it's the first non-base BTF type.
+	 */
+	__u32 *type_offs;
+	size_t type_offs_cap;
+	/* number of types in this BTF instance:
+	 *   - doesn't include special [0] void type;
+	 *   - for split BTF counts number of types added on top of base BTF.
+	 */
+	__u32 nr_types;
+	/* if not NULL, points to the base BTF on top of which the current
+	 * split BTF is based
+	 */
+	struct btf *base_btf;
+	/* BTF type ID of the first type in this BTF instance:
+	 *   - for base BTF it's equal to 1;
+	 *   - for split BTF it's equal to biggest type ID of base BTF plus 1.
+	 */
+	int start_id;
+	/* logical string offset of this BTF instance:
+	 *   - for base BTF it's equal to 0;
+	 *   - for split BTF it's equal to total size of base BTF's string section size.
+	 */
+	int start_str_off;
+
+	/* only one of strs_data or strs_set can be non-NULL, depending on
+	 * whether BTF is in a modifiable state (strs_set is used) or not
+	 * (strs_data points inside raw_data)
+	 */
+	void *strs_data;
+	/* a set of unique strings */
+	struct strset *strs_set;
+	/* whether strings are already deduplicated */
+	bool strs_deduped;
+
+	/* BTF object FD, if loaded into kernel */
+	int fd;
+
+	/* Pointer size (in bytes) for a target architecture of this BTF */
+	int ptr_sz;
+};
+
+static inline __u64 ptr_to_u64(const void *ptr)
+{
+	return (__u64) (unsigned long) ptr;
+}
+
+/* Ensure given dynamically allocated memory region pointed to by *data* with
+ * capacity of *cap_cnt* elements each taking *elem_sz* bytes has enough
+ * memory to accommodate *add_cnt* new elements, assuming *cur_cnt* elements
+ * are already used. At most *max_cnt* elements can be ever allocated.
+ * If necessary, memory is reallocated and all existing data is copied over,
+ * new pointer to the memory region is stored at *data, new memory region
+ * capacity (in number of elements) is stored in *cap.
+ * On success, memory pointer to the beginning of unused memory is returned.
+ * On error, NULL is returned.
+ */
+void *libbpf_add_mem(void **data, size_t *cap_cnt, size_t elem_sz,
+		     size_t cur_cnt, size_t max_cnt, size_t add_cnt)
+{
+	size_t new_cnt;
+	void *new_data;
+
+	if (cur_cnt + add_cnt <= *cap_cnt)
+		return *data + cur_cnt * elem_sz;
+
+	/* requested more than the set limit */
+	if (cur_cnt + add_cnt > max_cnt)
+		return NULL;
+
+	new_cnt = *cap_cnt;
+	new_cnt += new_cnt / 4;		  /* expand by 25% */
+	if (new_cnt < 16)		  /* but at least 16 elements */
+		new_cnt = 16;
+	if (new_cnt > max_cnt)		  /* but not exceeding a set limit */
+		new_cnt = max_cnt;
+	if (new_cnt < cur_cnt + add_cnt)  /* also ensure we have enough memory */
+		new_cnt = cur_cnt + add_cnt;
+
+	new_data = libbpf_reallocarray(*data, new_cnt, elem_sz);
+	if (!new_data)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* zero out newly allocated portion of memory */
+	memset(new_data + (*cap_cnt) * elem_sz, 0, (new_cnt - *cap_cnt) * elem_sz);
+
+	*data = new_data;
+	*cap_cnt = new_cnt;
+	return new_data + cur_cnt * elem_sz;
+}
+
+/* Ensure given dynamically allocated memory region has enough allocated space
+ * to accommodate *need_cnt* elements of size *elem_sz* bytes each
+ */
+int libbpf_ensure_mem(void **data, size_t *cap_cnt, size_t elem_sz, size_t need_cnt)
+{
+	void *p;
+
+	if (need_cnt <= *cap_cnt)
+		return 0;
+
+	p = libbpf_add_mem(data, cap_cnt, elem_sz, *cap_cnt, SIZE_MAX, need_cnt - *cap_cnt);
+	if (!p)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void *btf_add_type_offs_mem(struct btf *btf, size_t add_cnt)
+{
+	return libbpf_add_mem((void **)&btf->type_offs, &btf->type_offs_cap, sizeof(__u32),
+			      btf->nr_types, BTF_MAX_NR_TYPES, add_cnt);
+}
+
+static int btf_add_type_idx_entry(struct btf *btf, __u32 type_off)
+{
+	__u32 *p;
+
+	p = btf_add_type_offs_mem(btf, 1);
+	if (!p)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	*p = type_off;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void btf_bswap_hdr(struct btf_header *h)
+{
+	h->magic = bswap_16(h->magic);
+	h->hdr_len = bswap_32(h->hdr_len);
+	h->type_off = bswap_32(h->type_off);
+	h->type_len = bswap_32(h->type_len);
+	h->str_off = bswap_32(h->str_off);
+	h->str_len = bswap_32(h->str_len);
+}
+
+static int btf_parse_hdr(struct btf *btf)
+{
+	struct btf_header *hdr = btf->hdr;
+	__u32 meta_left;
+
+	if (btf->raw_size < sizeof(struct btf_header)) {
+		pr_debug("BTF header not found\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (hdr->magic == bswap_16(BTF_MAGIC)) {
+		btf->swapped_endian = true;
+		if (bswap_32(hdr->hdr_len) != sizeof(struct btf_header)) {
+			pr_warn("Can't load BTF with non-native endianness due to unsupported header length %u\n",
+				bswap_32(hdr->hdr_len));
+			return -ENOTSUP;
+		}
+		btf_bswap_hdr(hdr);
+	} else if (hdr->magic != BTF_MAGIC) {
+		pr_debug("Invalid BTF magic: %x\n", hdr->magic);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (btf->raw_size < hdr->hdr_len) {
+		pr_debug("BTF header len %u larger than data size %u\n",
+			 hdr->hdr_len, btf->raw_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	meta_left = btf->raw_size - hdr->hdr_len;
+	if (meta_left < (long long)hdr->str_off + hdr->str_len) {
+		pr_debug("Invalid BTF total size: %u\n", btf->raw_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if ((long long)hdr->type_off + hdr->type_len > hdr->str_off) {
+		pr_debug("Invalid BTF data sections layout: type data at %u + %u, strings data at %u + %u\n",
+			 hdr->type_off, hdr->type_len, hdr->str_off, hdr->str_len);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (hdr->type_off % 4) {
+		pr_debug("BTF type section is not aligned to 4 bytes\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_parse_str_sec(struct btf *btf)
+{
+	const struct btf_header *hdr = btf->hdr;
+	const char *start = btf->strs_data;
+	const char *end = start + btf->hdr->str_len;
+
+	if (btf->base_btf && hdr->str_len == 0)
+		return 0;
+	if (!hdr->str_len || hdr->str_len - 1 > BTF_MAX_STR_OFFSET || end[-1]) {
+		pr_debug("Invalid BTF string section\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (!btf->base_btf && start[0]) {
+		pr_debug("Invalid BTF string section\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_type_size(const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	const int base_size = sizeof(struct btf_type);
+	__u16 vlen = btf_vlen(t);
+
+	switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+	case BTF_KIND_FWD:
+	case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+	case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
+	case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC:
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
+		return base_size;
+	case BTF_KIND_INT:
+		return base_size + sizeof(__u32);
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+		return base_size + vlen * sizeof(struct btf_enum);
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM64:
+		return base_size + vlen * sizeof(struct btf_enum64);
+	case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
+		return base_size + sizeof(struct btf_array);
+	case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_KIND_UNION:
+		return base_size + vlen * sizeof(struct btf_member);
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO:
+		return base_size + vlen * sizeof(struct btf_param);
+	case BTF_KIND_VAR:
+		return base_size + sizeof(struct btf_var);
+	case BTF_KIND_DATASEC:
+		return base_size + vlen * sizeof(struct btf_var_secinfo);
+	case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
+		return base_size + sizeof(struct btf_decl_tag);
+	default:
+		pr_debug("Unsupported BTF_KIND:%u\n", btf_kind(t));
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
+static void btf_bswap_type_base(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	t->name_off = bswap_32(t->name_off);
+	t->info = bswap_32(t->info);
+	t->type = bswap_32(t->type);
+}
+
+static int btf_bswap_type_rest(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	struct btf_var_secinfo *v;
+	struct btf_enum64 *e64;
+	struct btf_member *m;
+	struct btf_array *a;
+	struct btf_param *p;
+	struct btf_enum *e;
+	__u16 vlen = btf_vlen(t);
+	int i;
+
+	switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+	case BTF_KIND_FWD:
+	case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+	case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
+	case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC:
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
+		return 0;
+	case BTF_KIND_INT:
+		*(__u32 *)(t + 1) = bswap_32(*(__u32 *)(t + 1));
+		return 0;
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+		for (i = 0, e = btf_enum(t); i < vlen; i++, e++) {
+			e->name_off = bswap_32(e->name_off);
+			e->val = bswap_32(e->val);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM64:
+		for (i = 0, e64 = btf_enum64(t); i < vlen; i++, e64++) {
+			e64->name_off = bswap_32(e64->name_off);
+			e64->val_lo32 = bswap_32(e64->val_lo32);
+			e64->val_hi32 = bswap_32(e64->val_hi32);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
+		a = btf_array(t);
+		a->type = bswap_32(a->type);
+		a->index_type = bswap_32(a->index_type);
+		a->nelems = bswap_32(a->nelems);
+		return 0;
+	case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_KIND_UNION:
+		for (i = 0, m = btf_members(t); i < vlen; i++, m++) {
+			m->name_off = bswap_32(m->name_off);
+			m->type = bswap_32(m->type);
+			m->offset = bswap_32(m->offset);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO:
+		for (i = 0, p = btf_params(t); i < vlen; i++, p++) {
+			p->name_off = bswap_32(p->name_off);
+			p->type = bswap_32(p->type);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	case BTF_KIND_VAR:
+		btf_var(t)->linkage = bswap_32(btf_var(t)->linkage);
+		return 0;
+	case BTF_KIND_DATASEC:
+		for (i = 0, v = btf_var_secinfos(t); i < vlen; i++, v++) {
+			v->type = bswap_32(v->type);
+			v->offset = bswap_32(v->offset);
+			v->size = bswap_32(v->size);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
+		btf_decl_tag(t)->component_idx = bswap_32(btf_decl_tag(t)->component_idx);
+		return 0;
+	default:
+		pr_debug("Unsupported BTF_KIND:%u\n", btf_kind(t));
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
+static int btf_parse_type_sec(struct btf *btf)
+{
+	struct btf_header *hdr = btf->hdr;
+	void *next_type = btf->types_data;
+	void *end_type = next_type + hdr->type_len;
+	int err, type_size;
+
+	while (next_type + sizeof(struct btf_type) <= end_type) {
+		if (btf->swapped_endian)
+			btf_bswap_type_base(next_type);
+
+		type_size = btf_type_size(next_type);
+		if (type_size < 0)
+			return type_size;
+		if (next_type + type_size > end_type) {
+			pr_warn("BTF type [%d] is malformed\n", btf->start_id + btf->nr_types);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		if (btf->swapped_endian && btf_bswap_type_rest(next_type))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		err = btf_add_type_idx_entry(btf, next_type - btf->types_data);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		next_type += type_size;
+		btf->nr_types++;
+	}
+
+	if (next_type != end_type) {
+		pr_warn("BTF types data is malformed\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+__u32 btf__type_cnt(const struct btf *btf)
+{
+	return btf->start_id + btf->nr_types;
+}
+
+const struct btf *btf__base_btf(const struct btf *btf)
+{
+	return btf->base_btf;
+}
+
+/* internal helper returning non-const pointer to a type */
+struct btf_type *btf_type_by_id(const struct btf *btf, __u32 type_id)
+{
+	if (type_id == 0)
+		return &btf_void;
+	if (type_id < btf->start_id)
+		return btf_type_by_id(btf->base_btf, type_id);
+	return btf->types_data + btf->type_offs[type_id - btf->start_id];
+}
+
+const struct btf_type *btf__type_by_id(const struct btf *btf, __u32 type_id)
+{
+	if (type_id >= btf->start_id + btf->nr_types)
+		return errno = EINVAL, NULL;
+	return btf_type_by_id((struct btf *)btf, type_id);
+}
+
+static int determine_ptr_size(const struct btf *btf)
+{
+	static const char * const long_aliases[] = {
+		"long",
+		"long int",
+		"int long",
+		"unsigned long",
+		"long unsigned",
+		"unsigned long int",
+		"unsigned int long",
+		"long unsigned int",
+		"long int unsigned",
+		"int unsigned long",
+		"int long unsigned",
+	};
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+	const char *name;
+	int i, j, n;
+
+	if (btf->base_btf && btf->base_btf->ptr_sz > 0)
+		return btf->base_btf->ptr_sz;
+
+	n = btf__type_cnt(btf);
+	for (i = 1; i < n; i++) {
+		t = btf__type_by_id(btf, i);
+		if (!btf_is_int(t))
+			continue;
+
+		if (t->size != 4 && t->size != 8)
+			continue;
+
+		name = btf__name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off);
+		if (!name)
+			continue;
+
+		for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(long_aliases); j++) {
+			if (strcmp(name, long_aliases[j]) == 0)
+				return t->size;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static size_t btf_ptr_sz(const struct btf *btf)
+{
+	if (!btf->ptr_sz)
+		((struct btf *)btf)->ptr_sz = determine_ptr_size(btf);
+	return btf->ptr_sz < 0 ? sizeof(void *) : btf->ptr_sz;
+}
+
+/* Return pointer size this BTF instance assumes. The size is heuristically
+ * determined by looking for 'long' or 'unsigned long' integer type and
+ * recording its size in bytes. If BTF type information doesn't have any such
+ * type, this function returns 0. In the latter case, native architecture's
+ * pointer size is assumed, so will be either 4 or 8, depending on
+ * architecture that libbpf was compiled for. It's possible to override
+ * guessed value by using btf__set_pointer_size() API.
+ */
+size_t btf__pointer_size(const struct btf *btf)
+{
+	if (!btf->ptr_sz)
+		((struct btf *)btf)->ptr_sz = determine_ptr_size(btf);
+
+	if (btf->ptr_sz < 0)
+		/* not enough BTF type info to guess */
+		return 0;
+
+	return btf->ptr_sz;
+}
+
+/* Override or set pointer size in bytes. Only values of 4 and 8 are
+ * supported.
