netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/3] Add support for memory-mapping BPF array maps

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Message-ID: <20191108220843.GA1449846@mini-arch>
Date:   Fri, 8 Nov 2019 14:08:43 -0800
From:   Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...com,
        daniel@...earbox.net, andrii.nakryiko@...il.com, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/3] Add support for memory-mapping BPF array
 maps

On 11/07, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> This patch set adds ability to memory-map BPF array maps (single- and
> multi-element). The primary use case is memory-mapping BPF array maps, created
> to back global data variables, created by libbpf implicitly. This allows for
> much better usability, along with avoiding syscalls to read or update data
> completely.
Just wondering: is it something that you plan to extend to other map types?