netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] libbpf: parse maps sections of varying size

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Date:   Mon, 2 Oct 2017 16:07:37 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
To:     Craig Gallek <kraigatgoog@...il.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     Chonggang Li <chonggangli@...gle.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] libbpf: parse maps sections of varying
 size

On 10/2/17 9:41 AM, Craig Gallek wrote:
> +	/* Assume equally sized map definitions */
> +	map_def_sz = data->d_size / nr_maps;
> +	if (!data->d_size || (data->d_size % nr_maps) != 0) {
> +		pr_warning("unable to determine map definition size "
> +			   "section %s, %d maps in %zd bytes\n",
> +			   obj->path, nr_maps, data->d_size);
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}

this approach is not as flexible as done by samples/bpf/bpf_load.c
where it looks at every map independently by walking symtab,
but I guess it's ok.
I'd like to hear what Daniel and Jesper say,
since we really want to move to libbpf.a in samples/bpf/
and loader has to get to parity with the one in samples.