When dumping a character array, libbpf will watch for a '\0' and set
is_array_terminated=true if found. This prevents libbpf from printing
the remaining characters of the array, treating it as a nul-terminated
string.
However, once this flag is set, it's never reset, leading to subsequent
characters array not being printed properly:
.str_multi = (__u8[2][16])[
[
'H',
'e',
'l',
],
],
This patch saves the is_array_terminated flag and restores its
default (false) value before looping over the elements of an array,
then restores it afterward. This way, libbpf's behavior is unchanged
when dumping the characters of an array, but subsequent arrays are
printed properly:
.str_multi = (__u8[2][16])[
[
'H',
'e',
'l',
],
[
'l',
'o',
],
],
Signed-off-by: Quentin Deslandes <qde@naccy.de>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240413211258.134421-3-qde@naccy.de
In btf_dump_array_data(), libbpf will call btf_dump_dump_type_data() for
each element. For an array of characters, each element will be
processed the following way:
- btf_dump_dump_type_data() is called to print the character
- btf_dump_data_pfx() prefixes the current line with the proper number
of indentations
- btf_dump_int_data() is called to print the character
- After the last character is printed, btf_dump_dump_type_data() calls
btf_dump_data_pfx() before writing the closing bracket
However, for an array containing characters, btf_dump_int_data() won't
print any '\0' and subsequent characters. This leads to situations where
the line prefix is written, no character is added, then the prefix is
written again before adding the closing bracket:
(struct sk_metadata){
.str_array = (__u8[14])[
'H',
'e',
'l',
'l',
'o',
],
This change solves this issue by printing the '\0' character, which
has two benefits:
- The bracket closing the array is properly aligned
- It's clear from a user point of view that libbpf uses '\0' as a
terminator for arrays of characters.
Signed-off-by: Quentin Deslandes <qde@naccy.de>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240413211258.134421-2-qde@naccy.de
Quentin Deslandes