netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 5/6] libbpf: support libbpf-provided extern variables

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Message-ID: <6c317a63-3204-d4e3-6a7c-66aa79723019@fb.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Nov 2019 04:39:47 +0000
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...com>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
CC:     Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 5/6] libbpf: support libbpf-provided extern
 variables

On 11/20/19 6:13 PM, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> We should just say no until we have types.

Ok. I'm convinced. None of the proposals are clean enough
until we have BTF with externs.