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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Copyright (c) 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. */
+
+#include <test_progs.h>
+#include <bpf/btf.h>
+#include <bpf/libbpf.h>
+
+/* Verify kind encoding exists for each kind */
+static void test_btf_kind_encoding(void)
+{
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(btf_new_opts, opts);
+ const struct btf_header *hdr;
+ const void *raw_btf;
+ struct btf *btf;
+ __u32 raw_size;
+
+ opts.add_layout = true;
+ btf = btf__new_empty_opts(&opts);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(btf, "btf_new"))
+ return;
+
+ raw_btf = btf__raw_data(btf, &raw_size);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(raw_btf, "btf__raw_data"))
+ return;
+
+ hdr = raw_btf;
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(hdr->layout_off % 4, 0, "layout_aligned");
+ ASSERT_EQ(hdr->layout_len, sizeof(struct btf_layout) * NR_BTF_KINDS,
+ "layout_len");
+ ASSERT_EQ(hdr->str_off, hdr->layout_off + hdr->layout_len, "str_after_layout");
+ btf__free(btf);
+
+ opts.add_layout = false;
+ btf = btf__new_empty_opts(&opts);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(btf, "btf_new"))
+ return;
+
+ raw_btf = btf__raw_data(btf, &raw_size);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(raw_btf, "btf__raw_data"))
+ return;
+
+ hdr = raw_btf;
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(hdr->layout_off, 0, "no_layout_off");
+ ASSERT_EQ(hdr->layout_len, 0, "no_layout_len");
+ ASSERT_EQ(hdr->str_off, hdr->type_off + hdr->type_len, "strs_after_types");
+ btf__free(btf);
+}
+
+static int write_raw_btf(void *raw_btf, size_t raw_size, char *file)
+{
+ int fd = mkstemp(file);
+ ssize_t n;
+
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_FD(fd, "open_raw_btf"))
+ return -1;
+ n = write(fd, raw_btf, raw_size);
+ close(fd);
+ if (!ASSERT_EQ(n, (ssize_t)raw_size, "write_raw_btf"))
+ return -1;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Fabricate an unrecognized kind at BTF_KIND_MAX + 1, and after adding
+ * the appropriate struct/typedefs to the BTF such that it recognizes
+ * this kind, ensure that parsing of BTF containing the unrecognized kind
+ * can succeed.
+ */
+void test_btf_kind_decoding(void)
+{
+ char btf_kind_file1[] = "/tmp/test_btf_kind.XXXXXX";
+ char btf_kind_file2[] = "/tmp/test_btf_kind.XXXXXX";
+ char btf_kind_file3[] = "/tmp/test_btf_kind.XXXXXX";
+ struct btf *btf = NULL, *new_btf = NULL;
+ __s32 int_id, unrec_id, id, id2;
+ LIBBPF_OPTS(btf_new_opts, opts);
+ struct btf_layout *l;
+ struct btf_header *hdr;
+ const void *raw_btf;
+ struct btf_type *t;
+ void *new_raw_btf;
+ void *str_data;
+ __u32 raw_size;
+
+ opts.add_layout = true;
+ btf = btf__new_empty_opts(&opts);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(btf, "btf_new"))
+ return;
+
+ int_id = btf__add_int(btf, "test_char", 1, BTF_INT_CHAR);
+ if (!ASSERT_GT(int_id, 0, "add_int_id"))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * Create our type with unrecognized kind by adding a typedef kind
+ * we will overwrite it with our unrecognized kind value.
+ */
+ unrec_id = btf__add_typedef(btf, "unrec_kind", int_id);
+ if (!ASSERT_GT(unrec_id, 0, "add_unrec_id"))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * Add an id after it that we will look up to verify we can parse
+ * beyond unrecognized kinds.
