Re: [PATCH bpf] libbpf: add libbpf_util.h to header install.

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On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 2:09 PM Y Song <ys114321@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 12:54 PM William Tu <u9012063@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 1:18 PM Y Song <ys114321@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 11:34 AM William Tu <u9012063@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The libbpf_util.h is used by xsk.h, so add it to
> > > > the install headers.
> > >
> > > Can we try to change code a little bit to avoid exposing libbpf_util.h?
> > > Originally libbpf_util.h is considered as libbpf internal.
> > > I am not strongly against this patch. But would really like to see
> > > whether we have an alternative not exposing libbpf_util.h.
> > >
> >
> > The commit b7e3a28019c92ff ("libbpf: remove dependency on barrier.h in xsk.h")
> > adds the dependency of libbpf_util.h to xsk.h.
> > How about we move the libbpf_smp_* into the xsk.h, since they are
> > used only by xsk.h.
>
> Okay. Looks like the libbpf_smp_* is used in some static inline functions
> which are also API functions.
>
> Probably having libbpf_smp_* in libbpf_util.h is a better choice as these
> primitives can be used by other .c files in tools/lib/bpf.
>
> On the other hand, exposing macros pr_warning(), pr_info() and
> pr_debug() may not
> be a bad thing as user can use them with the same debug level used by
> libbpf itself.
>
> Ack your original patch:
> Acked-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>

Applied. Thanks



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