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<title>libbpf: Fix warning in calloc() usage</title>
<updated>2025-08-20T16:36:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Matteo Croce</name>
<email>teknoraver@meta.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-17T20:03:37+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 0ee30d937c147fc14c4b49535181d437cd2fde7a ]

When compiling libbpf with some compilers, this warning is triggered:

libbpf.c: In function ‘bpf_object__gen_loader’:
libbpf.c:9209:28: error: ‘calloc’ sizes specified with ‘sizeof’ in the earlier argument and not in the later argument [-Werror=calloc-transposed-args]
 9209 |         gen = calloc(sizeof(*gen), 1);
      |                            ^
libbpf.c:9209:28: note: earlier argument should specify number of elements, later size of each element

Fix this by inverting the calloc() arguments.

Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce &lt;teknoraver@meta.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yonghong.song@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250717200337.49168-1-technoboy85@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 0ee30d937c147fc14c4b49535181d437cd2fde7a ]

When compiling libbpf with some compilers, this warning is triggered:

libbpf.c: In function ‘bpf_object__gen_loader’:
libbpf.c:9209:28: error: ‘calloc’ sizes specified with ‘sizeof’ in the earlier argument and not in the later argument [-Werror=calloc-transposed-args]
 9209 |         gen = calloc(sizeof(*gen), 1);
      |                            ^
libbpf.c:9209:28: note: earlier argument should specify number of elements, later size of each element

Fix this by inverting the calloc() arguments.

Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce &lt;teknoraver@meta.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Yonghong Song &lt;yonghong.song@linux.dev&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250717200337.49168-1-technoboy85@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libbpf: Verify that arena map exists when adding arena relocations</title>
<updated>2025-08-20T16:36:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eduard Zingerman</name>
<email>eddyz87@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-18T22:20:59+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 42be23e8f2dcb100cb9944b2b54b6bf41aff943d ]

Fuzzer reported a memory access error in bpf_program__record_reloc()
that happens when:
- ".addr_space.1" section exists
- there is a relocation referencing this section
- there are no arena maps defined in BTF.

Sanity checks for maps existence are already present in
bpf_program__record_reloc(), hence this commit adds another one.

[1] https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/actions/runs/16375110681/job/46272998064

Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250718222059.281526-1-eddyz87@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 42be23e8f2dcb100cb9944b2b54b6bf41aff943d ]

Fuzzer reported a memory access error in bpf_program__record_reloc()
that happens when:
- ".addr_space.1" section exists
- there is a relocation referencing this section
- there are no arena maps defined in BTF.

Sanity checks for maps existence are already present in
bpf_program__record_reloc(), hence this commit adds another one.

[1] https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf/actions/runs/16375110681/job/46272998064

Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250718222059.281526-1-eddyz87@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libbpf: Fix handling of BPF arena relocations</title>
<updated>2025-07-24T06:58:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andrii Nakryiko</name>
<email>andrii@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-07-18T00:10:09+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 0238c45fbbf8228f52aa4642f0cdc21c570d1dfe ]

Initial __arena global variable support implementation in libbpf
contains a bug: it remembers struct bpf_map pointer for arena, which is
used later on to process relocations. Recording this pointer is
problematic because map pointers are not stable during ELF relocation
collection phase, as an array of struct bpf_map's can be reallocated,
invalidating all the pointers. Libbpf is dealing with similar issues by
using a stable internal map index, though for BPF arena map specifically
this approach wasn't used due to an oversight.

The resulting behavior is non-deterministic issue which depends on exact
layout of ELF object file, number of actual maps, etc. We didn't hit
this until very recently, when this bug started triggering crash in BPF
CI when validating one of sched-ext BPF programs.

The fix is rather straightforward: we just follow an established pattern
of remembering map index (just like obj-&gt;kconfig_map_idx, for example)
instead of `struct bpf_map *`, and resolving index to a pointer at the
point where map information is necessary.

While at it also add debug-level message for arena-related relocation
resolution information, which we already have for all other kinds of
maps.

