For multi-dimensional array like below
int a[2][3];
the previous implementation generates BTF_KIND_ARRAY type
like below:
. element_type: int
. index_type: unsigned int
. number of elements: 6
This is not the best way to represent arrays, esp.,
when converting BTF back to headers and users will see
int a[6];
instead.
This patch generates proper support for multi-dimensional arrays.
For "int a[2][3]", the two BTF_KIND_ARRAY types will be
generated:
Type #n:
. element_type: int
. index_type: unsigned int
. number of elements: 3
Type #(n+1):
. element_type: #n
. index_type: unsigned int
. number of elements: 2
The linux kernel already supports such a multi-dimensional
array representation properly.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D59943
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@357215 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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