diff --git a/AF_XDP-interaction/Makefile b/AF_XDP-interaction/Makefile
index 74fe7d8..e752306 100644
--- a/AF_XDP-interaction/Makefile
+++ b/AF_XDP-interaction/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-2-Clause)
 
 USER_TARGETS   := af_xdp_user
+USER_TARGETS   += btf_unit_test
 BPF_TARGETS    := af_xdp_kern
+BPF_TARGETS    += btf_unit_test_bpf
 
 # Define C-code objects USER_TARGETS needs
 USER_TARGETS_OBJS := common_params.o common_user_bpf_xdp.o
diff --git a/AF_XDP-interaction/af_xdp_user.c b/AF_XDP-interaction/af_xdp_user.c
index b69b608..492e82d 100644
--- a/AF_XDP-interaction/af_xdp_user.c
+++ b/AF_XDP-interaction/af_xdp_user.c
@@ -143,18 +143,11 @@ struct xsk_btf_info *setup_btf_info(struct btf *btf,
 
 	err = xsk_btf__init_xdp_hint(btf, struct_name, &xbi);
 	if (err) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "WARN(%d): Cannot BTF find struct:%s\n",
+		fprintf(stderr, "WARN(%d): Cannot BTF locate valid struct:%s\n",
 			err, struct_name);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (!xsk_btf__has_field("btf_id", xbi)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "ERR: %s doesn't contain member btf_id\n",
-			struct_name);
-		xsk_btf__free_xdp_hint(xbi);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	if (debug_meta)
 		printf("Setup BTF based XDP hints for struct: %s\n",
 		       struct_name);
diff --git a/AF_XDP-interaction/btf_unit_test.c b/AF_XDP-interaction/btf_unit_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85919cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AF_XDP-interaction/btf_unit_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+/* Code exercising BTF userspace decoding */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <bpf/bpf.h>
+#include <bpf/libbpf.h>
+
+#include <bpf/btf.h> /* provided by libbpf */
+
+#include "lib_xsk_extend.h"
+
+static int verbose = 1;
+
+/* Exit return codes - can be used by scripts looking at exit code */
+#define EXIT_OK             0 /* == EXIT_SUCCESS (stdlib.h) man exit(3) */
+#define EXIT_FAIL           1 /* == EXIT_FAILURE (stdlib.h) man exit(3) */
+#define EXIT_FAIL_OPTION    2
+#define EXIT_FAIL_XDP       3
+#define EXIT_FAIL_BPF       4
+#define EXIT_FAIL_BTF       5
+
+struct bpf_object *load_bpf_object(const char *filename) {
+	struct bpf_object *obj;
+	char buf[100];
+	int err;
+
+	obj = bpf_object__open_file(filename, NULL);
+	err = libbpf_get_error(obj);
+	if (err) {
+		libbpf_strerror(err, buf, sizeof(buf));
+		printf("Error opening file: %s\n", buf);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return obj;
+}
+
+/**
+ * BTF setup XDP-hints
+ * -------------------
+ * Setup the data structures for accessing the XDP-hints provided by
+ * kernel side BPF-prog via decoding BTF-info provided in BPF
+ * ELF-object file.
