Re: [PATCH 2/2] binutils: add support for dumping BTF info
Project / Subsystem
binutils / binutils/objdump
Date
2026-09-30
Proposer
David Faust <david.faust@oss.qualcomm.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Ready to Land
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Adds new functionality to objdump, increasing its complexity.
All attributes
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- binutils
- subsystem
- binutils/objdump
- patch_id
- —
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- 87zewytwlq.fsf@gnu.org
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- public_inbox
- title
- Re: [PATCH 2/2] binutils: add support for dumping BTF info
- headline
- binutils: add support for dumping BTF info
- tldr
- Adds an --btf option to objdump for displaying BTF section contents in a text format compatible with bpftool.
- proposer
- David Faust <david.faust@oss.qualcomm.com>
- consensus
- Ready to Land
- outcome
- ready
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
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- • Adds new functionality to objdump, increasing its complexity.
- series_id
- binutils:binutils: add support for dumping btf info
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- • {"title":"binutils: add support for dumping BTF info","url":"https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/20260930182209.212167-2-david.faust@oss.qualcomm.com"}
- tags
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- • objdump
- • btf
- • debugging
- • bpf
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
Re: [PATCH 2/2] binutils: add support for dumping BTF info
This patch introduces the --btf[=SECTION] option to objdump, enabling it to display the contents of a specified BTF section. The output format is designed to be compatible with the Linux kernel’s bpftool utility. This enhancement allows developers to inspect BTF debug information directly using objdump.