netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next 9/9] samples: bpf: remove bpf

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Message-ID: <CAEKGpzjytK7yot=Z0FCkZWydLBJis-i60vRHqZTEF1UWYnGBOw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:57:36 +0900
From:   "Daniel T. Lee" <danieltimlee@...il.com>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, brakmo <brakmo@...com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Xdp <xdp-newbies@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next 9/9] samples: bpf: remove bpf_load loader completely

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 11:49 AM Andrii Nakryiko
<andrii.nakryiko@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 6:58 AM Daniel T. Lee <danieltimlee@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > Numerous refactoring that rewrites BPF programs written with bpf_load
> > to use the libbpf loader was finally completed, resulting in BPF
> > programs using bpf_load within the kernel being completely no longer
> > present.
> >
> > This commit removes bpf_load, an outdated bpf loader that is difficult
> > to keep up with the latest kernel BPF and causes confusion.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel T. Lee <danieltimlee@...il.com>
> > ---
>
> RIP, bpf_load().
>
> Probably makes more sense to combine this patch with the previous patch.
>
> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>

Will merge and send the next version of patch!

Thanks for your time and effort for the review.

-- 
Best,
Daniel T. Lee