diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst
index 9a60a5d60e38..60d87d7363ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/btf.rst
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ sequentially and type id is assigned to each recognized type starting from id
     #define BTF_KIND_RESTRICT       11      /* Restrict     */
     #define BTF_KIND_FUNC           12      /* Function     */
     #define BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO     13      /* Function Proto       */
+    #define BTF_KIND_VAR            14      /* Variable     */
+    #define BTF_KIND_DATASEC        15      /* Section      */
 
 Note that the type section encodes debug info, not just pure types.
 ``BTF_KIND_FUNC`` is not a type, and it represents a defined subprogram.
@@ -393,6 +395,61 @@ refers to parameter type.
 If the function has variable arguments, the last parameter is encoded with
 ``name_off = 0`` and ``type = 0``.
 
+2.2.14 BTF_KIND_VAR
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
+  * ``name_off``: offset to a valid C identifier
+  * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
+  * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_VAR
+  * ``info.vlen``: 0
+  * ``type``: the type of the variable
+
+``btf_type`` is followed by a single ``struct btf_variable`` with the
+following data::
+
+    struct btf_var {
+        __u32   linkage;
+    };
+
+``struct btf_var`` encoding:
+  * ``linkage``: currently only static variable 0, or globally allocated
+                 variable in ELF sections 1
+
+Not all type of global variables are supported by LLVM at this point.
+The following is currently available:
+
+  * static variables with or without section attributes
+  * global variables with section attributes
+
+The latter is for future extraction of map key/value type id's from a
+map definition.
+
+2.2.15 BTF_KIND_DATASEC
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``struct btf_type`` encoding requirement:
+  * ``name_off``: offset to a valid name associated with a variable or
+                  one of .data/.bss/.rodata
+  * ``info.kind_flag``: 0
+  * ``info.kind``: BTF_KIND_DATASEC
+  * ``info.vlen``: # of variables
+  * ``size``: total section size in bytes (0 at compilation time, patched
+              to actual size by BPF loaders such as libbpf)
+
+``btf_type`` is followed by ``info.vlen`` number of ``struct btf_var_secinfo``.::
+
+    struct btf_var_secinfo {
+        __u32   type;
+        __u32   offset;
+        __u32   size;
+    };
+
+``struct btf_var_secinfo`` encoding:
+  * ``type``: the type of the BTF_KIND_VAR variable
+  * ``offset``: the in-section offset of the variable
+  * ``size``: the size of the variable in bytes
+
 3. BTF Kernel API
 *****************
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/btf.h b/include/uapi/linux/btf.h
index 7b7475ef2f17..9310652ca4f9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/btf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/btf.h
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ struct btf_type {
 	 *             struct, union and fwd
 	 */
 	__u32 info;
-	/* "size" is used by INT, ENUM, STRUCT and UNION.
+	/* "size" is used by INT, ENUM, STRUCT, UNION and DATASEC.
 	 * "size" tells the size of the type it is describing.
 	 *
 	 * "type" is used by PTR, TYPEDEF, VOLATILE, CONST, RESTRICT,
-	 * FUNC and FUNC_PROTO.
+	 * FUNC, FUNC_PROTO and VAR.
 	 * "type" is a type_id referring to another type.
 	 */
 	union {
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ struct btf_type {
 #define BTF_KIND_RESTRICT	11	/* Restrict	*/
 #define BTF_KIND_FUNC		12	/* Function	*/
 #define BTF_KIND_FUNC_PROTO	13	/* Function Proto	*/
-#define BTF_KIND_MAX		13
-#define NR_BTF_KINDS		14
+#define BTF_KIND_VAR		14	/* Variable	*/
+#define BTF_KIND_DATASEC	15	/* Section	*/
+#define BTF_KIND_MAX		BTF_KIND_DATASEC
+#define NR_BTF_KINDS		(BTF_KIND_MAX + 1)
 
 /* For some specific BTF_KIND, "struct btf_type" is immediately
  * followed by extra data.
@@ -138,4 +140,26 @@ struct btf_param {
 	__u32	type;
 };
 
+enum {
+	BTF_VAR_STATIC = 0,
+	BTF_VAR_GLOBAL_ALLOCATED,
+};
+
+/* BTF_KIND_VAR is followed by a single "struct btf_var" to describe
+ * additional information related to the variable such as its linkage.
+ */
+struct btf_var {
+	__u32	linkage;
+};
+
+/* BTF_KIND_DATASEC is followed by multiple "struct btf_var_secinfo"
+ * to describe all BTF_KIND_VAR types it contains along with it's
+ * in-section offset as well as size.
+ */
+struct btf_var_secinfo {
+	__u32	type;
+	__u32	offset;
+	__u32	size;
+};
+
 #endif /* _UAPI__LINUX_BTF_H__ */