+ */
+int btf__set_pointer_size(struct btf *btf, size_t ptr_sz)
+{
+	if (ptr_sz != 4 && ptr_sz != 8)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	btf->ptr_sz = ptr_sz;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool is_host_big_endian(void)
+{
+#if __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+	return false;
+#elif __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
+	return true;
+#else
+# error "Unrecognized __BYTE_ORDER__"
+#endif
+}
+
+enum btf_endianness btf__endianness(const struct btf *btf)
+{
+	if (is_host_big_endian())
+		return btf->swapped_endian ? BTF_LITTLE_ENDIAN : BTF_BIG_ENDIAN;
+	else
+		return btf->swapped_endian ? BTF_BIG_ENDIAN : BTF_LITTLE_ENDIAN;
+}
+
+int btf__set_endianness(struct btf *btf, enum btf_endianness endian)
+{
+	if (endian != BTF_LITTLE_ENDIAN && endian != BTF_BIG_ENDIAN)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	btf->swapped_endian = is_host_big_endian() != (endian == BTF_BIG_ENDIAN);
+	if (!btf->swapped_endian) {
+		free(btf->raw_data_swapped);
+		btf->raw_data_swapped = NULL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool btf_type_is_void(const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	return t == &btf_void || btf_is_fwd(t);
+}
+
+static bool btf_type_is_void_or_null(const struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	return !t || btf_type_is_void(t);
+}
+
+#define MAX_RESOLVE_DEPTH 32
+
+__s64 btf__resolve_size(const struct btf *btf, __u32 type_id)
+{
+	const struct btf_array *array;
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+	__u32 nelems = 1;
+	__s64 size = -1;
+	int i;
+
+	t = btf__type_by_id(btf, type_id);
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_RESOLVE_DEPTH && !btf_type_is_void_or_null(t); i++) {
+		switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+		case BTF_KIND_INT:
+		case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+		case BTF_KIND_UNION:
+		case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+		case BTF_KIND_ENUM64:
+		case BTF_KIND_DATASEC:
+		case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+			size = t->size;
+			goto done;
+		case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+			size = btf_ptr_sz(btf);
+			goto done;
+		case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+		case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
+		case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+		case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
+		case BTF_KIND_VAR:
+		case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
+		case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
+			type_id = t->type;
+			break;
+		case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
+			array = btf_array(t);
+			if (nelems && array->nelems > UINT32_MAX / nelems)
+				return libbpf_err(-E2BIG);
+			nelems *= array->nelems;
+			type_id = array->type;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+		}
+
+		t = btf__type_by_id(btf, type_id);
+	}
+
+done:
+	if (size < 0)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	if (nelems && size > UINT32_MAX / nelems)
+		return libbpf_err(-E2BIG);
+
+	return nelems * size;
+}
+
+int btf__align_of(const struct btf *btf, __u32 id)
+{
+	const struct btf_type *t = btf__type_by_id(btf, id);
+	__u16 kind = btf_kind(t);
+
+	switch (kind) {
+	case BTF_KIND_INT:
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM64:
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+		return min(btf_ptr_sz(btf), (size_t)t->size);
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+		return btf_ptr_sz(btf);
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+	case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
+	case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+	case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
+		return btf__align_of(btf, t->type);
+	case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
+		return btf__align_of(btf, btf_array(t)->type);
+	case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_KIND_UNION: {
+		const struct btf_member *m = btf_members(t);
+		__u16 vlen = btf_vlen(t);
+		int i, max_align = 1, align;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++, m++) {
+			align = btf__align_of(btf, m->type);
+			if (align <= 0)
+				return libbpf_err(align);
+			max_align = max(max_align, align);
+
+			/* if field offset isn't aligned according to field
+			 * type's alignment, then struct must be packed
+			 */
+			if (btf_member_bitfield_size(t, i) == 0 &&
+			    (m->offset % (8 * align)) != 0)
+				return 1;
+		}
+
+		/* if struct/union size isn't a multiple of its alignment,
+		 * then struct must be packed
+		 */
+		if ((t->size % max_align) != 0)
+			return 1;
+
+		return max_align;
+	}
+	default:
+		pr_warn("unsupported BTF_KIND:%u\n", btf_kind(t));
+		return errno = EINVAL, 0;
+	}
+}
+
+int btf__resolve_type(const struct btf *btf, __u32 type_id)
+{
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+	int depth = 0;
+
+	t = btf__type_by_id(btf, type_id);
+	while (depth < MAX_RESOLVE_DEPTH &&
+	       !btf_type_is_void_or_null(t) &&
+	       (btf_is_mod(t) || btf_is_typedef(t) || btf_is_var(t))) {
+		type_id = t->type;
+		t = btf__type_by_id(btf, type_id);
+		depth++;
+	}
+
+	if (depth == MAX_RESOLVE_DEPTH || btf_type_is_void_or_null(t))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	return type_id;
+}
+
+__s32 btf__find_by_name(const struct btf *btf, const char *type_name)
+{
+	__u32 i, nr_types = btf__type_cnt(btf);
+
+	if (!strcmp(type_name, "void"))
+		return 0;
+
+	for (i = 1; i < nr_types; i++) {
+		const struct btf_type *t = btf__type_by_id(btf, i);
+		const char *name = btf__name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off);
+
+		if (name && !strcmp(type_name, name))
+			return i;
+	}
+
+	return libbpf_err(-ENOENT);
+}
+
+static __s32 btf_find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf, int start_id,
+				   const char *type_name, __u32 kind)
+{
+	__u32 i, nr_types = btf__type_cnt(btf);
+
+	if (kind == BTF_KIND_UNKN || !strcmp(type_name, "void"))
+		return 0;
+
+	for (i = start_id; i < nr_types; i++) {
+		const struct btf_type *t = btf__type_by_id(btf, i);
+		const char *name;
+
+		if (btf_kind(t) != kind)
+			continue;
+		name = btf__name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off);
+		if (name && !strcmp(type_name, name))
+			return i;
+	}
+
+	return libbpf_err(-ENOENT);
+}
+
+__s32 btf__find_by_name_kind_own(const struct btf *btf, const char *type_name,
+				 __u32 kind)
+{
+	return btf_find_by_name_kind(btf, btf->start_id, type_name, kind);
+}
+
+__s32 btf__find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf, const char *type_name,
+			     __u32 kind)
+{
+	return btf_find_by_name_kind(btf, 1, type_name, kind);
+}
+
+static bool btf_is_modifiable(const struct btf *btf)
+{
+	return (void *)btf->hdr != btf->raw_data;
+}
+
+void btf__free(struct btf *btf)
+{
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(btf))
+		return;
+
+	if (btf->fd >= 0)
+		close(btf->fd);
+
+	if (btf_is_modifiable(btf)) {
+		/* if BTF was modified after loading, it will have a split
+		 * in-memory representation for header, types, and strings
+		 * sections, so we need to free all of them individually. It
+		 * might still have a cached contiguous raw data present,
+		 * which will be unconditionally freed below.
+		 */
+		free(btf->hdr);
+		free(btf->types_data);
+		strset__free(btf->strs_set);
+	}
+	free(btf->raw_data);
+	free(btf->raw_data_swapped);
+	free(btf->type_offs);
+	free(btf);
+}
+
+static struct btf *btf_new_empty(struct btf *base_btf)
+{
+	struct btf *btf;
+
+	btf = calloc(1, sizeof(*btf));
+	if (!btf)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	btf->nr_types = 0;
+	btf->start_id = 1;
+	btf->start_str_off = 0;
+	btf->fd = -1;
+	btf->ptr_sz = sizeof(void *);
+	btf->swapped_endian = false;
+
+	if (base_btf) {
+		btf->base_btf = base_btf;
+		btf->start_id = btf__type_cnt(base_btf);
+		btf->start_str_off = base_btf->hdr->str_len;
+	}
+
+	/* +1 for empty string at offset 0 */
+	btf->raw_size = sizeof(struct btf_header) + (base_btf ? 0 : 1);
+	btf->raw_data = calloc(1, btf->raw_size);
+	if (!btf->raw_data) {
+		free(btf);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
+	btf->hdr = btf->raw_data;
+	btf->hdr->hdr_len = sizeof(struct btf_header);
+	btf->hdr->magic = BTF_MAGIC;
+	btf->hdr->version = BTF_VERSION;
+
+	btf->types_data = btf->raw_data + btf->hdr->hdr_len;
+	btf->strs_data = btf->raw_data + btf->hdr->hdr_len;
+	btf->hdr->str_len = base_btf ? 0 : 1; /* empty string at offset 0 */
+
+	return btf;
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__new_empty(void)
+{
+	return libbpf_ptr(btf_new_empty(NULL));
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__new_empty_split(struct btf *base_btf)
+{
+	return libbpf_ptr(btf_new_empty(base_btf));
+}
+
+static struct btf *btf_new(const void *data, __u32 size, struct btf *base_btf)
+{
+	struct btf *btf;
+	int err;
+
+	btf = calloc(1, sizeof(struct btf));
+	if (!btf)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	btf->nr_types = 0;
+	btf->start_id = 1;
+	btf->start_str_off = 0;
+	btf->fd = -1;
+
+	if (base_btf) {
+		btf->base_btf = base_btf;
+		btf->start_id = btf__type_cnt(base_btf);
+		btf->start_str_off = base_btf->hdr->str_len;
+	}
+
+	btf->raw_data = malloc(size);
+	if (!btf->raw_data) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto done;
+	}
+	memcpy(btf->raw_data, data, size);
+	btf->raw_size = size;
+
+	btf->hdr = btf->raw_data;
+	err = btf_parse_hdr(btf);
+	if (err)
+		goto done;
+
+	btf->strs_data = btf->raw_data + btf->hdr->hdr_len + btf->hdr->str_off;
+	btf->types_data = btf->raw_data + btf->hdr->hdr_len + btf->hdr->type_off;
+
+	err = btf_parse_str_sec(btf);
+	err = err ?: btf_parse_type_sec(btf);
+	if (err)
+		goto done;
+
+done:
+	if (err) {
+		btf__free(btf);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+
+	return btf;
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__new(const void *data, __u32 size)
+{
+	return libbpf_ptr(btf_new(data, size, NULL));
+}
+
+static struct btf *btf_parse_elf(const char *path, struct btf *base_btf,
+				 struct btf_ext **btf_ext)
+{
+	Elf_Data *btf_data = NULL, *btf_ext_data = NULL;
+	int err = 0, fd = -1, idx = 0;
+	struct btf *btf = NULL;
+	Elf_Scn *scn = NULL;
+	Elf *elf = NULL;
+	GElf_Ehdr ehdr;
+	size_t shstrndx;
+
+	if (elf_version(EV_CURRENT) == EV_NONE) {
+		pr_warn("failed to init libelf for %s\n", path);
+		return ERR_PTR(-LIBBPF_ERRNO__LIBELF);
+	}
+
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		err = -errno;
+		pr_warn("failed to open %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+
+	err = -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
+
+	elf = elf_begin(fd, ELF_C_READ, NULL);
+	if (!elf) {
+		pr_warn("failed to open %s as ELF file\n", path);
+		goto done;
+	}
+	if (!gelf_getehdr(elf, &ehdr)) {
+		pr_warn("failed to get EHDR from %s\n", path);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	if (elf_getshdrstrndx(elf, &shstrndx)) {
+		pr_warn("failed to get section names section index for %s\n",
+			path);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	if (!elf_rawdata(elf_getscn(elf, shstrndx), NULL)) {
+		pr_warn("failed to get e_shstrndx from %s\n", path);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	while ((scn = elf_nextscn(elf, scn)) != NULL) {
+		GElf_Shdr sh;
+		char *name;
+
+		idx++;
+		if (gelf_getshdr(scn, &sh) != &sh) {
+			pr_warn("failed to get section(%d) header from %s\n",
+				idx, path);
+			goto done;
+		}
+		name = elf_strptr(elf, shstrndx, sh.sh_name);
+		if (!name) {
+			pr_warn("failed to get section(%d) name from %s\n",
+				idx, path);
+			goto done;
+		}
+		if (strcmp(name, BTF_ELF_SEC) == 0) {
+			btf_data = elf_getdata(scn, 0);
+			if (!btf_data) {
+				pr_warn("failed to get section(%d, %s) data from %s\n",
+					idx, name, path);
+				goto done;
+			}
+			continue;
+		} else if (btf_ext && strcmp(name, BTF_EXT_ELF_SEC) == 0) {
+			btf_ext_data = elf_getdata(scn, 0);
+			if (!btf_ext_data) {
+				pr_warn("failed to get section(%d, %s) data from %s\n",
+					idx, name, path);
+				goto done;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+	}
+
+	err = 0;
+
+	if (!btf_data) {
+		err = -ENOENT;
+		goto done;
+	}
+	btf = btf_new(btf_data->d_buf, btf_data->d_size, base_btf);
+	err = libbpf_get_error(btf);
+	if (err)
+		goto done;
+
+	switch (gelf_getclass(elf)) {
+	case ELFCLASS32:
+		btf__set_pointer_size(btf, 4);
+		break;
+	case ELFCLASS64:
+		btf__set_pointer_size(btf, 8);
+		break;
+	default:
+		pr_warn("failed to get ELF class (bitness) for %s\n", path);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (btf_ext && btf_ext_data) {
+		*btf_ext = btf_ext__new(btf_ext_data->d_buf, btf_ext_data->d_size);
+		err = libbpf_get_error(*btf_ext);
+		if (err)
+			goto done;
+	} else if (btf_ext) {
+		*btf_ext = NULL;
+	}
+done:
+	if (elf)
+		elf_end(elf);
+	close(fd);
+
+	if (!err)
+		return btf;
+
+	if (btf_ext)
+		btf_ext__free(*btf_ext);
+	btf__free(btf);
+
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__parse_elf(const char *path, struct btf_ext **btf_ext)
+{
+	return libbpf_ptr(btf_parse_elf(path, NULL, btf_ext));
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__parse_elf_split(const char *path, struct btf *base_btf)
+{
+	return libbpf_ptr(btf_parse_elf(path, base_btf, NULL));
+}
+
+static struct btf *btf_parse_raw(const char *path, struct btf *base_btf)
+{
+	struct btf *btf = NULL;
+	void *data = NULL;
+	FILE *f = NULL;
+	__u16 magic;
+	int err = 0;
+	long sz;
+
+	f = fopen(path, "rb");
+	if (!f) {
+		err = -errno;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	/* check BTF magic */
+	if (fread(&magic, 1, sizeof(magic), f) < sizeof(magic)) {
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+	if (magic != BTF_MAGIC && magic != bswap_16(BTF_MAGIC)) {
+		/* definitely not a raw BTF */
+		err = -EPROTO;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	/* get file size */
+	if (fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END)) {
+		err = -errno;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+	sz = ftell(f);
+	if (sz < 0) {
+		err = -errno;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+	/* rewind to the start */
+	if (fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET)) {
+		err = -errno;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	/* pre-alloc memory and read all of BTF data */
+	data = malloc(sz);
+	if (!data) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+	if (fread(data, 1, sz, f) < sz) {
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	/* finally parse BTF data */
+	btf = btf_new(data, sz, base_btf);
+
+err_out:
+	free(data);
+	if (f)
+		fclose(f);
+	return err ? ERR_PTR(err) : btf;
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__parse_raw(const char *path)
+{
+	return libbpf_ptr(btf_parse_raw(path, NULL));
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__parse_raw_split(const char *path, struct btf *base_btf)
+{
+	return libbpf_ptr(btf_parse_raw(path, base_btf));
+}
+
+static struct btf *btf_parse(const char *path, struct btf *base_btf, struct btf_ext **btf_ext)
+{
+	struct btf *btf;
+	int err;
+
+	if (btf_ext)
+		*btf_ext = NULL;
+
+	btf = btf_parse_raw(path, base_btf);
+	err = libbpf_get_error(btf);
+	if (!err)
+		return btf;
+	if (err != -EPROTO)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	return btf_parse_elf(path, base_btf, btf_ext);
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__parse(const char *path, struct btf_ext **btf_ext)
+{
+	return libbpf_ptr(btf_parse(path, NULL, btf_ext));
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__parse_split(const char *path, struct btf *base_btf)
+{
+	return libbpf_ptr(btf_parse(path, base_btf, NULL));
+}
+
+static void *btf_get_raw_data(const struct btf *btf, __u32 *size, bool swap_endian);
+
+int btf_load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf, char *log_buf, size_t log_sz, __u32 log_level)
+{
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_btf_load_opts, opts);
+	__u32 buf_sz = 0, raw_size;
+	char *buf = NULL, *tmp;
+	void *raw_data;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (btf->fd >= 0)
+		return libbpf_err(-EEXIST);
+	if (log_sz && !log_buf)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* cache native raw data representation */
+	raw_data = btf_get_raw_data(btf, &raw_size, false);
+	if (!raw_data) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto done;
+	}
+	btf->raw_size = raw_size;
+	btf->raw_data = raw_data;
+
+retry_load:
+	/* if log_level is 0, we won't provide log_buf/log_size to the kernel,
+	 * initially. Only if BTF loading fails, we bump log_level to 1 and
+	 * retry, using either auto-allocated or custom log_buf. This way
+	 * non-NULL custom log_buf provides a buffer just in case, but hopes
+	 * for successful load and no need for log_buf.
+	 */
+	if (log_level) {
+		/* if caller didn't provide custom log_buf, we'll keep
+		 * allocating our own progressively bigger buffers for BTF
+		 * verification log
+		 */
+		if (!log_buf) {
+			buf_sz = max((__u32)BPF_LOG_BUF_SIZE, buf_sz * 2);
+			tmp = realloc(buf, buf_sz);
+			if (!tmp) {
+				err = -ENOMEM;
+				goto done;
+			}
+			buf = tmp;
+			buf[0] = '\0';
+		}
+
+		opts.log_buf = log_buf ? log_buf : buf;
+		opts.log_size = log_buf ? log_sz : buf_sz;
+		opts.log_level = log_level;
+	}
+
+	btf->fd = bpf_btf_load(raw_data, raw_size, &opts);
+	if (btf->fd < 0) {
+		/* time to turn on verbose mode and try again */
+		if (log_level == 0) {
+			log_level = 1;
+			goto retry_load;
+		}
+		/* only retry if caller didn't provide custom log_buf, but
+		 * make sure we can never overflow buf_sz
+		 */
+		if (!log_buf && errno == ENOSPC && buf_sz <= UINT_MAX / 2)
+			goto retry_load;
+
+		err = -errno;
+		pr_warn("BTF loading error: %d\n", err);
+		/* don't print out contents of custom log_buf */
+		if (!log_buf && buf[0])
+			pr_warn("-- BEGIN BTF LOAD LOG ---\n%s\n-- END BTF LOAD LOG --\n", buf);
+	}
+
+done:
+	free(buf);
+	return libbpf_err(err);
+}
+
+int btf__load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf)
+{
+	return btf_load_into_kernel(btf, NULL, 0, 0);
+}
+
+int btf__fd(const struct btf *btf)
+{
+	return btf->fd;
+}
+
+void btf__set_fd(struct btf *btf, int fd)
+{
+	btf->fd = fd;
+}
+
+static const void *btf_strs_data(const struct btf *btf)
+{
+	return btf->strs_data ? btf->strs_data : strset__data(btf->strs_set);
+}
+
+static void *btf_get_raw_data(const struct btf *btf, __u32 *size, bool swap_endian)
+{
+	struct btf_header *hdr = btf->hdr;
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	void *data, *p;
+	__u32 data_sz;
+	int i;
+
+	data = swap_endian ? btf->raw_data_swapped : btf->raw_data;
+	if (data) {
+		*size = btf->raw_size;
+		return data;
+	}
+
+	data_sz = hdr->hdr_len + hdr->type_len + hdr->str_len;
+	data = calloc(1, data_sz);
+	if (!data)
+		return NULL;
+	p = data;
+
+	memcpy(p, hdr, hdr->hdr_len);
+	if (swap_endian)
+		btf_bswap_hdr(p);
+	p += hdr->hdr_len;
+
+	memcpy(p, btf->types_data, hdr->type_len);
+	if (swap_endian) {
+		for (i = 0; i < btf->nr_types; i++) {
+			t = p + btf->type_offs[i];
+			/* btf_bswap_type_rest() relies on native t->info, so
+			 * we swap base type info after we swapped all the
+			 * additional information
+			 */
+			if (btf_bswap_type_rest(t))
+				goto err_out;
+			btf_bswap_type_base(t);
+		}
+	}
+	p += hdr->type_len;
+
+	memcpy(p, btf_strs_data(btf), hdr->str_len);
+	p += hdr->str_len;
+
+	*size = data_sz;
+	return data;
+err_out:
+	free(data);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+const void *btf__raw_data(const struct btf *btf_ro, __u32 *size)
+{
+	struct btf *btf = (struct btf *)btf_ro;
+	__u32 data_sz;
+	void *data;
+
+	data = btf_get_raw_data(btf, &data_sz, btf->swapped_endian);
+	if (!data)
+		return errno = ENOMEM, NULL;
+
+	btf->raw_size = data_sz;
+	if (btf->swapped_endian)
+		btf->raw_data_swapped = data;
+	else
+		btf->raw_data = data;
+	*size = data_sz;
+	return data;
+}
+
+__attribute__((alias("btf__raw_data")))
+const void *btf__get_raw_data(const struct btf *btf, __u32 *size);
+
+const char *btf__str_by_offset(const struct btf *btf, __u32 offset)
+{
+	if (offset < btf->start_str_off)
+		return btf__str_by_offset(btf->base_btf, offset);
+	else if (offset - btf->start_str_off < btf->hdr->str_len)
+		return btf_strs_data(btf) + (offset - btf->start_str_off);
+	else
+		return errno = EINVAL, NULL;
+}
+
+const char *btf__name_by_offset(const struct btf *btf, __u32 offset)
+{
+	return btf__str_by_offset(btf, offset);
+}
+
+struct btf *btf_get_from_fd(int btf_fd, struct btf *base_btf)
+{
+	struct bpf_btf_info btf_info;
+	__u32 len = sizeof(btf_info);
+	__u32 last_size;
+	struct btf *btf;
+	void *ptr;
+	int err;
+
+	/* we won't know btf_size until we call bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd(). so
+	 * let's start with a sane default - 4KiB here - and resize it only if
+	 * bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd() needs a bigger buffer.
