netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 3/3] libbpf: auto-generate list of BPF helper definitions

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Message-ID: <CAADnVQJDFhqqxzFXoWxJk5KAnnfxwyZw-QGT+e-9mOUsGEi8_g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 6 Oct 2019 17:31:52 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>, 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>,
        Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 3/3] libbpf: auto-generate list of BPF helper definitions

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 5:13 PM Andrii Nakryiko
<andrii.nakryiko@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 4:56 PM Alexei Starovoitov
> <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 10:46 PM Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Get rid of list of BPF helpers in bpf_helpers.h (irony...) and
> > > auto-generate it into bpf_helpers_defs.h, which is now included from
> > > bpf_helpers.h.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
> > > ---
> > >  tools/lib/bpf/.gitignore    |   1 +
> > >  tools/lib/bpf/Makefile      |  10 +-
> > >  tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h | 264 +-----------------------------------
> > >  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 265 deletions(-)
> >
> > This patch doesn't apply to bpf-next.
>
> Yes, it has to be applied on top of bpf_helpers.h move patch set. I
> can bundle them together and re-submit as one patch set, but I don't
> think there were any remaining issues besides the one solved in this
> patch set (independence from any specific bpf.h UAPI), so that one can
> be applied as is.

It looks to me that auto-gen of bpf helpers set is ready,
whereas move is till being debated.
I also would like to test autogen-ed .h in my environment first
before we move things around.