From ab7127556605c59a31d3ea3faea9811adff57ce8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pragyansh Chaturvedi <pragyanshchaturvedi18@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 03:00:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add _get_base_type to expr_pass

---
 pythonbpf/expr_pass.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pythonbpf/expr_pass.py b/pythonbpf/expr_pass.py
index fa22c2e..3ba2125 100644
--- a/pythonbpf/expr_pass.py
+++ b/pythonbpf/expr_pass.py
@@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ def _handle_ctypes_call(
     return val
 
 
+def _get_base_type(ir_type):
+    """Get the base type for pointer types."""
+    cur_type = ir_type
+    while isinstance(cur_type, ir.PointerType):
+        cur_type = cur_type.pointee
+    return cur_type
+
+
 def _normalize_types(builder, lhs, rhs):
     """Normalize types for comparison."""