linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libbpf: Fix up generation of bpf_helper

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Date:   Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:52:28 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>
Cc:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@...ronome.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libbpf: Fix up generation of bpf_helper_defs.h

On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:10:30 -0800, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> We are using this script with python2.7, works just fine :-)
> So maybe doing s/python3/python/ is the way to go, whatever
> default python is installed, it should work with that.

That increases the risk someone will make a python2-only change 
and break Python 3.

Python 2 is dead, I'm honestly surprised this needs to be said :)