+	 */
+	last_size = 4096;
+	ptr = malloc(last_size);
+	if (!ptr)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	memset(&btf_info, 0, sizeof(btf_info));
+	btf_info.btf = ptr_to_u64(ptr);
+	btf_info.btf_size = last_size;
+	err = bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd(btf_fd, &btf_info, &len);
+
+	if (!err && btf_info.btf_size > last_size) {
+		void *temp_ptr;
+
+		last_size = btf_info.btf_size;
+		temp_ptr = realloc(ptr, last_size);
+		if (!temp_ptr) {
+			btf = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+			goto exit_free;
+		}
+		ptr = temp_ptr;
+
+		len = sizeof(btf_info);
+		memset(&btf_info, 0, sizeof(btf_info));
+		btf_info.btf = ptr_to_u64(ptr);
+		btf_info.btf_size = last_size;
+
+		err = bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd(btf_fd, &btf_info, &len);
+	}
+
+	if (err || btf_info.btf_size > last_size) {
+		btf = err ? ERR_PTR(-errno) : ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
+		goto exit_free;
+	}
+
+	btf = btf_new(ptr, btf_info.btf_size, base_btf);
+
+exit_free:
+	free(ptr);
+	return btf;
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__load_from_kernel_by_id_split(__u32 id, struct btf *base_btf)
+{
+	struct btf *btf;
+	int btf_fd;
+
+	btf_fd = bpf_btf_get_fd_by_id(id);
+	if (btf_fd < 0)
+		return libbpf_err_ptr(-errno);
+
+	btf = btf_get_from_fd(btf_fd, base_btf);
+	close(btf_fd);
+
+	return libbpf_ptr(btf);
+}
+
+struct btf *btf__load_from_kernel_by_id(__u32 id)
+{
+	return btf__load_from_kernel_by_id_split(id, NULL);
+}
+
+static void btf_invalidate_raw_data(struct btf *btf)
+{
+	if (btf->raw_data) {
+		free(btf->raw_data);
+		btf->raw_data = NULL;
+	}
+	if (btf->raw_data_swapped) {
+		free(btf->raw_data_swapped);
+		btf->raw_data_swapped = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+/* Ensure BTF is ready to be modified (by splitting into a three memory
+ * regions for header, types, and strings). Also invalidate cached
+ * raw_data, if any.
+ */
+static int btf_ensure_modifiable(struct btf *btf)
+{
+	void *hdr, *types;
+	struct strset *set = NULL;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (btf_is_modifiable(btf)) {
+		/* any BTF modification invalidates raw_data */
+		btf_invalidate_raw_data(btf);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* split raw data into three memory regions */
+	hdr = malloc(btf->hdr->hdr_len);
+	types = malloc(btf->hdr->type_len);
+	if (!hdr || !types)
+		goto err_out;
+
+	memcpy(hdr, btf->hdr, btf->hdr->hdr_len);
+	memcpy(types, btf->types_data, btf->hdr->type_len);
+
+	/* build lookup index for all strings */
+	set = strset__new(BTF_MAX_STR_OFFSET, btf->strs_data, btf->hdr->str_len);
+	if (IS_ERR(set)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(set);
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	/* only when everything was successful, update internal state */
+	btf->hdr = hdr;
+	btf->types_data = types;
+	btf->types_data_cap = btf->hdr->type_len;
+	btf->strs_data = NULL;
+	btf->strs_set = set;
+	/* if BTF was created from scratch, all strings are guaranteed to be
+	 * unique and deduplicated
+	 */
+	if (btf->hdr->str_len == 0)
+		btf->strs_deduped = true;
+	if (!btf->base_btf && btf->hdr->str_len == 1)
+		btf->strs_deduped = true;
+
+	/* invalidate raw_data representation */
+	btf_invalidate_raw_data(btf);
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_out:
+	strset__free(set);
+	free(hdr);
+	free(types);
+	return err;
+}
+
+/* Find an offset in BTF string section that corresponds to a given string *s*.
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0 offset into string section, if string is found;
+ *   - -ENOENT, if string is not in the string section;
+ *   - <0, on any other error.
+ */
+int btf__find_str(struct btf *btf, const char *s)
+{
+	int off;
+
+	if (btf->base_btf) {
+		off = btf__find_str(btf->base_btf, s);
+		if (off != -ENOENT)
+			return off;
+	}
+
+	/* BTF needs to be in a modifiable state to build string lookup index */
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	off = strset__find_str(btf->strs_set, s);
+	if (off < 0)
+		return libbpf_err(off);
+
+	return btf->start_str_off + off;
+}
+
+/* Add a string s to the BTF string section.
+ * Returns:
+ *   - > 0 offset into string section, on success;
+ *   - < 0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_str(struct btf *btf, const char *s)
+{
+	int off;
+
+	if (btf->base_btf) {
+		off = btf__find_str(btf->base_btf, s);
+		if (off != -ENOENT)
+			return off;
+	}
+
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	off = strset__add_str(btf->strs_set, s);
+	if (off < 0)
+		return libbpf_err(off);
+
+	btf->hdr->str_len = strset__data_size(btf->strs_set);
+
+	return btf->start_str_off + off;
+}
+
+static void *btf_add_type_mem(struct btf *btf, size_t add_sz)
+{
+	return libbpf_add_mem(&btf->types_data, &btf->types_data_cap, 1,
+			      btf->hdr->type_len, UINT_MAX, add_sz);
+}
+
+static void btf_type_inc_vlen(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	t->info = btf_type_info(btf_kind(t), btf_vlen(t) + 1, btf_kflag(t));
+}
+
+static int btf_commit_type(struct btf *btf, int data_sz)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = btf_add_type_idx_entry(btf, btf->hdr->type_len);
+	if (err)
+		return libbpf_err(err);
+
+	btf->hdr->type_len += data_sz;
+	btf->hdr->str_off += data_sz;
+	btf->nr_types++;
+	return btf->start_id + btf->nr_types - 1;
+}
+
+struct btf_pipe {
+	const struct btf *src;
+	struct btf *dst;
+	struct hashmap *str_off_map; /* map string offsets from src to dst */
+};
+
+static int btf_rewrite_str(__u32 *str_off, void *ctx)
+{
+	struct btf_pipe *p = ctx;
+	void *mapped_off;
+	int off, err;
+
+	if (!*str_off) /* nothing to do for empty strings */
+		return 0;
+
+	if (p->str_off_map &&
+	    hashmap__find(p->str_off_map, (void *)(long)*str_off, &mapped_off)) {
+		*str_off = (__u32)(long)mapped_off;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	off = btf__add_str(p->dst, btf__str_by_offset(p->src, *str_off));
+	if (off < 0)
+		return off;
+
+	/* Remember string mapping from src to dst.  It avoids
+	 * performing expensive string comparisons.
+	 */
+	if (p->str_off_map) {
+		err = hashmap__append(p->str_off_map, (void *)(long)*str_off, (void *)(long)off);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	*str_off = off;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int btf__add_type(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *src_btf, const struct btf_type *src_type)
+{
+	struct btf_pipe p = { .src = src_btf, .dst = btf };
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int sz, err;
+
+	sz = btf_type_size(src_type);
+	if (sz < 0)
+		return libbpf_err(sz);
+
+	/* deconstruct BTF, if necessary, and invalidate raw_data */
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	memcpy(t, src_type, sz);
+
+	err = btf_type_visit_str_offs(t, btf_rewrite_str, &p);
+	if (err)
+		return libbpf_err(err);
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+static int btf_rewrite_type_ids(__u32 *type_id, void *ctx)
+{
+	struct btf *btf = ctx;
+
+	if (!*type_id) /* nothing to do for VOID references */
+		return 0;
+
+	/* we haven't updated btf's type count yet, so
+	 * btf->start_id + btf->nr_types - 1 is the type ID offset we should
+	 * add to all newly added BTF types
+	 */
+	*type_id += btf->start_id + btf->nr_types - 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static size_t btf_dedup_identity_hash_fn(const void *key, void *ctx);
+static bool btf_dedup_equal_fn(const void *k1, const void *k2, void *ctx);
+
+int btf__add_btf(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *src_btf)
+{
+	struct btf_pipe p = { .src = src_btf, .dst = btf };
+	int data_sz, sz, cnt, i, err, old_strs_len;
+	__u32 *off;
+	void *t;
+
+	/* appending split BTF isn't supported yet */
+	if (src_btf->base_btf)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOTSUP);
+
+	/* deconstruct BTF, if necessary, and invalidate raw_data */
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	/* remember original strings section size if we have to roll back
+	 * partial strings section changes
+	 */
+	old_strs_len = btf->hdr->str_len;
+
+	data_sz = src_btf->hdr->type_len;
+	cnt = btf__type_cnt(src_btf) - 1;
+
+	/* pre-allocate enough memory for new types */
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, data_sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	/* pre-allocate enough memory for type offset index for new types */
+	off = btf_add_type_offs_mem(btf, cnt);
+	if (!off)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	/* Map the string offsets from src_btf to the offsets from btf to improve performance */
+	p.str_off_map = hashmap__new(btf_dedup_identity_hash_fn, btf_dedup_equal_fn, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(p.str_off_map))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	/* bulk copy types data for all types from src_btf */
+	memcpy(t, src_btf->types_data, data_sz);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+		sz = btf_type_size(t);
+		if (sz < 0) {
+			/* unlikely, has to be corrupted src_btf */
+			err = sz;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
+
+		/* fill out type ID to type offset mapping for lookups by type ID */
+		*off = t - btf->types_data;
+
+		/* add, dedup, and remap strings referenced by this BTF type */
+		err = btf_type_visit_str_offs(t, btf_rewrite_str, &p);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_out;
+
+		/* remap all type IDs referenced from this BTF type */
+		err = btf_type_visit_type_ids(t, btf_rewrite_type_ids, btf);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_out;
+
+		/* go to next type data and type offset index entry */
+		t += sz;
+		off++;
+	}
+
+	/* Up until now any of the copied type data was effectively invisible,
+	 * so if we exited early before this point due to error, BTF would be
+	 * effectively unmodified. There would be extra internal memory
+	 * pre-allocated, but it would not be available for querying.  But now
+	 * that we've copied and rewritten all the data successfully, we can
+	 * update type count and various internal offsets and sizes to
+	 * "commit" the changes and made them visible to the outside world.
+	 */
+	btf->hdr->type_len += data_sz;
+	btf->hdr->str_off += data_sz;
+	btf->nr_types += cnt;
+
+	hashmap__free(p.str_off_map);
+
+	/* return type ID of the first added BTF type */
+	return btf->start_id + btf->nr_types - cnt;
+err_out:
+	/* zero out preallocated memory as if it was just allocated with
+	 * libbpf_add_mem()
+	 */
+	memset(btf->types_data + btf->hdr->type_len, 0, data_sz);
+	memset(btf->strs_data + old_strs_len, 0, btf->hdr->str_len - old_strs_len);
+
+	/* and now restore original strings section size; types data size
+	 * wasn't modified, so doesn't need restoring, see big comment above */
+	btf->hdr->str_len = old_strs_len;
+
+	hashmap__free(p.str_off_map);
+
+	return libbpf_err(err);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_INT type with:
+ *   - *name* - non-empty, non-NULL type name;
+ *   - *sz* - power-of-2 (1, 2, 4, ..) size of the type, in bytes;
+ *   - encoding is a combination of BTF_INT_SIGNED, BTF_INT_CHAR, BTF_INT_BOOL.