+ */
+
+/* This struct BTF mirrors kernel-side struct xdp_hints_rx_time */
+struct xdp_hints_rx_time {
+	__u32 btf_type_id; /* cached xsk_btf__btf_type_id(xbi) */
+	struct xsk_btf_info *xbi;
+	struct xsk_btf_member rx_ktime;
+	struct xsk_btf_member xdp_rx_cpu;
+} xdp_hints_rx_time = { 0 };
+
+/* This struct BTF mirrors kernel-side struct xdp_hints_mark */
+struct xdp_hints_mark {
+	__u32 btf_type_id; /* cached xsk_btf__btf_type_id(xbi) */
+	struct xsk_btf_info *xbi;
+	struct xsk_btf_member mark;
+} xdp_hints_mark = { 0 };
+
+struct xsk_btf_info *setup_btf_info(struct btf *btf,
+				    const char *struct_name,
+				    int *errval)
+{
+	struct xsk_btf_info *xbi = NULL;
+	int err;
+
+	err = xsk_btf__init_xdp_hint(btf, struct_name, &xbi);
+	if (err) {
+		if (errval) {
+			/* Expect caller to handle err detection */
+			*errval = err;
+		} else {
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"WARN(%d): Cannot BTF locate valid struct:%s\n",
+				err, struct_name);
+		}
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (verbose) {
+		int btf_id = xsk_btf__btf_type_id(xbi);
+		printf("Setup BTF based XDP hints for (btf_id:%d) struct: %s\n",
+		       btf_id, struct_name);
+	}
+
+	return xbi;
+}
+
+int init_btf_info_via_bpf_object(struct bpf_object *bpf_obj)
+{
+	struct btf *btf = bpf_object__btf(bpf_obj);
+	struct xsk_btf_info *xbi;
+
+	xbi = setup_btf_info(btf, "xdp_hints_rx_time", NULL);
+	if (xbi) {
+		/* Lookup info on required member "rx_ktime" */
+		if (!xsk_btf__field_member("rx_ktime", xbi,
+					   &xdp_hints_rx_time.rx_ktime))
+			return -EBADSLT;
+		if (!xsk_btf__field_member("xdp_rx_cpu", xbi,
+					   &xdp_hints_rx_time.xdp_rx_cpu))
+			return -EBADSLT;
+		xdp_hints_rx_time.btf_type_id = xsk_btf__btf_type_id(xbi);
+		xdp_hints_rx_time.xbi = xbi;
+	}
+	/* Remember to cleanup later: xsk_btf__free_xdp_hint(xbi); */
+
+	xbi = setup_btf_info(btf, "xdp_hints_mark", NULL);
+	if (xbi) {
+		if (!xsk_btf__field_member("mark", xbi, &xdp_hints_mark.mark))
+			return -EBADSLT;
+		xdp_hints_mark.btf_type_id = xsk_btf__btf_type_id(xbi);
+		xdp_hints_mark.xbi = xbi;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int test01_normal()
+{
+	struct bpf_object *bpf_obj;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	bpf_obj = load_bpf_object("af_xdp_kern.o");
+	if (!bpf_obj)
+		return EXIT_FAIL_BPF;
+
+	err = init_btf_info_via_bpf_object(bpf_obj);
+	if (err) {
+		if (verbose)
+			printf("ERR(%d): Failed loading BTF info", err);
+		bpf_object__close(bpf_obj);
+		return EXIT_FAIL_BTF;
+	}
+	/* Teardown structs and memory again */
+	xsk_btf__free_xdp_hint(xdp_hints_rx_time.xbi);
+	xsk_btf__free_xdp_hint(xdp_hints_mark.xbi);
+	bpf_object__close(bpf_obj);
+
+	return EXIT_OK;
+}
+
+int helper_expect_invalid_btf_id(struct btf *btf,
+				 const char *xdp_hint_name)
+{
+	struct xsk_btf_info *xbi;
+	int ret = EXIT_OK;
+	int errval = 0;
+
+	xbi = setup_btf_info(btf, xdp_hint_name, &errval);
+	if (xbi) {
+		/* Unexpected success - as hints layout should be invalid */
+		printf(" - Unexpected success in test that should fail\n");
+		xsk_btf__free_xdp_hint(xbi);
+		ret = EXIT_FAIL_BPF;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (errval != -EOVERFLOW) {
+		/* Expecting failure with EOVERFLOW as btf_id not last member */
+		printf("Unexpect FAIL - with errno:%d\n", errval);
+		ret = EXIT_FAIL_BTF;
