netdev - Re: [PATCHv3 iproute2-next 0/5] iproute2: add libbpf support

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Date:   Tue, 3 Nov 2020 09:48:15 -0800
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Hangbin Liu <haliu@...hat.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 iproute2-next 0/5] iproute2: add libbpf support

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 12:42 AM Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com> wrote:
> sight, this sounds easier for the developers. Why bother with dynamic
> linking at all? Everything can be linked statically.

That's exactly what some companies do.
Linking everything statically provides stronger security.