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_int(struct btf *btf, const char *name, size_t byte_sz, int encoding)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int sz, name_off;
+
+	/* non-empty name */
+	if (!name || !name[0])
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	/* byte_sz must be power of 2 */
+	if (!byte_sz || (byte_sz & (byte_sz - 1)) || byte_sz > 16)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	if (encoding & ~(BTF_INT_SIGNED | BTF_INT_CHAR | BTF_INT_BOOL))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* deconstruct BTF, if necessary, and invalidate raw_data */
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_type) + sizeof(int);
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	/* if something goes wrong later, we might end up with an extra string,
+	 * but that shouldn't be a problem, because BTF can't be constructed
+	 * completely anyway and will most probably be just discarded
+	 */
+	name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+	if (name_off < 0)
+		return name_off;
+
+	t->name_off = name_off;
+	t->info = btf_type_info(BTF_KIND_INT, 0, 0);
+	t->size = byte_sz;
+	/* set INT info, we don't allow setting legacy bit offset/size */
+	*(__u32 *)(t + 1) = (encoding << 24) | (byte_sz * 8);
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_FLOAT type with:
+ *   - *name* - non-empty, non-NULL type name;
+ *   - *sz* - size of the type, in bytes;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_float(struct btf *btf, const char *name, size_t byte_sz)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int sz, name_off;
+
+	/* non-empty name */
+	if (!name || !name[0])
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* byte_sz must be one of the explicitly allowed values */
+	if (byte_sz != 2 && byte_sz != 4 && byte_sz != 8 && byte_sz != 12 &&
+	    byte_sz != 16)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_type);
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+	if (name_off < 0)
+		return name_off;
+
+	t->name_off = name_off;
+	t->info = btf_type_info(BTF_KIND_FLOAT, 0, 0);
+	t->size = byte_sz;
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+/* it's completely legal to append BTF types with type IDs pointing forward to
+ * types that haven't been appended yet, so we only make sure that id looks
+ * sane, we can't guarantee that ID will always be valid
+ */
+static int validate_type_id(int id)
+{
+	if (id < 0 || id > BTF_MAX_NR_TYPES)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* generic append function for PTR, TYPEDEF, CONST/VOLATILE/RESTRICT */
+static int btf_add_ref_kind(struct btf *btf, int kind, const char *name, int ref_type_id)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int sz, name_off = 0;
+
+	if (validate_type_id(ref_type_id))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_type);
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	if (name && name[0]) {
+		name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+		if (name_off < 0)
+			return name_off;
+	}
+
+	t->name_off = name_off;
+	t->info = btf_type_info(kind, 0, 0);
+	t->type = ref_type_id;
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_PTR type with:
+ *   - *ref_type_id* - referenced type ID, it might not exist yet;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_ptr(struct btf *btf, int ref_type_id)
+{
+	return btf_add_ref_kind(btf, BTF_KIND_PTR, NULL, ref_type_id);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_ARRAY type with:
+ *   - *index_type_id* - type ID of the type describing array index;
+ *   - *elem_type_id* - type ID of the type describing array element;
+ *   - *nr_elems* - the size of the array;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_array(struct btf *btf, int index_type_id, int elem_type_id, __u32 nr_elems)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	struct btf_array *a;
+	int sz;
+
+	if (validate_type_id(index_type_id) || validate_type_id(elem_type_id))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_type) + sizeof(struct btf_array);
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	t->name_off = 0;
+	t->info = btf_type_info(BTF_KIND_ARRAY, 0, 0);
+	t->size = 0;
+
+	a = btf_array(t);
+	a->type = elem_type_id;
+	a->index_type = index_type_id;
+	a->nelems = nr_elems;
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+/* generic STRUCT/UNION append function */
+static int btf_add_composite(struct btf *btf, int kind, const char *name, __u32 bytes_sz)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int sz, name_off = 0;
+
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_type);
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	if (name && name[0]) {
+		name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+		if (name_off < 0)
+			return name_off;
+	}
+
+	/* start out with vlen=0 and no kflag; this will be adjusted when
+	 * adding each member
+	 */
+	t->name_off = name_off;
+	t->info = btf_type_info(kind, 0, 0);
+	t->size = bytes_sz;
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_STRUCT type with:
+ *   - *name* - name of the struct, can be NULL or empty for anonymous structs;
+ *   - *byte_sz* - size of the struct, in bytes;
+ *
+ * Struct initially has no fields in it. Fields can be added by
+ * btf__add_field() right after btf__add_struct() succeeds.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_struct(struct btf *btf, const char *name, __u32 byte_sz)
+{
+	return btf_add_composite(btf, BTF_KIND_STRUCT, name, byte_sz);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_UNION type with:
+ *   - *name* - name of the union, can be NULL or empty for anonymous union;
+ *   - *byte_sz* - size of the union, in bytes;
+ *
+ * Union initially has no fields in it. Fields can be added by
+ * btf__add_field() right after btf__add_union() succeeds. All fields
+ * should have *bit_offset* of 0.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_union(struct btf *btf, const char *name, __u32 byte_sz)
+{
+	return btf_add_composite(btf, BTF_KIND_UNION, name, byte_sz);
+}
+
+static struct btf_type *btf_last_type(struct btf *btf)
+{
+	return btf_type_by_id(btf, btf__type_cnt(btf) - 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new field for the current STRUCT/UNION type with:
+ *   - *name* - name of the field, can be NULL or empty for anonymous field;
+ *   - *type_id* - type ID for the type describing field type;
+ *   - *bit_offset* - bit offset of the start of the field within struct/union;
+ *   - *bit_size* - bit size of a bitfield, 0 for non-bitfield fields;
+ * Returns:
+ *   -  0, on success;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_field(struct btf *btf, const char *name, int type_id,
+		   __u32 bit_offset, __u32 bit_size)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	struct btf_member *m;
+	bool is_bitfield;
+	int sz, name_off = 0;
+
+	/* last type should be union/struct */
+	if (btf->nr_types == 0)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	t = btf_last_type(btf);
+	if (!btf_is_composite(t))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (validate_type_id(type_id))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	/* best-effort bit field offset/size enforcement */
+	is_bitfield = bit_size || (bit_offset % 8 != 0);
+	if (is_bitfield && (bit_size == 0 || bit_size > 255 || bit_offset > 0xffffff))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* only offset 0 is allowed for unions */
+	if (btf_is_union(t) && bit_offset)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* decompose and invalidate raw data */
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_member);
+	m = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!m)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	if (name && name[0]) {
+		name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+		if (name_off < 0)
+			return name_off;
+	}
+
+	m->name_off = name_off;
+	m->type = type_id;
+	m->offset = bit_offset | (bit_size << 24);
+
+	/* btf_add_type_mem can invalidate t pointer */
+	t = btf_last_type(btf);
+	/* update parent type's vlen and kflag */
+	t->info = btf_type_info(btf_kind(t), btf_vlen(t) + 1, is_bitfield || btf_kflag(t));
+
+	btf->hdr->type_len += sz;
+	btf->hdr->str_off += sz;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_add_enum_common(struct btf *btf, const char *name, __u32 byte_sz,
+			       bool is_signed, __u8 kind)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int sz, name_off = 0;
+
+	/* byte_sz must be power of 2 */
+	if (!byte_sz || (byte_sz & (byte_sz - 1)) || byte_sz > 8)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_type);
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	if (name && name[0]) {
+		name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+		if (name_off < 0)
+			return name_off;
+	}
+
+	/* start out with vlen=0; it will be adjusted when adding enum values */
+	t->name_off = name_off;
+	t->info = btf_type_info(kind, 0, is_signed);
+	t->size = byte_sz;
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_ENUM type with:
+ *   - *name* - name of the enum, can be NULL or empty for anonymous enums;
+ *   - *byte_sz* - size of the enum, in bytes.
+ *
+ * Enum initially has no enum values in it (and corresponds to enum forward
+ * declaration). Enumerator values can be added by btf__add_enum_value()
+ * immediately after btf__add_enum() succeeds.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_enum(struct btf *btf, const char *name, __u32 byte_sz)
+{
+	/*
+	 * set the signedness to be unsigned, it will change to signed
+	 * if any later enumerator is negative.
+	 */
+	return btf_add_enum_common(btf, name, byte_sz, false, BTF_KIND_ENUM);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new enum value for the current ENUM type with:
+ *   - *name* - name of the enumerator value, can't be NULL or empty;
+ *   - *value* - integer value corresponding to enum value *name*;
+ * Returns:
+ *   -  0, on success;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_enum_value(struct btf *btf, const char *name, __s64 value)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	struct btf_enum *v;
+	int sz, name_off;
+
+	/* last type should be BTF_KIND_ENUM */
+	if (btf->nr_types == 0)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	t = btf_last_type(btf);
+	if (!btf_is_enum(t))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* non-empty name */
+	if (!name || !name[0])
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	if (value < INT_MIN || value > UINT_MAX)
+		return libbpf_err(-E2BIG);
+
+	/* decompose and invalidate raw data */
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_enum);
+	v = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!v)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+	if (name_off < 0)
+		return name_off;
+
+	v->name_off = name_off;
+	v->val = value;
+
+	/* update parent type's vlen */
+	t = btf_last_type(btf);
+	btf_type_inc_vlen(t);
+
+	/* if negative value, set signedness to signed */
+	if (value < 0)
+		t->info = btf_type_info(btf_kind(t), btf_vlen(t), true);
+
+	btf->hdr->type_len += sz;
+	btf->hdr->str_off += sz;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_ENUM64 type with:
+ *   - *name* - name of the enum, can be NULL or empty for anonymous enums;
+ *   - *byte_sz* - size of the enum, in bytes.
+ *   - *is_signed* - whether the enum values are signed or not;
+ *
+ * Enum initially has no enum values in it (and corresponds to enum forward
+ * declaration). Enumerator values can be added by btf__add_enum64_value()
+ * immediately after btf__add_enum64() succeeds.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_enum64(struct btf *btf, const char *name, __u32 byte_sz,
+		    bool is_signed)
+{
+	return btf_add_enum_common(btf, name, byte_sz, is_signed,
+				   BTF_KIND_ENUM64);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new enum value for the current ENUM64 type with:
+ *   - *name* - name of the enumerator value, can't be NULL or empty;
+ *   - *value* - integer value corresponding to enum value *name*;
+ * Returns:
+ *   -  0, on success;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_enum64_value(struct btf *btf, const char *name, __u64 value)
+{
+	struct btf_enum64 *v;
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int sz, name_off;
+
+	/* last type should be BTF_KIND_ENUM64 */
+	if (btf->nr_types == 0)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	t = btf_last_type(btf);
+	if (!btf_is_enum64(t))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* non-empty name */
+	if (!name || !name[0])
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* decompose and invalidate raw data */
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_enum64);
+	v = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!v)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+	if (name_off < 0)
+		return name_off;
+
+	v->name_off = name_off;
+	v->val_lo32 = (__u32)value;
+	v->val_hi32 = value >> 32;
+
+	/* update parent type's vlen */
+	t = btf_last_type(btf);
+	btf_type_inc_vlen(t);
+
+	btf->hdr->type_len += sz;
+	btf->hdr->str_off += sz;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_FWD type with:
+ *   - *name*, non-empty/non-NULL name;
+ *   - *fwd_kind*, kind of forward declaration, one of BTF_FWD_STRUCT,
+ *     BTF_FWD_UNION, or BTF_FWD_ENUM;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_fwd(struct btf *btf, const char *name, enum btf_fwd_kind fwd_kind)
+{
+	if (!name || !name[0])
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	switch (fwd_kind) {
+	case BTF_FWD_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_FWD_UNION: {
+		struct btf_type *t;
+		int id;
+
+		id = btf_add_ref_kind(btf, BTF_KIND_FWD, name, 0);
+		if (id <= 0)
+			return id;
+		t = btf_type_by_id(btf, id);
+		t->info = btf_type_info(BTF_KIND_FWD, 0, fwd_kind == BTF_FWD_UNION);
+		return id;
+	}
+	case BTF_FWD_ENUM:
+		/* enum forward in BTF currently is just an enum with no enum
+		 * values; we also assume a standard 4-byte size for it
+		 */
+		return btf__add_enum(btf, name, sizeof(int));
+	default:
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KING_TYPEDEF type with:
+ *   - *name*, non-empty/non-NULL name;
+ *   - *ref_type_id* - referenced type ID, it might not exist yet;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_typedef(struct btf *btf, const char *name, int ref_type_id)
+{
+	if (!name || !name[0])
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	return btf_add_ref_kind(btf, BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF, name, ref_type_id);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_VOLATILE type with:
+ *   - *ref_type_id* - referenced type ID, it might not exist yet;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_volatile(struct btf *btf, int ref_type_id)
+{
+	return btf_add_ref_kind(btf, BTF_KIND_VOLATILE, NULL, ref_type_id);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_CONST type with:
+ *   - *ref_type_id* - referenced type ID, it might not exist yet;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_const(struct btf *btf, int ref_type_id)
+{
+	return btf_add_ref_kind(btf, BTF_KIND_CONST, NULL, ref_type_id);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_RESTRICT type with:
+ *   - *ref_type_id* - referenced type ID, it might not exist yet;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_restrict(struct btf *btf, int ref_type_id)
+{
+	return btf_add_ref_kind(btf, BTF_KIND_RESTRICT, NULL, ref_type_id);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG type with:
+ *   - *value*, non-empty/non-NULL tag value;
+ *   - *ref_type_id* - referenced type ID, it might not exist yet;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_type_tag(struct btf *btf, const char *value, int ref_type_id)
+{
+	if (!value|| !value[0])
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	return btf_add_ref_kind(btf, BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG, value, ref_type_id);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_FUNC type with:
+ *   - *name*, non-empty/non-NULL name;
+ *   - *proto_type_id* - FUNC_PROTO's type ID, it might not exist yet;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_func(struct btf *btf, const char *name,
+		  enum btf_func_linkage linkage, int proto_type_id)
+{
+	int id;
+
+	if (!name || !name[0])
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	if (linkage != BTF_FUNC_STATIC && linkage != BTF_FUNC_GLOBAL &&
+	    linkage != BTF_FUNC_EXTERN)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	id = btf_add_ref_kind(btf, BTF_KIND_FUNC, name, proto_type_id);
+	if (id > 0) {
+		struct btf_type *t = btf_type_by_id(btf, id);
+
+		t->info = btf_type_info(BTF_KIND_FUNC, linkage, 0);
+	}
+	return libbpf_err(id);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO with:
+ *   - *ret_type_id* - type ID for return result of a function.
+ *
+ * Function prototype initially has no arguments, but they can be added by
+ * btf__add_func_param() one by one, immediately after
+ * btf__add_func_proto() succeeded.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_func_proto(struct btf *btf, int ret_type_id)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int sz;
+
+	if (validate_type_id(ret_type_id))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_type);
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	/* start out with vlen=0; this will be adjusted when adding enum
+	 * values, if necessary
+	 */
+	t->name_off = 0;
+	t->info = btf_type_info(BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO, 0, 0);
+	t->type = ret_type_id;
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new function parameter for current FUNC_PROTO type with:
+ *   - *name* - parameter name, can be NULL or empty;
+ *   - *type_id* - type ID describing the type of the parameter.
+ * Returns:
+ *   -  0, on success;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_func_param(struct btf *btf, const char *name, int type_id)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	struct btf_param *p;
+	int sz, name_off = 0;
+
+	if (validate_type_id(type_id))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* last type should be BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO */
+	if (btf->nr_types == 0)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	t = btf_last_type(btf);
+	if (!btf_is_func_proto(t))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* decompose and invalidate raw data */
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_param);
+	p = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!p)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	if (name && name[0]) {
+		name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+		if (name_off < 0)
+			return name_off;
+	}
+
+	p->name_off = name_off;
+	p->type = type_id;
+
+	/* update parent type's vlen */
+	t = btf_last_type(btf);
+	btf_type_inc_vlen(t);
+
+	btf->hdr->type_len += sz;
+	btf->hdr->str_off += sz;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_VAR type with:
+ *   - *name* - non-empty/non-NULL name;
+ *   - *linkage* - variable linkage, one of BTF_VAR_STATIC,
+ *     BTF_VAR_GLOBAL_ALLOCATED, or BTF_VAR_GLOBAL_EXTERN;
+ *   - *type_id* - type ID of the type describing the type of the variable.
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_var(struct btf *btf, const char *name, int linkage, int type_id)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	struct btf_var *v;
+	int sz, name_off;
+
+	/* non-empty name */
+	if (!name || !name[0])
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	if (linkage != BTF_VAR_STATIC && linkage != BTF_VAR_GLOBAL_ALLOCATED &&
+	    linkage != BTF_VAR_GLOBAL_EXTERN)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	if (validate_type_id(type_id))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* deconstruct BTF, if necessary, and invalidate raw_data */
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_type) + sizeof(struct btf_var);
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+	if (name_off < 0)
+		return name_off;
+
+	t->name_off = name_off;
+	t->info = btf_type_info(BTF_KIND_VAR, 0, 0);
+	t->type = type_id;
+
+	v = btf_var(t);
+	v->linkage = linkage;
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_DATASEC type with:
+ *   - *name* - non-empty/non-NULL name;
+ *   - *byte_sz* - data section size, in bytes.
+ *
+ * Data section is initially empty. Variables info can be added with
+ * btf__add_datasec_var_info() calls, after btf__add_datasec() succeeds.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_datasec(struct btf *btf, const char *name, __u32 byte_sz)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int sz, name_off;
+
+	/* non-empty name */
+	if (!name || !name[0])
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_type);
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	name_off = btf__add_str(btf, name);
+	if (name_off < 0)
+		return name_off;
+
+	/* start with vlen=0, which will be update as var_secinfos are added */
+	t->name_off = name_off;
+	t->info = btf_type_info(BTF_KIND_DATASEC, 0, 0);
+	t->size = byte_sz;
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new data section variable information entry for current DATASEC type:
+ *   - *var_type_id* - type ID, describing type of the variable;
+ *   - *offset* - variable offset within data section, in bytes;
+ *   - *byte_sz* - variable size, in bytes.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   -  0, on success;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_datasec_var_info(struct btf *btf, int var_type_id, __u32 offset, __u32 byte_sz)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	struct btf_var_secinfo *v;
+	int sz;
+
+	/* last type should be BTF_KIND_DATASEC */
+	if (btf->nr_types == 0)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	t = btf_last_type(btf);
+	if (!btf_is_datasec(t))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (validate_type_id(var_type_id))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* decompose and invalidate raw data */
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_var_secinfo);
+	v = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!v)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	v->type = var_type_id;
+	v->offset = offset;
+	v->size = byte_sz;
+
+	/* update parent type's vlen */
+	t = btf_last_type(btf);
+	btf_type_inc_vlen(t);
+
+	btf->hdr->type_len += sz;
+	btf->hdr->str_off += sz;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append new BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG type with:
+ *   - *value* - non-empty/non-NULL string;
+ *   - *ref_type_id* - referenced type ID, it might not exist yet;
+ *   - *component_idx* - -1 for tagging reference type, otherwise struct/union
+ *     member or function argument index;
+ * Returns:
+ *   - >0, type ID of newly added BTF type;
+ *   - <0, on error.
