[PATCH] D83638: BPF: permit .maps section variables with typedef type

[Yonghong Song via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

yonghong-song added a comment.

In D83638#2146167 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D83638#2146167>, @anakryiko wrote:

> maybe let's just remove special-casing of .maps section? It's just like any other global variable, should be handled in exactly the same way, no?


for .maps, we need to trace pointee types. For general globals, functional arguments, etc., we do not trace pointee types like in `struct t { struct task_struct *p; }` the `task_struct` won't be traced. That is why we need to handle .maps specially.


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