Make btf_relocate() optionally return the string-offset map it builds
while relocating a BTF relative to a distilled base. A subsequent split
BTF object can use that map to rebase references to base strings.

Also account for the accumulated base string offset when assigning a
new BTF base. This is required when the base is itself split.

Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
Assisted-by: OpenAI Codex (GPT-5.6)
---
 include/linux/btf.h             | 5 +++--
 kernel/bpf/btf.c                | 4 ++--
 tools/lib/bpf/btf.c             | 2 +-
 tools/lib/bpf/btf_relocate.c    | 7 ++++++-
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h | 3 ++-
 5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/btf.h b/include/linux/btf.h
index f731c7a5f14c..b66e20a18c54 100644
--- a/include/linux/btf.h
+++ b/include/linux/btf.h
@@ -608,7 +608,8 @@ struct btf_field_iter {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
 const struct btf_type *btf_type_by_id(const struct btf *btf, u32 type_id);
 void btf_set_base_btf(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf);
-int btf_relocate(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf, __u32 **map_ids);
+int btf_relocate(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf, __u32 **map_ids,
+		 __u32 **map_strs);
 int btf_field_iter_init(struct btf_field_iter *it, struct btf_type *t,
 			enum btf_field_iter_kind iter_kind);
 __u32 *btf_field_iter_next(struct btf_field_iter *it);
@@ -682,7 +683,7 @@ static inline void btf_set_base_btf(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf)
 }
 
 static inline int btf_relocate(void *log, struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf,
-			       __u32 **map_ids)
+			       __u32 **map_ids, __u32 **map_strs)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 7aef2d662263..4242e00a3f7e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ void btf_set_base_btf(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf)
 {
 	btf->base_btf = (struct btf *)base_btf;
 	btf->start_id = btf_nr_types(base_btf);
-	btf->start_str_off = base_btf->hdr.str_len;
+	btf->start_str_off = base_btf->start_str_off + base_btf->hdr.str_len;
 }
 
 static int env_resolve_init(struct btf_verifier_env *env)
@@ -6984,7 +6984,7 @@ static struct btf *btf_parse_module(const char *module_name, const void *data,
 		goto errout;
 
 	if (base_btf != vmlinux_btf) {
-		err = btf_relocate(btf, vmlinux_btf, &btf->base_id_map);
+		err = btf_relocate(btf, vmlinux_btf, &btf->base_id_map, NULL);
 		if (err)
 			goto errout;
 		btf_free(base_btf);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index 512b3962f75f..d2ff6f5d6d5b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -6640,7 +6640,7 @@ void btf_set_base_btf(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf)
 
 int btf__relocate(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf)
 {
-	int err = btf_relocate(btf, base_btf, NULL);
+	int err = btf_relocate(btf, base_btf, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (!err)
 		btf->owns_base = false;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_relocate.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_relocate.c
index df5fa4bd87d6..e55dd75f6c95 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_relocate.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_relocate.c
@@ -441,7 +441,8 @@ static int btf_relocate_rewrite_strs(struct btf_relocate *r, __u32 i)
 /* If successful, output of relocation is updated BTF with base BTF pointing
  * at base_btf, and type ids, strings adjusted accordingly.
  */
-int btf_relocate(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf, __u32 **id_map)
+int btf_relocate(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf, __u32 **id_map,
+		 __u32 **str_map)
 {
 	unsigned int nr_types = btf__type_cnt(btf);
 	const struct btf_header *dist_base_hdr;
@@ -512,6 +513,10 @@ int btf_relocate(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf, __u32 **id_map)
 		*id_map = r.id_map;
 		r.id_map = NULL;
 	}
+	if (str_map) {
+		*str_map = r.str_map;
+		r.str_map = NULL;
+	}
 err_out:
 	free(r.id_map);
 	free(r.str_map);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
index 546f65b95cf4..4e45dfacb548 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -249,7 +249,8 @@ const char *btf_kind_str(const struct btf_type *t);
 const struct btf_type *skip_mods_and_typedefs(const struct btf *btf, __u32 id, __u32 *res_id);
 const struct btf_header *btf_header(const struct btf *btf);
 void btf_set_base_btf(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf);
-int btf_relocate(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf, __u32 **id_map);
+int btf_relocate(struct btf *btf, const struct btf *base_btf, __u32 **id_map,
+		 __u32 **str_map);
 bool btf_type_is_traceable_func(const struct btf *btf, const struct btf_type *t);
 
 static inline enum btf_func_linkage btf_func_linkage(const struct btf_type *t)
-- 
2.43.5