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Date:   Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:35:28 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     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 bpf-next] libbpf: make bpf_endian co-exist with vmlinux.h

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 8:09 PM Alexei Starovoitov
<alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 07:05:38PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > Copy over few #defines from UAPI swab.h header to make all the rest of
> > bpf_endian.h work and not rely on any extra headers. This way it can be used
> > both with linux header includes, as well with a vmlinux.h. This has been
> > a frequent complaint from users, that need this header.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
> > ---
> >  tools/lib/bpf/bpf_endian.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_endian.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_endian.h
> > index fbe28008450f..a4be8a70845c 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_endian.h
> > +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_endian.h
> > @@ -2,8 +2,26 @@
> >  #ifndef __BPF_ENDIAN__
> >  #define __BPF_ENDIAN__
> >
> > -#include <linux/stddef.h>
> > -#include <linux/swab.h>
> > +/* copied from include/uapi/linux/swab.h */
>
> You cannot just copy due to different licenses.

Ah, I see. I was thinking that because it's from UAPI header it might
be ok. Alright, I'll try to re-implement it instead.