netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 bpf-next 3/4] bpf: Add kernel module with user mode driver that populates bpffs.

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Message-ID: <181ce3e4-c960-3470-5c08-3e56ea7f28b2@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Mon, 3 Aug 2020 19:56:06 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 bpf-next 3/4] bpf: Add kernel module with user mode
 driver that populates bpffs.

On 8/3/20 7:51 PM, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 10:41 AM Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net> wrote:
>> On 8/3/20 7:34 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>>> On 8/3/20 7:15 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>>>> On 8/3/20 12:29 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
>>>>> From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
>>>>>
>>>>> Add kernel module with user mode driver that populates bpffs with
>>>>> BPF iterators.
>>>>>
> 
> [...]
> 
>>     CC      kernel/events/ring_buffer.o
>>     CC [U]  kernel/bpf/preload/./../../../tools/lib/bpf/bpf.o
>>     CC [U]  kernel/bpf/preload/./../../../tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.o
>> In file included from kernel/bpf/preload/./../../../tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c:47:0:
>> ./tools/include/tools/libc_compat.h:11:21: error: static declaration of ‘reallocarray’ follows non-static declaration
>>    static inline void *reallocarray(void *ptr, size_t nmemb, size_t size)
>>                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~
>> In file included from kernel/bpf/preload/./../../../tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c:16:0:
>> /usr/include/stdlib.h:558:14: note: previous declaration of ‘reallocarray’ was here
>>    extern void *reallocarray (void *__ptr, size_t __nmemb, size_t __size)
>>                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> A bit offtopic. reallocarray and related feature detection causes so
> much hassle, that I'm strongly tempted to just get rid of it in the
> entire libbpf. Or just unconditionally implement libbpf-specific
> reallocarray function. Any objections?

Agree that it's continuously causing pain; no objection from my side to have
something libbpf-specifc for example (along with a comment on /why/ we're not
reusing it anymore).

>>     CC      kernel/user-return-notifier.o
>> scripts/Makefile.userprogs:43: recipe for target 'kernel/bpf/preload/./../../../tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.o' failed
>> make[3]: *** [kernel/bpf/preload/./../../../tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.o] Error 1
>> scripts/Makefile.build:497: recipe for target 'kernel/bpf/preload' failed
>> make[2]: *** [kernel/bpf/preload] Error 2
>> scripts/Makefile.build:497: recipe for target 'kernel/bpf' failed
>> make[1]: *** [kernel/bpf] Error 2
>> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>> [...]