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Date:   Thu, 30 Jul 2020 12:09:45 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>, Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        David Miller <davem@...hat.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Wenbo Zhang <ethercflow@...il.com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...omium.org>,
        Brendan Gregg <bgregg@...flix.com>,
        Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 bpf-next 09/13] bpf: Add d_path helper

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 09:17:40PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:12:19PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> 
> > +BTF_SET_START(btf_whitelist_d_path)
> > +BTF_ID(func, vfs_truncate)
> > +BTF_ID(func, vfs_fallocate)
> > +BTF_ID(func, dentry_open)
> > +BTF_ID(func, vfs_getattr)
> > +BTF_ID(func, filp_close)
> > +BTF_SET_END(btf_whitelist_d_path)
> 
> While we are at it, I hope you realize that the names of kernel function
> are subject to change at zero notice.  If some script breaks since
> we give e.g. filp_close a something less revolting name, it's Not My
> Problem(tm)...

even now when we change function name some scripts will stop working,
so I don't think we are creating new problem in here

thanks,
jirka