netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/2] libbpf: support more map options

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Date:   Thu, 5 Oct 2017 09:17:06 -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 v3 0/2] libbpf: support more map options

On 10/5/17 7:41 AM, Craig Gallek wrote:
> From: Craig Gallek <kraig@...gle.com>
>
> The functional change to this series is the ability to use flags when
> creating maps from object files loaded by libbpf.  In order to do this,
> the first patch updates the library to handle map definitions that
> differ in size from libbpf's struct bpf_map_def.
>
> For object files with a larger map definition, libbpf will continue to load
> if the unknown fields are all zero, otherwise the map is rejected.  If the
> map definition in the object file is smaller than expected, libbpf will use
> zero as a default value in the missing fields.
>
> Craig Gallek (2):
>   libbpf: parse maps sections of varying size
>   libbpf: use map_flags when creating maps
>
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

lgtm
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>