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (verbose) {
+		printf("SUCCESS - "
+		       "detect btf_id not last member in struct %s\n",
+		       xdp_hint_name);
+	}
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int test02_should_fail()
+{
+	const char *xdp_hint01 = "xdp_hints_fail001";
+	const char *xdp_hint02 = "xdp_hints_fail002";
+	struct bpf_object *bpf_obj;
+	int ret = EXIT_OK;
+	struct btf *btf;
+
+	bpf_obj = load_bpf_object("btf_unit_test_bpf.o");
+	if (!bpf_obj)
+		return EXIT_FAIL_BPF;
+
+	btf = bpf_object__btf(bpf_obj);
+
+	ret = helper_expect_invalid_btf_id(btf, xdp_hint01);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = helper_expect_invalid_btf_id(btf, xdp_hint02);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+out:
+	bpf_object__close(bpf_obj);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = test01_normal();
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = test02_should_fail();
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	return EXIT_OK;
+}
diff --git a/AF_XDP-interaction/btf_unit_test_bpf.c b/AF_XDP-interaction/btf_unit_test_bpf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d214aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AF_XDP-interaction/btf_unit_test_bpf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+
+#include <bpf/bpf_core_read.h> /* bpf_core_type_id_local */
+
+/*
+ * The xdp_hints_xxx struct's are stored in the XDP 'data_meta' area,
+ * which is located just in-front-of the raw packet payload data.
+ *
+ * Explaining the struct attribute's:
+ * ----------------------------------
+ * The struct must be 4 byte aligned (kernel requirement), which here
+ * is enforced by the struct __attribute__((aligned(4))).
+ *
+ * To avoid any C-struct padding attribute "packed" is used.
+ *
+ * NOTICE: Do NOT define __attribute__((preserve_access_index)) here,
+ * as libbpf will try to find a matching kernel data-structure,
+ * e.g. it will cause BPF-prog loading step to fail (with invalid func
+ * unknown#195896080 which is 0xbad2310 in hex for "bad relo").
+ */
+
+struct xdp_hints_fail001 {
+	__u64 hash64;
+	__u32 btf_id;
+	__u32 pad; /* Pad that breaks btf_id as last member */
+} __attribute__((aligned(4))) __attribute__((packed));
+
+/* Notice struct is without attribute "packed", thus (64-bit) C-compiler will
+ * add padding.  This will cause btf_id to NOT be the last member (which is a
+ * requirement).
+ */
+struct xdp_hints_fail002 {
+	__u64 hash64;
+	__u32 btf_id;
+} __attribute__((aligned(4))) /* not packed */;
+
+
+SEC("xdp")
+int xdp_prog_fail001(struct xdp_md *ctx)
+{
+	struct xdp_hints_fail001 *meta;
+	void *data;
+	int err;
+
+	err = bpf_xdp_adjust_meta(ctx, -(int)sizeof(*meta));
+	if (err)
+		return XDP_ABORTED;
+
+	data = (void *)(unsigned long)ctx->data;
+	meta = (void *)(unsigned long)ctx->data_meta;
+	if (meta + 1 > data) /* Verify meta area is accessible */
+		return XDP_ABORTED;
+
+	meta->btf_id = bpf_core_type_id_local(struct xdp_hints_fail001);
+	meta->hash64 = 0x4142434445464748;
+
+	return XDP_PASS;
+}
+
+SEC("xdp")
+int xdp_prog_fail002(struct xdp_md *ctx)
+{
+	struct xdp_hints_fail002 f002;
+	f002.btf_id = bpf_core_type_id_local(struct xdp_hints_fail002);
+	if (f002.btf_id == 0)
+		return XDP_ABORTED;
+
+	return XDP_PASS;
+}
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
