netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/4] Switch from kfuncs to direct helper calls in prologue/epilogue

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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:30:10 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 0/4] Switch from kfuncs to direct helper calls
 in prologue/epilogue

Hello:

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

On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:05:17 +0100 you wrote:
> This series enables direct helper calls using BPF_EMIT_CALL from prologue
> and epilogue code generated by verifier ops. The goal is to simplify the
> calling convention and remove kfunc support from prologue/epilogue, as
> suggested by Alexei [1].
> 
> Patch 1 adds the infrastructure to mark direct helper calls as finalized
> (already resolved) so the verifier skips the imm fixup.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next,v2,1/4] bpf, verifier: Support direct helper calls from prologue/epilogue
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/af46ae41da7c
  - [bpf-next,v2,2/4] bpf: net_sched: Use direct helper calls instead of kfuncs in pro/epilogue
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/5c2106d44168
  - [bpf-next,v2,3/4] selftests/bpf: Remove tests for prologue/epilogue with kfuncs
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/d3ddc749df28
  - [bpf-next,v2,4/4] bpf: Remove kfunc support in prologue and epilogue
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/68d23a660c4f

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