netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 5/7] libbpf: move bpf_{helpers,endian,tracing}.h into libbpf

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Date:   Tue, 8 Oct 2019 17:29:51 +0200
From:   Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Cc:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 5/7] libbpf: move
 bpf_{helpers,endian,tracing}.h into libbpf

On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 11:30:26 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Surely for distroes tho - they would have kernel headers matching the
> kernel release they ship. If parts of libbpf from GH only work with
> the latest kernel, distroes should ship libbpf from the kernel source,
> rather than GH.

I don't see a problem here for distros. Distros control both the kernel
and libbpf, there's no problem in keeping those in sync.

Packaging libbpf from the kernel source would not help anything -
updating libbpf would still require a new kernel. There's no difference
between updating libbpf from a github repo or from the kernel source,
as far as dependencies are concerned.

 Jiri