Re: [PATCH bpf-next 3/3] libbpf: auto-generate list of BPF helper definitions

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On 10/5/19 12:59 AM, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> Get rid of list of BPF helpers in bpf_helpers.h (irony...) and
> auto-generate it into bpf_helpers_defs.h, which is now included from
> bpf_helpers.h.
> 
> Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov<ast@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko<andriin@xxxxxx>
> ---
>   tools/lib/bpf/Makefile           |    8 +-
>   tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h      |  264 +--
>   tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers_defs.h | 2677 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   3 files changed, 2685 insertions(+), 264 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers_defs.h

Approach looks good to me.
imo that's better than messing with macros.

Using bpf_helpers_doc.py as part of build will help man pages too.
I think we were sloppy documenting helpers, since only Quentin
was running that script regularly.

Only question is what is the reason to commit generated .h into git?




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