netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/6] samples/bpf: Remove unmaintained XDP sample utilities

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Message-ID: <87y1i093zn.fsf@toke.dk>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:36:12 +0200
From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, Daniel Borkmann
 <daniel@...earbox.net>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub
 Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>, John
 Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, Network Development
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/6] samples/bpf: Remove unmaintained XDP
 sample utilities

Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> writes:

> On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 7:54 AM Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com> wrote:
>>
>> The samples/bpf directory in the kernel tree started out as a way of showcasing
>> different aspects of BPF functionality by writing small utility programs for
>> each feature. However, as the BPF subsystem has matured, the preferred way of
>> including userspace code with a feature has become the BPF selftests, which also
>> have the benefit of being consistently run as part of the BPF CI system.
>
> Did you miss my previous email?

Ah, yeah, totally missed that, sorry! Will respin with an update to the
README...

-Toke