netdev - Re: [iproute2 net-next 1/8] lib bpf: Add support for BPF_PROG_ATTACH and BPF_PROG

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Date:   Sat, 10 Dec 2016 15:15:33 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [iproute2 net-next 1/8] lib bpf: Add support for BPF_PROG_ATTACH
 and BPF_PROG_DETACH

On 12/10/16 2:21 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>>
>> Please name it bpf_prog_create() then, it would be consistent to
>> bpf_map_create() and shorter as well.
> 
> Sorry, lack of coffee, scratch that.
> 
> Can't the current bpf_prog_attach() stay as is, and you name the above new
> functions bpf_prog_attach_fd() and bpf_prog_detach_fd()? I think that would
> be better.

ok. no concerns about consistency with libbpf in the kernel repo?

Seems like making iproute2 and the kernel version the same will allow samples and code to move between them much easier.