netdev - Re: [PATCH v8 bpf-next 6/9] bpf: introduce BPF_RAW

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Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:40:27 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <daniel@...earbox.net>, <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        <peterz@...radead.org>, <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <kernel-team@...com>,
        <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 bpf-next 6/9] bpf: introduce BPF_RAW_TRACEPOINT

On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:38:48 -0700
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com> wrote:

> On 3/28/18 12:34 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:05:37 -0700
> > Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org> wrote:
> >  
> >> +++ b/include/linux/tracepoint-defs.h
> >> @@ -35,4 +35,10 @@ struct tracepoint {
> >>  	struct tracepoint_func __rcu *funcs;
> >>  };
> >>
> >> +struct bpf_raw_event_map {
> >> +	struct tracepoint	*tp;
> >> +	void			*bpf_func;
> >> +	u32			num_args;
> >> +} __aligned(32);
> >> +  
> >
> > If you prefer v7, I'm fine with that. For cache issues, I can pull out
> > the funcs from the tracepoint structure like I posted.  
> 
> I very much prefer to land this v8 as-is and optimize later.
> 
> I still have bpfilter/microkernel patches to finish which were
> practically ready two weeks ago and got delayed but this set.

Then by all means, you have my Ack. We can optimize later.

For the whole series... (v7 or v8)

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Thanks!

-- Steve