+ */
+int btf__add_decl_tag(struct btf *btf, const char *value, int ref_type_id,
+		 int component_idx)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int sz, value_off;
+
+	if (!value || !value[0] || component_idx < -1)
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (validate_type_id(ref_type_id))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf))
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	sz = sizeof(struct btf_type) + sizeof(struct btf_decl_tag);
+	t = btf_add_type_mem(btf, sz);
+	if (!t)
+		return libbpf_err(-ENOMEM);
+
+	value_off = btf__add_str(btf, value);
+	if (value_off < 0)
+		return value_off;
+
+	t->name_off = value_off;
+	t->info = btf_type_info(BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG, 0, false);
+	t->type = ref_type_id;
+	btf_decl_tag(t)->component_idx = component_idx;
+
+	return btf_commit_type(btf, sz);
+}
+
+struct btf_ext_sec_setup_param {
+	__u32 off;
+	__u32 len;
+	__u32 min_rec_size;
+	struct btf_ext_info *ext_info;
+	const char *desc;
+};
+
+static int btf_ext_setup_info(struct btf_ext *btf_ext,
+			      struct btf_ext_sec_setup_param *ext_sec)
+{
+	const struct btf_ext_info_sec *sinfo;
+	struct btf_ext_info *ext_info;
+	__u32 info_left, record_size;
+	size_t sec_cnt = 0;
+	/* The start of the info sec (including the __u32 record_size). */
+	void *info;
+
+	if (ext_sec->len == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (ext_sec->off & 0x03) {
+		pr_debug(".BTF.ext %s section is not aligned to 4 bytes\n",
+		     ext_sec->desc);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	info = btf_ext->data + btf_ext->hdr->hdr_len + ext_sec->off;
+	info_left = ext_sec->len;
+
+	if (btf_ext->data + btf_ext->data_size < info + ext_sec->len) {
+		pr_debug("%s section (off:%u len:%u) is beyond the end of the ELF section .BTF.ext\n",
+			 ext_sec->desc, ext_sec->off, ext_sec->len);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* At least a record size */
+	if (info_left < sizeof(__u32)) {
+		pr_debug(".BTF.ext %s record size not found\n", ext_sec->desc);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* The record size needs to meet the minimum standard */
+	record_size = *(__u32 *)info;
+	if (record_size < ext_sec->min_rec_size ||
+	    record_size & 0x03) {
+		pr_debug("%s section in .BTF.ext has invalid record size %u\n",
+			 ext_sec->desc, record_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	sinfo = info + sizeof(__u32);
+	info_left -= sizeof(__u32);
+
+	/* If no records, return failure now so .BTF.ext won't be used. */
+	if (!info_left) {
+		pr_debug("%s section in .BTF.ext has no records", ext_sec->desc);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	while (info_left) {
+		unsigned int sec_hdrlen = sizeof(struct btf_ext_info_sec);
+		__u64 total_record_size;
+		__u32 num_records;
+
+		if (info_left < sec_hdrlen) {
+			pr_debug("%s section header is not found in .BTF.ext\n",
+			     ext_sec->desc);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		num_records = sinfo->num_info;
+		if (num_records == 0) {
+			pr_debug("%s section has incorrect num_records in .BTF.ext\n",
+			     ext_sec->desc);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		total_record_size = sec_hdrlen + (__u64)num_records * record_size;
+		if (info_left < total_record_size) {
+			pr_debug("%s section has incorrect num_records in .BTF.ext\n",
+			     ext_sec->desc);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		info_left -= total_record_size;
+		sinfo = (void *)sinfo + total_record_size;
+		sec_cnt++;
+	}
+
+	ext_info = ext_sec->ext_info;
+	ext_info->len = ext_sec->len - sizeof(__u32);
+	ext_info->rec_size = record_size;
+	ext_info->info = info + sizeof(__u32);
+	ext_info->sec_cnt = sec_cnt;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_ext_setup_func_info(struct btf_ext *btf_ext)
+{
+	struct btf_ext_sec_setup_param param = {
+		.off = btf_ext->hdr->func_info_off,
+		.len = btf_ext->hdr->func_info_len,
+		.min_rec_size = sizeof(struct bpf_func_info_min),
+		.ext_info = &btf_ext->func_info,
+		.desc = "func_info"
+	};
+
+	return btf_ext_setup_info(btf_ext, &param);
+}
+
+static int btf_ext_setup_line_info(struct btf_ext *btf_ext)
+{
+	struct btf_ext_sec_setup_param param = {
+		.off = btf_ext->hdr->line_info_off,
+		.len = btf_ext->hdr->line_info_len,
+		.min_rec_size = sizeof(struct bpf_line_info_min),
+		.ext_info = &btf_ext->line_info,
+		.desc = "line_info",
+	};
+
+	return btf_ext_setup_info(btf_ext, &param);
+}
+
+static int btf_ext_setup_core_relos(struct btf_ext *btf_ext)
+{
+	struct btf_ext_sec_setup_param param = {
+		.off = btf_ext->hdr->core_relo_off,
+		.len = btf_ext->hdr->core_relo_len,
+		.min_rec_size = sizeof(struct bpf_core_relo),
+		.ext_info = &btf_ext->core_relo_info,
+		.desc = "core_relo",
+	};
+
+	return btf_ext_setup_info(btf_ext, &param);
+}
+
+static int btf_ext_parse_hdr(__u8 *data, __u32 data_size)
+{
+	const struct btf_ext_header *hdr = (struct btf_ext_header *)data;
+
+	if (data_size < offsetofend(struct btf_ext_header, hdr_len) ||
+	    data_size < hdr->hdr_len) {
+		pr_debug("BTF.ext header not found");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (hdr->magic == bswap_16(BTF_MAGIC)) {
+		pr_warn("BTF.ext in non-native endianness is not supported\n");
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	} else if (hdr->magic != BTF_MAGIC) {
+		pr_debug("Invalid BTF.ext magic:%x\n", hdr->magic);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (hdr->version != BTF_VERSION) {
+		pr_debug("Unsupported BTF.ext version:%u\n", hdr->version);
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	}
+
+	if (hdr->flags) {
+		pr_debug("Unsupported BTF.ext flags:%x\n", hdr->flags);
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	}
+
+	if (data_size == hdr->hdr_len) {
+		pr_debug("BTF.ext has no data\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void btf_ext__free(struct btf_ext *btf_ext)
+{
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(btf_ext))
+		return;
+	free(btf_ext->func_info.sec_idxs);
+	free(btf_ext->line_info.sec_idxs);
+	free(btf_ext->core_relo_info.sec_idxs);
+	free(btf_ext->data);
+	free(btf_ext);
+}
+
+struct btf_ext *btf_ext__new(const __u8 *data, __u32 size)
+{
+	struct btf_ext *btf_ext;
+	int err;
+
+	btf_ext = calloc(1, sizeof(struct btf_ext));
+	if (!btf_ext)
+		return libbpf_err_ptr(-ENOMEM);
+
+	btf_ext->data_size = size;
+	btf_ext->data = malloc(size);
+	if (!btf_ext->data) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto done;
+	}
+	memcpy(btf_ext->data, data, size);
+
+	err = btf_ext_parse_hdr(btf_ext->data, size);
+	if (err)
+		goto done;
+
+	if (btf_ext->hdr->hdr_len < offsetofend(struct btf_ext_header, line_info_len)) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	err = btf_ext_setup_func_info(btf_ext);
+	if (err)
+		goto done;
+
+	err = btf_ext_setup_line_info(btf_ext);
+	if (err)
+		goto done;
+
+	if (btf_ext->hdr->hdr_len < offsetofend(struct btf_ext_header, core_relo_len))
+		goto done; /* skip core relos parsing */
+
+	err = btf_ext_setup_core_relos(btf_ext);
+	if (err)
+		goto done;
+
+done:
+	if (err) {
+		btf_ext__free(btf_ext);
+		return libbpf_err_ptr(err);
+	}
+
+	return btf_ext;
+}
+
+const void *btf_ext__get_raw_data(const struct btf_ext *btf_ext, __u32 *size)
+{
+	*size = btf_ext->data_size;
+	return btf_ext->data;
+}
+
+struct btf_dedup;
+
+static struct btf_dedup *btf_dedup_new(struct btf *btf, const struct btf_dedup_opts *opts);
+static void btf_dedup_free(struct btf_dedup *d);
+static int btf_dedup_prep(struct btf_dedup *d);
+static int btf_dedup_strings(struct btf_dedup *d);
+static int btf_dedup_prim_types(struct btf_dedup *d);
+static int btf_dedup_struct_types(struct btf_dedup *d);
+static int btf_dedup_ref_types(struct btf_dedup *d);
+static int btf_dedup_compact_types(struct btf_dedup *d);
+static int btf_dedup_remap_types(struct btf_dedup *d);
+
+/*
+ * Deduplicate BTF types and strings.
+ *
+ * BTF dedup algorithm takes as an input `struct btf` representing `.BTF` ELF
+ * section with all BTF type descriptors and string data. It overwrites that
+ * memory in-place with deduplicated types and strings without any loss of
+ * information. If optional `struct btf_ext` representing '.BTF.ext' ELF section
+ * is provided, all the strings referenced from .BTF.ext section are honored
+ * and updated to point to the right offsets after deduplication.
+ *
+ * If function returns with error, type/string data might be garbled and should
+ * be discarded.
+ *
+ * More verbose and detailed description of both problem btf_dedup is solving,
+ * as well as solution could be found at:
+ * https://facebookmicrosites.github.io/bpf/blog/2018/11/14/btf-enhancement.html
+ *
+ * Problem description and justification
+ * =====================================
+ *
+ * BTF type information is typically emitted either as a result of conversion
+ * from DWARF to BTF or directly by compiler. In both cases, each compilation
+ * unit contains information about a subset of all the types that are used
+ * in an application. These subsets are frequently overlapping and contain a lot
+ * of duplicated information when later concatenated together into a single
+ * binary. This algorithm ensures that each unique type is represented by single
+ * BTF type descriptor, greatly reducing resulting size of BTF data.
+ *
+ * Compilation unit isolation and subsequent duplication of data is not the only
+ * problem. The same type hierarchy (e.g., struct and all the type that struct
+ * references) in different compilation units can be represented in BTF to
+ * various degrees of completeness (or, rather, incompleteness) due to
+ * struct/union forward declarations.
+ *
+ * Let's take a look at an example, that we'll use to better understand the
+ * problem (and solution). Suppose we have two compilation units, each using
+ * same `struct S`, but each of them having incomplete type information about
+ * struct's fields:
+ *
+ * // CU #1:
+ * struct S;
+ * struct A {
+ *	int a;
+ *	struct A* self;
+ *	struct S* parent;
+ * };
+ * struct B;
+ * struct S {
+ *	struct A* a_ptr;
+ *	struct B* b_ptr;
+ * };
+ *
+ * // CU #2:
+ * struct S;
+ * struct A;
+ * struct B {
+ *	int b;
+ *	struct B* self;
+ *	struct S* parent;
+ * };
+ * struct S {
+ *	struct A* a_ptr;
+ *	struct B* b_ptr;
+ * };
+ *
+ * In case of CU #1, BTF data will know only that `struct B` exist (but no
+ * more), but will know the complete type information about `struct A`. While
+ * for CU #2, it will know full type information about `struct B`, but will
+ * only know about forward declaration of `struct A` (in BTF terms, it will
+ * have `BTF_KIND_FWD` type descriptor with name `B`).
+ *
+ * This compilation unit isolation means that it's possible that there is no
+ * single CU with complete type information describing structs `S`, `A`, and
+ * `B`. Also, we might get tons of duplicated and redundant type information.
+ *
+ * Additional complication we need to keep in mind comes from the fact that
+ * types, in general, can form graphs containing cycles, not just DAGs.
+ *
+ * While algorithm does deduplication, it also merges and resolves type
+ * information (unless disabled throught `struct btf_opts`), whenever possible.
+ * E.g., in the example above with two compilation units having partial type
+ * information for structs `A` and `B`, the output of algorithm will emit
+ * a single copy of each BTF type that describes structs `A`, `B`, and `S`
+ * (as well as type information for `int` and pointers), as if they were defined
+ * in a single compilation unit as:
+ *
+ * struct A {
+ *	int a;
+ *	struct A* self;
+ *	struct S* parent;
+ * };
+ * struct B {
+ *	int b;
+ *	struct B* self;
+ *	struct S* parent;
+ * };
+ * struct S {
+ *	struct A* a_ptr;
+ *	struct B* b_ptr;
+ * };
+ *
+ * Algorithm summary
+ * =================
+ *
+ * Algorithm completes its work in 6 separate passes:
+ *
+ * 1. Strings deduplication.
+ * 2. Primitive types deduplication (int, enum, fwd).
+ * 3. Struct/union types deduplication.
+ * 4. Reference types deduplication (pointers, typedefs, arrays, funcs, func
+ *    protos, and const/volatile/restrict modifiers).
+ * 5. Types compaction.
+ * 6. Types remapping.
+ *
+ * Algorithm determines canonical type descriptor, which is a single
+ * representative type for each truly unique type. This canonical type is the
+ * one that will go into final deduplicated BTF type information. For
+ * struct/unions, it is also the type that algorithm will merge additional type
+ * information into (while resolving FWDs), as it discovers it from data in
+ * other CUs. Each input BTF type eventually gets either mapped to itself, if
+ * that type is canonical, or to some other type, if that type is equivalent
+ * and was chosen as canonical representative. This mapping is stored in
+ * `btf_dedup->map` array. This map is also used to record STRUCT/UNION that
+ * FWD type got resolved to.
+ *
+ * To facilitate fast discovery of canonical types, we also maintain canonical
+ * index (`btf_dedup->dedup_table`), which maps type descriptor's signature hash
+ * (i.e., hashed kind, name, size, fields, etc) into a list of canonical types
+ * that match that signature. With sufficiently good choice of type signature
+ * hashing function, we can limit number of canonical types for each unique type
+ * signature to a very small number, allowing to find canonical type for any
+ * duplicated type very quickly.
+ *
+ * Struct/union deduplication is the most critical part and algorithm for
+ * deduplicating structs/unions is described in greater details in comments for
+ * `btf_dedup_is_equiv` function.
+ */
+int btf__dedup(struct btf *btf, const struct btf_dedup_opts *opts)
+{
+	struct btf_dedup *d;
+	int err;
+
+	if (!OPTS_VALID(opts, btf_dedup_opts))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
+	d = btf_dedup_new(btf, opts);
+	if (IS_ERR(d)) {
+		pr_debug("btf_dedup_new failed: %ld", PTR_ERR(d));
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	if (btf_ensure_modifiable(btf)) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	err = btf_dedup_prep(d);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_debug("btf_dedup_prep failed:%d\n", err);
+		goto done;
+	}
+	err = btf_dedup_strings(d);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_debug("btf_dedup_strings failed:%d\n", err);
+		goto done;
+	}
+	err = btf_dedup_prim_types(d);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_debug("btf_dedup_prim_types failed:%d\n", err);
+		goto done;
+	}
+	err = btf_dedup_struct_types(d);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_debug("btf_dedup_struct_types failed:%d\n", err);
+		goto done;
+	}
+	err = btf_dedup_ref_types(d);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_debug("btf_dedup_ref_types failed:%d\n", err);
+		goto done;
+	}
+	err = btf_dedup_compact_types(d);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_debug("btf_dedup_compact_types failed:%d\n", err);
+		goto done;
+	}
+	err = btf_dedup_remap_types(d);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		pr_debug("btf_dedup_remap_types failed:%d\n", err);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+done:
+	btf_dedup_free(d);
+	return libbpf_err(err);
+}
+
+#define BTF_UNPROCESSED_ID ((__u32)-1)
+#define BTF_IN_PROGRESS_ID ((__u32)-2)
+
+struct btf_dedup {
+	/* .BTF section to be deduped in-place */
+	struct btf *btf;
+	/*
+	 * Optional .BTF.ext section. When provided, any strings referenced
+	 * from it will be taken into account when deduping strings
+	 */
+	struct btf_ext *btf_ext;
+	/*
+	 * This is a map from any type's signature hash to a list of possible
+	 * canonical representative type candidates. Hash collisions are
+	 * ignored, so even types of various kinds can share same list of
+	 * candidates, which is fine because we rely on subsequent
+	 * btf_xxx_equal() checks to authoritatively verify type equality.
+	 */
+	struct hashmap *dedup_table;
+	/* Canonical types map */
+	__u32 *map;
+	/* Hypothetical mapping, used during type graph equivalence checks */
+	__u32 *hypot_map;
+	__u32 *hypot_list;
+	size_t hypot_cnt;
+	size_t hypot_cap;
+	/* Whether hypothetical mapping, if successful, would need to adjust
+	 * already canonicalized types (due to a new forward declaration to
+	 * concrete type resolution). In such case, during split BTF dedup
+	 * candidate type would still be considered as different, because base
+	 * BTF is considered to be immutable.
+	 */
+	bool hypot_adjust_canon;
+	/* Various option modifying behavior of algorithm */
+	struct btf_dedup_opts opts;
+	/* temporary strings deduplication state */
+	struct strset *strs_set;
+};
+
+static long hash_combine(long h, long value)
+{
+	return h * 31 + value;
+}
+
+#define for_each_dedup_cand(d, node, hash) \
+	hashmap__for_each_key_entry(d->dedup_table, node, (void *)hash)
+
+static int btf_dedup_table_add(struct btf_dedup *d, long hash, __u32 type_id)
+{
+	return hashmap__append(d->dedup_table,
+			       (void *)hash, (void *)(long)type_id);
+}
+
+static int btf_dedup_hypot_map_add(struct btf_dedup *d,
+				   __u32 from_id, __u32 to_id)
+{
+	if (d->hypot_cnt == d->hypot_cap) {
+		__u32 *new_list;
+
+		d->hypot_cap += max((size_t)16, d->hypot_cap / 2);
+		new_list = libbpf_reallocarray(d->hypot_list, d->hypot_cap, sizeof(__u32));
+		if (!new_list)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		d->hypot_list = new_list;
+	}
+	d->hypot_list[d->hypot_cnt++] = from_id;
+	d->hypot_map[from_id] = to_id;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void btf_dedup_clear_hypot_map(struct btf_dedup *d)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < d->hypot_cnt; i++)
+		d->hypot_map[d->hypot_list[i]] = BTF_UNPROCESSED_ID;
+	d->hypot_cnt = 0;
+	d->hypot_adjust_canon = false;
+}
+
+static void btf_dedup_free(struct btf_dedup *d)
+{
+	hashmap__free(d->dedup_table);
+	d->dedup_table = NULL;
+
+	free(d->map);
+	d->map = NULL;
+
+	free(d->hypot_map);
+	d->hypot_map = NULL;
+
+	free(d->hypot_list);
+	d->hypot_list = NULL;
+
+	free(d);
+}
+
+static size_t btf_dedup_identity_hash_fn(const void *key, void *ctx)
+{
+	return (size_t)key;
+}
+
+static size_t btf_dedup_collision_hash_fn(const void *key, void *ctx)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool btf_dedup_equal_fn(const void *k1, const void *k2, void *ctx)
+{
+	return k1 == k2;
+}
+
+static struct btf_dedup *btf_dedup_new(struct btf *btf, const struct btf_dedup_opts *opts)
+{
+	struct btf_dedup *d = calloc(1, sizeof(struct btf_dedup));
+	hashmap_hash_fn hash_fn = btf_dedup_identity_hash_fn;
+	int i, err = 0, type_cnt;
+
+	if (!d)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	if (OPTS_GET(opts, force_collisions, false))
+		hash_fn = btf_dedup_collision_hash_fn;
+
+	d->btf = btf;
+	d->btf_ext = OPTS_GET(opts, btf_ext, NULL);
+
+	d->dedup_table = hashmap__new(hash_fn, btf_dedup_equal_fn, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(d->dedup_table)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(d->dedup_table);
+		d->dedup_table = NULL;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	type_cnt = btf__type_cnt(btf);
+	d->map = malloc(sizeof(__u32) * type_cnt);
+	if (!d->map) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto done;
+	}
+	/* special BTF "void" type is made canonical immediately */
+	d->map[0] = 0;
+	for (i = 1; i < type_cnt; i++) {
+		struct btf_type *t = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, i);
+
+		/* VAR and DATASEC are never deduped and are self-canonical */
+		if (btf_is_var(t) || btf_is_datasec(t))
+			d->map[i] = i;
+		else
+			d->map[i] = BTF_UNPROCESSED_ID;
+	}
+
+	d->hypot_map = malloc(sizeof(__u32) * type_cnt);
+	if (!d->hypot_map) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto done;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < type_cnt; i++)
+		d->hypot_map[i] = BTF_UNPROCESSED_ID;
+
+done:
+	if (err) {
+		btf_dedup_free(d);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+
+	return d;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Iterate over all possible places in .BTF and .BTF.ext that can reference
+ * string and pass pointer to it to a provided callback `fn`.
