From c6b5ecb47efa4e76b0febd0d7933a016aa3f6805 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: varun-r-mallya <varunrmallya@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 03:34:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] find global variable ir and field data from metadata

---
 pythonbpf/functions/functions_pass.py               | 4 +---
 pythonbpf/vmlinux_parser/vmlinux_exports_handler.py | 7 +++++--
 tests/failing_tests/vmlinux/struct_field_access.py  | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pythonbpf/functions/functions_pass.py b/pythonbpf/functions/functions_pass.py
index 1cf3577..3aff061 100644
--- a/pythonbpf/functions/functions_pass.py
+++ b/pythonbpf/functions/functions_pass.py
@@ -348,9 +348,7 @@ def process_func_body(
                 resolved_type = VmlinuxHandlerRegistry.get_struct_type(
                     context_type_name
                 )
-                context_type = LocalSymbol(
-                    None, ir.PointerType(resolved_type), resolved_type
-                )
+                context_type = LocalSymbol(None, None, resolved_type)
                 local_sym_tab[context_name] = context_type
                 logger.info(f"Added argument '{context_name}' to local symbol table")
 
diff --git a/pythonbpf/vmlinux_parser/vmlinux_exports_handler.py b/pythonbpf/vmlinux_parser/vmlinux_exports_handler.py
index 4a78316..46dfbed 100644
--- a/pythonbpf/vmlinux_parser/vmlinux_exports_handler.py
+++ b/pythonbpf/vmlinux_parser/vmlinux_exports_handler.py
@@ -93,8 +93,11 @@ class VmlinuxHandler:
             logger.info(
                 f"Attempting to access field {field_name} of possible vmlinux struct {struct_var_name}"
             )
-            print(var_info.ir_type)
-            print(self.get_field_type(struct_var_name, field_name))
+            python_type: type = var_info.metadata
+            globvar_ir, field_data = self.get_field_type(
+                python_type.__name__, field_name
+            )
+
             # Return pointer to field and field type
             return None
         else:
diff --git a/tests/failing_tests/vmlinux/struct_field_access.py b/tests/failing_tests/vmlinux/struct_field_access.py
index 1d6e85e..4ff90c2 100644
--- a/tests/failing_tests/vmlinux/struct_field_access.py
+++ b/tests/failing_tests/vmlinux/struct_field_access.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def hello_world(ctx: struct_trace_event_raw_sys_enter) -> c_int64:
     a = 2 + TASK_COMM_LEN + TASK_COMM_LEN
     b = ctx.id
     print(f"Hello, World{TASK_COMM_LEN} and {a}")
-    # print(f"This is context field {b}")
+    print(f"This is context field {b}")
     return c_int64(TASK_COMM_LEN + 2)