Fixes: 2e7ba4f8fd1f ("libbpf: Recognize __arena global variables.")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250718001009.610955-1-andrii@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 0238c45fbbf8228f52aa4642f0cdc21c570d1dfe ]

Initial __arena global variable support implementation in libbpf
contains a bug: it remembers struct bpf_map pointer for arena, which is
used later on to process relocations. Recording this pointer is
problematic because map pointers are not stable during ELF relocation
collection phase, as an array of struct bpf_map's can be reallocated,
invalidating all the pointers. Libbpf is dealing with similar issues by
using a stable internal map index, though for BPF arena map specifically
this approach wasn't used due to an oversight.

The resulting behavior is non-deterministic issue which depends on exact
layout of ELF object file, number of actual maps, etc. We didn't hit
this until very recently, when this bug started triggering crash in BPF
CI when validating one of sched-ext BPF programs.

The fix is rather straightforward: we just follow an established pattern
of remembering map index (just like obj-&gt;kconfig_map_idx, for example)
instead of `struct bpf_map *`, and resolving index to a pointer at the
point where map information is necessary.

While at it also add debug-level message for arena-related relocation
resolution information, which we already have for all other kinds of
maps.

Fixes: 2e7ba4f8fd1f ("libbpf: Recognize __arena global variables.")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Eduard Zingerman &lt;eddyz87@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250718001009.610955-1-andrii@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libbpf: Fix possible use-after-free for externs</title>
<updated>2025-07-06T09:04:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adin Scannell</name>
<email>amscanne@meta.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-25T05:02:15+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit fa6f092cc0a02d0fcee37e9e8172eda372a03d33 ]

The `name` field in `obj-&gt;externs` points into the BTF data at initial
open time. However, some functions may invalidate this after opening and
before loading (e.g. `bpf_map__set_value_size`), which results in
pointers into freed memory and undefined behavior.

The simplest solution is to simply `strdup` these strings, similar to
the `essent_name`, and free them at the same time.

In order to test this path, the `global_map_resize` BPF selftest is
modified slightly to ensure the presence of an extern, which causes this
test to fail prior to the fix. Given there isn't an obvious API or error
to test against, I opted to add this to the existing test as an aspect
of the resizing feature rather than duplicate the test.

Fixes: 9d0a23313b1a ("libbpf: Add capability for resizing datasec maps")
Signed-off-by: Adin Scannell &lt;amscanne@meta.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250625050215.2777374-1-amscanne@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit fa6f092cc0a02d0fcee37e9e8172eda372a03d33 ]

The `name` field in `obj-&gt;externs` points into the BTF data at initial
open time. However, some functions may invalidate this after opening and
before loading (e.g. `bpf_map__set_value_size`), which results in
pointers into freed memory and undefined behavior.

The simplest solution is to simply `strdup` these strings, similar to
the `essent_name`, and free them at the same time.

In order to test this path, the `global_map_resize` BPF selftest is
modified slightly to ensure the presence of an extern, which causes this
test to fail prior to the fix. Given there isn't an obvious API or error
to test against, I opted to add this to the existing test as an aspect
of the resizing feature rather than duplicate the test.

Fixes: 9d0a23313b1a ("libbpf: Add capability for resizing datasec maps")
Signed-off-by: Adin Scannell &lt;amscanne@meta.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250625050215.2777374-1-amscanne@meta.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libbpf: Fix null pointer dereference in btf_dump__free on allocation failure</title>
<updated>2025-07-06T09:04:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yuan Chen</name>
<email>chenyuan@kylinos.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2025-06-18T01:19:33+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit aa485e8789d56a4573f7c8d000a182b749eaa64d ]

When btf_dump__new() fails to allocate memory for the internal hashmap
(btf_dump-&gt;type_names), it returns an error code. However, the cleanup
function btf_dump__free() does not check if btf_dump-&gt;type_names is NULL
before attempting to free it. This leads to a null pointer dereference
when btf_dump__free() is called on a btf_dump object.

Fixes: 351131b51c7a ("libbpf: add btf_dump API for BTF-to-C conversion")
Signed-off-by: Yuan Chen &lt;chenyuan@kylinos.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250618011933.11423-1-chenyuan_fl@163.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit aa485e8789d56a4573f7c8d000a182b749eaa64d ]

When btf_dump__new() fails to allocate memory for the internal hashmap
(btf_dump-&gt;type_names), it returns an error code. However, the cleanup
function btf_dump__free() does not check if btf_dump-&gt;type_names is NULL
before attempting to free it. This leads to a null pointer dereference
when btf_dump__free() is called on a btf_dump object.

