Refactor hist() calls to use dot notation

add patch for Kernel 6.14 BTF in transpiler

README.md

@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ def hist() -> HashMap:
 def hello(ctx: c_void_p) -> c_int64:
     process_id = pid()
     one = 1
-    prev = hist().lookup(process_id)
+    prev = hist.lookup(process_id)
     if prev:
         previous_value = prev + 1
         print(f"count: {previous_value} with {process_id}")
-        hist().update(process_id, previous_value)
+        hist.update(process_id, previous_value)
         return c_int64(0)
     else:
-        hist().update(process_id, one)
+        hist.update(process_id, one)
     return c_int64(0)
 
 

TODO.md

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-## Short term
-
-- Implement enough functionality to port the BCC tutorial examples in PythonBPF
-- Add all maps
-- XDP support in pylibbpf
-- ringbuf support
-- Add oneline IfExpr conditionals (wishlist)
-
-## Long term
-
-- Refactor the codebase to be better than a hackathon project
-- Port to C++ and use actual LLVM?
-- Fix struct_kioctx issue in the vmlinux transpiler

tools/vmlinux-gen.py

@@ -243,6 +243,17 @@ class BTFConverter:
             data
         )
 
+        # below to replace those c_bool with bitfield greater than 8
+        def repl(m):
+            name, bits = m.groups()
+            return f"('{name}', ctypes.c_uint32, {bits})" if int(bits) > 8 else m.group(0)
+
+        data = re.sub(
+            r"\('([^']+)',\s*ctypes\.c_bool,\s*(\d+)\)",
+            repl,
+            data
+        )
+
         # Remove ctypes. prefix from invalid entries
         invalid_ctypes = ["bpf_iter_state", "_cache_type", "fs_context_purpose"]
         for name in invalid_ctypes: