netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 bpf-next 0/3] Auto-generate list of BPF helpers

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Message-ID: <CAADnVQK=Pc6Z5q7=oF1xdxq3ThX-Ox5mjmVk3DkwqUrXRHZ1Xg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 6 Oct 2019 22:35:17 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
Cc:     bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@...ronome.com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>,
        Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 bpf-next 0/3] Auto-generate list of BPF helpers

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 8:08 PM Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com> wrote:
>
> This patch set adds ability to auto-generate list of BPF helper definitions.
> It relies on existing scripts/bpf_helpers_doc.py and include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
> having a well-defined set of comments. bpf_helper_defs.h contains all BPF
> helper signatures which stay in sync with latest bpf.h UAPI. This
> auto-generated header is included from bpf_helpers.h, while all previously
> hand-written BPF helper definitions are simultaneously removed in patch #3.
> The end result is less manually maintained and redundant boilerplate code,
> while also more consistent and well-documented set of BPF helpers. Generated
> helper definitions are completely independent from a specific bpf.h on
> a target system, because it doesn't use BPF_FUNC_xxx enums.

Applied. Thanks