+ */
+static int btf_for_each_str_off(struct btf_dedup *d, str_off_visit_fn fn, void *ctx)
+{
+	int i, r;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < d->btf->nr_types; i++) {
+		struct btf_type *t = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, d->btf->start_id + i);
+
+		r = btf_type_visit_str_offs(t, fn, ctx);
+		if (r)
+			return r;
+	}
+
+	if (!d->btf_ext)
+		return 0;
+
+	r = btf_ext_visit_str_offs(d->btf_ext, fn, ctx);
+	if (r)
+		return r;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int strs_dedup_remap_str_off(__u32 *str_off_ptr, void *ctx)
+{
+	struct btf_dedup *d = ctx;
+	__u32 str_off = *str_off_ptr;
+	const char *s;
+	int off, err;
+
+	/* don't touch empty string or string in main BTF */
+	if (str_off == 0 || str_off < d->btf->start_str_off)
+		return 0;
+
+	s = btf__str_by_offset(d->btf, str_off);
+	if (d->btf->base_btf) {
+		err = btf__find_str(d->btf->base_btf, s);
+		if (err >= 0) {
+			*str_off_ptr = err;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (err != -ENOENT)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	off = strset__add_str(d->strs_set, s);
+	if (off < 0)
+		return off;
+
+	*str_off_ptr = d->btf->start_str_off + off;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Dedup string and filter out those that are not referenced from either .BTF
+ * or .BTF.ext (if provided) sections.
+ *
+ * This is done by building index of all strings in BTF's string section,
+ * then iterating over all entities that can reference strings (e.g., type
+ * names, struct field names, .BTF.ext line info, etc) and marking corresponding
+ * strings as used. After that all used strings are deduped and compacted into
+ * sequential blob of memory and new offsets are calculated. Then all the string
+ * references are iterated again and rewritten using new offsets.
+ */
+static int btf_dedup_strings(struct btf_dedup *d)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (d->btf->strs_deduped)
+		return 0;
+
+	d->strs_set = strset__new(BTF_MAX_STR_OFFSET, NULL, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(d->strs_set)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(d->strs_set);
+		goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	if (!d->btf->base_btf) {
+		/* insert empty string; we won't be looking it up during strings
+		 * dedup, but it's good to have it for generic BTF string lookups
+		 */
+		err = strset__add_str(d->strs_set, "");
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto err_out;
+	}
+
+	/* remap string offsets */
+	err = btf_for_each_str_off(d, strs_dedup_remap_str_off, d);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_out;
+
+	/* replace BTF string data and hash with deduped ones */
+	strset__free(d->btf->strs_set);
+	d->btf->hdr->str_len = strset__data_size(d->strs_set);
+	d->btf->strs_set = d->strs_set;
+	d->strs_set = NULL;
+	d->btf->strs_deduped = true;
+	return 0;
+
+err_out:
+	strset__free(d->strs_set);
+	d->strs_set = NULL;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static long btf_hash_common(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	long h;
+
+	h = hash_combine(0, t->name_off);
+	h = hash_combine(h, t->info);
+	h = hash_combine(h, t->size);
+	return h;
+}
+
+static bool btf_equal_common(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	return t1->name_off == t2->name_off &&
+	       t1->info == t2->info &&
+	       t1->size == t2->size;
+}
+
+/* Calculate type signature hash of INT or TAG. */
+static long btf_hash_int_decl_tag(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	__u32 info = *(__u32 *)(t + 1);
+	long h;
+
+	h = btf_hash_common(t);
+	h = hash_combine(h, info);
+	return h;
+}
+
+/* Check structural equality of two INTs or TAGs. */
+static bool btf_equal_int_tag(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	__u32 info1, info2;
+
+	if (!btf_equal_common(t1, t2))
+		return false;
+	info1 = *(__u32 *)(t1 + 1);
+	info2 = *(__u32 *)(t2 + 1);
+	return info1 == info2;
+}
+
+/* Calculate type signature hash of ENUM/ENUM64. */
+static long btf_hash_enum(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	long h;
+
+	/* don't hash vlen and enum members to support enum fwd resolving */
+	h = hash_combine(0, t->name_off);
+	h = hash_combine(h, t->info & ~0xffff);
+	h = hash_combine(h, t->size);
+	return h;
+}
+
+/* Check structural equality of two ENUMs. */
+static bool btf_equal_enum(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	const struct btf_enum *m1, *m2;
+	__u16 vlen;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!btf_equal_common(t1, t2))
+		return false;
+
+	vlen = btf_vlen(t1);
+	m1 = btf_enum(t1);
+	m2 = btf_enum(t2);
+	for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
+		if (m1->name_off != m2->name_off || m1->val != m2->val)
+			return false;
+		m1++;
+		m2++;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool btf_equal_enum64(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	const struct btf_enum64 *m1, *m2;
+	__u16 vlen;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!btf_equal_common(t1, t2))
+		return false;
+
+	vlen = btf_vlen(t1);
+	m1 = btf_enum64(t1);
+	m2 = btf_enum64(t2);
+	for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
+		if (m1->name_off != m2->name_off || m1->val_lo32 != m2->val_lo32 ||
+		    m1->val_hi32 != m2->val_hi32)
+			return false;
+		m1++;
+		m2++;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+static inline bool btf_is_enum_fwd(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	return btf_is_any_enum(t) && btf_vlen(t) == 0;
+}
+
+static bool btf_compat_enum(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	if (!btf_is_enum_fwd(t1) && !btf_is_enum_fwd(t2))
+		return btf_equal_enum(t1, t2);
+	/* ignore vlen when comparing */
+	return t1->name_off == t2->name_off &&
+	       (t1->info & ~0xffff) == (t2->info & ~0xffff) &&
+	       t1->size == t2->size;
+}
+
+static bool btf_compat_enum64(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	if (!btf_is_enum_fwd(t1) && !btf_is_enum_fwd(t2))
+		return btf_equal_enum64(t1, t2);
+
+	/* ignore vlen when comparing */
+	return t1->name_off == t2->name_off &&
+	       (t1->info & ~0xffff) == (t2->info & ~0xffff) &&
+	       t1->size == t2->size;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Calculate type signature hash of STRUCT/UNION, ignoring referenced type IDs,
+ * as referenced type IDs equivalence is established separately during type
+ * graph equivalence check algorithm.
+ */
+static long btf_hash_struct(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	const struct btf_member *member = btf_members(t);
+	__u32 vlen = btf_vlen(t);
+	long h = btf_hash_common(t);
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
+		h = hash_combine(h, member->name_off);
+		h = hash_combine(h, member->offset);
+		/* no hashing of referenced type ID, it can be unresolved yet */
+		member++;
+	}
+	return h;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check structural compatibility of two STRUCTs/UNIONs, ignoring referenced
+ * type IDs. This check is performed during type graph equivalence check and
+ * referenced types equivalence is checked separately.
+ */
+static bool btf_shallow_equal_struct(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	const struct btf_member *m1, *m2;
+	__u16 vlen;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!btf_equal_common(t1, t2))
+		return false;
+
+	vlen = btf_vlen(t1);
+	m1 = btf_members(t1);
+	m2 = btf_members(t2);
+	for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
+		if (m1->name_off != m2->name_off || m1->offset != m2->offset)
+			return false;
+		m1++;
+		m2++;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Calculate type signature hash of ARRAY, including referenced type IDs,
+ * under assumption that they were already resolved to canonical type IDs and
+ * are not going to change.
+ */
+static long btf_hash_array(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	const struct btf_array *info = btf_array(t);
+	long h = btf_hash_common(t);
+
+	h = hash_combine(h, info->type);
+	h = hash_combine(h, info->index_type);
+	h = hash_combine(h, info->nelems);
+	return h;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check exact equality of two ARRAYs, taking into account referenced
+ * type IDs, under assumption that they were already resolved to canonical
+ * type IDs and are not going to change.
+ * This function is called during reference types deduplication to compare
+ * ARRAY to potential canonical representative.
+ */
+static bool btf_equal_array(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	const struct btf_array *info1, *info2;
+
+	if (!btf_equal_common(t1, t2))
+		return false;
+
+	info1 = btf_array(t1);
+	info2 = btf_array(t2);
+	return info1->type == info2->type &&
+	       info1->index_type == info2->index_type &&
+	       info1->nelems == info2->nelems;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check structural compatibility of two ARRAYs, ignoring referenced type
+ * IDs. This check is performed during type graph equivalence check and
+ * referenced types equivalence is checked separately.
+ */
+static bool btf_compat_array(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	if (!btf_equal_common(t1, t2))
+		return false;
+
+	return btf_array(t1)->nelems == btf_array(t2)->nelems;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Calculate type signature hash of FUNC_PROTO, including referenced type IDs,
+ * under assumption that they were already resolved to canonical type IDs and
+ * are not going to change.
+ */
+static long btf_hash_fnproto(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	const struct btf_param *member = btf_params(t);
+	__u16 vlen = btf_vlen(t);
+	long h = btf_hash_common(t);
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
+		h = hash_combine(h, member->name_off);
+		h = hash_combine(h, member->type);
+		member++;
+	}
+	return h;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check exact equality of two FUNC_PROTOs, taking into account referenced
+ * type IDs, under assumption that they were already resolved to canonical
+ * type IDs and are not going to change.
+ * This function is called during reference types deduplication to compare
+ * FUNC_PROTO to potential canonical representative.
+ */
+static bool btf_equal_fnproto(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	const struct btf_param *m1, *m2;
+	__u16 vlen;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!btf_equal_common(t1, t2))
+		return false;
+
+	vlen = btf_vlen(t1);
+	m1 = btf_params(t1);
+	m2 = btf_params(t2);
+	for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
+		if (m1->name_off != m2->name_off || m1->type != m2->type)
+			return false;
+		m1++;
+		m2++;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check structural compatibility of two FUNC_PROTOs, ignoring referenced type
+ * IDs. This check is performed during type graph equivalence check and
+ * referenced types equivalence is checked separately.
+ */
+static bool btf_compat_fnproto(struct btf_type *t1, struct btf_type *t2)
+{
+	const struct btf_param *m1, *m2;
+	__u16 vlen;
+	int i;
+
+	/* skip return type ID */
+	if (t1->name_off != t2->name_off || t1->info != t2->info)
+		return false;
+
+	vlen = btf_vlen(t1);
+	m1 = btf_params(t1);
+	m2 = btf_params(t2);
+	for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
+		if (m1->name_off != m2->name_off)
+			return false;
+		m1++;
+		m2++;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+/* Prepare split BTF for deduplication by calculating hashes of base BTF's
+ * types and initializing the rest of the state (canonical type mapping) for
+ * the fixed base BTF part.
+ */
+static int btf_dedup_prep(struct btf_dedup *d)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t;
+	int type_id;
+	long h;
+
+	if (!d->btf->base_btf)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (type_id = 1; type_id < d->btf->start_id; type_id++) {
+		t = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, type_id);
+
+		/* all base BTF types are self-canonical by definition */
+		d->map[type_id] = type_id;
+
+		switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+		case BTF_KIND_VAR:
+		case BTF_KIND_DATASEC:
+			/* VAR and DATASEC are never hash/deduplicated */
+			continue;
+		case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+		case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
+		case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
+		case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+		case BTF_KIND_FWD:
+		case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+		case BTF_KIND_FUNC:
+		case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+		case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
+			h = btf_hash_common(t);
+			break;
+		case BTF_KIND_INT:
+		case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
+			h = btf_hash_int_decl_tag(t);
+			break;
+		case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+		case BTF_KIND_ENUM64:
+			h = btf_hash_enum(t);
+			break;
+		case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+		case BTF_KIND_UNION:
+			h = btf_hash_struct(t);
+			break;
+		case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
+			h = btf_hash_array(t);
+			break;
+		case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO:
+			h = btf_hash_fnproto(t);
+			break;
+		default:
+			pr_debug("unknown kind %d for type [%d]\n", btf_kind(t), type_id);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		if (btf_dedup_table_add(d, h, type_id))
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Deduplicate primitive types, that can't reference other types, by calculating
+ * their type signature hash and comparing them with any possible canonical
+ * candidate. If no canonical candidate matches, type itself is marked as
+ * canonical and is added into `btf_dedup->dedup_table` as another candidate.
+ */
+static int btf_dedup_prim_type(struct btf_dedup *d, __u32 type_id)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, type_id);
+	struct hashmap_entry *hash_entry;
+	struct btf_type *cand;
+	/* if we don't find equivalent type, then we are canonical */
+	__u32 new_id = type_id;
+	__u32 cand_id;
+	long h;
+
+	switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+	case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+	case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
+	case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+	case BTF_KIND_ARRAY:
+	case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_KIND_UNION:
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC:
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO:
+	case BTF_KIND_VAR:
+	case BTF_KIND_DATASEC:
+	case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
+		return 0;
+
+	case BTF_KIND_INT:
+		h = btf_hash_int_decl_tag(t);
+		for_each_dedup_cand(d, hash_entry, h) {
+			cand_id = (__u32)(long)hash_entry->value;
+			cand = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, cand_id);
+			if (btf_equal_int_tag(t, cand)) {
+				new_id = cand_id;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+		h = btf_hash_enum(t);
+		for_each_dedup_cand(d, hash_entry, h) {
+			cand_id = (__u32)(long)hash_entry->value;
+			cand = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, cand_id);
+			if (btf_equal_enum(t, cand)) {
+				new_id = cand_id;
+				break;
+			}
+			if (btf_compat_enum(t, cand)) {
+				if (btf_is_enum_fwd(t)) {
+					/* resolve fwd to full enum */
+					new_id = cand_id;
+					break;
+				}
+				/* resolve canonical enum fwd to full enum */
+				d->map[cand_id] = type_id;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM64:
+		h = btf_hash_enum(t);
+		for_each_dedup_cand(d, hash_entry, h) {
+			cand_id = (__u32)(long)hash_entry->value;
+			cand = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, cand_id);
+			if (btf_equal_enum64(t, cand)) {
+				new_id = cand_id;
+				break;
+			}
+			if (btf_compat_enum64(t, cand)) {
+				if (btf_is_enum_fwd(t)) {
+					/* resolve fwd to full enum */
+					new_id = cand_id;
+					break;
+				}
+				/* resolve canonical enum fwd to full enum */
+				d->map[cand_id] = type_id;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case BTF_KIND_FWD:
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+		h = btf_hash_common(t);
+		for_each_dedup_cand(d, hash_entry, h) {
+			cand_id = (__u32)(long)hash_entry->value;
+			cand = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, cand_id);
+			if (btf_equal_common(t, cand)) {
+				new_id = cand_id;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	d->map[type_id] = new_id;
+	if (type_id == new_id && btf_dedup_table_add(d, h, type_id))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_dedup_prim_types(struct btf_dedup *d)
+{
+	int i, err;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < d->btf->nr_types; i++) {
+		err = btf_dedup_prim_type(d, d->btf->start_id + i);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check whether type is already mapped into canonical one (could be to itself).
+ */
+static inline bool is_type_mapped(struct btf_dedup *d, uint32_t type_id)
+{
+	return d->map[type_id] <= BTF_MAX_NR_TYPES;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Resolve type ID into its canonical type ID, if any; otherwise return original
+ * type ID. If type is FWD and is resolved into STRUCT/UNION already, follow
+ * STRUCT/UNION link and resolve it into canonical type ID as well.
+ */
+static inline __u32 resolve_type_id(struct btf_dedup *d, __u32 type_id)
+{
+	while (is_type_mapped(d, type_id) && d->map[type_id] != type_id)
+		type_id = d->map[type_id];
+	return type_id;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Resolve FWD to underlying STRUCT/UNION, if any; otherwise return original
+ * type ID.
