netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 0/4] capture integers in BTF type info for map defs

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jul 2019 12:19:29 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>, Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 0/4] capture integers in BTF type info for map defs

On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 12:06 PM Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com> wrote:
>
> This patch set implements an update to how BTF-defined maps are specified. The
> change is in how integer attributes, e.g., type, max_entries, map_flags, are
> specified: now they are captured as part of map definition struct's BTF type
> information (using array dimension), eliminating the need for compile-time
> data initialization and keeping all the metadata in one place.
>
> All existing selftests that were using BTF-defined maps are updated, along
> with some other selftests, that were switched to new syntax.
>
> v2->v3:
> - rename __int into __uint (Yonghong);
> v1->v2:
> - split bpf_helpers.h change from libbpf change (Song).
>
> Andrii Nakryiko (4):
>   libbpf: capture value in BTF type info for BTF-defined map defs
>   selftests/bpf: add __int and __type macro for BTF-defined maps
>   selftests/bpf: convert selftests using BTF-defined maps to new syntax
>   selftests/bpf: convert legacy BPF maps to BTF-defined ones


Forgot to add Song's:

Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>

Daniel, if there will be no more feedback, do you mind adding it
before landing? If not, I can submit new version with Acks added.

Thanks!