netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] libbpf: break loop earlier

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Message-ID: <1514406645.31134.29.camel@regit.org>
Date:   Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:30:45 +0100
From:   Eric Leblond <eric@...it.org>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] libbpf: break loop earlier

Hello,

On Wed, 2017-12-27 at 11:00 -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 07:02:28PM +0100, Eric Leblond wrote:
> > Get out of the loop when we have a match.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Leblond <eric@...it.org>
> > ---
> >  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> > index 5fe8aaa2123e..d263748aa341 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> > +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> > @@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ bpf_object__init_prog_names(struct bpf_object
> > *obj)
> >  					   prog->section_name);
> >  				return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__LIBELF;
> >  			}
> > +			break;
> 
> why this is needed?

It was just cosmetic, no related bug.

> The top of the loop is:
>  for (si = 0; si < symbols->d_size / sizeof(GElf_Sym) && !name;
> 
> so as soon as name is found the loop will exit.

OK, I've missed that. Please disregard this patch.

BR,
-- 
Eric Leblond <eric@...it.org>