netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/7] samples/bpf: Remove unmaintained XDP sample utilities

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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:50:27 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>@codeaurora.org
Cc: ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, davem@...emloft.net,
 kuba@...nel.org, hawk@...nel.org, john.fastabend@...il.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 0/7] samples/bpf: Remove unmaintained XDP sample
 utilities

Hello:

This series was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:22:43 +0200 you 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.
> 
> As a result of this shift, the utilities in samples/bpf have seen little love,
> and have slowly bitrotted. There have been sporadic cleanup patches over the
> years, but it's clear that the utilities are far from maintained.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next,v3,1/7] samples/bpf: Remove the xdp_monitor utility
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/e7c9e73d0822
  - [bpf-next,v3,2/7] samples/bpf: Remove the xdp_redirect* utilities
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/91dda69b08de
  - [bpf-next,v3,3/7] samples/bpf: Remove the xdp_rxq_info utility
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/0e445e115f8f
  - [bpf-next,v3,4/7] samples/bpf: Remove the xdp1 and xdp2 utilities
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/eaca21d6eee9
  - [bpf-next,v3,5/7] samples/bpf: Remove the xdp_sample_pkts utility
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/cced0699cbf1
  - [bpf-next,v3,6/7] samples/bpf: Cleanup .gitignore
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/91b965136d53
  - [bpf-next,v3,7/7] samples/bpf: Add note to README about the XDP utilities moved to xdp-tools
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/5a9fd0f778eb

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