Re: [PATCH bpf v3] libbpf: handle symbol versioning properly for libbpf.a

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On 9/30/19 9:56 AM, Yonghong Song wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9/30/19 9:42 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
>> On 9/30/19 9:29 AM, Yonghong Song wrote:
>>> +OLD_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.2)
>>> +NEW_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.4)
>>
>> how this will look when yet another version of this function is
>> introduced, say in 0.0.6 ?
>>
>> OLD_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.2)
>> OLD_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.4)
>> NEW_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_6, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.6)
> 
> Yes.
> 
>>
>> 0.0.4 will be renamed to OLD_ and the latest addition NEW_ ?
> 
> Right.
> 
>> The macro name feels a bit confusing. May be instead of NEW_
>> call it CURRENT_ ? or DEFAULT_ ?
>> NEW_ will become not so 'new' few months from now.
> 
> Right. After a few months, the version number may indeed be
> behind the libbpf versions.... "current" may not be current ....
> Let me use DEFAULT then. How about using
>      COMPAT_VERSION(...)
> for old versions, and using

COMPAT_VERSION sounds fine. I think OLD_VERSION was ok too.

>      DEFAULT_VERSION(...)
> for the new version?

sounds good.

Thanks!





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