netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 bpf-next 0/3] Add a new API libbpf_num_possible

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Message-ID: <1359a225-7f7b-96e6-25f5-8d6c1da5677b@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:54:42 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Hechao Li <hechaol@...com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...nel.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 bpf-next 0/3] Add a new API libbpf_num_possible_cpus()

On 06/11/2019 02:56 AM, Hechao Li wrote:
> Getting number of possible CPUs is commonly used for per-CPU BPF maps
> and perf_event_maps. Add a new API libbpf_num_possible_cpus() that
> helps user with per-CPU related operations and remove duplicate
> implementations in bpftool and selftests.
> 
> v2: Save errno before calling pr_warning in case it is changed.
> v3: Make sure libbpf_num_possible_cpus never returns 0 so that user only
>     has to check if ret value < 0.
> v4: Fix error code when reading 0 bytes from possible CPU file.
> v5: Fix selftests compliation issue.
> v6: Split commit to reuse libbpf_num_possible_cpus() into two commits:
>     One commit to remove bpf_util.h from test BPF C programs.
>     One commit to reuse libbpf_num_possible_cpus() in bpftools 
>     and bpf_util.h.
> 
> 
> Hechao Li (3):
>   bpf: add a new API libbpf_num_possible_cpus()
>   selftests/bpf: remove bpf_util.h from BPF C progs
>   bpf: use libbpf_num_possible_cpus internally
> 
>  tools/bpf/bpftool/common.c                    | 53 ++---------------
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c                        | 57 +++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h                        | 16 ++++++
>  tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.map                      |  1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_endian.h      |  1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/bpf_util.h        | 37 ++----------
>  .../selftests/bpf/progs/sockmap_parse_prog.c  |  1 -
>  .../bpf/progs/sockmap_tcp_msg_prog.c          |  2 +-
>  .../bpf/progs/sockmap_verdict_prog.c          |  1 -
>  .../selftests/bpf/progs/test_sysctl_prog.c    |  5 +-
>  10 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
> 

Applied, thanks!