netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/3] Strip away modifiers from BPF skeleton global variables

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Message-ID: <CAADnVQLGQB9MeOpT0vGpbwV4Ye7j1A9bJVQzF-krWQY_gNfcpA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 1 Jul 2020 08:01:58 -0700
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>,
        Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/3] Strip away modifiers from BPF skeleton
 global variables

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 11:46 PM Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com> wrote:
>
> Fix bpftool logic of stripping away const/volatile modifiers for all global
> variables during BPF skeleton generation. See patch #1 for details on when
> existing logic breaks and why it's important. Support special .strip_mods=true
> mode in btf_dump. Add selftests validating that everything works as expected.

Why bother with the flag?
It looks like bugfix to me.