netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: reduce log level for custom section names

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Date:   Tue, 17 Dec 2019 18:41:21 -0800
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>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>,
        Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] libbpf: reduce log level for custom section names

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 3:42 PM Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com> wrote:
>
> Libbpf is trying to recognize BPF program type based on its section name
> during bpf_object__open() phase. This is not strictly enforced and user code
> has ability to specify/override correct BPF program type after open.  But if
> BPF program is using custom section name, libbpf will still emit warnings,
> which can be quite annoying to users. This patch reduces log level of
> information messages emitted by libbpf if section name is not canonical. User
> can still get a list of all supported section names as debug-level message.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>

Applied. Thanks

selftests/bpf/ build looks very nice now.