netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf: allow empty module BTFs

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Date:   Sun, 24 Jan 2021 02:27:53 -0800
From:   "Christopher William Snowhill" <chris@...e54.net>
To:     patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org,
        "Andrii Nakryiko" <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...com,
        daniel@...earbox.net, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf 1/2] bpf: allow empty module BTFs

When is this being applied to an actual kernel? 5.11 is still quite broken without these two patches. Unless you're not using a vfat EFI partition, I guess.

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021, at 12:20 PM, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> This series was applied to bpf/bpf.git (refs/heads/master):
> 
> On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 23:03:40 -0800 you wrote:
> > Some modules don't declare any new types and end up with an empty BTF,
> > containing only valid BTF header and no types or strings sections. This
> > currently causes BTF validation error. There is nothing wrong with such BTF,
> > so fix the issue by allowing module BTFs with no types or strings.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Christopher William Snowhill <chris@...e54.net>
> > Fixes: 36e68442d1af ("bpf: Load and verify kernel module BTFs")
> > Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Here is the summary with links:
>   - [bpf,1/2] bpf: allow empty module BTFs
>     https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf/c/bcc5e6162d66
>   - [bpf,2/2] libbpf: allow loading empty BTFs
>     https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf/c/b8d52264df85
> 
> You are awesome, thank you!
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