diff --git a/AF_XDP-interaction/lib_xsk_extend.c b/AF_XDP-interaction/lib_xsk_extend.c
index 7221af9..237833b 100644
--- a/AF_XDP-interaction/lib_xsk_extend.c
+++ b/AF_XDP-interaction/lib_xsk_extend.c
@@ -67,59 +67,6 @@ static bool __xsk_equal_fn(const void *k1, const void *k2, void *ctx)
 	return k1 == k2;
 }
 
-int xsk_btf__init_xdp_hint(struct btf *btf_obj,
-			   const char *xdp_hints_name,
-			   struct xsk_btf_info **xbi)
-{
-	const struct btf_member *m;
-	const struct btf_type *t;
-	unsigned short vlen;
-	int i, id, ret = 0;
-
-	if (!xbi)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* Require XDP-hints are defined as a struct */
-	id = btf__find_by_name_kind(btf_obj, xdp_hints_name, BTF_KIND_STRUCT);
-	if (id < 0) {
-		ret = id;
-		goto error_btf;
-	}
-
-	t = btf__type_by_id(btf_obj, id);
-
-	*xbi = malloc(sizeof(**xbi));
-	if (!*xbi) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error_btf;
-	}
-
-	hashmap__init(&(*xbi)->map, __xsk_hash_fn, __xsk_equal_fn, NULL);
-
-	/* Validate no BTF field is a bitfield */
-	m = btf_members(t);
-	vlen = BTF_INFO_VLEN(t->info);
-	for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++, m++) {
-		if (BTF_MEMBER_BITFIELD_SIZE(m->offset)) {
-			ret = -ENOTSUP;
-			goto error_entry;
-		}
-	}
-
-	(*xbi)->btf = btf_obj;
-	(*xbi)->type = t;
-	(*xbi)->btf_type_id = id;
-
-	return ret;
-
-error_entry:
-	__xsk_btf_free_hash(*xbi);
-	free(*xbi);
-
-error_btf:
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int __xsk_btf_field_entry(struct xsk_btf_info *xbi, const char *field,
 			  struct xsk_btf_member *entry)
 {
@@ -219,3 +166,70 @@ int xsk_btf__read_field(void **dest, size_t size, const char *field,
 	xsk_btf__read(dest, size, entry, xbi,addr);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int xsk_btf__init_xdp_hint(struct btf *btf_obj,
+			   const char *xdp_hints_name,
+			   struct xsk_btf_info **xbi)
+{
+	struct xsk_btf_member btf_id_member;
+	const struct btf_member *m;
+	const struct btf_type *t;
+	unsigned short vlen;
+	__u32 member_end;
+	int i, id, err = 0;
+
+	if (!xbi)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Require XDP-hints are defined as a struct */
+	id = btf__find_by_name_kind(btf_obj, xdp_hints_name, BTF_KIND_STRUCT);
+	if (id < 0) {
+		err = id;
+		goto error_btf;
+	}
+
+	t = btf__type_by_id(btf_obj, id);
+
+	*xbi = malloc(sizeof(**xbi));
+	if (!*xbi) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error_btf;
+	}
+
+	hashmap__init(&(*xbi)->map, __xsk_hash_fn, __xsk_equal_fn, NULL);
+
+	/* Validate no BTF field is a bitfield */
+	m = btf_members(t);
+	vlen = BTF_INFO_VLEN(t->info);
+	for (i = 0; i < vlen; i++, m++) {
+		if (BTF_MEMBER_BITFIELD_SIZE(m->offset)) {
+			err = -ENOTSUP;
+			goto error_entry;
+		}
+	}
+
+	(*xbi)->btf = btf_obj;
+	(*xbi)->type = t;
+	(*xbi)->btf_type_id = id;
+
+	/* Validate 'btf_id' member MUST exist */
+	err = __xsk_btf_field_entry((*xbi), "btf_id", &btf_id_member);
+	if (err)
+		goto error_entry;
+
+	/* Validate 'btf_id' is last member */
+	member_end = btf_id_member.offset + btf_id_member.size;
+	if (t->size != member_end) {
+		/* Situation can happen if compiler adds struct padding */
+		err = -EOVERFLOW;
+		goto error_entry;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+error_entry:
+	__xsk_btf_free_hash(*xbi);
+	free(*xbi);
+error_btf:
+	return err;
+}