+ */
+static uint32_t resolve_fwd_id(struct btf_dedup *d, uint32_t type_id)
+{
+	__u32 orig_type_id = type_id;
+
+	if (!btf_is_fwd(btf__type_by_id(d->btf, type_id)))
+		return type_id;
+
+	while (is_type_mapped(d, type_id) && d->map[type_id] != type_id)
+		type_id = d->map[type_id];
+
+	if (!btf_is_fwd(btf__type_by_id(d->btf, type_id)))
+		return type_id;
+
+	return orig_type_id;
+}
+
+
+static inline __u16 btf_fwd_kind(struct btf_type *t)
+{
+	return btf_kflag(t) ? BTF_KIND_UNION : BTF_KIND_STRUCT;
+}
+
+/* Check if given two types are identical ARRAY definitions */
+static bool btf_dedup_identical_arrays(struct btf_dedup *d, __u32 id1, __u32 id2)
+{
+	struct btf_type *t1, *t2;
+
+	t1 = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, id1);
+	t2 = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, id2);
+	if (!btf_is_array(t1) || !btf_is_array(t2))
+		return false;
+
+	return btf_equal_array(t1, t2);
+}
+
+/* Check if given two types are identical STRUCT/UNION definitions */
+static bool btf_dedup_identical_structs(struct btf_dedup *d, __u32 id1, __u32 id2)
+{
+	const struct btf_member *m1, *m2;
+	struct btf_type *t1, *t2;
+	int n, i;
+
+	t1 = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, id1);
+	t2 = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, id2);
+
+	if (!btf_is_composite(t1) || btf_kind(t1) != btf_kind(t2))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!btf_shallow_equal_struct(t1, t2))
+		return false;
+
+	m1 = btf_members(t1);
+	m2 = btf_members(t2);
+	for (i = 0, n = btf_vlen(t1); i < n; i++, m1++, m2++) {
+		if (m1->type != m2->type &&
+		    !btf_dedup_identical_arrays(d, m1->type, m2->type) &&
+		    !btf_dedup_identical_structs(d, m1->type, m2->type))
+			return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check equivalence of BTF type graph formed by candidate struct/union (we'll
+ * call it "candidate graph" in this description for brevity) to a type graph
+ * formed by (potential) canonical struct/union ("canonical graph" for brevity
+ * here, though keep in mind that not all types in canonical graph are
+ * necessarily canonical representatives themselves, some of them might be
+ * duplicates or its uniqueness might not have been established yet).
+ * Returns:
+ *  - >0, if type graphs are equivalent;
+ *  -  0, if not equivalent;
+ *  - <0, on error.
+ *
+ * Algorithm performs side-by-side DFS traversal of both type graphs and checks
+ * equivalence of BTF types at each step. If at any point BTF types in candidate
+ * and canonical graphs are not compatible structurally, whole graphs are
+ * incompatible. If types are structurally equivalent (i.e., all information
+ * except referenced type IDs is exactly the same), a mapping from `canon_id` to
+ * a `cand_id` is recored in hypothetical mapping (`btf_dedup->hypot_map`).
+ * If a type references other types, then those referenced types are checked
+ * for equivalence recursively.
+ *
+ * During DFS traversal, if we find that for current `canon_id` type we
+ * already have some mapping in hypothetical map, we check for two possible
+ * situations:
+ *   - `canon_id` is mapped to exactly the same type as `cand_id`. This will
+ *     happen when type graphs have cycles. In this case we assume those two
+ *     types are equivalent.
+ *   - `canon_id` is mapped to different type. This is contradiction in our
+ *     hypothetical mapping, because same graph in canonical graph corresponds
+ *     to two different types in candidate graph, which for equivalent type
+ *     graphs shouldn't happen. This condition terminates equivalence check
+ *     with negative result.
+ *
+ * If type graphs traversal exhausts types to check and find no contradiction,
+ * then type graphs are equivalent.
+ *
+ * When checking types for equivalence, there is one special case: FWD types.
+ * If FWD type resolution is allowed and one of the types (either from canonical
+ * or candidate graph) is FWD and other is STRUCT/UNION (depending on FWD's kind
+ * flag) and their names match, hypothetical mapping is updated to point from
+ * FWD to STRUCT/UNION. If graphs will be determined as equivalent successfully,
+ * this mapping will be used to record FWD -> STRUCT/UNION mapping permanently.
+ *
+ * Technically, this could lead to incorrect FWD to STRUCT/UNION resolution,
+ * if there are two exactly named (or anonymous) structs/unions that are
+ * compatible structurally, one of which has FWD field, while other is concrete
+ * STRUCT/UNION, but according to C sources they are different structs/unions
+ * that are referencing different types with the same name. This is extremely
+ * unlikely to happen, but btf_dedup API allows to disable FWD resolution if
+ * this logic is causing problems.
+ *
+ * Doing FWD resolution means that both candidate and/or canonical graphs can
+ * consists of portions of the graph that come from multiple compilation units.
+ * This is due to the fact that types within single compilation unit are always
+ * deduplicated and FWDs are already resolved, if referenced struct/union
+ * definiton is available. So, if we had unresolved FWD and found corresponding
+ * STRUCT/UNION, they will be from different compilation units. This
+ * consequently means that when we "link" FWD to corresponding STRUCT/UNION,
+ * type graph will likely have at least two different BTF types that describe
+ * same type (e.g., most probably there will be two different BTF types for the
+ * same 'int' primitive type) and could even have "overlapping" parts of type
+ * graph that describe same subset of types.
+ *
+ * This in turn means that our assumption that each type in canonical graph
+ * must correspond to exactly one type in candidate graph might not hold
+ * anymore and will make it harder to detect contradictions using hypothetical
+ * map. To handle this problem, we allow to follow FWD -> STRUCT/UNION
+ * resolution only in canonical graph. FWDs in candidate graphs are never
+ * resolved. To see why it's OK, let's check all possible situations w.r.t. FWDs
+ * that can occur:
+ *   - Both types in canonical and candidate graphs are FWDs. If they are
+ *     structurally equivalent, then they can either be both resolved to the
+ *     same STRUCT/UNION or not resolved at all. In both cases they are
+ *     equivalent and there is no need to resolve FWD on candidate side.
+ *   - Both types in canonical and candidate graphs are concrete STRUCT/UNION,
+ *     so nothing to resolve as well, algorithm will check equivalence anyway.
+ *   - Type in canonical graph is FWD, while type in candidate is concrete
+ *     STRUCT/UNION. In this case candidate graph comes from single compilation
+ *     unit, so there is exactly one BTF type for each unique C type. After
+ *     resolving FWD into STRUCT/UNION, there might be more than one BTF type
+ *     in canonical graph mapping to single BTF type in candidate graph, but
+ *     because hypothetical mapping maps from canonical to candidate types, it's
+ *     alright, and we still maintain the property of having single `canon_id`
+ *     mapping to single `cand_id` (there could be two different `canon_id`
+ *     mapped to the same `cand_id`, but it's not contradictory).
+ *   - Type in canonical graph is concrete STRUCT/UNION, while type in candidate
+ *     graph is FWD. In this case we are just going to check compatibility of
+ *     STRUCT/UNION and corresponding FWD, and if they are compatible, we'll
+ *     assume that whatever STRUCT/UNION FWD resolves to must be equivalent to
+ *     a concrete STRUCT/UNION from canonical graph. If the rest of type graphs
+ *     turn out equivalent, we'll re-resolve FWD to concrete STRUCT/UNION from
+ *     canonical graph.
+ */
+static int btf_dedup_is_equiv(struct btf_dedup *d, __u32 cand_id,
+			      __u32 canon_id)
+{
+	struct btf_type *cand_type;
+	struct btf_type *canon_type;
+	__u32 hypot_type_id;
+	__u16 cand_kind;
+	__u16 canon_kind;
+	int i, eq;
+
+	/* if both resolve to the same canonical, they must be equivalent */
+	if (resolve_type_id(d, cand_id) == resolve_type_id(d, canon_id))
+		return 1;
+
+	canon_id = resolve_fwd_id(d, canon_id);
+
+	hypot_type_id = d->hypot_map[canon_id];
+	if (hypot_type_id <= BTF_MAX_NR_TYPES) {
+		if (hypot_type_id == cand_id)
+			return 1;
+		/* In some cases compiler will generate different DWARF types
+		 * for *identical* array type definitions and use them for
+		 * different fields within the *same* struct. This breaks type
+		 * equivalence check, which makes an assumption that candidate
+		 * types sub-graph has a consistent and deduped-by-compiler
+		 * types within a single CU. So work around that by explicitly
+		 * allowing identical array types here.
+		 */
+		if (btf_dedup_identical_arrays(d, hypot_type_id, cand_id))
+			return 1;
+		/* It turns out that similar situation can happen with
+		 * struct/union sometimes, sigh... Handle the case where
+		 * structs/unions are exactly the same, down to the referenced
+		 * type IDs. Anything more complicated (e.g., if referenced
+		 * types are different, but equivalent) is *way more*
+		 * complicated and requires a many-to-many equivalence mapping.
+		 */
+		if (btf_dedup_identical_structs(d, hypot_type_id, cand_id))
+			return 1;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (btf_dedup_hypot_map_add(d, canon_id, cand_id))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	cand_type = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, cand_id);
+	canon_type = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, canon_id);
+	cand_kind = btf_kind(cand_type);
+	canon_kind = btf_kind(canon_type);
+
+	if (cand_type->name_off != canon_type->name_off)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* FWD <--> STRUCT/UNION equivalence check, if enabled */
+	if ((cand_kind == BTF_KIND_FWD || canon_kind == BTF_KIND_FWD)
+	    && cand_kind != canon_kind) {
+		__u16 real_kind;
+		__u16 fwd_kind;
+
+		if (cand_kind == BTF_KIND_FWD) {
+			real_kind = canon_kind;
+			fwd_kind = btf_fwd_kind(cand_type);
+		} else {
+			real_kind = cand_kind;
+			fwd_kind = btf_fwd_kind(canon_type);
+			/* we'd need to resolve base FWD to STRUCT/UNION */
+			if (fwd_kind == real_kind && canon_id < d->btf->start_id)
+				d->hypot_adjust_canon = true;
+		}
+		return fwd_kind == real_kind;
+	}
+
+	if (cand_kind != canon_kind)
+		return 0;
+
+	switch (cand_kind) {
+	case BTF_KIND_INT:
+		return btf_equal_int_tag(cand_type, canon_type);
+
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+		return btf_compat_enum(cand_type, canon_type);
+
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM64:
+		return btf_compat_enum64(cand_type, canon_type);
+
+	case BTF_KIND_FWD:
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+		return btf_equal_common(cand_type, canon_type);
+
+	case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+	case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
+	case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
+		if (cand_type->info != canon_type->info)
+			return 0;
+		return btf_dedup_is_equiv(d, cand_type->type, canon_type->type);
+
+	case BTF_KIND_ARRAY: {
+		const struct btf_array *cand_arr, *canon_arr;
+
+		if (!btf_compat_array(cand_type, canon_type))
+			return 0;
+		cand_arr = btf_array(cand_type);
+		canon_arr = btf_array(canon_type);
+		eq = btf_dedup_is_equiv(d, cand_arr->index_type, canon_arr->index_type);
+		if (eq <= 0)
+			return eq;
+		return btf_dedup_is_equiv(d, cand_arr->type, canon_arr->type);
+	}
+
+	case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_KIND_UNION: {
+		const struct btf_member *cand_m, *canon_m;
+		__u16 vlen;
+
+		if (!btf_shallow_equal_struct(cand_type, canon_type))
+			return 0;
+		vlen = btf_vlen(cand_type);
+		cand_m = btf_members(cand_type);
+		canon_m = btf_members(canon_type);
+		for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
+			eq = btf_dedup_is_equiv(d, cand_m->type, canon_m->type);
+			if (eq <= 0)
+				return eq;
+			cand_m++;
+			canon_m++;
+		}
+
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO: {
+		const struct btf_param *cand_p, *canon_p;
+		__u16 vlen;
+
+		if (!btf_compat_fnproto(cand_type, canon_type))
+			return 0;
+		eq = btf_dedup_is_equiv(d, cand_type->type, canon_type->type);
+		if (eq <= 0)
+			return eq;
+		vlen = btf_vlen(cand_type);
+		cand_p = btf_params(cand_type);
+		canon_p = btf_params(canon_type);
+		for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
+			eq = btf_dedup_is_equiv(d, cand_p->type, canon_p->type);
+			if (eq <= 0)
+				return eq;
+			cand_p++;
+			canon_p++;
+		}
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Use hypothetical mapping, produced by successful type graph equivalence
+ * check, to augment existing struct/union canonical mapping, where possible.
+ *
+ * If BTF_KIND_FWD resolution is allowed, this mapping is also used to record
+ * FWD -> STRUCT/UNION correspondence as well. FWD resolution is bidirectional:
+ * it doesn't matter if FWD type was part of canonical graph or candidate one,
+ * we are recording the mapping anyway. As opposed to carefulness required
+ * for struct/union correspondence mapping (described below), for FWD resolution
+ * it's not important, as by the time that FWD type (reference type) will be
+ * deduplicated all structs/unions will be deduped already anyway.
+ *
+ * Recording STRUCT/UNION mapping is purely a performance optimization and is
+ * not required for correctness. It needs to be done carefully to ensure that
+ * struct/union from candidate's type graph is not mapped into corresponding
+ * struct/union from canonical type graph that itself hasn't been resolved into
+ * canonical representative. The only guarantee we have is that canonical
+ * struct/union was determined as canonical and that won't change. But any
+ * types referenced through that struct/union fields could have been not yet
+ * resolved, so in case like that it's too early to establish any kind of
+ * correspondence between structs/unions.
+ *
+ * No canonical correspondence is derived for primitive types (they are already
+ * deduplicated completely already anyway) or reference types (they rely on
+ * stability of struct/union canonical relationship for equivalence checks).
+ */
+static void btf_dedup_merge_hypot_map(struct btf_dedup *d)
+{
+	__u32 canon_type_id, targ_type_id;
+	__u16 t_kind, c_kind;
+	__u32 t_id, c_id;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < d->hypot_cnt; i++) {
+		canon_type_id = d->hypot_list[i];
+		targ_type_id = d->hypot_map[canon_type_id];
+		t_id = resolve_type_id(d, targ_type_id);
+		c_id = resolve_type_id(d, canon_type_id);
+		t_kind = btf_kind(btf__type_by_id(d->btf, t_id));
+		c_kind = btf_kind(btf__type_by_id(d->btf, c_id));
+		/*
+		 * Resolve FWD into STRUCT/UNION.
+		 * It's ok to resolve FWD into STRUCT/UNION that's not yet
+		 * mapped to canonical representative (as opposed to
+		 * STRUCT/UNION <--> STRUCT/UNION mapping logic below), because
+		 * eventually that struct is going to be mapped and all resolved
+		 * FWDs will automatically resolve to correct canonical
+		 * representative. This will happen before ref type deduping,
+		 * which critically depends on stability of these mapping. This
+		 * stability is not a requirement for STRUCT/UNION equivalence
+		 * checks, though.
+		 */
+
+		/* if it's the split BTF case, we still need to point base FWD
+		 * to STRUCT/UNION in a split BTF, because FWDs from split BTF
+		 * will be resolved against base FWD. If we don't point base
+		 * canonical FWD to the resolved STRUCT/UNION, then all the
+		 * FWDs in split BTF won't be correctly resolved to a proper
+		 * STRUCT/UNION.
+		 */
+		if (t_kind != BTF_KIND_FWD && c_kind == BTF_KIND_FWD)
+			d->map[c_id] = t_id;
+
+		/* if graph equivalence determined that we'd need to adjust
+		 * base canonical types, then we need to only point base FWDs
+		 * to STRUCTs/UNIONs and do no more modifications. For all
+		 * other purposes the type graphs were not equivalent.
+		 */
+		if (d->hypot_adjust_canon)
+			continue;
+
+		if (t_kind == BTF_KIND_FWD && c_kind != BTF_KIND_FWD)
+			d->map[t_id] = c_id;
+
+		if ((t_kind == BTF_KIND_STRUCT || t_kind == BTF_KIND_UNION) &&
+		    c_kind != BTF_KIND_FWD &&
+		    is_type_mapped(d, c_id) &&
+		    !is_type_mapped(d, t_id)) {
+			/*
+			 * as a perf optimization, we can map struct/union
+			 * that's part of type graph we just verified for
+			 * equivalence. We can do that for struct/union that has
+			 * canonical representative only, though.
+			 */
+			d->map[t_id] = c_id;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Deduplicate struct/union types.
+ *
+ * For each struct/union type its type signature hash is calculated, taking
+ * into account type's name, size, number, order and names of fields, but
+ * ignoring type ID's referenced from fields, because they might not be deduped
+ * completely until after reference types deduplication phase. This type hash
+ * is used to iterate over all potential canonical types, sharing same hash.
+ * For each canonical candidate we check whether type graphs that they form
+ * (through referenced types in fields and so on) are equivalent using algorithm
+ * implemented in `btf_dedup_is_equiv`. If such equivalence is found and
+ * BTF_KIND_FWD resolution is allowed, then hypothetical mapping
+ * (btf_dedup->hypot_map) produced by aforementioned type graph equivalence
+ * algorithm is used to record FWD -> STRUCT/UNION mapping. It's also used to
+ * potentially map other structs/unions to their canonical representatives,
+ * if such relationship hasn't yet been established. This speeds up algorithm
+ * by eliminating some of the duplicate work.