Fixes: 351131b51c7a ("libbpf: add btf_dump API for BTF-to-C conversion")
Signed-off-by: Yuan Chen &lt;chenyuan@kylinos.cn&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250618011933.11423-1-chenyuan_fl@163.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libbpf: Add identical pointer detection to btf_dedup_is_equiv()</title>
<updated>2025-06-27T10:13:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alan Maguire</name>
<email>alan.maguire@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-29T16:10:42+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 8e64c387c942229c551d0f23de4d9993d3a2acb6 ]

Recently as a side-effect of

commit ac053946f5c4 ("compiler.h: introduce TYPEOF_UNQUAL() macro")

issues were observed in deduplication between modules and kernel BTF
such that a large number of kernel types were not deduplicated so
were found in module BTF (task_struct, bpf_prog etc).  The root cause
appeared to be a failure to dedup struct types, specifically those
with members that were pointers with __percpu annotations.

The issue in dedup is at the point that we are deduplicating structures,
we have not yet deduplicated reference types like pointers.  If multiple
copies of a pointer point at the same (deduplicated) integer as in this
case, we do not see them as identical.  Special handling already exists
to deal with structures and arrays, so add pointer handling here too.

Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire &lt;alan.maguire@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250429161042.2069678-1-alan.maguire@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 8e64c387c942229c551d0f23de4d9993d3a2acb6 ]

Recently as a side-effect of

commit ac053946f5c4 ("compiler.h: introduce TYPEOF_UNQUAL() macro")

issues were observed in deduplication between modules and kernel BTF
such that a large number of kernel types were not deduplicated so
were found in module BTF (task_struct, bpf_prog etc).  The root cause
appeared to be a failure to dedup struct types, specifically those
with members that were pointers with __percpu annotations.

The issue in dedup is at the point that we are deduplicating structures,
we have not yet deduplicated reference types like pointers.  If multiple
copies of a pointer point at the same (deduplicated) integer as in this
case, we do not see them as identical.  Special handling already exists
to deal with structures and arrays, so add pointer handling here too.

Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire &lt;alan.maguire@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250429161042.2069678-1-alan.maguire@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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<entry>
<title>libbpf: Check bpf_map_skeleton link for NULL</title>
<updated>2025-06-27T10:13:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mykyta Yatsenko</name>
<email>yatsenko@meta.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-14T11:32:20+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit d0445d7dd3fd9b15af7564c38d7aa3cbc29778ee ]

Avoid dereferencing bpf_map_skeleton's link field if it's NULL.
If BPF map skeleton is created with the size, that indicates containing
link field, but the field was not actually initialized with valid
bpf_link pointer, libbpf crashes. This may happen when using libbpf-rs
skeleton.
Skeleton loading may still progress, but user needs to attach struct_ops
map separately.

Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250514113220.219095-1-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit d0445d7dd3fd9b15af7564c38d7aa3cbc29778ee ]

Avoid dereferencing bpf_map_skeleton's link field if it's NULL.
If BPF map skeleton is created with the size, that indicates containing
link field, but the field was not actually initialized with valid
bpf_link pointer, libbpf crashes. This may happen when using libbpf-rs
skeleton.
Skeleton loading may still progress, but user needs to attach struct_ops
map separately.

Signed-off-by: Mykyta Yatsenko &lt;yatsenko@meta.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250514113220.219095-1-mykyta.yatsenko5@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libbpf/btf: Fix string handling to support multi-split BTF</title>
<updated>2025-06-27T10:13:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alan Maguire</name>
<email>alan.maguire@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-19T16:59:34+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 4e29128a9acec2a622734844bedee013e2901bdf ]

libbpf handling of split BTF has been written largely with the
assumption that multiple splits are possible, i.e. split BTF on top of
split BTF on top of base BTF.  One area where this does not quite work
is string handling in split BTF; the start string offset should be the
base BTF string section length + the base BTF string offset.  This
worked in the past because for a single split BTF with base the start
string offset was always 0.

Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire &lt;alan.maguire@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250519165935.261614-2-alan.maguire@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 4e29128a9acec2a622734844bedee013e2901bdf ]

libbpf handling of split BTF has been written largely with the
assumption that multiple splits are possible, i.e. split BTF on top of
split BTF on top of base BTF.  One area where this does not quite work
is string handling in split BTF; the start string offset should be the
base BTF string section length + the base BTF string offset.  This
worked in the past because for a single split BTF with base the start
string offset was always 0.

Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire &lt;alan.maguire@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250519165935.261614-2-alan.maguire@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>libbpf: Use proper errno value in nlattr</title>
<updated>2025-06-19T13:39:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Anton Protopopov</name>
<email>a.s.protopopov@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-10T18:20:11+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit fd5fd538a1f4b34cee6823ba0ddda2f7a55aca96 ]

Return value of the validate_nla() function can be propagated all the
way up to users of libbpf API. In case of error this libbpf version
of validate_nla returns -1 which will be seen as -EPERM from user's
point of view. Instead, return a more reasonable -EINVAL.

Fixes: bbf48c18ee0c ("libbpf: add error reporting in XDP")
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;a.s.protopopov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250510182011.2246631-1-a.s.protopopov@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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Return value of the validate_nla() function can be propagated all the
way up to users of libbpf API. In case of error this libbpf version
of validate_nla returns -1 which will be seen as -EPERM from user's
point of view. Instead, return a more reasonable -EINVAL.

Fixes: bbf48c18ee0c ("libbpf: add error reporting in XDP")
Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;a.s.protopopov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250510182011.2246631-1-a.s.protopopov@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>bpf: Fix uninitialized values in BPF_{CORE,PROBE}_READ</title>
<updated>2025-06-19T13:39:49+00:00</updated>
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<name>Anton Protopopov</name>
<email>a.s.protopopov@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2025-05-02T19:30:31+00:00</published>
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With the latest LLVM bpf selftests build will fail with
the following error message:

    progs/profiler.inc.h:710:31: error: default initialization of an object of type 'typeof ((parent_task)-&gt;real_cred-&gt;uid.val)' (aka 'const unsigned int') leaves the object uninitialized and is incompatible with C++ [-Werror,-Wdefault-const-init-unsafe]
      710 |         proc_exec_data-&gt;parent_uid = BPF_CORE_READ(parent_task, real_cred, uid.val);
          |                                      ^
    tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/include/bpf/bpf_core_read.h:520:35: note: expanded from macro 'BPF_CORE_READ'
      520 |         ___type((src), a, ##__VA_ARGS__) __r;                               \
          |                                          ^

This happens because BPF_CORE_READ (and other macro) declare the
variable __r using the ___type macro which can inherit const modifier
from intermediate types.

Fix this by using __typeof_unqual__, when supported. (And when it
is not supported, the problem shouldn't appear, as older compilers
haven't complained.)

Fixes: 792001f4f7aa ("libbpf: Add user-space variants of BPF_CORE_READ() family of macros")
Fixes: a4b09a9ef945 ("libbpf: Add non-CO-RE variants of BPF_CORE_READ() macro family")
Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;a.s.protopopov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250502193031.3522715-1-a.s.protopopov@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 41d4ce6df3f4945341ec509a840cc002a413b6cc ]

With the latest LLVM bpf selftests build will fail with
the following error message:

    progs/profiler.inc.h:710:31: error: default initialization of an object of type 'typeof ((parent_task)-&gt;real_cred-&gt;uid.val)' (aka 'const unsigned int') leaves the object uninitialized and is incompatible with C++ [-Werror,-Wdefault-const-init-unsafe]
      710 |         proc_exec_data-&gt;parent_uid = BPF_CORE_READ(parent_task, real_cred, uid.val);
          |                                      ^
    tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/include/bpf/bpf_core_read.h:520:35: note: expanded from macro 'BPF_CORE_READ'
      520 |         ___type((src), a, ##__VA_ARGS__) __r;                               \
          |                                          ^

This happens because BPF_CORE_READ (and other macro) declare the
variable __r using the ___type macro which can inherit const modifier
from intermediate types.

Fix this by using __typeof_unqual__, when supported. (And when it
is not supported, the problem shouldn't appear, as older compilers
haven't complained.)

Fixes: 792001f4f7aa ("libbpf: Add user-space variants of BPF_CORE_READ() family of macros")
Fixes: a4b09a9ef945 ("libbpf: Add non-CO-RE variants of BPF_CORE_READ() macro family")
Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov &lt;a.s.protopopov@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko &lt;andrii@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20250502193031.3522715-1-a.s.protopopov@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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