netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpftool: make skeleton C code compilable with C++ compiler

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Message-ID: <17f26786-3e41-157f-8586-c1a8f5218925@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Fri, 27 Dec 2019 19:09:29 +0100
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...com
Cc:     andrii.nakryiko@...il.com, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpftool: make skeleton C code compilable with
 C++ compiler

On 12/26/19 10:02 PM, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> When auto-generated BPF skeleton C code is included from C++ application, it
> triggers compilation error due to void * being implicitly casted to whatever
> target pointer type. This is supported by C, but not C++. To solve this
> problem, add explicit casts, where necessary.
> 
> To ensure issues like this are captured going forward, add skeleton usage in
> test_cpp test.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>

Applied it earlier today, thanks!