+ */
+ id = btf__add_typedef(btf, "test_lookup", int_id);
+ if (!ASSERT_GT(id, 0, "add_test_lookup_id"))
+ return;
+ id2 = btf__add_typedef(btf, "test_lookup2", int_id);
+ if (!ASSERT_GT(id2, 0, "add_test_lookup_id2"))
+ return;
+
+ raw_btf = (void *)btf__raw_data(btf, &raw_size);
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(raw_btf, "btf__raw_data"))
+ return;
+
+ new_raw_btf = calloc(1, raw_size + sizeof(*l));
+ if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(new_raw_btf, "calloc_raw_btf"))
+ return;
+ memcpy(new_raw_btf, raw_btf, raw_size);
+
+ hdr = new_raw_btf;
+
+ /* Move strings to make space for one new layout description */
+ raw_size += sizeof(*l);
+ str_data = new_raw_btf + hdr->hdr_len + hdr->str_off;
+ memmove(str_data + sizeof(*l), str_data, hdr->str_len);
+ hdr->str_off += sizeof(*l);
+
+ /* Add new layout description */
+ hdr->layout_len += sizeof(*l);
+ l = new_raw_btf + hdr->hdr_len + hdr->layout_off;
+ l[NR_BTF_KINDS].info_sz = 0;
+ l[NR_BTF_KINDS].elem_sz = 0;
+ l[NR_BTF_KINDS].flags = 0;
+
+ /* Now modify typedef added above to be an unrecognized kind. */
+ t = (void *)hdr + hdr->hdr_len + hdr->type_off + sizeof(struct btf_type) +
+ sizeof(__u32);
+ t->info = (NR_BTF_KINDS << 24);
+
+ /* Write BTF to a raw file, ready for parsing. */
+ if (write_raw_btf(new_raw_btf, raw_size, btf_kind_file1))
+ goto out;
+
+ /*
+ * Verify parsing succeeds, and that we can read type info past
+ * the unrecognized kind.
+ */
+ new_btf = btf__parse_raw(btf_kind_file1);
+ if (ASSERT_OK_PTR(new_btf, "btf__parse_raw")) {
+ ASSERT_EQ(btf__find_by_name(new_btf, "unrec_kind"), unrec_id,
+ "unrec_kind_found");
+ ASSERT_EQ(btf__find_by_name_kind(new_btf, "test_lookup",
+ BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF), id,
+ "verify_id_lookup");
+ ASSERT_EQ(btf__find_by_name_kind(new_btf, "test_lookup2",
+ BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF), id2,
+ "verify_id2_lookup");
+ }
+ btf__free(new_btf);
+ new_btf = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * Next, change info_sz to equal sizeof(struct btf_type); this means the
+ * "test_lookup" kind will be reinterpreted as a singular info element
+ * following the unrecognized kind.
+ */
+ l[NR_BTF_KINDS].info_sz = sizeof(struct btf_type);
+ if (write_raw_btf(new_raw_btf, raw_size, btf_kind_file2))
+ goto out;
+
+ new_btf = btf__parse_raw(btf_kind_file2);
+ if (ASSERT_OK_PTR(new_btf, "btf__parse_raw")) {
+ ASSERT_EQ(btf__find_by_name_kind(new_btf, "test_lookup",
+ BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF), -ENOENT,
+ "verify_id_not_found");
+ /* id of "test_lookup2" will be id2 -1 as we have removed one type */
+ ASSERT_EQ(btf__find_by_name_kind(new_btf, "test_lookup2",
+ BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF), id2 - 1,
+ "verify_id_lookup2");
+
+ }
+ btf__free(new_btf);
+ new_btf = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * Change elem_sz to equal sizeof(struct btf_type) and set vlen
+ * associated with unrecognized type to 1; this allows us to verify
+ * vlen-specified BTF can still be parsed.
+ */
+ l[NR_BTF_KINDS].info_sz = 0;
+ l[NR_BTF_KINDS].elem_sz = sizeof(struct btf_type);
+ t->info |= 1;
+ if (write_raw_btf(new_raw_btf, raw_size, btf_kind_file3))
+ goto out;
+
+ new_btf = btf__parse_raw(btf_kind_file3);
+ if (ASSERT_OK_PTR(new_btf, "btf__parse_raw")) {
+ ASSERT_EQ(btf__find_by_name_kind(new_btf, "test_lookup",
+ BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF), -ENOENT,
+ "verify_id_not_found");
+ /* id of "test_lookup2" will be id2 -1 as we have removed one type */
+ ASSERT_EQ(btf__find_by_name_kind(new_btf, "test_lookup2",
+ BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF), id2 - 1,
+ "verify_id_lookup2");
+
+ }
+out:
+ btf__free(new_btf);
+ free(new_raw_btf);
+ unlink(btf_kind_file1);
+ unlink(btf_kind_file2);
+ unlink(btf_kind_file3);
+ btf__free(btf);
+}
+
+void test_btf_kind(void)
+{
+ if (test__start_subtest("btf_kind_encoding"))
+ test_btf_kind_encoding();
+ if (test__start_subtest("btf_kind_decoding"))
+ test_btf_kind_decoding();
+}