netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: libbpf: retry program creation without the name

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Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:24:40 -0800
From:   Y Song <ys114321@...il.com>
To:     sdf@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, vladum@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: libbpf: retry program creation without the name

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 4:52 PM Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> [Recent commit 23499442c319 ("bpf: libbpf: retry map creation without
> the name") fixed this issue for maps, let's do the same for programs.]
>
> Since commit 88cda1c9da02 ("bpf: libbpf: Provide basic API support
> to specify BPF obj name"), libbpf unconditionally sets bpf_attr->name
> for programs. Pre v4.14 kernels don't know about programs names and
> return an error about unexpected non-zero data. Retry sys_bpf without
> a program name to cover older kernels.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>