netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] selftests: drv-net: Strip '@' prefix from bpftrace map keys

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Message-ID: <aF1FdfXnqTT3she7@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:04:53 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, ajor@...a.com
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org, gustavold@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] selftests: drv-net: Strip '@' prefix
 from bpftrace map keys

On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 03:07:10PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:39:48 -0700 Breno Leitao wrote:
> > The '@' prefix in bpftrace map keys is specific to bpftrace and can be
> > safely removed when processing results. This patch modifies the bpftrace
> > utility to strip the '@' from map keys before storing them in the result
> > dictionary, making the keys more consistent with Python conventions.
> 
> Make sense, tho, could you double check or ask Alastair if all outputs
> are prefixed with @? Maybe there's some map type or other thingamajig
> that doesn't have the prefix? 

I have a quick chat with Alastair earlier today, and I understood that
all map symbols start with @.

CCing him.