+ *
+ * If no matching canonical representative was found, struct/union is marked
+ * as canonical for itself and is added into btf_dedup->dedup_table hash map
+ * for further look ups.
+ */
+static int btf_dedup_struct_type(struct btf_dedup *d, __u32 type_id)
+{
+	struct btf_type *cand_type, *t;
+	struct hashmap_entry *hash_entry;
+	/* if we don't find equivalent type, then we are canonical */
+	__u32 new_id = type_id;
+	__u16 kind;
+	long h;
+
+	/* already deduped or is in process of deduping (loop detected) */
+	if (d->map[type_id] <= BTF_MAX_NR_TYPES)
+		return 0;
+
+	t = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, type_id);
+	kind = btf_kind(t);
+
+	if (kind != BTF_KIND_STRUCT && kind != BTF_KIND_UNION)
+		return 0;
+
+	h = btf_hash_struct(t);
+	for_each_dedup_cand(d, hash_entry, h) {
+		__u32 cand_id = (__u32)(long)hash_entry->value;
+		int eq;
+
+		/*
+		 * Even though btf_dedup_is_equiv() checks for
+		 * btf_shallow_equal_struct() internally when checking two
+		 * structs (unions) for equivalence, we need to guard here
+		 * from picking matching FWD type as a dedup candidate.
+		 * This can happen due to hash collision. In such case just
+		 * relying on btf_dedup_is_equiv() would lead to potentially
+		 * creating a loop (FWD -> STRUCT and STRUCT -> FWD), because
+		 * FWD and compatible STRUCT/UNION are considered equivalent.
+		 */
+		cand_type = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, cand_id);
+		if (!btf_shallow_equal_struct(t, cand_type))
+			continue;
+
+		btf_dedup_clear_hypot_map(d);
+		eq = btf_dedup_is_equiv(d, type_id, cand_id);
+		if (eq < 0)
+			return eq;
+		if (!eq)
+			continue;
+		btf_dedup_merge_hypot_map(d);
+		if (d->hypot_adjust_canon) /* not really equivalent */
+			continue;
+		new_id = cand_id;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	d->map[type_id] = new_id;
+	if (type_id == new_id && btf_dedup_table_add(d, h, type_id))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int btf_dedup_struct_types(struct btf_dedup *d)
+{
+	int i, err;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < d->btf->nr_types; i++) {
+		err = btf_dedup_struct_type(d, d->btf->start_id + i);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Deduplicate reference type.
+ *
+ * Once all primitive and struct/union types got deduplicated, we can easily
+ * deduplicate all other (reference) BTF types. This is done in two steps:
+ *
+ * 1. Resolve all referenced type IDs into their canonical type IDs. This
+ * resolution can be done either immediately for primitive or struct/union types
+ * (because they were deduped in previous two phases) or recursively for
+ * reference types. Recursion will always terminate at either primitive or
+ * struct/union type, at which point we can "unwind" chain of reference types
+ * one by one. There is no danger of encountering cycles because in C type
+ * system the only way to form type cycle is through struct/union, so any chain
+ * of reference types, even those taking part in a type cycle, will inevitably
+ * reach struct/union at some point.
+ *
+ * 2. Once all referenced type IDs are resolved into canonical ones, BTF type
+ * becomes "stable", in the sense that no further deduplication will cause
+ * any changes to it. With that, it's now possible to calculate type's signature
+ * hash (this time taking into account referenced type IDs) and loop over all
+ * potential canonical representatives. If no match was found, current type
+ * will become canonical representative of itself and will be added into
+ * btf_dedup->dedup_table as another possible canonical representative.
+ */
+static int btf_dedup_ref_type(struct btf_dedup *d, __u32 type_id)
+{
+	struct hashmap_entry *hash_entry;
+	__u32 new_id = type_id, cand_id;
+	struct btf_type *t, *cand;
+	/* if we don't find equivalent type, then we are representative type */
+	int ref_type_id;
+	long h;
+
+	if (d->map[type_id] == BTF_IN_PROGRESS_ID)
+		return -ELOOP;
+	if (d->map[type_id] <= BTF_MAX_NR_TYPES)
+		return resolve_type_id(d, type_id);
+
+	t = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, type_id);
+	d->map[type_id] = BTF_IN_PROGRESS_ID;
+
+	switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+	case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+	case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
+	case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
+		ref_type_id = btf_dedup_ref_type(d, t->type);
+		if (ref_type_id < 0)
+			return ref_type_id;
+		t->type = ref_type_id;
+
+		h = btf_hash_common(t);
+		for_each_dedup_cand(d, hash_entry, h) {
+			cand_id = (__u32)(long)hash_entry->value;
+			cand = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, cand_id);
+			if (btf_equal_common(t, cand)) {
+				new_id = cand_id;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
+		ref_type_id = btf_dedup_ref_type(d, t->type);
+		if (ref_type_id < 0)
+			return ref_type_id;
+		t->type = ref_type_id;
+
+		h = btf_hash_int_decl_tag(t);
+		for_each_dedup_cand(d, hash_entry, h) {
+			cand_id = (__u32)(long)hash_entry->value;
+			cand = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, cand_id);
+			if (btf_equal_int_tag(t, cand)) {
+				new_id = cand_id;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+
+	case BTF_KIND_ARRAY: {
+		struct btf_array *info = btf_array(t);
+
+		ref_type_id = btf_dedup_ref_type(d, info->type);
+		if (ref_type_id < 0)
+			return ref_type_id;
+		info->type = ref_type_id;
+
+		ref_type_id = btf_dedup_ref_type(d, info->index_type);
+		if (ref_type_id < 0)
+			return ref_type_id;
+		info->index_type = ref_type_id;
+
+		h = btf_hash_array(t);
+		for_each_dedup_cand(d, hash_entry, h) {
+			cand_id = (__u32)(long)hash_entry->value;
+			cand = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, cand_id);
+			if (btf_equal_array(t, cand)) {
+				new_id = cand_id;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO: {
+		struct btf_param *param;
+		__u16 vlen;
+		int i;
+
+		ref_type_id = btf_dedup_ref_type(d, t->type);
+		if (ref_type_id < 0)
+			return ref_type_id;
+		t->type = ref_type_id;
+
+		vlen = btf_vlen(t);
+		param = btf_params(t);
+		for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++) {
+			ref_type_id = btf_dedup_ref_type(d, param->type);
+			if (ref_type_id < 0)
+				return ref_type_id;
+			param->type = ref_type_id;
+			param++;
+		}
+
+		h = btf_hash_fnproto(t);
+		for_each_dedup_cand(d, hash_entry, h) {
+			cand_id = (__u32)(long)hash_entry->value;
+			cand = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, cand_id);
+			if (btf_equal_fnproto(t, cand)) {
+				new_id = cand_id;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	d->map[type_id] = new_id;
+	if (type_id == new_id && btf_dedup_table_add(d, h, type_id))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return new_id;
+}
+
+static int btf_dedup_ref_types(struct btf_dedup *d)
+{
+	int i, err;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < d->btf->nr_types; i++) {
+		err = btf_dedup_ref_type(d, d->btf->start_id + i);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+	}
+	/* we won't need d->dedup_table anymore */
+	hashmap__free(d->dedup_table);
+	d->dedup_table = NULL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Compact types.
+ *
+ * After we established for each type its corresponding canonical representative
+ * type, we now can eliminate types that are not canonical and leave only
+ * canonical ones layed out sequentially in memory by copying them over
+ * duplicates. During compaction btf_dedup->hypot_map array is reused to store
+ * a map from original type ID to a new compacted type ID, which will be used
+ * during next phase to "fix up" type IDs, referenced from struct/union and
+ * reference types.
+ */
+static int btf_dedup_compact_types(struct btf_dedup *d)
+{
+	__u32 *new_offs;
+	__u32 next_type_id = d->btf->start_id;
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+	void *p;
+	int i, id, len;
+
+	/* we are going to reuse hypot_map to store compaction remapping */
+	d->hypot_map[0] = 0;
+	/* base BTF types are not renumbered */
+	for (id = 1; id < d->btf->start_id; id++)
+		d->hypot_map[id] = id;
+	for (i = 0, id = d->btf->start_id; i < d->btf->nr_types; i++, id++)
+		d->hypot_map[id] = BTF_UNPROCESSED_ID;
+
+	p = d->btf->types_data;
+
+	for (i = 0, id = d->btf->start_id; i < d->btf->nr_types; i++, id++) {
+		if (d->map[id] != id)
+			continue;
+
+		t = btf__type_by_id(d->btf, id);
+		len = btf_type_size(t);
+		if (len < 0)
+			return len;
+
+		memmove(p, t, len);
+		d->hypot_map[id] = next_type_id;
+		d->btf->type_offs[next_type_id - d->btf->start_id] = p - d->btf->types_data;
+		p += len;
+		next_type_id++;
+	}
+
+	/* shrink struct btf's internal types index and update btf_header */
+	d->btf->nr_types = next_type_id - d->btf->start_id;
+	d->btf->type_offs_cap = d->btf->nr_types;
+	d->btf->hdr->type_len = p - d->btf->types_data;
+	new_offs = libbpf_reallocarray(d->btf->type_offs, d->btf->type_offs_cap,
+				       sizeof(*new_offs));
+	if (d->btf->type_offs_cap && !new_offs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	d->btf->type_offs = new_offs;
+	d->btf->hdr->str_off = d->btf->hdr->type_len;
+	d->btf->raw_size = d->btf->hdr->hdr_len + d->btf->hdr->type_len + d->btf->hdr->str_len;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Figure out final (deduplicated and compacted) type ID for provided original
+ * `type_id` by first resolving it into corresponding canonical type ID and
+ * then mapping it to a deduplicated type ID, stored in btf_dedup->hypot_map,
+ * which is populated during compaction phase.
+ */
+static int btf_dedup_remap_type_id(__u32 *type_id, void *ctx)
+{
+	struct btf_dedup *d = ctx;
+	__u32 resolved_type_id, new_type_id;
+
+	resolved_type_id = resolve_type_id(d, *type_id);
+	new_type_id = d->hypot_map[resolved_type_id];
+	if (new_type_id > BTF_MAX_NR_TYPES)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	*type_id = new_type_id;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Remap referenced type IDs into deduped type IDs.
+ *
+ * After BTF types are deduplicated and compacted, their final type IDs may
+ * differ from original ones. The map from original to a corresponding
+ * deduped type ID is stored in btf_dedup->hypot_map and is populated during
+ * compaction phase. During remapping phase we are rewriting all type IDs
+ * referenced from any BTF type (e.g., struct fields, func proto args, etc) to
+ * their final deduped type IDs.
+ */
+static int btf_dedup_remap_types(struct btf_dedup *d)
+{
+	int i, r;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < d->btf->nr_types; i++) {
+		struct btf_type *t = btf_type_by_id(d->btf, d->btf->start_id + i);
+
+		r = btf_type_visit_type_ids(t, btf_dedup_remap_type_id, d);
+		if (r)
+			return r;
+	}
+
+	if (!d->btf_ext)
+		return 0;
+
+	r = btf_ext_visit_type_ids(d->btf_ext, btf_dedup_remap_type_id, d);
+	if (r)
+		return r;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Probe few well-known locations for vmlinux kernel image and try to load BTF
+ * data out of it to use for target BTF.
+ */
+struct btf *btf__load_vmlinux_btf(void)
+{
+	const char *locations[] = {
+		/* try canonical vmlinux BTF through sysfs first */
+		"/sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux",
+		/* fall back to trying to find vmlinux on disk otherwise */
+		"/boot/vmlinux-%1$s",
+		"/lib/modules/%1$s/vmlinux-%1$s",
+		"/lib/modules/%1$s/build/vmlinux",
+		"/usr/lib/modules/%1$s/kernel/vmlinux",
+		"/usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-%1$s",
+		"/usr/lib/debug/boot/vmlinux-%1$s.debug",
+		"/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/%1$s/vmlinux",
+	};
+	char path[PATH_MAX + 1];
+	struct utsname buf;
+	struct btf *btf;
+	int i, err;
+
+	uname(&buf);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(locations); i++) {
+		snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, locations[i], buf.release);
+
+		if (faccessat(AT_FDCWD, path, R_OK, AT_EACCESS))
+			continue;
+
+		btf = btf__parse(path, NULL);
+		err = libbpf_get_error(btf);
+		pr_debug("loading kernel BTF '%s': %d\n", path, err);
+		if (err)
+			continue;
+
+		return btf;
+	}
+
+	pr_warn("failed to find valid kernel BTF\n");
+	return libbpf_err_ptr(-ESRCH);
+}
+
+struct btf *libbpf_find_kernel_btf(void) __attribute__((alias("btf__load_vmlinux_btf")));
+
+struct btf *btf__load_module_btf(const char *module_name, struct btf *vmlinux_btf)
+{
+	char path[80];
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/sys/kernel/btf/%s", module_name);
+	return btf__parse_split(path, vmlinux_btf);
+}
+
+int btf_type_visit_type_ids(struct btf_type *t, type_id_visit_fn visit, void *ctx)
+{
+	int i, n, err;
+
+	switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+	case BTF_KIND_INT:
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM:
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM64:
+		return 0;
+
+	case BTF_KIND_FWD:
+	case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+	case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
+	case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
+	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC:
+	case BTF_KIND_VAR:
+	case BTF_KIND_DECL_TAG:
+	case BTF_KIND_TYPE_TAG:
+		return visit(&t->type, ctx);
+
+	case BTF_KIND_ARRAY: {
+		struct btf_array *a = btf_array(t);
+
+		err = visit(&a->type, ctx);
+		err = err ?: visit(&a->index_type, ctx);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_KIND_UNION: {
+		struct btf_member *m = btf_members(t);
+
+		for (i = 0, n = btf_vlen(t); i < n; i++, m++) {
+			err = visit(&m->type, ctx);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO: {
+		struct btf_param *m = btf_params(t);
+
+		err = visit(&t->type, ctx);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		for (i = 0, n = btf_vlen(t); i < n; i++, m++) {
+			err = visit(&m->type, ctx);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	case BTF_KIND_DATASEC: {
+		struct btf_var_secinfo *m = btf_var_secinfos(t);
+
+		for (i = 0, n = btf_vlen(t); i < n; i++, m++) {
+			err = visit(&m->type, ctx);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
+int btf_type_visit_str_offs(struct btf_type *t, str_off_visit_fn visit, void *ctx)
+{
+	int i, n, err;
+
+	err = visit(&t->name_off, ctx);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	switch (btf_kind(t)) {
+	case BTF_KIND_STRUCT:
+	case BTF_KIND_UNION: {
+		struct btf_member *m = btf_members(t);
+
+		for (i = 0, n = btf_vlen(t); i < n; i++, m++) {
+			err = visit(&m->name_off, ctx);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM: {
+		struct btf_enum *m = btf_enum(t);
+
+		for (i = 0, n = btf_vlen(t); i < n; i++, m++) {
+			err = visit(&m->name_off, ctx);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+	case BTF_KIND_ENUM64: {
+		struct btf_enum64 *m = btf_enum64(t);
+
+		for (i = 0, n = btf_vlen(t); i < n; i++, m++) {
+			err = visit(&m->name_off, ctx);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+	case BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO: {
+		struct btf_param *m = btf_params(t);
+
+		for (i = 0, n = btf_vlen(t); i < n; i++, m++) {
+			err = visit(&m->name_off, ctx);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int btf_ext_visit_type_ids(struct btf_ext *btf_ext, type_id_visit_fn visit, void *ctx)
+{
+	const struct btf_ext_info *seg;
+	struct btf_ext_info_sec *sec;
+	int i, err;
+
+	seg = &btf_ext->func_info;
+	for_each_btf_ext_sec(seg, sec) {
+		struct bpf_func_info_min *rec;
+
+		for_each_btf_ext_rec(seg, sec, i, rec) {
+			err = visit(&rec->type_id, ctx);
+			if (err < 0)
+				return err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	seg = &btf_ext->core_relo_info;
+	for_each_btf_ext_sec(seg, sec) {
+		struct bpf_core_relo *rec;
+
+		for_each_btf_ext_rec(seg, sec, i, rec) {
+			err = visit(&rec->type_id, ctx);
+			if (err < 0)
+				return err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int btf_ext_visit_str_offs(struct btf_ext *btf_ext, str_off_visit_fn visit, void *ctx)
+{
+	const struct btf_ext_info *seg;
+	struct btf_ext_info_sec *sec;
+	int i, err;
+
+	seg = &btf_ext->func_info;
+	for_each_btf_ext_sec(seg, sec) {
+		err = visit(&sec->sec_name_off, ctx);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	seg = &btf_ext->line_info;
+	for_each_btf_ext_sec(seg, sec) {
+		struct bpf_line_info_min *rec;
+
+		err = visit(&sec->sec_name_off, ctx);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		for_each_btf_ext_rec(seg, sec, i, rec) {
+			err = visit(&rec->file_name_off, ctx);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+			err = visit(&rec->line_off, ctx);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	seg = &btf_ext->core_relo_info;
+	for_each_btf_ext_sec(seg, sec) {
+		struct bpf_core_relo *rec;
+
+		err = visit(&sec->sec_name_off, ctx);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		for_each_btf_ext_rec(seg, sec, i, rec) {
+			err = visit(&rec->access_str_off, ctx);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}