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Message-ID: <njhajqix6x6ktmlhatjrdpsgmtehsizgrbyd6equfiippqtqie@rboplircto53>
Date:   Fri, 8 Dec 2023 17:04:47 -0700
From:   Daniel Xu <dxu@...uu.xyz>
To:     Eyal Birger <eyal.birger@...il.com>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        alexei.starovoitov@...il.com, devel@...ux-ipsec.org,
        eddyz87@...il.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        Eyal Birger <eyal@...anetworks.com>, yonghong.song@...ux.dev,
        kuba@...nel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [devel-ipsec] [PATCH bpf-next v4 01/10] xfrm: bpf: Move
 xfrm_interface_bpf.c to xfrm_bpf.c

Hi Eyal,

On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 01:08:08PM -0800, Eyal Birger wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 3:52 AM Steffen Klassert via Devel
> <devel@...ux-ipsec.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 04, 2023 at 01:56:21PM -0700, Daniel Xu wrote:
> > > This commit moves the contents of xfrm_interface_bpf.c into a new file,
> > > xfrm_bpf.c This is in preparation for adding more xfrm kfuncs. We'd like
> > > to keep all the bpf integrations in a single file.
> 
> This takes away the nice ability to reload the xfrm interface
> related kfuncs when reloading the xfrm interface.
> 
> I also find it a little strange that the kfuncs would be available
> when the xfrm interface isn't loaded.

I think technically since the xfrm interface module does the kfunc
registration, the kfuncs would only be available after the module is
loaded.

> 
> So imho it makes sense that these kfuncs would be built
> as part of the module and not as part of the core.

But yeah, point taken. I will revert this commit for v5.

> 
> Eyal.

Thanks,
Daniel

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