linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 bpf-next] bpftool: Make skeleton C++ compatible with explicit casts

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Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:00:06 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: WanLi Niu <kiraskyler@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 bpf-next] bpftool: Make skeleton C++ compatible with
 explicit casts

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>:

On Tue,  6 Jan 2026 10:31:23 +0800 you wrote:
> From: WanLi Niu <niuwl1@...natelecom.cn>
> 
> Fix C++ compilation errors in generated skeleton by adding explicit
> pointer casts and use char * subtraction for offset calculation
> 
> error: invalid conversion from 'void*' to '<obj_name>*' [-fpermissive]
>       |         skel = skel_alloc(sizeof(*skel));
>       |                ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>       |                          |
>       |                          void*
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v5,bpf-next] bpftool: Make skeleton C++ compatible with explicit casts
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/4effccde0a05

You are awesome, thank you!
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